Chap. HI. of the E N G L I S 
“ things whatfoever arifmg or happening within the faid 
Province, or between Perfons inhabiting or redding 
“ there ; and for awarding and making out Executions 
“ thereupon, and direfting the faid Corporation to re- 
“ gifter, or caufe to be regiftered, all Leafes, Grants, 
“ Plantings, Conveyances, Settlements, and Improve- 
“ ments whatfoever, as fhould at any Time be made of 
“ any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, v/ithin the 
“ faid Province and yearly to tranfmit authentic Ac- 
“ counts thereof, unto the Auditor of the Plantations, or 
“ his Deputy, and to the Surveyor of South Carolina^ to 
“ infpefl and furvey the fame, to afcertain the Quit-rents, 
“ which fhould become due according to the Referva- 
“ tion before mentioned. But not to have or take any 
“ Gratuity, Fee, or Reward, for fuch Survey or In- 
“ fpedion, on Forfeiture of their Office ; with a Provifo 
“ that all Leafes, Grants, and Conveyances, to be made 
‘‘ of any Lands within the faid Province, or a Memorial 
“ containing the Subftance thereof, fhould be regiftered 
with the Auditors of the Plantations, within one Year 
‘‘ from the Date thereof*, otherwife that tne fame fhould 
‘‘ be void. And direfted, that all Rents, Iffues, or Pro- 
“ fits, which fhould come to the faid Corporation, iffu- 
ing or arifing out of, or from, the faid Province, fhould 
‘‘ he laid out and applied in fuch Manner, as would 
‘‘ moft improve and enlarge the faid Colony, and beft 
“ anfwer the good Purpofes therein mentioned, and for 
“ defraying all other Charges about the fame. And di- 
“ redled the faid Corporation, from Time to Time, to 
“ give in to one of the Secretaries of State, and to the 
“ Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations, Accounts of 
“ the Progrefs of the faid Colony. And directed that 
“ the faid Common Council fhould, from Time to 
“ Time, for the faid Term of twenty-one Years, from 
“ the Date of the faid Letters Patent, have Power to 
“ appoint all fuch Governors, Judges, Magiftrates, Mi- 
“ nifters, and Officers, Civil and Military, both by Sea 
“ and Land, within the faid Diftrift, as they fhould 
“ think fit' and needful for the Government of the faid 
“ Colony (except fuch Officers as ffiould be appointed 
“ for managing, colledting, and receiving fuch of his 
Majefty’s Revenues, as fhould arife within the faid 
“ Province) with a Provifo that every Governor, fo ap- 
“ pointed, fhould be approved by his Majefty, and 
“ qualify himfelf as other Governors in America are by 
“ Law required to do, and give Security for obferving 
‘‘ the Afts of Parliament relating to Trade and Naviga- 
“ tion, and obeying all Inftruftions from his Majefty, 
“ or any afling under his Authority, purfuant to the faid 
“ A6ls. And granted, that the faid Corporation, for 
“ the faid Term of twenty-one Years, from the Date of 
“ the faid Letters Patent, fhould have Power by any 
“ Commander, or other Officer, for that Purpofe ap- 
“ pointed, to train, intruft', exercife, and govern a Mi- 
“ litia for the fpecial Defence and Safety of the faid Co- 
“ iony, to affemble in martial Array ; and put in War- 
like Pofture the Inhabitants of the faid Colony •, and in 
“ Time of aflual War, Invafion, or Rebellion, to ufe 
“ and exercife the Law Martial, and alfo to ereft Forts, 
and fortify any Place within the faid Colony ; and the 
“ fame to furnifli with all neceftary Ammunition, Provi- 
“ fion, and Stores of War, for Offence and Defence, 
“ and from Time to Time to commit the Cuftody and 
“ Government of them to fuch Perfon or Perfons as to 
them fhould feem meet *, declaring that the Governor 
“ or Commander in Chief of South Carolina^ fhould have 
“ the chief Command of the Militia of Georgia^ and 
“ that they fhould obferve his Orders. And granted, that 
“ the faid Corporation ffiould have Power to import and 
“ export their Goods, at and from any Fort or Ports 
that ffiould be appointed by his Majefty, within the 
“ faid Province, for that Purpofe, without being obliged 
“ to touch at any other Port in South Carolina. And 
“ declared, that after the End of the faid twenty-one 
“ Years, fuch Form of Government, and making of 
‘‘ Laws and Statutes, and Ordinances, for the Govern- 
‘‘ ment of the faid Province and its Inhabitants, ffiould 
be eftabliffied and obferved within the fame, as his 
Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, ffiould ordain and 
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appoint, and ftiou'ld be agreeable to Law ; and that 
“ after the End of the faid twenty-one Years, the Go- 
“ vernor, and all Officers, civil and military, within the 
“ faid Province, ffiould be appointed by his Majefty, 
“ his Heirs and Succeffors.” 
