List of Georgia settlers, circa 1740s

Summary

Creator:

Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770

Date:

circa 1740s

Extent:

1 volume(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

List of Georgia settlers, ms 4132, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The list of settlers is given under two headings: first, those who went from Europe to Georgia at the Trustees' charge and, second, those who went on their own account. The settlers are listed in loose alphabetical order and the entries include information about their age, occupation, date of arrival, land lots, and if they died, quitted, or ran away from the colony.

Related

Related material:

The List of Georgia Settlers (serial no. 14220) forms part of twenty volumes purchased by the University in 1947. The volumes consituted a portion of the library of Sir Thomas Phillips, were known as the Phillips collection, and reported to have originally belonged to the Earl of Egmont, first President of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Other descriptive data:

A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia publixhed by E. Merton Coulter is available, call number F285 .C78 1949. A microfilm copy of the original is available.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Land settlement -- Georgia.
Colonies.

Names:

Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America

Places:

Georgia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.
United States -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Restrictions:

Due to its fragile condition, this volume can only be accessed through the published verion, microfilm, or digital surrogate: https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_4132

Preferred citation:

List of Georgia settlers, ms 4132, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.