Settling America: The Georgia Colony

#savannah This video describes the establishment of the Georgia Colony by James Edward Oglethorpe in 1734. Oglethorpe, a Tory MP from a Jacobite family, was inspired to design his ideal commonwealth--the Thirteenth Colony in America-- after touring debtors' prisons in England. Oglethorpe designed Savannah as a home for poor families, hoping to showcase the ideal of fair land distribution. Discover the Utopian foundation of one of America's most beautiful cities, and learn more about colonial American culture. This is part of a larger series called "Settling America".
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[@buckshot6481]

My maternal family all settled Savannah with Oglethorpe. So nice to know about the glorious beginnings.

[@virginiawells1]

My family on both sides fought in the revolutionary war and then had encounters with the Union in the War and we continue to occupy the beautiful state of Georgia!

[@chelseabaker1994]

This is very interesting. My ancestor’s on my dad’s side were British settlers in Georgia before it even became a colony.

[@haunaniriley1894]

Awesome education

[@88Don]

What’s crazy he gave opportunity for a new life in ga for less fortunate people and was against slavery cause it went against his purpose for even creating ga in the first place. Makes me feel different about where I’m from not in a bad way cause I’m proud to be from ga I just never knew the intent of its existence and now knowing gives me a somewhat positive feeling about ga.

[@janetprice85]

Several members of my family had land grants in Screven County then known as St.George Parish. And more came by land grants given as payment to Revolutionary soldiers for serving,and others. Powell, Knobloch,Robins, Duncan, Rawls, McCall, Scott, Anderson,Sheppard,Evans,Colding,Moore,Williams,Walker,and we intermarried with the Howells,Boykins,and Stewarts and many others in the counties of Bulloch, Effingham, Chatham and Burke.

[@AmyEugene]

I have an Agnes Nancy Walker 1792-1838 m. Stephen Jefferson Garner 1793-1883 in my tree, they had a son Alfred Garner somewhere in GA in 1819. I believe she came to GA from NC, her parents were Thomas Walker 1757-1829 and Mary Polly Blythe 1761-1850. I have a couple different branches of Rawls/Rawles/Rawals but I only have them traced back to Mississippi in the 1830s, I don't know where they were before then. The earliest family member I have is Robert Arthur Rawls m. Eron Orpha Byrd, their daughter Sarah Ann was born in MS in 1828. I'd be interested to know if you have these people in your tree.

[@skadiwarrior2053]

Fascinating thank you. Looking forward to the next in the series.

[@JustineBrownsBookshelf]

Thanks Mr Warrior!

[@skadiwarrior2053]

@@JustineBrownsBookshelf Skadi is Ms would be warrior. She was/is a Nordic Goddess/princess fighter.

[@JustineBrownsBookshelf]

@@skadiwarrior2053 Miss Warrior then?

[@TheCorey525]

Awesome!!

[@larpingastheduchyofburgund337]

Could’ve been a Yeoman paradise.

[@janetprice85]

True but they brought in slaves. My ancestor argued against a law that would have denied the poor slaves the right to assemble to worship God. He shamed the delegates into backing down by telling them no mere man had the right to deny any man the right to worship God as they chose. He was a Baptist preacher and gave them a lesson that day!

[@thomaswatson1739]

Georgia could have never been a successful colony without slavery. It was very necessary for the colony to grow and become eventually a Republic then a state. Had we not accepted slavery we’d likely had been absorbed into South Carolina

[@geoff9236]

Cheers from the border of South Carolina and Georgia

[@JustineBrownsBookshelf]

Good to hear from someone on the ground. Have you checked out my Carolina video?

[@Jacob-pu4zj]

Savannah river gang!

[@chrisjoy439]

One of my Dna communities on ancestry is northwest Alabama and Atlanta Georgia settlers

[@JustineBrownsBookshelf]

@@chrisjoy439 interesting group of ancestors

[@Mark-cj2oo]

I visited Savannah last year. It was a very pretty place, though way too crowded (at least in the more tourist trap places). I may be misremembering it, but I think the guides said Oglethrope was for slavery, not against it.
Is there any reading material you recommend for your "Settling America" series? Like Albion Seed or something?
Thank you for your time.

[@JustineBrownsBookshelf]

Definitely Albion Seed; Hackett-Fischer is very good at linking specific parts of England with specific American colonies. I’m reading a lot of primary sources atm, like Wm Bradford’s Of Plymouth Colony.

[@larpingastheduchyofburgund337]

Will you do North Carolina soon?

[@JustineBrownsBookshelf]

I’m certainly curious about it.

[@larpingastheduchyofburgund337]

@@JustineBrownsBookshelf That and Louisiana would also be cool. I find the Creoles to be a very interesting group of people.

[@JustineBrownsBookshelf]

@@larpingastheduchyofburgund337 Louisiana is high on my list- it’s so rich in lore, it’ll take some condensing!

[@GaryParris-sd8gg]

Nathaniel Dickerson Parris

[@timlee5260]

Lol, you don’t know much about true history. 1 the idea of the deserving poor never went anywhere and those weren’t the people on the Anne. 2 Olgolthorpes dream was a nightmare of sickness and disease. The silk idea was a bust as well. Besides, he didn’t stay around long. The utopia was a disaster and most died or left Savanna. The ones that stayed held Olgrlthorp in low regard and were given the title of malcontents.
The Wesley’s left under duress and had worn out their welcome. John had refused communion to a woman who had refused his advances and the people had enough.

[@janetprice85]

Yes, well there's history then there is revisionist history. Some true some exaggerated.

[@timlee5260]

@@janetprice85 Olgolthrop had his reputation to protect and he was the one who control the narrative and what version was told. For some strange reason his version is still told. Since my ancestors were on the Anne and suffered under his silly ideas I have read actual records from the people in Savanah. Some were "malcontents" and it is a bit of a joke in my family that we come by it naturally.

[@janetprice85]

@@timlee5260 He was in a dispute with the Trustees because they like all the colonial investors hoped to get rich.

[@timlee5260]

@@janetprice85 Yep, and he got money from the investors under the premise that there was money to be had. Columbus did the same thing. If I were to guess I would say Olgolthrope enjoyed the adventure and fame and he found a way for others to finance it. Maybe he really did believe what he said, I don't know.

[@janetprice85]

@@timlee5260 That was a common expectation and surprise! Had they just been up in the mountains and a few years later they'd have been in on the first American gold rush. I know history. I taught it and I am both a native Georgian and part Native American( Creek). As in before the Europeans and before the Revolution. And my 4th great grandfather helped write the first Constitution for Georgia.