Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07

the English about Savannah OF
the Germans in Ebenezer, Of the
Irish in st. Georges parish, Of the
Dorchester settlement, and of the cities
of Savannah and Augusta, but would
give a very false idea Of how and by
whom Georgia was settled If did not
pay special attention to the coming OF
the first American immigration into
what is now Burke, Scriven and Ell
fngham counties, then st. George and
st. Matthews parishes.
A GLANCE AT VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA $50 YEARS
AGO.
In 1750. at the time the first Virginia
immigration came to Georgia, Virginia
had been settled for near one hundred
and fifty years. Along the banks OF
the James, of the Potomac, OF the
Rappahannock, there were lordly
homes where all the splendor Of Eng
lish country life was found. There
were elegant mansions, scores ana
hundreds OF slaves. Indians. negroes
and white apprentices. London mer-
chants supplied these planters with
every luxpry they demanded.
The Byrds, the Carriers, the Tayloes.
the Robinsons. the Lees. the CorDins,
the Towards, the Washingtons. the
Warmers, the Lewises, the Randolphs,
the Blands. and scores Of others, had
large estates on the rivers and adJoin-
ing creeks, but these were only a very
small part OF the Virginia people, and
but few OF them came to the frontier.
but there was restless body who had
as good blood in their veins, and who
had sprung from the same English
stock, but who had smaller property
who went into the new land OF Vir-
ginia, away. from the rivers, and set
tied Lunenberry, Brunswick, Pottsyl-
vania, Bedford, Denwiddie, Amelia,
Prince Edward. The life OF the Scotch
highland CRATER differed but little from
the life of a Scotch Laird. than the life
of virginian in these newer coun-
ties, differed from the type of one OF
the families on the great river. Land
in this outside row of coun..es was TAX
en- up and then the land seekers passed
across the line into the Colony OF
North Carolina, and when IN 1750, 1t
was proclaimed that every man who
would adventure himself into Georgia,
should receive $50 acres Of land and II
he was married 200, and II he had
slaves or children he should have so
more acres for each one, the tempta-
ton to 20 to this last born colony was
too strong to be resisted. The lands
about Savannah and on the rivers
southwark, drew the rice planters from
South Carolina. and some Virginians,
to st. Johns, st. andrews, and Christ
Church parishes. The pine woods
were regarded as barrens and was
not taken. but there were large areas
OF the best oak and hickory land which
had never been opened. lying above
the German settlements in st. Mat
thews, and south OF st. Paurs, and
with no boundary on the west till the
Indian lands were reached beyond the
Ogechee. There were no Indians in
this area except a small body OF
Uchie, and they lived close to the
river and fed on muscles and catfish
and small game.
Who were these comers7 There were
small colonies from Prince George,
Hanover, Prince Edward, Lunenberry.
Halifax, in Virginia, and the eastern
counties of North Carolina. They set
tied along the great creeks and the
rivers, the Savannah and the Ogeechee.
and Briar and Rocky Bank Camp and
Buckhead creeks.
Among the corners find many names
which can locate in Virginia. Among
the first Corners are Paul HARRISON,
whom found in Hanover county, Vir-
ginia, 'Blassengame and James and
Charles; Harvey I found in Amelia
county, Virginia. John Howard, John
Hampton, David Holmes. John How
ellis, the Browns,s the Joneses, the
Emanuels, the Whiteheads, are all old
Virginia names. Among these first
corners was the family Of Abram
Jones, whose sons John, Abram,
James, Bait, Seaborn, William and
Thomas, all settled in this parish, and
the family of Philip Matthew and Hen
ry Jones, another group Of Joneses in
this same section.
Here were the Inmans, who came
from brunswick county, Virginia,
whose kinspeople are so numerous in
Atlanta, for Shadrack Inman and
Matthew Lyle and Thomas Lyle were
in Georgia before they went to the
Holston country.
II one will examine the list OF head
rights in Burke and st. George parish,
he will be astonished to find how many
Atlanta people are directly descended
from these first Corners to this parish.
known after the Revolution as Burke.
Screven and Jefferson. CHANGING hur-
riedly over this list as Il is found in the
appendix to my history find:
Alexander, Adams, Anderson, Aston.
Austin, Allen, Bowman, BENEFITS,
Blackmans, Bass, Boyman, Bingham.
BrasWell, BrinSons boykin, Burneys
Bowie, Caswell, Crutchfield, Corker,
Counsel, Caldwell, Clements. Douglas,
Davis. Neal David. Dell, Dubose.
Downs, Emanuel, Evans. Fox. Fulg-
hane, Finley, Fain, Folsom. Grady,
Griener. Gray, Graham, Gordon. Hus-
ton, Hudson, Hawkins, Howard, Har-
well. Holmes, Hampton, Hamilton,
Harvey, Hayman, Hinson,s Jones, r.
vine, Irwin, Inman, Key, Kennedy,
Lawson, Lewis. Lawton, Lowe. Les
ter, Lamar, Murphy. McNiel. Mosely,
Means. Morrison. Napier. Nicely, Neal.
Odum, Powell. Prior, Parker, Rouvier.
Red, Rap, Rayal. Roberts. Roe. Reed.
Ryalls. Rushing, Sherlock, Shivers,
Smith. Scott, Stubs. Shorter, Street,