The passenger list does exist and I have a copy. What would you like to know? Faye -----Original Message----- From: Linda Hodge <lhodge1@nycap.rr.com> To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 2:47 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. > >