The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed in the DjVu format at: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/egmont/14203 or http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/ugafax/egmont/14203 (Volume 14203) 1 (9) Journal of Thomas Cans ton Esq. 1st Bailif Journal of Savannah 1737 from 25 May 1737 to 24 July following 25 May Wednesday John Lindall officer of Guard Began to unload ye Sloop from N. York. Monday in ye evening, as ye Saltzburghers were rolling a had. of Molasses to ye water Side, one of ye Staves pr6ssd in by wch. near half of it was entirely lost, Sundry Stores issued & receiv'd as p day book; a Mr. Wesley having askd Mr. Jones to Set out ye Globe Land, wch. being done, he desired yt. some part of it might be forced in — Oha. Briton being in debt to ye Trustees, has undertook to split Rails for ye same, on Condition yt. I support him 10 Ib. provisions —- Mr. Wesley having also desired a Schoolroom for ye Children, to be built by his house, John Desborough has undertook it for 14 L Str. he being likewise in Debt to ye Trustees, I am to allow him provisions only. ? 26. James Campbell (for Austin Weddal) officer of ye Guard. Wm. Sterling b complaind to me yt. Mr. Bradley had taken possession of some lands on Vernon River, by wch. he apprehended he shd. be defeated of his right of being first Seated, his Grant being prior to that of Bradleys — I askd him, if he was sure of it — he said he was so sure yt. he had laid aside all thoughts of (10) Settling there, & that he had pitch'd on another place, wch. was pt. of Wilmington Island, & was a large Tract of Lan&, sufficient for himself & brother, & some other friends, who would come here immediately if they were sure they could have Lands to joyn theirs. —< He said he desired nothing more of me yt. yt. it 2 (10) May might be mentiond to ye Trustees, & yt. I wou*d take notice of ye time of this application, yz yt. no other person might take 3nt possession of, or claim ye Same land on pretence of any request prior to his. — He b told me, ye reason for leaving their Settlement on ye argyle River, was, yt. they suff erd very much by being So far distant from any market. — - I told him I would acquaint ye Trustees of ye matter, & yt. it would be proper to acquaint them himself, as well as of ye reasons why he had left his former Settlement: as of this request. A periaguer arrivd won. Sawd Timber for Mr. Robt. Williams from Caro lina. Sundry Stores issued & receivd as p Day book. 2? May James Carwell Cficer of ye Guard. Cole. Beamor arrived wth. Butter & Fowls: as he is a planter who has always Seem*d willing to Serve the Colony, I bought them; he off erd me a Drt. wen. I ha 10 made in his favour on Mr. Jennys on acct. of ye Rumm Duty (11) being value for Sundry provisions bought of him for ye Store telling me Mr. Jennys refued paymt. because I had drawn for more money wt. ye Govemmt. of Carolina had granted to ye Colony; I thereupon wrote out ye Rum Duty Acct. and Sent it him by ye Colb. wth. an Explana tory Letter, to wch. I referr. Sundry Stores issued & received as per day book. 28 May Walter Fox Officer of ye Guard. Tho. Ware, Mar. of ye Sloop from N. York, having deliverd his Cargo, I certified his Acct. for wh. I received in ye Store. I reced. a letter from Capt. Ferguson desiring Latter's Muster Roll, & that he wod. go down to Cha. Town wth. him to be Sworn to it; for now he had an opportunity of getting ye money. 3 (ID John Rea being here wth. Mr. Horton brought me his Establishmt. & Accts. Sundry Stores issued & reced. as p Day book. 29. Sunday 29th May 1?37. John Vanderplahk Officer of ye Guard. Nothing material, 30. Wm. Cooksey officer of ye Guard. Wm. Bollinger Junr. arrivd from Purrysburgh wth. 2 Steers killd last night wch. I receivd in ye Store, at 12 Curry, p Ib. — He told me he had 11 more at Purrisburgh wch. he kept on purpose for me, if I wanted them. I agreed to take 'em on Condition he wou'd kill once a week, at wch. time I orderd him to deliver to ye Millwrights & Cowkeeper at (12) Old Ebenezer, & to ye Saltzburghers at St. Ebenezer Such propor tions as they should Severally have occasion to take, wch. they should fetch; I pressd very much yt. he wou*d drive *em over the River; he Said it was almost impossible at present, & that it was too Small a number to Answer eo much trouble. Sundry Stores, &c. 31 May Noble Jones, officer of ye Guard. The mill wrights who are building ye Sawmill at Ebenezer River, acquainted me yt. ye waters there had overflown ye Lands very much, & rose 4 foot higher, than (as they were informed) was ever known. They Said they had. brought all their Clay to ye Mill wch. they f etchd 6 Miles below it; that as soon as ye waters were down again, they wou'd lay ye Foundation, having every thing ready to raise; There having been 4 (12) opinions spread, in town yt. it was an improper place, I was ye more particular in asking Richd. Cooper his opinion, who gave it me for certain yt. ye place wod. do very well, & that any Timber might be easily rafted from it into ye main River, that being ye chief objection I had heard of; He further Said, he had often been up (13) the whole River, yt. ye obstructions were only Brushwood, & might be easily removed, yt. ye Mill was too far from ye main River for any rise of water there ever to choak it, & yt. he did not perceive there would be any want of water to drive it. James Smithe, one of ye above mentiond mill wrights complaind yt. Wm. Sterling had assaulted & abused him wth. a great Stick without any yxaodc provocation. I sent for Stirling by ye officer of ye Guard to answer the Complaint, & it appeard yt. Sterling wth. others of his Country men were walking