Notes
INDEX
ABC books, donated 274
Abercorn, village near juncture of Abercorn Creek and Savannah River, mentioned, 18, 56, 104, 120, 136
divine services at 228
“behind Abercorn” = Goshen.
Abercorn Creek (Mill River), branch of Savannah River, mentioned 64, 239, 51; Aug, n. 13
island being surveyed 84
a great blessing 105
Acton, German and Swiss settlement near Savannah, inhabitants leaving 28
Adventists, settle near Augusta 185
Agriculture, see Crops.
Albinus, Johann Georg, court chaplain in London, letter to 5, 40
letter from 44, 74, 77, 165, 195, 263
advances travel expenses 8
forwards booklets 198
forwards medicines 266
Altona, city near Hamburg 270
Anabaptist, visits Ebenezer 142
settle near Augusta 185
Animals, wild: bears 12, 84, 89, 232
beavers 88
foxes 130
lynxes 84
possums 84
raccoons 84
Anton, Paul, Pietist professor, mentioned 46, 137, 51; March, n. 26
Arnsdorf, Peter, Palatine, summons Boltzius 24
Arnsdorf, Catharina, née Holtzer, Austrian, sick 12, 24
dies 25
Arndt, Johann, Pietist, author 137
author of True Christianity 16, 31, 46, 190, 246, 256, 274, 288, 51 Jan., n. 27
of Easter Sermons 21, 51; Feb., n. 11
of Informatorium biblicum 187, 211, 226, 234, 52 April, n. 16
Assistants, see Council
Augsburg, city in Swabia, benefactors in 194, 202, 282
books from 286
hymns from 272
letters from 271
Mother Church of Georgia Salzburgers 235
Augusta, city up the Savannah River, Germans moving there 28
Indian disorder near there 45
has small garrison 64
attracts sectarians 185
Ausführliche Nachrichten, source of Detailed Reports 91, 273, 51; July, n. 6
Bacher, Balthasar, Salz, moved to Goshen 184
Bacher, Christina, Salz, w Matthias, pleased with grandchildren 43, 61
sick with fever 107
successful midwife 172
Baptisms: importance of Baptism 83, 142
two babies baptized 2
Zettler’s slave child baptized 4
child baptized at Goshen 18, 73, 112, 172, 177
at Abercorn 134
child from Mount Pleasant 142
two children at Ebenezer 144
Barbara Mayer’s son 150
Spaniard’s child 162
son of cartwright Georg Mayer 186
Baumgarten, Dr., provides foreword 95, 51; July, n. 16
Beaver Creek, Beaver Dam, new settlement on the Savannah River 262, 274
to be surveyed 279
Beicht- und Communionbüchlein, see Confession . . .
Beiträge zum Bau . . . , see Contributions . . .
Benefactions, see Gifts.
Berkley, George, Bishop of Cloyne, writes about tar water 247
Bethesda, Whitefield’s orphanage near Savannah 120, 51 April, n. 13
Bewlie (now Beaulieu), Wm. Stephens’ estate 301
Bichler, Maria, née Bacher, w Thomas, sick 107
marries Balthasar Rieser 228
Bichler, Thomas, Salz, worst off in community 12
sick 13
receives Communion 30
awaiting salvation 40
leaves daughter 50
Blue Bluff, new name of Uchee land across Ebenezer Creek, given to Salzburgers 38
for Swabians 114
good land 123
being surveyed 128
mentioned 136, 142, 146, 162, 203, 233, 274
tythingmen appointed 153
schoolmaster needed 199
baptism at 186
hail causes damage 192
house consecration 207
does not suffer from drought 226, 227, 229
suffers from storm 235
sermon preached 256
members receive hymnals 273
Boards, sent to Germany as samples 128
Boehm, Anselm Wilhelm, court chaplain 288
Bogatzky, Carl Heinrich, Pietist, author of Güldenes Schatz-Kästlein der Kinder Gottes (Treasure Chest), 93, 107, 119, 183, 201, 51; July, n. 12
of Tractate on the Freedom of Believers from the Law 137
Boltzius, Gertraut, w Johann Martin, makes silk 55
Boltzius, Gotthilf Israel, s Johann Martin, sick 150
Boltzius, Johann Martin, pastor at Ebenezer passim
Boltzius, Samuel Leberecht, s Johann Martin, mentioned 1
Books, list of 288
Bornemann, Johann Christoph, surgeon from Göttingen 52; Nov., n. 18
Brahm, Johann Wilhelm Gerhard von, captain from Koblenz, arrives 114, 115
makes report 117
shows great love 206
mentioned 144
letter from 250
Brahm, Wilhelmina von, w Johann, mentioned 144
shows great love 206
Brandner, Maria, Salz, daughter of Matthias, confirmed 241
Breithaupt, Abbot Joachim Justus, Pietist writer, mentioned 137, 170
Briar Creek, area upstream from Ebenezer 24, 25, 134, 262, 264, 270, 271, 274
to be surveyed 279
Broughton, Mr., secretary of SPCK, letter from 94, 105
Bruckner (Brückner), Georg, Salz, dangerously sick 113, 132, 141, 142, 157, 158, 160
dies 161
Bruckner (Brückner), Maria, née Müller, w Georg, m Christoph Kramer 194
Brunnholtz, Johann Peter, pastor in Pennsylvania, letter from 154
report from 234
no answer from 26, 52 Jan., n. 26
Bryan, Hugh and Jonathan, S.C. planters, have many Negroes 240
Hugh reports on Charleston storm 243
Burgsteiner, Matthias, adopts Ruprecht Steiner’s child 152
dies 161
Burgsteiner, Agatha, wid Matthias, spinning cotton 166
Burry, Master, preaches at Augsburg 201, 203
Cadogan, Mr. George, commandant at Augusta 256
Callenberg, Johannes Heinrich, missionary to the Jews 105, 51; Aug, n. 17
Canstein, Carl Hildebrand, Baron of, produces Bibles 52 Dec., n. 25
Carver, Mr., merchant in Gosport 78
Catholic man 17
Cattle, fine herd being acquired 248
have much pasturage 256
Cedars, see Trees
Charleston, port in South Carolina, passim
Chemnitz, city in Saxony, home of Peter Hammer 200
Cherokees, see Indians.
