The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-18
HISTORICAL MAP OF SAVANNAH
One SHOWING THE ORIGINAL TOWN
AND THE sUBsEo UENr CHANGES.

The Map of CtvtI Engineer Howard
of the city Engineers Oniee-It Not
Only shows the Plan of the old
Town, hut the Commons. the
Garden and Farm Lots With Their
Subsequent Subdivisions, the Ham
lets. and the Ola and New Names
of the Streets-Ths Map Nslu-
able one 20 Lawyers and His
torlans.
Mr. J. W. Howard. civil engineer in the
city engineers department. has Just com
pletcd an historical map Of the cty OF
Savannah and vicinity. which viii not on y
be of value 20 the city for future reference
but especially valuable to lawyers, his
torians and others who have frequent oc-
easions to consult a map Of this charactc:.
The map shows the original town Of
Savannah as It was laid out by Gen.
oglethorpe ara the trustees OF the eo.ony
In I792. the town at that time being 10
Gated between Bay. South Broad. Lincoln
aud jefferson streets. and the town con-
mons as established in i750 By commit
tee appointed by the Common House OF
Assembly OF this province including the
area between East Broad West Broad
Tatnau. Lincoln streets and extending as
far south az Gwinnett street Within the
town commons are shown the various
wards. parks. cemeteries, etc. aud the
time in which thsy were laid out by she
city from its Incorporation IN i1sa 10 is5i.
inclusive. The lots granted by tho ciy
as they were named and renamed from
time to time. For instance Congress,
State. President. South Broad. Hull Nc
Donough AID Perry streets were former
~ called Duke Prince. King. Market
Chatham. Scrcven and Wilkes streets re-
spectively.
Bordering the town commons on the
west are shown the villages % Yamacraw.
ST Gaul Ewensburg. New Leeds,
sprlnghM and Niontmollinvilie. on the
east. are located Bonneville. Fair Lawn.
Prendergnstvkle and Trustees Garden.
formerly reserved by the trustees for ex-
perimsntal tree planting on che south is
Bryanville. and the tract OF land known
- "Old Cantonemcnt." where stood the
ORlethorpe barracks. and whira was aft
erwari purchased By tho city iu 1852 from
the United States government and given
10 che military OF Savannah for "a parade
ground.
Mr. Howard has located on this man
the fifty acres Of land granted to each
settler by the trustees Of the colony 0or
doing military duty when called onl
which consisted Of a city lot. a 5-Rer@
garden lot and s5-acre farm bot. Tho
names of the grantees and date OF grant
are shown. so q can be readily seen IN
What par; OF the city these grants are
located. The 5-acre garden lots are To-
al "A aaas
mons, north Of Gwinuett street. and ex-
tend beyond che present city limits. South
OF Gwinneft street il located the town
ship Of savannah. which II twenty -four
square miles. ana laid out into tythiuR
ana wards. the names corrcspouding 20
those IN the town proper. Each ward con
sisted OF ten farm lois OF IS acres each
and lot In the center Of each ward %
o. acres was reserved by tho trustees of
the colony 70 defray the expenses Of pub
Tic improvement and 10 support the char
table institutions located on the trust
lots in the town. only three OF these
Yards are taken In by the present city
limits
The map shows how these garden and
farm lots were afterward sold 10 various
parties and suh-divided into smaller farm
lots. finally into city lots and streets. with
the name OF the party who sub-dlvided q
and date. The map also shows the city
limits as they we're extended from time
TO time.
Mr. Howard has been FOR some years
collecting this data from the city AND
county records. and other reliable sources
and during hts search has found quite
number ~ old and authentic maps which
have enabled him TO compile a map which
has been needed for some time.
Copies OF this map Will be presented 20
the Mayor and Aldermen and TO the
Georgia Historical Society.