up & down Bull street, while Smithe & others wth. him were Sitting on a peice of Timber by ye water side; yt. Smith held a Stick, wch. he pointed towards Sterling, who came to him directly, askd him wt. he mean*t, held up his stick & threatned him. — That Smith said he did not fear him for all he was a Scotch man; upon wch. Sterling beat him, & bruised his Shoulder. Smith said ye pointing his Stick was occasiond by his Co. then being in discourse about Gunning, & that he said (when he pointed ye stick) if that was a Gun, he cou'd shoot them two men. Sterling said yt. ye night before, Smith & others were together, while he and Some of ye Scotch Gentlemen were walking in the Street; (14) yt. Smith, (as he beleived by his voice) said, if ye Devil was to cast his net, wt. a parcell of Scotchmen he wd. catch. That he apprehended the pointing ye Stick was another instance of Reproach wch. he & his 5 (14) Countrymen had frequently met wth. & that it was very hard yt. they could not walk up & down ye Streets without being reproached for their Country — Both partys were very warm; the Complaint, as he was a young Lad well behav*d, & very Industrious, gave me reason to beleive wt. he Said was true; I therefore orderd Sterling to appear at ye next Court, having first tryd all means of reconciliation in Vain. In half an hour after this, one of ye millwrights labourers being drunk at ye water Side, & Seeing Mr. Cuthbert & Andw. Grant coming down Bull Street, he shook a hammer wch. he had in his hand, & HK swore if he could have his will, he would ham* knock them Scotch Sons of Bitches brains out. Edwd. Jenkins overhearing these words, brought him before me, & he appearing to be very Drunk, I Sent him to ye Stocks, wch. made all easy: a Great many of ye Scotch Gentlemen being at my house on this occasion, & appearing very warm, I therefore (15) took this oppor tunity, as I had on other occasions frequently done, to represent to them the imprudence of thinking any trifling Reproach given to any one of them an injury done to ye whole body of Scotchmen. a NB. N.B. Their daily spending their time in walking the Streets, Drinking at publick houses, ingrossing the Conversation of all Strangers, and an imperious manner of Behaviour, I fear has rendred them odious to too many. The wives of Joseph Simmonds, Jos. Pavay, & Tho. Reale came before me on a warrant for an assault & scandalous words committed & spoken by Simons on Pavay: they were too warm to give any intelligible acct. of the matter; I therefore told 'em (after much noise) that as to ye assault, they must call their witnesses to prove it, & as to ye Scandal, they must make it appear there was a probability of Damages, r 6 (15) otherwise I would discharge ye warrant — That in England there was an Ecclesiastical Court, where Such Sort of things were prosecuted, that there was none Such here; but yt. one Court was to preserve ye pro perties, & to repair them in Damages (when committed) that common Dis turbers indeed might be indicted, men might (16) be fined & women might be duckd. I recommended an agreement, but in vain, Mr. Vanderplank at last offerd to prove that Simmonds did assault Pavay; I therefore orderd her to appear at next Court. Sundry Stores &c. a I continued ye License of Robt. Ferryman, a Trader at ye Euchee Town. 1. June Edward Jenkins, officer of ye Guard. 1737 Thirteen Jews, men & women, arrived here from Cha. Town — They came from b England by Cspt. Caruthers, & reported yt. Capt. Diamond Set out a fortnight before 'em. Donald Stewart returnd from Cha. Town, wth. Sundrys from Mr. Eveleigh for ye Store. Danll. Demetrie being come from Port Royal, advised me yt. Mr. Woodward could get no kind of Prov. & that Corn was Sold for 30 sh. Curry, p NB. Bushel. Sundry Stores &c. 2. Wm. Gough officer of ye Guard. c Mr. Bradley came to ask for Com, Pease, & Rice, complaining yt. this was ye 7th day that his Horses, H^gn, poultry, ADogs had no victuals; I told him I had none in ye Stores, & I perceived there would be great Difficulties in getting any; after a good deal of discontented talk; he 7 (17) a Said, he would 'een go & kill a Sow to feed Ms Dogs. Sundry Stores &c. 3. June Elisha Foster officer of ye Guard. NB. In Conversation wth. Mr. Horton, Mr. Robt. Williams, & Mr. Christie, a discourse began concerning ye Tenure of lands, particularly by Mr. Horton, that ye people were not legally put in possession, therefore b their titles are all liable to be defeated. Mr. Eorton asserted he did not know any one person in ye whole Colony, who was legally put in possession: the Reason he gave was, that ye true way of giving posses sion, was, by a Twigg & a Tuef, & yt. no other way was legall. As this Seemd to Stick wth. ye other two, I i& Said that we had all ye Right in Effect, & I did not know who could dispute it — The discourse ceased. — NB* Opinions^ of this kind are continually flying about in ill shapes past my Representation. I received a letter from Mr. Woodward that he could not get any Corn, Pease, Bice, or other Prove. Sundry Stores &c. 4th. Robt. Potter, officer of ye Guard. Mr. T***am Tolson came up from Tybee & advised me of ye arrival of Capt. c Diamond there this morning at 9 o Clock, & deliverd his letters relating to himself (18) & Recruits; on wch. I immediately order'd bo?ts & a Guard to be ready to attend 'em to ye Company, as Soon as they came up. NB Several people Demanding Extravagant pay to guard these Recruits, I was obliged to order the Constable to press men for that purpose. Sundry Stores &c. 8 (18) 5 June Sunday John Fallowfield officer of ye Guard. I spent this morning in writing letters to ye So.ward, yt. they might go wth. ye boats yt. were to convey ye. Recruits, a About Noon, ye Poker & James Anchor'd before ye Town, & Capt. Diamond dyn'd wth. me, & deliverd me all his Letters, wch. ye Box of Accts. & Sola bills. In ye Evening ye boats fell down ye River, wth. Mr. Tolson & his Recruits, h The passengers as p list arrived all in good health. Some of ye Sailors being on Shore, got drunk; & making a noise in ye Streets abt. Midnight, were confined in ye Gwd House till morning. 6th Wm. Parker, officer of ye Guard. Last night having been very S&noacpdt Stormy, the periaguer wth. her Recruits were drove from her grapling, & oblig'd to return back under the town: They proceeded again in ye afternoon. Mr. Venables, one of Cppt. Diamond's passengers complaind, that having (1?) been ashore yesterday, & returning on board at night, ye Mate us'd him very ill, & beat him, & added yt. he had done ye same all ye passage. — I referrd this complaint 'till I spoke wth. Capt. Diamond. Last night 2 Servants of Mr. Robt. Lacy, one of Robt. Williams, & one of Geo. Smith, ran. away from their respective Services. — It appeard that they had met at ye house of Geo. Roane, & had been there drinking till 3 o Clock in ye morning. — I acquainted the Mars, present that they might raise Hue & Cry and publish yt. I would pay 50 L Curry, xzxx reward for each of them taken out of ye province. Sundry Stores &c. 9 (19) 7th. June Patrick Grant, officer of ye Guard. Mr. Kent who went in ye Boat to guard ye Recruits, returnd & acquainted me ye periaguer had lost her grapling, & yt. she must return back, unless one could be got. As ye boat belongd to ye Trustees, I bought one. I dispatchd a boat sddth wth. ye 2 Servants for ye mill-wrights at Ebenezer, & Letters for Mr. Boltzius. I paid off the Georgia Scout Boat. Sundry Stores &c. 8. Wm. Voodroofe officer of ye Guard. Mr. Horton went from hence to Frederics in the Georgia Scout boat. (20) Yesterday ye Ranger Saild for Frederica, having taken on board on the Stores, wch. ye officer of ordnance had Shipd on board Capt. Dymond for ye Hawk, & also Provs. for Frederica Store. I sent Searles Boat to ye Settlement to endeavour to get provisions, & gave him 20 L Str. towds. paying for wt. he Should buy. Adjusted all accts. wth. Robt. Williams, & Co. and gave him a Certi fied Copy of his Leidyar Accts. a I Continued the Licence for Jacob Morris. Barker James Beamore, Tho. Holmes, Cornelius Docharty, Gregory Hains, Locklaw, Mr. Bean, Traders in ye Cherokee Nation: Docharty requested yt. a Small town wch. had about 6 houses in it, might be added to his License. — I told him he must apply to Mr. Oglethorpe when he came. Mr. Lacey made Sevl. Drats. on me in favour of these Traders for necessaries at Augusta, wch. I paid. Sundry Stores Ac. 10 (20) 9 June John Coates, officer of ye Guard. b Mr. Wesley intimated to me yt. I Stood accus'd among ye people of Sevl. Acts of injustice, and intending Revenge to Several people, wch. by his discourse he Seemd to beleive; uoon my promise of not mentioning (21) c it again to ye partys, he told me yt. he had it from Mr./Bradley, who he said had given him instances of short measure & short weights, & yt. because Sd. Bradley had made a Complaint of me to Mr. Oglethorpe when here, I had hindred ye building of his house. I told him yt. he a knew very well Mr. Oglethorpe had entred into Bradley's complaints & yt, his Determination was, yt. wt.ever Mr. Bradley met wth. amiss, he should first make his complaint to me, & if I did not redress him, then he might make his complaint to ye Trustees; if therefore there was any thing now yt. regarded ye Store, Bradley Should complain to me himself; I added yt. Mr. Brndley's large Demands on ye Store without any evident Cause, had given me Sufficient uneasiness; but I defied him to mention anything wherein I had not kept within yet bounds of Civility. Mr. NB Wesley then urged the house, saying, yt. in his hearing Mr. Oglethorpe b orderd it to be finishd xadoc wth. all speed. I told him, I was a stranger to it; yt. Mr. Oglethorpe's orders to me, were, yt. whatever Mr. Bradley had to offer to me, my best way was to referr him to ye c Trustees. I askd Mr. Wesley, if he found me charged wth. so many crimes of injustice & Revenge; and whether he had heard no (22) Accusations of me in regard to the Magistracy; his answer was, An a- artfull man could avoid that. I did not think it worth my while to shew any uneasiness to him, because he had now fully discoverd himself; b but I let him know, if I was chsrgA at any time wth. behavr. in a Sour manner it might be a just charge, because I had had so many 11 (22) "unreasonable demands yt. it was very difficult to distinguish whether I could be justified by ye people's necessitys, or whether I should not stand charged by ye Trustees for doing things without their orders; & particularly in Bradley*s affair, I now found I had far exceeded the Trustee*s agreement wth. him, likewise Brown of Highgate, & several others who are daily making demands on ye Store, & I think I might be allowd, when I know things were without order, to act cautiously, & shew an unwillingness in ye Execution; I added that I perceiv'd by this, yz yt. there were Some people endeavouring to raise an ill opinion in him of me, wch. hitherto I had endeavourd to prevent, and I thought it was as much his business as mine to do ye same; yt. for my part I had ever espousd his Character, & always discouragd those who (23) lessen'd it. Mr. Boltzius arriv'd, having received my letters, & took wth. him several parcells wch. came in Capt. Dymond from England, & promised to come down next week to Settle ye Genii, accts. He acquainted me yt. he a NB. had received a letter from Capt. Coram, wch. he had orders to deliver wth. his own hands to Capt. Watson; I told him where to find him, & b yt. he was a prisoner by the Trustee's orders; but yt. he might deliver ye letter if he pleased. Sundry Stores &c. 10 June Samuel Mercer officer of ye Guard. c Mr. Boltzius told me he had been with Capt. Watson, & yt. he very much abusd ye Trustees, Mr. Oglethorpe, & me; & added yt. he beleivd he was a very artful man; & sd. yt. if he talkd to other people in ye manner he had done to him, he must necessarily do a great deal of 12 (23) d NB. mischief, & that it was a misfortune he was confind here. I receivd a letter from Coll. Bamwell, yt. he had 400 Bushels of Corn KB dispose of, wch. I might have at 17. 