Chest, from Halle 95, 118, 137
from London 265
from Augsburg 269
Churches, see Jerusalem Church and Zion Church.
Coconuts, described 71
Coethen hymnal 268
Commandments, numbering of 117, 148, 226, 51; Feb., n. 15; 52 Jan., n. 16
Commemoration and Thanksgiving Festival 35, 39, 58
Commissioner of Roads, requests sermon 220
Concordienbuch, Lutheran articles of faith 50, 51 Jan, n. 22
Confession and Holy Communion Booklet (religious tract by Ambrosius Wirth, 45, 59, 111, 127, 186, 207, 273.
See Beichtbüchlein
Congarees, Congrees, settlement in South Carolina, refuge of renegades, to be settled against Indians 52
Corn, see Crops.
Council, governing body in Savannah consisting of a President and five Assistants, mentioned 2, 38, 52, 57, 85, 136, 142
to pay for silk 72
summons Boltzius 160
holds parliament 167
promise 100
acres 183
Cowpen, cattle ranch, useful 123, 133
Schmid sells his share 248
Creeks, see Indians.
Crops: barley 189
beans, 89, 202, 228, 230, 244, 256
Indian corn 42, 89, 190, 202, 220, 228, 244, 256
growing cobs 77
gourds 89
rice, 89, 111, 190, 202, 220, 228, 230, 240
squash, 202, 228, 230, 244, 256
sweet potatoes, 89, 190, 230, 244, 256
Cypress, see Trees.
Deaths: Mrs. Kocher’s child 3
Zettler child 22
Kornberger’s son 26
Thomas Bichler 46
Eigel’s second daughter 79
Mrs. Neidlinger 81
ten year old boy 82
Carl Ott’s daughter 87
Johann Ulrich Neidlinger 99
Kronberger child 119
Johann Heinle, Sr., 126
Ruprecht Kalcher 144
Mrs. Joseph Schubdrein 147
Ruprecht Steiner 150
youth of twenty-five 159
Georg Bruckner 161
Matthias Burgsteiner 161
Margaretha Lackner 184
Kronberger’s son 188
Georg Kogler’s child 202
Daniel Schubdrein, Sr. 209
David Kraft 223
Ludwig Mayer’s son 231
Elisabeth Lackner 249
Sulamith, Negro child 277
George Meyer 285
Deer, see Animals
DeLion, Abraham, Portuguese Jew 301
Deppe, Maria Margaretha, w Valentin, leads exemplary life 9
Deppe, Valentin, Swiss in Purysburg, leads exemplary life 9
has purples and sore throat 17
Dessler, Wolfgang Christoph, hymnist 293.