3. As foon as they had obtained this gracious and 
extenfive Charter, the following noble and honourable 
Perfons undertook, in Quality of Truftees, to engage, 
vigoroufly in the Execution of this Defign, wz. Anthony 
Earl of Shaftjbury, John Lord Vifcount Percival, fince 
created Earl of Egmont^ John Lord Vifcount fyrconneU 
James Lord Vifcount Lymerick., George Lord Car pent er.^ 
Edward Dighy, Efq-, James Oglethorpe., Efq; George 
Heathcoate., Efq; Ehomas Power, Efq; Robert More, 
Efq; Robert Hucks, Efq; William Sloper, Efq; Francis 
Eyles, Efq; John Earache, Efq; James Vernon, E.iop Ste^ 
phen Hales, A. M. Richard Chandler, Efq; Phomas Ere-' 
derick, Efq; Henry H Apojire, Efq; William Heathcoate, 
Efq; Johti White, Efq; Robert Kendal, Efq; Richard 
Bundy, D. D. Their firft Care was to obtain a Fund 
fufficient for the fending over a confiderable Number of 
People, and providing them with all kinds of Necefia- 
ries, towards which they fubfcribed liberally themfelves ; 
obtained confiderable Sums by way of Collecftion from 
well-difpofed People, and had belides a Grant from 
the Parliament of io,oqo/. 
They next turned their Thoughts, as to the moft pro- 
per Method of fettling thefe People, when fent over to 
Georgia, fo as that they might be enabled to live com- 
fortably themfelves, and at the fame Time anfv/er all the 
Ends for which they were fent thither ; it being judged 
highly reafonable, that thofe who were thus provided for, 
at the public Expence, ffiould be made in every Refpecft, 
as ufeful to the Public as poffible. They relolved there- 
fore to confider each Inhabitant in a double Capacity, as 
a Planter, and as a Soldier, who were confequently to be 
provided with Arms for their Defence, as well as Tools for 
the Cultivation of their Land, and taught the Exercife of 
both. They alfo refolved, that upon the firft fettling of 
this Colony, Towns ffiould be laid out, and Lands allot- 
ted each of them for their Maintenance, as near thofe 
Towns as poffible ; that the former might ferve for their 
Defence, and the latter for their Subfiftance. In Confe- 
quence of thefe Refolutions, it was agreed that every Lot 
or Portion of Land, ffiould confift of fifty Acres ; and 
that it ffiould be granted them in Tale Male, as the 
propereft Tenure for the Colony in its Infancy, and the 
fitteft to preferve it from thofe Inconveniencies to which 
it was moft obnoxious ; and with refpedl to any Flard- 
ffiips that might arife from this Tenure, they determined 
to remedy them occaftonally, till fuch Time as the Con- 
dition of the Colony ffiould render an Alteration necef- 
fary. 
They likewife determined to prohibit Negroes, the Ufe 
of them feeming abfolutely inconfiftent with the Defign of 
this Colony, and befides this, in many refpedls, incon- 
venient and dangerous. Inconvenient, as the firft Coft 
of a Negro is about thirty Pounds ; a Sum, that it was 
not to be fuppofed many of the People fent to Georgia 
could lay out for themfelves ; nor was it fit that the 
Truftees ffiould do it for them, fince this would pay the 
Paffage, provide Tools, and defray the Expence of a 
white Man’s Subfiftance for a Year, who would then be- 
come a Security to the Province. It was forefeen, that 
if a white Man kept a Negro, he would be lefs willing 
and lefs able to labour himfelf. If fuch as were in Cir- 
cumftances to go over at their own Expence, were al- 
lov/ed to make ufe of Negroes, it was judged that this 
would difpirit the poor Planters, would incline fuch as 
were poffeffed of Negroes to abfent themfelves, as ia 
other Provinces ; might enable them, if fuccefsful, to eat 
up and opprefs their poorer Neighbours ; or tempt them, 
if unfuccefsful, to mortgage or fell their Lands to the 
Negro Merchants. Thefe were apparent and great In- 
conveniencies, but the Dangers were ftill more numerous 
and more certain. In the firft Place, it was evident that 
as the Planters in Georgia were to be fent over with their 
Families, if Negroes were allowed, whenever the Men 
v/ere abfent from their Plantations upon any Duty, their 
4 O Wives 