6 Curry, p Bushell present mony, I immediately answerd him & sent a periaguer for it. Having pd. Mr. Bellinger for Some fresh meat delivd. here, I agreed wth. him (24) for 30 Steers to be deliverd alive at Savannah @ t 3 St. p head each Steer to weigh 500 w. or upwards; I also agreed wth. him for 20 other Steers to be deliverd at Mr. Bryan's landing, &put on board periaguers for ye So.wd. at L 2. 8. St. a heed of ye Same weight, on Acct. of wch. I advanced him 50 L Sterl. Mr. Horton not being gone to ye So.wtL. he again came to take his leave a NB. of me. Mr. Venables a passenger by Capt. Dymond came to inform me yt. he did not understand labour, yt. he was an upholsterer by trade, & could get his bread better elsewhere. I told him I thought it would be better to take his friend*s advice, & tarry here till he had acquainted them of it; & that if he appeard industrious I wou*d do wt. I could to serve him. He said he wou*d go to Cha. Town, & from thence intends to return to England, & accordingly he went in Lacey's perlaguer. b Joseph West, a Child of 3 years old was accidentally drown'd in a well in his father*s farm Lett. 11 June Robert How, officer of ye Guard. c John White, a Labourer wth. ye mill-wrights at Ebenezer, who was ^ \ apprehended last Monday on a violent Suspicion of Felony (Goods being (25) found on him), could not be examind till this day, ye owner of ye Goods being absent, being brought before me, It appeard yt. he got in at ye window of ye Hutt of Wm. Aglionby, & intended to Steal Several 13 (25) things wch. he had bundled up in ye absence of Sd. Aglionby. He had confessd yt. he had broke open a Chest in Sd. Hutt, vch. belongd to Ja. Corneck, & took ye things wch. he had bundled up; yz yt. he had a shirt on his back when he was taken vch. belong'd also to Sd. Corneck; he was therefore committed, & ye Evidences bound over to prosecute him at next Court. NB The Sd. White is ye Mill-wrights labourer mentiond ye 31 last month. It being ye king's accession to ye Throne, ye officer applyd to Mr. Venderplank for leave to hoist ye Colours, but he orderd him to referr it to ye l^th being ye day ye king was proclaim'd, & to avoid Strife. 1 did not interpose. Sundry Stores Ac. 12 June John lyndall officer of ye Guard. Capt. Hclntosh Sent his Brother & 2 Men from Fort prince George, wth. 2 Runaway Servants, who belongd to Mr. Robt. Williams & George Smith. They were carried before Mr. Parker, and their Masters not appearing, he committed them to ye workhouse for further Examination. Sundry Stores &c. (26) 13 June Austin Waddell, officer of ye Guard. Mr. Gronau came from Ebenezer & reported all there were in good health; he took wth. him the money & Several things wch. c?*me p Capt. Dymond. Mr. Bradleys wife having some time Since miscarried, & since that fell into ye Jaundice, dyed this Evening. Her latter complaints were violent pains in her Stomach, attended wth. an intermitting fever; her pains Seemd to be easd by vomiting, & she was judged by ye Doctor to be oat 14 (26) of Danger 2 hours before She dy'd. I paid Capt. Hdntosh's brother L 100 Curr. reward for taking ye 2 runaway men Servants mentiond yesterday. Sundry Stores &c. 14. Jame? Carwells officer of ye Guard. Tho. Ellis, Mr. Jones the Surveyors Servt. acquainted me he had been a NB. Setting out Mr. Houstoun's land, & running Some other Lines on Vernon River, & had his Masters orders to run out ye land for ye lower new b ward, wch. he was now going about; that Mr. Christie had desired him to Shew him his land, & that he intended to go that way & shew it him;. Mr. Christie accordingly went wth. him, & in about 3 hours time, return'd, & complaind yt. he had been waiting in ye woods but cou*d not proceed, because Euis's people were got drunk & did not come. (2?) Mrs. Bradley was buried. Mr. M^thews & his Wife, & Tho. Jones & his Wife dined wth. me; they a were very glad to hear ye news from England, & I acquainted them wth. Mr. Watson's petition, & agreed to assist in answering Sevl. pts. of it. Sundry Stores &c. 15 June. Kaik Walter Fox officer of ye Guard. This day was observd as the king's accession to ye Throne; on wch. occasion the Guns were fired, & Mr. Vanderplank asking for something for the Guard to Drink, I orderd a Barrell of Beer at ye Disposal of himself and all ye officers. Mr. Parker & Mr. Christie being with me, we examind ye Runaway Servants: 15 (27) It appeard that 2 of Mr.. Lacey's Servants (not taken) and these, had consulted about Running awey at ye house of Geo. Rosn on Sunday ye 5 inst: that Lacey's 2 Servants had "been most of ye day drinking there, yt. Roan & his Wife were privy to their Designs; that Williams' Servant was unacquainted wth. ye Consultation till 10 at night, when being in pursuit of John White, who was committed ye 11 Inst. he came "by ye Door of Sd. Roan, & hearing folks up, went in to get further assistance; that (28) he there Saw Lacey's Servants & Smiths's Servant; thut Sd. Smith's Servant went wth. him, & told him yt. he was just then going