Dick, Johann, merchant in Rotterdam 261
Diseases: diarrhea colliquativa 224
dropsy 79
epilepsy (any convulsions) 22, 87, 147, 51; June, n. 10
febris acuta 12
Friesel 51 Jan, n. 1
motus febriles 3
pica (clay eating), 109, 51; Aug, n. 24
the purples 9, 10, 17, 26, 51 Jan., n. 1
quartan fever 230
scarlet fever, side stiches 150, 170, 175, 230
sore throat 2, 9, 17, 26, 147, 149, 150, 166
yellow jaundice 52; Nov., n. 2
Dod, Scots husband of Wurttemberg woman 78, 79, 80
Dod, Mrs., w of Scot, 82-83, 90
dangerously sick 108
East Indian Reports, reports from Lutheran missionaries in India 71
East India, zealous missionaries there 271
Ebenezer, Salzburger settlement near Savannah passim
Ebenezer Creek, unnavigable waterway from Old to New Ebenezer, mentioned 79, 181. 201
settlers on 283
Ebenezer Reports, see Ausführliche Nachrichten 91, 273
Ebner, Johann Georg, from Strassburg, asks for Communion 162
Eckert, Ursula, Mrs. Kraft’s maid, espoused to Ruprecht Steiner 149, 151; 52 Jan., n. 1; 52 Jan., n. 22
Eigel, Georg, Salz, his second daughter dies 79
Eischberger, Anna Maria, née Riedelsperger, w Ruprecht, receives legacy 202
Eischberger, young Mrs., rearing children well 246
Empire, see Holy Roman Empire
Englishman comes to Ebenezer 227
Ernst, Ludwig, Salz, his child snakebitten 91
Ernst, Susanna Catharina, Bavarian, daughter of Josef, confirmed 241
Essentia dulcis, see Medications.
European crops (wheat, rye, barley, oats), 173, 179
“Fathers,” Salzburger patrons 194, 238, 270
see G. A. Francke, Urlsperger, Ziegenhagen.
Febris acuta, see Diseases.
Fetzer, Christian, Swabian carpenter, doing good job 8
Fetzer, Sebastian, in difficulty 228
Fetzer, young Mrs., stillbirth 249
Figs, see Fruit
Filature in Savannah 53, 68-69
in Ebenezer 213-216
Firs, see Trees.
Flax spinning, expensive 163
Flerl (Floerl), Hans, Salz, a godly man 60
his servant close to death, consecrates house 127 110
assembles with household 226
Flerl, Mrs. Hans, a godly woman 60
Formulae Concordiae, Lutheran articles of faith 13, 51 Jan, n. 22
Fort Argyle, fortress on the Ogeechee River, mentioned 25
Foxes, see Animals
Francke, August Hermann, Pietist writer, mentioned 137
Francke, Gotthilf August, s A. H. Francke, Reverend Father and benefactor, letter from 77
Franklin, Thomas, English clergyman, mentioned 22
Frankfurt am Main, famous city 137
Frenchman in Savannah, dies 171
French carpenter killed in storm 242
Fresenius, Senior, author of Pastoral Collections 47
Freylinghausen, Johann Anastasius, professor at Halle, author of
Friesel, see diseases
Fruit, apples, grow swiftly 97
sprout a second time 120
plum and peach trees beginning to blossom 20
plums 169
figs 96
method for laying out vineyard 100-103
Geistreiches Gesangbuch, 95, 96, 118, 274, 51; July, n. 17, 52 Dec., n. 25
of Gospel Postil 113, 51; Oct., n. 3
hymns 291
Geistliches Blumengärtlein, relgious tract 51 Feb, n. 4
Geistreiches Gesangbuch, see Freylinghausen.
Gerack, Master, minister en route to Lancaster 261
German boatman, works his way over 8
German crops, see European crops
German man from Charleston, wishes to attend services 163
German people behind Abercorn (at Goshen) 55, 73, 87, 103, 156, 191, 203, 245
Germans in Savannah, 1, 16, 62, 68, 69, 87, 188, 221, 232, 263
German Theology, medieval text edited by Luther 14, 16
Glaner, Georg, Swabian, consecrates house 45
Glaner, Mrs., her children cause joy 216
Glaner, Sibilla, née Zant, wid Piltz, w Georg, sick 152
Glen, Mr., Governor of South Carolina, mentioned 217
Goetz, Mrs. Dr., benefactress 188
Goshen, fertile land “behind Abercorn,” child baptized 18, 73, 112, 172
Boltzius preaches there 54, 64, 97, 103, 172, 229, 245, 253
being surveyed 128
mulberry trees being planted on glebe land 156
property there 167
Salzburgers moving there 184
people request Communion 200
Gosport, English port 78
Gotte, Ludwig Andreas, hymnist 292
Graef, Catharina, wife of soldier from Frederica, dangerously sick 189
Graham, Dr., neighbor of Salzburgers, visits Indians 57, 63
letter from 167
President of the Council 261
Granewetter, Anna Catharina, née Sturmer, Salz, wid Caspar, unhappily married 29, 250
Grapes, see Fruit
Grass, burned 165
The Great and Severe Spiritual Passion . . . , tractate by Ziegenhagen 198
Gregorian calendar, adopted 234
Grewe, Johann Heinrich, settler from Göttingen 52; Nov., n. 18
Grimmiger, Catharina, Austrian, daughter of Andreas, confirmed 241
Gristmills, sometimes idled 28
Groll, Johann, Swabian, shoemaker, to move to Savannah 259
Gronau, Christian Israel, deceased colleague of Boltzius, remembered 3, 146
Gschwandl, Thomas, Salz, adopts Ruprecht Steiner’s child 152
Habersham, James, merchant, member of Council, Trustees’ secretary, mentioned 2
requests lumber 23
letter to 260
summons Boltzius 68
furthering silk business 69
inclined to Salzburgers 85
Habersham and Harris, mercantile firm, mentioned 28, 161, 264
Häfner, Pieta Clara, widow 52; Oct., n. 2
Häfner, Maria Dorothea, Pal, daughter of Johann Georg, confirmed 241
Halifax, new settlement on the Savannah River 262
to be surveyed 279
Halle, East German city, home of Francke Foundation, letters from 271
source of gifts 46, 137, 194. See Chests
Halle Hymnal, see Freylinghausen.
