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such determination and resolutions as should be entered into 

 and come from thence recommended ;" and the articles of the 

 Continental Association, emanating from that body, were adopt- 

 ed by the people of St. John's. On the 23d of January, the 

 forty-five members of the Provincial Congress entered into a 

 non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation asso- 

 ciation. To these proceedings the people of St. John's took 

 exceptions, and their Committee withdrew from the Provincial 

 Congress. On the 9th of February they addressed a letter to 

 the General Committee in Charleston, praying to be received 

 into their association ; but their petition was refused. On 

 the 25th of March, they met and elected Dr. Lyman Hall 

 as a delegate to Congress. At this period the parish of St. 

 John's possessed nearly one-third of the entire wealth of the 

 province, and its inhabitants were remarkable for their upright 

 and independent character. " Alone she stood, a Pharos of 

 Liberty in England's most loyal province, renouncing every 

 fellowship that savoured not of freedom, and refusing every 

 luxury which contributed to ministerial coffers. Proud spot of 

 Georgia's soil !" 



The decided conduct of the people of St. John's exposed 

 them to great suffering, for the enemy laid waste all before 

 them.* Several engagements occurred in this county. At 

 BuUtown Swamp, Col. John Baker, with a party of mounted 

 militia, fell into an ambuscade, in which he. Captain Coop- 

 er, and William Goulding, were wounded. About one mile 

 and a half south of Midway church, the brave General 

 Scrivenf fell into an ambuscade and was mortally wounded. 

 At Sunbury, and at several other places, the patriots of Liber- 

 ty displayed a courage which would have done honour to any 

 people. The following is taken from McCall's History of 

 Georgia : 



" On the 4th of June a party of British officers were en- 

 gaged to dine with Mr. Thomas Young, at Belfast, on the 

 river Medway, to celebrate the King's birth day ; Capt. Spen- 

 cer, who commanded an American privateer, got intelligence 



* See Biograpliy of General Daniel Stewart. 

 f See Biography of General Scriven. 