off wth, Lacey's Servants, & askd him if he wou'd go wth. them; to wch. he agreed. There was found on Smith's Servant, a Gun belonging to Mr. Lacey, he was therefore committed to Goal by ye name of Benjamin Groom for Felony, and William's Servant having given an ingenuous acct. of all their proceedings, & promising amendment, he was at his Master's request, discharge. The magistrates on this occasion were of opinion yt. ye Trustees have paid 30 L Curry, for the taking Smith's Servant, & Smith being no proper habitant of )& this Province, & ye Servant being a Dangerous fellow, & having committed the like offences before, it was orderd yt. Sd. Servant Shou'd be committed to hand labour for 6 months, & unless < Mr. Smith wou'd repay ye 50 L, ye Sd. Labour Should be performed in publick Service at St. Andrews or elsewhere; & if Sd. Smith Should pay 50 L, then Sd. Labour to be for his Benefit, he was therefore orderd to consider of the matter. Mr. Vanderplsnk complaind yt. he met Gwo. Roan Drunk in the Streets (29) who had assaulted him, & torn his Cloaths, that wth. much 16 (29) difficulty he had brought him wth. him that he had charg'd John Thomson to assist him, who had neglected it, & by his behaviour encourag'd Roan, by Saying, Are you a Freeholder, meaning (as Vanderplank Supposed) that Freeholders were to do as they pleased, & were not to be appre hended. As an Insult on a Constable whose ward was then upon Duty, required further notice yt. ye punishment due to Drunkenness, & Roan not being in a Condition to be examind, I committed him to Goal. John Thomson appearing to be one of ye Guard on Duty, I examin'd him as to Mr. Vanderplank's complaint, & it appearing yt. he saw ye assault & did not assist, I bound him over to answer ye Complaint at next Court. A Child of a Kant Wo. Servant of Mr. Houston dyd aged abt. 2 years. NB. Mr. Patrick Grant complain'd yt. he had no 5 Acre lot, or other land yet Set him out: he ownd he had formerly refused any, not then intend ing to cultivate it, thinking he could Spend his time better, but that now he had alterd his mind, & desired he might have it Set out; I told him I would take care about it. Sundry Stores &c. (30) 16 June Juhn Vanderpla.nk officer of ye Guard. a James Carwells, keeper of ye workhouse complaind yt. he had been obliged to hire assistants to dress ye Victuals, & carry necessarys to Sevl. prisoners, for wch. he demanded 25 & for 5 Months being 5 36 St. p. mo. I told him if he would bring a particular acct. of it I beleivd ye magistrates would consider of it, but in ye light he put it in it lookd like a raising his Salary wch. I had no power to do; whereupon he shewd himself very angry & delivd. me up his Keys. In ye afternoon Mr. Parker & Mr. Christie being wth. me, we sent for 17 (30) him; & convinced him of his mistake; the magistrates orderd yt. ye 25 L might be paid for the present for the assistance he mentiond; tut yt, for the future, if there was any extraordinary trouble wth. any parti cular prisoner, he shou'd acquaint the magistrates of it before the Discharge that they might better judge by whom such Charges Shoud be b born, & ye keys were sgain deliverd him. Geo. Rosne was brought to be examin'd, and was bound over to answer the assault; he having a house built, his own Bond was taken for his ap pearance at next Court; and in regard to his Drunkeness, not being a able to pay 2 according to ye sta- (31) tute, he was Set in ye Stocks. Sundry Stores &c. 17 June Wm. Cooksey officer of ye Guard. John Desborough's wife complained yt. in a Reckoning wth. Hen. Lloyd, one of the Victuallers, for Carpenter's work done by her tuMxltA husband & Sons, Sd. loyd had chargd 'em 6 . 9 for 9%^ lb. meat; as I beleivd it to be extortion, I issued a Warrant agst. Sd. Loyd, & he being brought before me, it appeard yt. Desborough had importund Sd. Loyd Several times to let him have Some Bacon & some Smoked Beef wch. he had bought for his own use, & was unwilling to sell; that he had let him have 3^ lb- of beef, for wch. he chargd 6 p , & 6 lb. of Bacon, for wch. he had chargd 10 p lb. As it did not appear yt. Loyd made any Common practice of Selling provisions, & yt. this was at ye importunity of the Complainant, & that ye provisions Sold was an KXtxatg extravagant kind of food, & not necessary, I dischargd the warrant, recomending it to ye Plaints, to be more frugal of their money, end at ye seme time cautiond Loyd not to encourage the people to spend their time in his 18 (3D bouse ^ in an idle manner, pgreeable to the Trustees Orders of ye 15 May 1735- (32) a NB. Wm. Cooksey complaind yt. he did not know where his 45 Acre Lot was; that as his 5 Acre Lot was very vet, & he unable at present to do any thing vth. it, he wanted to be Shearing of ye other; I promised to give orders in ye matter, & yt. it shoud be Shewn him. b Mr. Weeley lately acquainted me yt. there were Several Deists in the place, & now gave me a long acct. of a discourse between him & Dr. Garratt: I told him I did not doubt but he would be able to Set people right in these matters, & yt. I should be always ready to give ye assistance of aCivil magistrate in discountenancing & punishing bad morals whenever any particular Fact should make it necessary. Donald Stewart complaind yt. he had not received his Cow & Calf according to a written order I had Sent to Mercer as Pindar; that he carried Sd. order to Mercer, who went wth. him to Mr. Bxxx Bradley, who upon reading Said he would not deliver one witht. seeing Mr. Oglethorpe's Order; but told Jo. Stewart yt. he wou'd let him hp.ve a Cow & Calf on his own Acct. if he woud give him his note or Bond yt. Mr. Oglethorpe ^HnfaHt- should agree to it (31) when he came. a Tho. Devall, John Lacy, & Wm. Kellihorn Traders in ye Creek Nation arrived & deliverd me their Licences to be continued. Sundry Stores &c. Tho. Ellis officer of ye Guard for Noble Jones now at Augusta. 