Page 39 - Pilgrims in Georgia

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And so it begins…the Colony is started!

For the new colony’s first settlement
the Trustees of Georgia decided that it
would be located on the Savannah
River and would be named Savannah.
In spite of Oglethorpe’s desires to
establish Georgia as a haven for

debtors; the reality of pioneer life
prevented it (the settlers were chosen
for their skills). None of the original
settlers aboard the Anne were debtors,
and few ever settled in Georgia
instead, as we shall see, it would
become a haven for different
Protestant and other refugee groups. The Ship Anne
King George II In November 1732 James Oglethorpe A modern-day similarity
For whom Georgia is named
and 114 colonists departed England
aboard the ship Anne. They first
arrived off the coast of Carolina, then

negotiated permission to settle from
Tomochichi, the Chief of the Yamacraw
Indians who lived in the area. Acting as
interpreters were John Musgrove, who
had a trading post nearby, and his wife
Mary Musgrove, who was part
Yamacraw. The settlers then entered
the mouth of the Savannah River,
The 1732 Georgia finally disembarking at Yamacraw Bluff

Charter on February 12,1733 - now known as
Georgia Day. (See the book cover) Mary Musgrove, Oglethorpe, and Tomochichi