Halle Orphanage, source of gifts 31
Hammer, Peter, settler from Chemnitz in Saxony 200, 231, 52 Jan., n. 19
Handschuh, minister in Lancaster 261
Happacher, Swabian on Blue Bluff, mentioned 185
Harris, Mr. John, partner of Habersham, his firm mentioned 28
Harvest and Thanksgiving Sermon 121, 256
Heart Examinations, religious tract 220
Heermann, Johann, hymnist 293
Heinle, Johann, Sr., Swabian from Ulm, faithful worker 62
sick 126
Heinle, Johann, Jr., in Glaner’s service 62
Heinle, Mrs. Johann, faithful worker 62
Heinzelmann, Israel, Muhlenberg’s assistant 234
Helder, Bartholomäus, hymnist 291
Helmershausen, blessed six year old 79
Heron, Col., English administrator 23
Herrnhuters, religious denomination 15, 16, 20
Hessler, Christian, Salz, summons Boltzius 73
Hessler, Elisabetha, w Christian, bitten by snake 73
Hildebrand, Master, clergyman in Augsburg 211, 52 July, n. 7
Hildesheim, German city, home of child-murderess 92, 93
Holstein, German province, medicines from 266
Holy Roman Empire, mentioned 117, 236
Honey, profitable 66
Horses, very common 63
eat salt 85
House consecrations: Gabriel Maurer 13
Georg Glaner 45
Hans Flerl 127
Carl Ott 189
on Blue Bluff 207
Mrs. Krafft 275
Huber, Margaretha, Salz orphan, writes will 164
Hymns, see Appendix.
Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis, mentioned 16
Indian corn, see Crops
Indians, “disorderly and wicked people” 37, 64
disturbance near Augusta 45
hostilities by 65
free allies of the English 218
behave well 71
make salt 84
lurking nearby 111
use firearms 112
shoot cattle, should be converted 245
Nottawegs allied with Cherokees 85
Cherokees and Nottawegs fight Creeks and Uchees 85, 86
Creeks asked to sell land 57
a Creek brings scalp 70
Creeks receive gifts from Dr. Graham, Creek man calls on Boltzius 89
Creek busk described 88-89
Creek life 89-90
Creeks kill Cherokees 217
Uchees visit Ebenezer 69
flee from other Indians 70
land reserved for them 51 Oct., n. 11
rainmakers 89
arrowheads found 111
Florida Indians cannibals 228
war expected 256
Informatorium biblicum, see Arndt
Instruction for the Sick and Dying, by S. Urlsperger 132
Introduction to the Religious Struggles . . . , tract by Dr. Walch 273
Irishman, wishes to marry 185
Jerusalem Church, town church in Ebenezer, mentioned 1, 24, 35, 63, 106, 109, 110, 117, 126, 144, 147, 179, 195, 201, 273
Jew from Savannah 258
Jews have same privileges as Christians 259
Joseph’s Town, moribund village near Abercorn, mentioned 104, 167
Kalcher, Mrs. Margaretha, w Ruprecht, bakes bread 6
second daughter recuperates 8
experiences tribulations 136
praises God 226
sick 259
Kalcher, Ruprecht, Salz, mentioned 1, 80, 142
silk culture in his house 42
a true Job 118, 119, 127, 131, 132, 134, 135
dies 144
praised 144-146
remembered 195
Kalcher, Ursula, Salz, daughter of Ruprecht, confirmed 241
Kieffer, Elisabetha Maria, wife of Nikolaus Kronberger 52 April, n. 9
Kieffer, Margaretha, w Theobald Kieffer, Sr., mentioned 51, April, n. 6
Kieffer, Theobald, Sr., Palatine from Purysburg, his family has slaves 44
Kieffer, Theobald, Jr., mortally sick 157
an honest person 181
Kleinknecht, Pastor, Lutheran minister, recruiter for Swabians, letter to 5, 51 Jan, n. 10
Kocher, Appolonia, w Georg, her baby dies 3
Kogler, Barbara, Salz, w Georg, comforted by Boltzius 202
Kogler, Georg, Salz, chief carpenter and sawmiller, mentioned 2
Koitsch, Christoph Jacob, hymnist 292
Kornberger, apparently error for Kronberger
Krämer, Johanna Margaretha, née Müller, wid. Bruckner, has severe chest ailment 259, 269
Kraft (Krafft), David, Swabian from Ravensburg, arrives 114
goes to Charleston 163
mentioned 177, 195, 200, 211, 269
previously well but now sick 212
requests Communion 221
dies 222
praised 223-224
buried 225
Kraft (Krafft), Anna Barbara, née Brandt, w David, mentioned 195, 225
receives gifts 261
operates store 263
buys Negro child 275
Krauss, Captain Thomas, artilleryman with third Swabian transport 262, 268, 269, 270, 274
Kronberger family, formerly well, now sick 188
Kronberger, Nikolaus, Palatine from Purysburg, loses son 26, 188
calls Boltzius 113
Kronberger, Maria Elisabetha, w Nikolaus, sick 113, 119, 181
Kronberger girl dies 119
Krüsy, Adrian, Swiss youth, dies 1
Kurtz, Mr., assistant to Muhlenberg, mentioned 154
Kurtz (Curtzius), Jacob Friedrich, swindler, mentioned 26
Lackner, Elisabetha, née Pricker, w Martin, Jr., lives on Glebe land in Goshen 73
visited by Boltzius 172, 183, 194
dies 249
Lackner, Martin, Jr., Salz, sends word 173
moved to Goshen 184
Lau(e), Samuel, court chaplain at Wernigerode 268
Lechner, see Lackner
Leipzig, source of gifts 260, 261, 270, 284, 287
Leimberger, Christian, Salz, buys slave 275
Lemke, Hermann Heinrich, assistant minister in Ebenezer, mentioned 2, 161, 279
silk culture in his house 42, 55
receives letter 77
preaches in Goshen 103
sick 150
attends parliament 167
baptizes child 177
preaches in Savannah 189, 205, 232
Lemmenhofer, Maria, Salz, wid Veit, mentioned 190
Libri simbolici, Lutheran articles of faith, 51 Jan, n. 22
Little Treasure Chest, religious treatise by Carl Heinrich Bogatzky 93, 107, 119, 183, 201
Lloyd, Mr., Trustee, silk expert in London, letter from 3, 74, 204 203, 209
report to 210
knows Kraft 212
London, source of benefactions, 194, 265, 270, 286
Lord Trustees, see Trustees.
Lords of Trade and Plantations, successors of the Trustees 203, 204
Lucerne (Luzern), Swiss city, exiles from, mentioned 18
Luther, Martin, his writings mentioned 14, 29, 61, 65, 137, 220, 274, 52 July, n. 20
attacked by Wesley 15
Lutherans in Savannah, see Germans in Savannah.
Lynxes, see Animals
Madeira, viticulture there 101, 102
Marriages: Rieser-Bichler 228
Lackner-Pricker 249
Martyn, Benjamin, Trustees’ secretary, letter from 3, 18, 203
will be secretary to Lords of Trade and Plantations 205
Maurer, Mrs. Hans, mentioned, 249
Maurer, Gabriel, Salz, consecrates house 13
Mayer, Barbara, née Zorn, w Ludwig, churched 150
(Johann) Georg, brother Johann Ludwig, church attendance improves 29
Mayer, (Johann) Ludwig, physician and justiciary, mentioned 2, 18, 78, 85, 142, 247, 275
sick 17
receives benefactions 117, 261
treats snakebite 70
good arrangements made for 112
Boltzius desires him as justiciary 139, 51 July, n. 13
loses son 231
goes to Savannah 238
serves as judge 244
appointed justiciary 52 Jan., n. 3
Mayer, Magdalena, w. Georg, a good Christian 29
Medicines: china de china 212, 224
essentia dulcis 1
remedium antifebriles 52 July, n. 9
medicines from Holstein 266
Memmingen, German city, resort of exiles, physicians in 264
Meyer, Georg, wainwright, his son dies 186
he dies 285
Meyer, . . . , wid Georg, greatly respected 286
Militia at Savannah, 51 June, n. 12
Mill River, see Abercorn Creek.
Mills, all in order 212
being repaired 227
Millstones, donated 108
Moravian Brothers, see Herrnhuters.
Motus febriles, see Diseases.
Mount Pleasant, fortress on Savannah River above Ebenezer, mentioned 262, 52 Jan., n. 2
Mr. Prior’s Narratives, medical treatise 231
Muhlenberg, Heinrich Melchior, pastor from Halle, letter from 154
Muhlmann, Johann, hymnist 291
Mulberry trees (for silkworms), to foliate soon 24
are sprouting 38
more should have been planted 48
beginning to sprout 169
hindered by drought 173
by frost 176
Münch, Chrétien de, Augsburg banker, mentioned 51 Dec., n. 4
Musgrove, Mary, Indian interpretor, to prevent Indian war 217
Neander, Joachim, hymnist 292
Negroes, see Slavery.
Neidlinger, Johann Ulrich, Sr., Swabian tanner from Ulm, installs workshop with sons 5
an honest man 81
makes report 138
rents Ruprecht Steiner’s property 152
Neidlinger, Johann Ulrich, Jr., reports death of mother 81
mentioned 51 Nov., n. 22
Neidlinger, Matthias, Swabian organist, finds no work 8
Neidlinger, Mrs., w Johann, Sr. very weak 79
dies 81
Negroes, see Slaves.
Newport, Newport River, new settlement 134, 257, 258, 262
New Windsor, settlement in South Carolina 257
Nottawegs, see Indians.
Nova Scotia, Germans at, mentioned 18
Ogeechee, black-water river parallel to lower reaches of the Savannah, mentioned 25, 57, 86, 110
Oglethorpe, James Edward, founder of Georgia, mentioned 101
letters from 195
Orangeburg, German settlement in South Carolina 65
Order of Salvation, religious manual 284, 285
Ortmann, Christoff, former teacher at Ebenezer 2, 51 Jan, n. 6
Ott, Carl, Salz, consecrates house 189
Ottolenghe, Joseph, convert, to teach Negroes 94, 105, 52 Nov., n. 12
Paedigogium Regium, lycee for young noblemen, mentioned 165
Parker, Mr., brother of Henry, manager at Bethesda, dead 217
Paulitsch, Johann Philipp, Swabian, installs mechanism 5
Peaches, see Fruit, Trees
Peas, see Crops
Pica (clay eating), see Diseases.
Pietist parlance, “breakthrough” 149, 52 Jan., n. 18
“temptations” 183, 52 July, n. 29
“security” 51 Jan, n. 30, April, n. 5
“honest” 51; March, n. 5, n. 6
“perverted” 51 March, n. 12
unwissend 52 May, n. 4
Machtspruch, Kernspruch, Hauptspruch 51 June, n. 22
Piltz, Andreas, deceased Salz from Rastadt, 181
Pines, see Trees.
Plums, see Fruit
Port Royal, small port in South Carolina, mentioned 22, 238
Ports, George Philip, Pal, has good plantation 11
Possums, see Animals
President, see Council.
Purples, see Diseases.
Purysburg, Swiss settlement across and down river from Ebenezer, mentioned 56, 120, 230
Quakers, settling near Augusta 185
Rabenhorst, Christian, pastor with third Swabian transport 260, 261, 268, 271
will remain with them in Savannah 263, 270
comes to Ebenezer 277
Raccoons, see Animals.
Rahn, Anna Barbara, née Paulitsch, w Conrad, mentioned 154
Rahn, Conrad, Swabian from Ulm, returns from Pennsylvania 145
Rainmakers, see Indians.
Rattlesnakes, see Snakes.
Ravensburg, Swabian city, home of David Kraft 224
Reformed, followers of Calvin and Zwingli, mentioned 28, 31
Religious Struggles, treaties by Walch 265, 273, 52 Dec., n. 3
Reverend Fathers, see “Fathers”
Rheinlander, Johann Martin, Pal, confirmed 241, 52 Aug, n. 7
Rice, see Crops.
Rice stamp 236
Ricebirds (bobolinks) 240
Rice, see Crops.
Rice polisher and stamp 123, 153
Richter, Christian Friedrich, theologian, doctor, hymnist 291
Riedelsperger, Christian, Salz, has trading business, serves as butcher, his children well behaved 26
to sell boards 32
son is sick 243
will cultivate land 253
Riedelsperger, Mrs., Maria, née Schweighoffer, comforted 13
bears cross 30
Rieger, Pastor, mentioned 133
Rieser, Balthasar, Salz, married Maria Bichler 228
Rist, Johann, hymnist 292
Robinson, Pickering, English silk expert, mentioned 3, 53, 54, 56, 68
furthering silk culture 69, 189
Rottenberger, Christoph, Salz, designs mill 7
prepares five machines 53
Rottenberger, Elisabetha, w Christoff, contracts purples 10
recuperates 11
Ruben, Johann Christoph, hymnist 292
Rye, see Crops.
Sabbatarian, visits Ebenezer 142
Sachs, Hans, hymnist 292
Sanftleben, Georg, Silesian carpenter, remembered 249
Sarganeck, Inspector, mentioned 165
Savannah, chief city in Georgia passim
Savannah River, river fronting Augusta, Ebenezer, and Savannah passim
Savannah Town, trading station near Augusta, mentioned, 87, 232, 257
Sawmill, being built 16
durably built 37
waterwheel too small 58
ditch being dug 64
Saxony, German Province, home of Peter Hammer 149
Scarlet fever, see Diseases.
Schatz-Kästlein, see Bogatzky.
Schauer, Johann Caspar, distiller in Augsburg 52 Dec., n. 16
Schauer’s balm, see Medicines.
Schaum, Mr., assistant to Muhlenberg 154
Scheffler, Anna Maria, née Ernst, w Johann, has child 187
Scheffler, Johann, Salz, has son 187
Scheffler, Johann (Angelus Silesius), hymnist 291
Scheraus, Johann, Swabian, moved to Goshen 184
Schmid, Johann, Austrian, his son dies 1
his horse stolen 244
has financial difficulties 249
Schrempf, Ruprecht, Salz locksmith, brings grapes 90
mentioned 133
Schubdrein, Anna Margaretha, receives Communion 127
holds family reunion 134
sick with fever 181
memorizes letter 51 Dec., n. 6
Schubdrein, Daniel, Palatine from Nassau-Saarbrücken, mentioned 4
industrious carpenter 174
visited by Boltzius 208
dies 209
Schubdrein, Josef, Palatine carpenter, mentioned 4, 8, 147, 209
Schubdrein, Mrs., née Gschwandl, w Joseph, dies 147
Schubdrein, Nikolaus, Palatine carpenter, mentioned 51 Jan, n. 9
Schubdrein, (Johann) Peter, to go home to Nassau-Saarbrücken 4
sends letter 22
returns 114
makes report 115
brings list 128
shows travelogue 175
has fall 208
recovers 210
Schubdrein, Margaretha, w Peter, has tertian fever 190, 208
Schubdrein family, all useful people 182
Schutze, Master Sebastian, minister in Freyberg, author of Order of Salvation 284, 285
Schweiger, Eva Regina, née Unselt, w Georg, receives Communion 10
Schweighoffer, Margaretha, old Salz wid, receives charity 80
mentioned 151
trusts in the Lord 253
dangeously sick 259
Schweighoffer, Ursula, daughter of Margaretha, marries Martin Paulitsch 51 July, n. 24
Scots woman, wishes to marry 185
Scriptural Instructions for the Sick and Dying, tractate by Samuel Urlsperger 118, 123, 193, 269, 51 Nov., n. 8, 52 May, n. 7
Scriver, Christian, Pietist author, mentioned 137
Second Swabian Transport 114
Silk culture, the best harvest 24
enough silkworm seed 38
description of 41, 42, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 63, 65, 203
compared with Italian methods 75, 203
coming to end of season 182
Silk spinners, in Savannah 189
Singing hour, on Wednesdays and Saturdays 107
Slave driver, mentioned 132-133
Slaves and slavery: to be permitted 272
keeping Negroes dangerous 44, 62
Kieffer family has many 44
can be easily obtained 48, 157
to be instructed 105, 157, 251
Negro girl struck by lightning 171
few Negroes at Ebenezer 174, 252
Negro woman complains 190
good restrictions 245
old Salzburger buys slave 251
Spaniard steals girls 255
Negroes have too much freedom 255, 266
school to be built 267
Negroes have native intelligence 267
Mrs. Krafft buys child from Zettler 275
Negress to be instructed 282
Small Catechism, by Luther 274
Snakeroot, cure for snakebite 70
Snakes: Salzburger bitten by rattlesnake 70
rattlesnakes killed by deer and blacksnakes 71
Mrs. Hessler bitten 73
Ludwig Ernst’s child bitten 91
Society, see SPCK.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, English missionary society, sends Ottolenghe 94, 105
sends minister to Augusta 185
does good work 252, 51 July, no. 13, 52 Nov., n. 5
Sommer, Pastor of Schortewitz, sends Bible verses 80
sends books 289
Spaniard, resident on Blue Bluff, his child baptized 162
steals Negro girls 255
SPCK (Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge), missionary society in London, letter to 19
inclined to Salzburgers 36
supports Boltzius 56
Spener, Philip Jacob, Pietist leader, writings mentioned 137, 237, 52 Sept., n. 13
Spinning: cotton 166
flax 163
silk 189
wool 163
Squash, see Crops.
Squirrels, see Animals.
Stegmann, Johann Caspar, hymnist 293
Steiner, Ruprecht, Salz, becomes engaged 149
ill 149
dies 150
Stölzlin, Bonifatius, religious writer 30, 51 March, n. 8
Storm, at Charleston 237, 242, 243, 250
Stoves, iron, donated 266, 271, 52 July, n. 14
Straube, Adam, Lutheran from Vernonburg who moved to Ebenezer, his daughter weakminded 71
Straube, Pieta Clara, wid Häfner, w Adam, sincerely pious 72
Success, ship of Habersham and Harris 261, 264, 52 Dec., n. 17
Sulamith, slave child, baptized 4, 44
dies 277
Surveyor, surveys island in Mill River 82
Swabians, see Second Swabian Transport.
Sweet potatoes, see Crops.
Table Talk (Tabula Oeconomica), conversations with Luther 220
Tanner, gets lost 126
Tar water, a medication 230, 231, 247
Tauler, Johannes, medieval mystic, mentioned 16, 51 Jan, n. 24
Tersteegen, Gerhard, hymnist 291
Thilo, Christian Ernst, physician, sick 17
receives letter 75
good arrangements made for 112
gives advice 145
mentioned 147, 221, 222, 224, 230
receives gifts 261
Thilo, Friederica, née Helfenstein, w Ernst, recuperating 12
Treasure Chest, Pietist tract, see Bogatzky.
Thomas a Kempis, medieval mystic, mentioned 16
Tigers (mountain lions), see Animals.
Tobler, Johannes, calendar maker from Appenzell 51 Feb, n. 12, Nov., n. 20, 52 Aug., n. 11
dogwood 132
furled bay 132
hornbeam 132
laurel 132
peach 43
poplar 132
see Mulberry.
Treutlen, Friedrich, Palatine, brother of Johann Adam 78
Treutlen, Johann Adam, Palatine, future governor, letter from 78
mentioned 51 April, n. 1
True Christianity (vom wahren Christenthum), Pietist tract. See Arndt.
Trustees for Establishing a Colony in Georgia, governors of Georgia, mentioned 28, 54, 55
show pleasure 74
donate millstones 108
Tybee, island at mouth of Savannah River 262
Uchee (Uchi) Indians, neighboring natives. See Indians.
Uchee land, see Blue Bluff.
Ulm, Territory of, city-state on Danube, home of Swabian transports, settlers from there industrious 38
need money 52
third transport arrives 255
Urlsperger, Samuel, Senior of Lutheran ministry in Augsburg, letter to 5, 66
composes preface 91
author of Scriptural Instructions for the Sick and Dying 118, 132, 152, 51 Nov., n. 8
of The Health of the Sick and the Life of the Dying 122
Venetian theriac, see Medicines.
Verelst, Harman, Trustees’ accountant, letter from, letter to 19
sends millstones 108
Vernon, James, Georgia Trustee 3
Vernonburg, Swiss and German town on Vernon River, inhabitants leaving 28
Vigera, Johann, of Strassburg, leader of fourth Salz transport, mentioned 26, 234, 52 Sept., n. 1
Walthauer, Johann Caspar, Pal, husband of widow Graniwetter, stingy 250
Walthauer, Mrs., see Granewetter.
Weinkauff, Michael, Swabian on Blue Bluff, his house destroyed by storm 235
Weisse, Michael, hymnist 292
Well, dug at mill 80
Wernigerode, East German city, suffers fire 159
gifts from 270
Wernigerode Songbook, very edifying 107
used 284
Wertsch, Johann Caspar, teacher, diligent in calling 62, 199
approaching end of indenture 243
Wesley, John, English clergyman, sends journal 14; 51 Jan, n. 26
West Indies, market for lumber and woodwork 48, 66, 82, 94 184, 204, 206
Wharf, to be built in Savannah 28
Wheat, see Crops.
Wine growing, Boltzius’ suggestions 91
Whitefield, George, English evangelist, raises silk 56
comes from London 115
Whitefield’s orphanage, see Bethesda.
Wirth, Ambrosius, author 10, 45, 59, 61, 111, 127, 186, 207, 273
Wirtsch, see Wertsch.
Wolves, see Animals.
Woodworking, productive 48
barrel staves and shingles profitable 48, 53, 66, 82, 205
made by Bryan slaves 241
masts, spars, hoops, cypress shingles 66, 206
cypress boards 175
Wool spinning, expensive 163
Wolves, see Animals.
Worms, destroying crops 42
Wurttemberg, benefactress in 75
immigrants in Savannah on way to Charleston 240, 242
Zettler, Elisabetha Catharina, née Kieffer, w Matthias, an honest person 181
reads edifying book 193
mentioned 51 March, n. 23
Zettler, Matthias, Salz. shoemaker, buys slave 4
loses son 22
sells Negro child 275
mentioned 51 March, n. 23
Ziegenhagen, Friedrich Michael, Court Chaplain, Reverend Father of Georgia Salzburgers, letters from 195
testimony from 245
letter to 19
justifies slavery 49
of sermons 123, 198, 265, 287, 52 Dec., n. 1, n. 40
Zimmerebener, Ruprecht, Salz, sick 171
Zinzendorf, Count Ludwig, leader of Moravians, hymnist 291
Zion Church, church on plantations, mentioned, 19, 35, 63, 73, 94, 106, 109, 110, 117, 144, 146, 150, 179, 197, 201, 204, 273, 284
Zittrauer, Mrs., Salz, miscarries 236
Zouberbuhler (Zuberbiller), Bartholomäus, Swiss, Anglican minister, speaks to sinner 69
Zubly, Mrs. David, widow 52 April, n. 6
Zweckbrunner, . . . Swabian in Savannah 281