18 June I continued ye Licences of Tho. Devsl, & Wm. Kellihorn, & deliverd NB them, & told 'em to tell Lacy his was also ready. Lacy was in liquor %. b when he came yesterday, & behavd in a ludicrous manner, at first 19 (33) pretending he had lo^b his Licence, then yt. he had left it behind him, & after some Reprimands for his Behaviour he confessed he had it in his pocket, & then left it. Thos. Ellis Shewd me his work concerning ye lower new ward. I orderd him to Shew Mr. Christie & Mr. Cooksey their Letts, & to call upon Mr. Grunt, & set him out e five Acre Lett, & when that was done, he sd. he wod. proceed in Setting out ye 300 Acre Tracts on Vernon River according to his Muster's orders. Mr. Furry proposed to send the Peter & James, Capt. Dymond, to New York, or Philadelphia for Provisions for ye Colony on his own Risque & Fraught, I only agreeing to receive the Provs. on acct. of the Trustees at a. Stated price, (34) (viz.) Beef at 30 St. p Ib.; Pork at 35 St. p Ib.; Butter at 6 p Ib.; Chese at 4 p ; Flour at 10 /6 p Ib.; Midling Biscuit at 13 St., & Brown Biscuit @ 10 . 6 p Ib. all 10 ch. being agreeable to ye market price. I agreed to take them, but in sisted on ye Delivery et Frederics, because whatever might be wanted here migh come in ye Bark Carriage of Perriaguas yt. were continually going thither, wch. wou*d be much cheaper than sending them from home; to wch. he agreed, but insisted yt. in case he could not get loaded at N. York, but should be obliged to proceed to Philadelphia, I shou'd allow 5 P Ct. on ye price of ye Goods. This last is not yet agreed to. I examind wth. Mr. Furry some Gun powder wch. he brought from Cha. Town during ye late Alarms; I totally rejected some bids, & he took Several others, viz: FF & FEE to dry & desired I wou'd then see if they might not be taken for Cannon powder. 20 (34) a A Child of Wm. Frigden about 5 mo. old dyed & was buryed. Sundry Stores &c. Sunday 19 June Edwd. Jenkins officer of the Guard. b Alexr. Wood & Patr. Graham Traders from ye Creek Nation, & Tho. Andrews a (35) & Trpder from ye Chickasaw Ngtion, & Geo. Cozens from BbotMJatRarK N. Windsor arrived here, Cozens brought a Drsft on me for L str. from Mr. Lacey ^ wch. I paid. b Mr. Andrews brought him 4 Chickasew Indians, who, he said, were come to be paid for French prisoners they had taken, wch. he also brought wth, him. c Mr. Weddall arriv'd wth. ye Garrison boat from Augusta — He reports every body in health; that they cod. get meat kind enough, but yt. Bread kind was very scarce; he therefore brought down ye great Boat to carry some up. Mr. Lacey advises me yt. they had cleard ye Ground for ye Fort, end had begun to Set up the Puncheons, & that they were 3 more hajids wanting to assist ye Surveyor. That their neighbouring Indians, who are a branch of ye Chickasaw Nation (& are ye same who lately came down wth. Ca.pt. Grey) receiv'd them very kindly, & promised them their assistance. Sundry Stores &c. Wm. Gough officer of yaq&c ye Guard. Alexr. Wood & Pat. Brown brought/ me their Licences wch. I continued. (36) Wood brought a Drt. on me from Anty. Willey wth. Certificates of his men*s Service & a Bill of Expences of Mr. Tanner, all wch. amounted 21 (36) to ^ Str. wch. I paid. Sundry Stores &c. 21 June Elisha Forster officer of ye Guard. Mr. Eobt. Williams in his passage to Carolina met wth. ye 2 runaway Servants yt. belong'd to Mr. Lacey, & Sent 'em hither. On their Arrival I committed them to ye work house; Mr. Williams drew a Bill on me for L 50 Curry, to defray ye Charges of bringing them, wch. I paid. Mr. Lacey coming to town in ye Evening, the Servants were examind, they each of them discoverd the whole Transaction, & upon their promise of good Behaviour for ye future, wch. Seemd to be Sincere, they were dis charged. Sundry Stores &c. 22 June Robt. Potter officer of ye Guard. Jas. Searles arrived wth. 350 Bush: of Corn from Coll. Barnwell; he acquainted me there were Pease enough to be got at Port Royal, but people had not time enough to (3?) thrash them, but that they had promis'd to get some ready agst. his return. I orderd him to Cask up 200 Bushels of ye Corn, & to proceed wth. it immediately to Frederica; I also orderd 50 Bushed to be Caskd up for Augusta, & 50 for Ebenezer, & ye Remr. to be deliverd at ye Store. A Periagua arrivd from Cha. Town on board of 13 Arrived Mr. Hugh a Anderson & his family, wth. several other passengers as p list, all in good health. Mr. Anderson produced the Trustee's appointment under Seal to him as Inspector of ye publick Gardens, and of the Mulberry Planters in Georgia. They left Scotland ye Iptter end of March, & 22 (37) b after $ weeks passage arrived at Cha. Town, where he & his Company c receivd the usual Discouragements as to their settling in Georgia. Mr. Andersen deliverd me the Letter from Mr. Verelst to him, dat. 8 March 1??6, of wch. I have not as yet reed, any advice. Sundry Stores &c. June 23. John Fallowfield officer of ye Guard. Mrs. Lacey having complaind yt. she suspected her 2 Servants, who (38) had lately run away, were contriving to do ye same again; at her request I orderd Mr. Woddall to take them to Augusta & deliver them to their Masr., & to secure them in the work house till he went. A complaint was made by The. Atwell's wife in his Absence, agst. Wm. Bradley, yt. he refused to deliver a Celf wch. her Husband had bought of Joseph Pavay for 2 Steers deliverd to him. Bradley asserted yt. Pavay had some long time since (before Atwell's claim) made a present