OGLETHORPE COUNTY. 463 



The petition was received, and a charter of incorporation 

 granted. The patent was dated 9th of June, 1732, and the 

 colony was called Georgia. 



In November, 1732, Oglethorpe, with 116 settlers, em- 

 barked for Georgia; and on the 13th of January, 1733, the 

 ship dropped anchor outside of the bar, at the port of Charles- 

 ton, South Carolina. After having been received in the 

 kindest manner by the Governor of the Province, and aided 

 by many of the inhabitants of Carolina, Oglethorpe proceeded 

 on his voyage, and arrived at Yamacraw, and fixed upon this 

 place as the most convenient and healthy situation for the 

 settlers. Here they marked out a town, and called it 

 Savannah. 



After he had placed his colony in as good a situation as cir- 

 cumstances would allow, he secured the good will of the In- 

 dians. A general meeting of the chiefs was held in Savannah, 

 and a treaty of friendship made with them. Oglethorpe then re- 

 turned to England, carrying with him Tomachichi, his queen, 

 and several other Indians, who were received by the king of 

 England with marks of great respect and kindness. From the 

 time that Oglethorpe returned to England, which was in the 

 spring of 1734, to the end of the year 1735, he was assiduously 

 employed in advancing the interests of his colony. Upon his 

 return, he visited Ebenezer, where the Saltburghers were set- 

 tled, the Highland settlement on the Alatamaha, and St. Si- 

 mon's Island. Upon this island he laid out a fort, with four 

 bastions, which he named Frederica. Anticipating difficulty 

 between England and Spain at this time, on account of cer- 

 tain unreasonable demands on the part of the Governor of St. 

 Augustine, he embarked for England, for the purpose of induc- 

 ing his government to adopt measures to protect the colony. 

 Oglethorpe was appointed Brigadier General, and was directed 

 to raise a regiment for the protection of Georgia. After spend- 

 ing some time in recruiting and training his men, on the 1st 

 of July, 1738, he left England, with a regiment consisting of 

 700 men, and arrived on the south end of St. Simon's Island, 

 on the 19th of September. A month after his arrival he vi- 

 sited Savannah, where he was received with every demonstra- 

 tion of respect. He did not remain here long, but set out on 



