Dear Linda Have you been to Fort Fredricka on SS Island, They have a lot of documation of things that came with gen Orlethrope, and the people that were with him. I can not now remember the names of all the homes that we toured there on the Island but inside ine garrison is a list of all that lived there and came in with him. you can see where the fort was held, and has a clear few of the brunswick river. They would probally have ;ots of information there for you. wish I had known you wanted it, we just came back from Brunswick several weeks I could have gotten it then for you. If you like I can have Fred my little brother go and see what he can find out, or its possible that one of our Church members lives out there on the island and can check into for you now. Christy Hodges ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Hodge <lhodge1@nycap.rr.com> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Georgia > Hello list, > Since I am researching one of ancestors that came over with James Edward > Oglethorpe in the year 1734. I would like to ask this list if anybody has > ever come across the passenger list of the "ANNE"? If not, where could I > obtain a copy of it. Some people say it exist-some say it does not exist. > Any help in this area is appreciated. > Thank-You. > Linda Hodge > -----Original Message----- > From: Grmargie@aol.com <Grmargie@aol.com> > To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 12:26 PM > Subject: [HODGES-L] Georgia > > > >In a message dated 99-08-10 22:57:21 EDT, you write: > > > ><< My > > understanding is that Georgia was largely settled by convicts or those in > > the prisons in England. They may have been imprisoned for minor crimes > > (ie, stealing a loaf of bread) or something less then a misdemeanor today. > > Anyway, the English wanted to get rid of their prison population so they > > released many of them if they agreed to go to their colonies. >> > > > > > >Some persons were sent that were prisoners but not the majority. Many came > >from SC/NC and VA. > > > >The Colonial and Revolutionary Periods > > > >In 1732, the British philanthropists James Oglethorpe and John Percival > >(1683-1748) secured a royal charter to establish a colony in the area, > >providing for a board of trustees to govern it. The early settlers included > >many English debtors, but also Scots, Germans, Swiss, and some German Jews. > >Oglethorpe arrived with the first group and founded Savannah in 1733. The > >British desired a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish in Florida > >and the French in Louisiana. Georgia served this purpose well. It did not > >begin to prosper economically, however, until the charter expired in 1753, > >and economic growth became pronounced after the appointment of James Wright > >(1716-85) as royal governor in 1760. Relations between the colonists and > the > >Indians were generally friendly, and slavery was prohibited until 1749. > > > >Although loyalty to the British crown was strong in Georgia, the colony > >joined the American Revolution and sent representatives to the Second > >Continental Congress. The British seized Savannah in 1778, but guerrilla > >fighters prevented them from gaining control of the interior, and they > >evacuated the state in 1782. > > > >Disputes with the Federal Government > > > >After the Revolution, Georgia supported a strong central government and was > >one of three states to ratify the Constitution unanimously. This popular > >support, however, did not prevent conflict with the new national > government. > >Georgia claimed virtually all of what is now Mississippi and much of > Alabama, > >and granted this territory to private land companies. These grants (the > Yazoo > >Land Frauds) were declared invalid in 1800 by the U.S. Congress. Georgia > >agreed in 1802 to cede these lands to the U.S. and received a federal > >commitment to remove the Indians to the West. After a series of > >constitutional squabbles involving the state, the president of the U.S., > and > >the U.S. Supreme Court, by 1838 the Creeks and Cherokees were largely > removed > >from Georgia, thus opening up vast new cotton lands that were quickly > settled > >by whites. > > > >Hope this helps in everyone's research. > > > >Margie > > > > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > >Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >Archives help at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm > >New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Please remember that it is okay to post any information on any Hodge/Hodges/Hedge to the list. The more info we post, the more likely that we will find connections. >