The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-26
SHOWS SAVANNAH HISTORY.
Excellent Map Has Been Prepared
by Mr.. John w. Howard.

by Mr.. John w. Howard.
Mr.. ]. w. Howard. civil engineer in the
city engineers department, has just COM
pleted an historical map of the city of
Savannah and vicinity, which will not
only be of value 40 the city for future
reference, but especially valuable to law
yers, historians and others who have fire.
quent occasions to consult map of this
character. The information it conveys is
such as the city engineers department
has been called upon for years to fur
nish.
The map. shows the original town Of
Savannah as it was laid out by Gen.
Oglethorpe and the trustees of the colony
in 1852, which was at that time located
between Bay. South Broad, Lincoln and
jefferson streets, and the town commons,
as established in ITO by a committee APP
pointed by the Common House of Assem-
bly, of this province, Including the area
between East Broad, West Broad, TIA It
nall and Lincoln streets, and extending as
far south as Gwinnett street. Within the
town commons are shown the various
wards, parks, cemeteries, etc, and the
time they were laid out by the city from
its incorporation in 1889 to 1854, in
elusive. The map also shows the lots
granted by the city for public buildings,
together with the streets, as they were
named and renamed from time to time.
For instance, Congress, State, President,
South Broad, Hull, McDonough and Perry
streets We're formerly called Duke,
Prince, King, Market, Chatham Screven
and Wilkes streets, respectively.
Bordering the town commons on the
west are shown the villages of Yema-
craw, st. Gaul Ewensburg New Leeds,
Springfield and Montmollinville. On the
east were located Bonneville, Fair Lawn,
Prendergastville and Trustees Garden,
reserved by the trustees for experimental
tree planting. On the south is Bryan
vile, and the tract of land known as the
old cantonment, where stood the Ogle-
thorpe Barracks, and which was after
wards purchased by the city in 1852 from
the United States government and given
to the military of Savannah for a parade
ground.
Mr. Howard has located upon this map
the fifty acres of land granted to each
settler by the trustees of the colony (for
doing military duty when called upon,
which consisted of a city lot, fve-acre
garden lot and forty-five acre farm
lot. The names of the grantees and date
of grant are shown, so that it can be
readily seen in what part of the city
these grants are located. The five-acre
garden lots are located east and west OF
the town commons, north of Gwinnett
street, and extend beyond the present city
limits.
South of Gwinnett street is located the
township of Savannah, which is twenty
four square miles, and laid out in tyth-
tngs and wards, the names correspond
ing to those in the town proper Each
ward consisted of ten farm lots of forty
five acres each, and a lot of ninety acres
in the center of each ward was reserved
by the trustees of the colony to defray
the expenses of public improvement and
to support charitable institutions located
on the trust lots In the town. Only three
of these wards, however. are taken in by
the present city limits. The map shows
how these garden and farm lots were af-
forwards sold to various parties and sub
divided into smaller farm lots. finally into
city lots and streets, with the names of
tse parties who sub-divided them and the
! dates of the changes. The city limits, as
they were extended from time TO time,
are also shown by the map.
Mr.. Howard was engaged for some
years in collecting the data for the mar
from the city and county records and
| other reliable sources, and during his
| search, has found quite a number of old
! and authentic maps which have enabled
| him to compile a map which has long
| been needed. copy of his map will be
presented to the Mayor and Aldermen and
| to the Georgia Historical Society. Twenty
FIVE lawyers and legal firms in the city
have secured 1t.