of it to his Daugr. Jennet, & therefore had no right to Sell it after wards to Atwell; Pavay allowd ye Bargain made wth. Atwell but denyd the gift to Bradley*s Daughter. Bradley insinuated yt. he was not at all obliged to Pavay for ye Gift, for yt. he had made him an sole Amends, & there Seemd to be accts. between 'em unadjusted. Upon ye whole, Pavay agreed to pay Atwell ye value of ye Calf, & to let Mr. Bradley keep it as his own, wch. Atwell chose to accept, rather yt. have any difference, tho* thereby she was deprived of 1st of her Stock. NB. This was not her original Stock, but arose from Increase. (39) Mr. Wesley having lately intimated yt. Mr. Brows, of Highgate had com plained p Bradley yt. he had lately receivd short weight, & short 23 (39) measure at ye Store, I therefore wrote to Mr. Bpown, requring him to give me an acct. yt. I might rectifie it. I referr to his Letter as to ye Answer he gave me, dat. 20 June, 1737, upon ye Rect. of wch. I examind into ye particular Charges therein: As to ye Soap, my Servant at ye Store proved yt. he spw Mr. Brawn's Servt. put some in his pocket, wch. he then told him was for his own use. My Servant also insisted that he gave him full weight, & yt. it was impossible he cod. mistake 2 It. in 6. As to ye Vinegar it appeard yt. ye Cask brought was filled, supposing it held 4 Gallons, but in reality it held 4 7 ^ wine measure, wch. is the measure that Comodity is now bought & issued by. I cou'd See no reason to think these Complaints just, the Entries of both being fair & ye Delivery 2 mo. past; but I acquainted Mr. Brown yt. I was always ready to hear any Complaints of that kind, & yt. I wou'd cer tainly do every one justice, yt. applyd to me: But on ye Contrary as I could not deliver the (40) Stores my Self, I ought not to be charged from 2. & 3. hands as I had been now, viz., from him to Bradley, & from Bradley to Mr. Wesley, & perhaps to others, therefore I insisted yt. if he had any complaints of that kind to make, they ought to be made first to me. John Desborough complaind yt. he received Molasses at ye Store, & there being some spilt by my Servants out of his Bag into a puddle of water, he saw them take up water and dirt to fill it again. I examind into ye matter, and found yt. some of the Molasses had been spilt, but in a clean place, & they did take up wt. they cou*d of it, & put it in ye bag again, but when Desborough found fault wth. it, they emptyd the whole bag again, & filld it wth. fresh Molasses. 24 (4o) My Servants on this occasion complained yt. notwithstanding they had behavd in this manner to please him; both he & his wife had grossly abused them, calld them Thieves, Cheats, & Rogues, & included me wth. them. I repremanded the Servants for taking Molasses from ye Ground, wch. must unavoidably h=- is dirt in it, & mix- (4l) ing it wth. ye pure; because tho' it might be fit for Brewing, it cou*d not be fit for those who eat it; and I orderd yt. in such Cases for ye future they shou'd put such damagd Molasses into a Cask by it self, and when my own people wanted any to brew to deliver it them, & charge it to my acct. I acquainted Desborough yt. he might see I was ready to do him justice if he had been injured; but told him if he expected to have any goods from ye Store, he must come for 'em in a quiet manner; as I woA.not encourage any one in the Store in any Crime wt.o.ever, I wod. never Suffer them to be insulted in their Duty. Sundry Stores &c. 24 June Wm. Parker officer of ye Gmrd. a The Society of Free Masons held their Annual Feast after had been at Church & heard a Sermon, & broke up about 3 ° Clock. Mr. Wesley din'd wth. us, & receiv'd the Thanks of ye Society for his Suitable Sermon. A Periagua arrived from Cha. Town wth. Sundry European Goods for Mr. Brownfield. Sundry Stores issued & receiv'd as p day Book. (42) 25 (43) Continuation of Mr. Caustons journal Journal Saturday 25 June 1737- Patrick Grant officer of ye Guard. Tho. Andrews ye Chickasaw Trader, ye 4 Indians, ye 2 French Captives, Tomochachi, & The Waggan a Creek Trader dined wth. me. Tomochachi requested a Goose & Gender for one of ye Chickasaw Indians, who he Said was an old friend, wch. I gave him. Tho. Wiggan deliverd me ye written pcct. of ye danger he had been in horse because his/hantsac had accidentally killd an Indian Child. Tho. Andrews gave me an account of Sundry presents the Indians expected for the Ransom of the 2 Frenchmen and yt. they insisted on coming down wth. him; and as to ye Goods, he Said, he would let them have them out of his Store in the Nation, & would Rn& Submit his acct. to Mr. Ogle- thorpe. I agreed to this, Supposing he might expect thereby Some Benefit to himself for his trouble. Sundry Stores issued & receiv'd as p day Book. (46) Sunday 26 June Wm. Woodroofe officer of ye Guard. Mr. Mathews & his wife, & Tho. Jones & his wife dind wth. me. I gave each of them a Doz. bottles of English beer wch. I lately bought of Mr. Brownfield. I had some appearance of a Fever on Friday last, & was this day Seiz'd wth. a violent Fitt, wch. continued 'till next morning. a One of my women Servants who lately arrived p Capt. Dymond, dy'd this day of a fever, wch. had some appearances of a Malignancy. 26 (46) b Ambrose Morrison*s wife dyd tMs day; her Illness was chiefly the Flux, wch. probably proceeded from a disorderly course of life, being much addicted to Drinking. Sundry Stores issued as p day Book. 27- John Coates, officer of the Guard. Daniel Demetree's periager arrivd wth. 9 fat Steers from Mr. Belinger; ye weather being very bad I was obliged to impress 4 hands in towing him to Frederica, least ye Steers Shod. Suffer by delay. I also dispatched James Sarle's Boat wth. 200 Bushell of Corn for ye Southward, being part of ye Cargo lately bought of Mr. Barnwell, & sundry other provisions & ammunition. Sundry Stores &c. (4?) 