Pulaski County GaArchives History .....Departure of the "Mary Fisher" 1822 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 July 28, 2004, 11:13 pm p. 99 DEPARTURE OF THE "MARY FISHER" FOR SAVANNAH On last Wednesday morning, a few minutes before 12 o'clock, the Mary Fisher loosed her moorings and turned her head toward Savannah with a cargo of more than two hundred bales of cotton and other merchandise, commanded by Capt. William Taylor, with Mr. Thomas Holder acting as purser, Mr. Joe Reynolds as engineer, and Lawson Way as watchman. John Swain (colored), the faithful pilot, was at the wheel. They expect to reach Savannah by Sunday next. On the return trip she will take a load of salt.-(Jan. 8, 1822.) Additional Comments: Extracted from "HISTORY OF PULASKI COUNTY GEORGIA" OFFICIAL HISTORY COMPILED BY THE HAWKINSVILLE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRESS OF WALTER W. BROWN PUBLISHING COMPANY ATLANTA, GEORGIA File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pulaski/history/other/gms98departur.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb