Georgia   Biographies  James Edward Oglethorpe

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JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE

General James Edward Oglethorpe was born at Westminster,
in England, and early entered the army.  In 1732, he left
England, and early entered the army.  In 1732, he left
England with 114 persons, to plant a colony in Georgia.
He arrived on our shores in February, 1733, and
immediately commenced laying out the town of Savannah.
He was Governor for nearly thirty years.  When the
Revolutionary war broke out, he was living in England,
one of the oldest officers of the British army, and was
offered the command of troops to go against us; but he
refused calling the Georgians his children, whom he could
not injure.  He did at an advanced age.


Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, Washington City, pp.
300-301.


OGLETHORPE COUNTY, GEORGIA


Laid out in 1793.  Part taken from Greene, 1794.  Parts
of Oglethorpe added to Greene, and parts of Greene added
to Oglethorpe, 1799.  Part set off to Madison, 1811; a
portion taken from Clarke, 1813; a part set off to
Taliaferro, 1825; a part added to Madison, 1831.  Named
after General Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia.

LEXINGTON is the county town, 64 miiles N. N. E. of
Milledgeville.

A few instances of longevity.  Mr. Clifford Woodruff died
over 104 years of age; Mrs. Taylor over 80; Charles
Strong, 84; Mrs. Strong, 80; General Stewart, 70, a
soldier of the Revolution; Charles Carter, 88; Jacob
Eberhart, 83; Samuel Ward, 85.


Ref:  White, Rev. George, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York, pp. 579-582.  [Reprinted 1968, Heritage Papers, Danielsville, GA]
Note:
Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Washington City,
Printed by P. Force, 1837,  pp. 255-256.
APPENDIX:  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
   "The author conceived that a short biographical sketch of the
individuals after whom the several counties were named, would furnish an
instructive and pleasing appendage to his topographical work...
   Acquainted with the intimate friends of some of the 'venerable dead,'
he has been furnished with sufficient materials to enlarge on their
character...
   There are in the State ninety counties (book printed in 1837, presently
in 2001, there are 159 counties)..."


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