28 June Samuel Mercer officer of ye Guard. a The wife of Geo. Syrnmes dy'd of a violent Flux, wch. she had labourd under above a month. A Stranger from Purrisburgh coming here for his health, dy'd in his passage. Sundry Stores &c. 29 Robt. Howes, officer of ye Guard. b I continu'd ye Licenses of August Me pherson & Wm. Williams 2 Creek Traders & deliverd them. Sundry Stores &c. 30 John Lindall, officer of ye Guard. Coll. Beamore arrived & acquainted me yt. Mr. Jennys, notwithstanding 2? (4?) ye acct. deliverd, had. again refused payment of my Draft on acct. of Rum Duty; I therefore gpve him Cash for the same, c The wife of Thomas Antrobus dy'd of a Fever. Sundry Stores &c. July July 1. d Austin Woddal officer of ye Guard. Mr. John Ba± Darne, ye 3d Bailiff dy'd; & in regard yt. he had born a military Commission, ye Great Guns were fired at his Funeral. His illness was a flux, attended vth. several Gripings, vch. he had been frequently Subject to. (48) I certified Mr. Furry's accts. to ye 25th of March & desired he vou'd make out his Acct. to ye 24th of June, the Trustees having orderd all their accts. to that time, to be remitted vth. vl. speed they could. Sundry Stores &c. 2. July James Carvell, officer of ye Guard. The Ranger Sloop brot. me Capt. aappnYgpr Gorcoigns Lee advising me he had furnishd provisions of Frederica to ye value of L 11.2.0. abt. vch. he supposing I was not able to repay in ye same species, said he vas willing to take ye value in money, vch. I accordingly paid. I certified Mr. Brownfield's Acct. to ye 24 June. Sundry Stores &c. 3. Walter Fox officer of ye Guard. a Mr. Venderplank havg. acquainted me yt. ye people were desirous to cutt a vay for their Cattle to be brought home yt. lay % on ye Lands by Thunderbolt, he nov told me they were going out, & desired I would 28 (48) issue them Some Provisions & Strong Beer for Refreshmt. wch. I accord ingly did. Austin Weddal returnd last night wth. ye Garrison "best to Augusta, having on board Such provisions & other necessarys as were wanting. (49) Sundry Stores &c. 4th July John Vanderplank officer of ye Guard. a I renew'd ye Licences of Archibald McGilbury a Trader in ye Creek Nation. Mr. Jones, the Surveyor desired me to advance him some money, wch. I told him I could not comply with, unless he would give me some parti cular reasons for it. He insisted yt. Mr. Oglethorpe had orderd yt. I should pay for all ye people's Lands he had run out. I told him, if he would let me khow who ye people were, aot whose Lands were Set out, & had hot paid him, I would give him Credit for it in ye Store & he might at any time see his acct. but that he must bring a Certificate from every such person, because Mr. Oglethorpe's intention was, that they should be charged therewith. He insisted I had Mr. Oglethcrpe's orders to pay him, & therefore complained yt. he was ill used. I told him I always had been & shod, be ready to do him any Service in my power, but the General Expences were so great, that I was necessitated to be cautious of Disposing of ye Trustee's money, & besides he knew very well, th?t ye hands wch. he hired had been duly (50) paid & Victualld, & his family Supported; by wch. there was little prospect of any thing being due to him, unless he coud make his Demands appear to ye Trustees & obtain their orders. He urged Sundry difficulties in ye business of Surveying, wherein he had received no recompence. I told him I could 29 (50) not judge for the Trustees, "but advised him to think of returning his plans, & endeavour to remove the people's complaints, wch. for the Generality I believed were just, a The Relict of Nathaniel Polhill who is now married to Robt. Redford, having applyd for relief in behalf of Polhill*s Children, I orderd the usual allowance till Mr. Oglethorpe*s Arrival. Sundry Stores &c. Wm. Cookgey, officer of ye Guard. Mr. Wesley having sent a letter to Mrs. Williamson, containing several Charges, & Demands of a Confession, ye particulars of wch. I beleive her husband will t^ke notice of. — In about 2 hours after I receivd the letter from him of this date, at wch. I was much surprized. Sundry Stores &c. (51) 5. July Noble Jones, officer of ye Guard. I waited on Mr. Wesley wth. ye Magistrates to acquaint him yt. tomorrow was ye Anniversary on wch. ye Court of Record was first opend here, and the first people put in possession of their Lands, & ye power given for the administration of Justice. Th^t the people thought it incum bent on them to continue their Religious observation of ye Day, & therefore desired yt. Divine Service might for that purpose be performed in the morning before the Court Satt. To wch. he readily agreed, a As I would industriously remove all misunderstandings between Mr. Wesley & my self, I took this opportunity to ask him the meaning of his letter to me yesterday, particularly that part of it wherein he seem'd to place his future friendship wth. me upon my Compliance wth. something 30 (31) wch. he calld Doin^ his Dul^y. I farther told him, I had neither done or Said any thing from whence he cou'd think I would oppose any thing yt. he Shou'd do in ye Execution of his office. He was silent for some time. Upon wch. I again told him, yt. to present any mis understandings & ill Conjectures concerning his letter, & to (52) vindicate my own Actions, I had acquainted the Magistrates, then present, wth. ye Contents of his Letter: & that I must insist upon an Explanation before them that they might witness for me in time to come, after some further pause, he s?id: Suppose I. should refuse j