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/ > >