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Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America . . . Edited by Samuel Urlsperger - Volume Ten, 1743: Index

Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America . . . Edited by Samuel Urlsperger - Volume Ten, 1743

Index

Index

Aaron, Pastor, convert in India 80

Abercorn, village near juncture of Abercorn Creek and Savannah River passim; May, note 1

Abercorn Creek (Mill River), branch of Savannah River ii, 13, 65

Agriculture, see crops.

Arndt, Johann, author of True Christianity 89, 115; Aug., note 1

Arnold, Gottfried, hymnist 130

Arnsdorff, Peter, Palatine, learning blacksmithing 105

Arnsdorf, Sophia, Palatine, converses with Boltzius 7

Avery, Joseph, English surveyor, completes work 97, 98; Feb., note 3, July note 3

Augusta, city up Savannah River, mentioned 16

Augsburg, city in Swabia, benefactors in 61,

gifts from 62, 112, 113,

poorhouse in 111

Ausführliche Nachrichten, Urlsperger’s edition of the Ebenezer reports ii; Jan. note 1

Bacher, Christina, Salz, wid Matthäus, in good spiritual state 80

Bacher, Maria, Salz, w Thomas, sick 4,

prepares for Holy Communion 110

Baptisms, importance of 25; see Births and Baptisms.

Bears, destroy livestock 15

Benefactions: from Augsburg and Halle 112, 114,

for Boltzius’ house 187

Biblischer Medicus, medical exegesis 90; Aug., note 2

Bichler, see Pichler.

Births and baptisms, in 1742 p. 1;

in 1743, Theobald Kieffer, Jr. 2,

Sanftleben 23,

twins in Savannah 60,

Gronau 67

Bischoff, see Bishop.

Bishop, Friederica, Palatine, nee Unselt, w Henry sick in orphanage 56; May, note 9

Blacksmiths, see Smiths.

Blackwater, see Cattle disease

Bogatzky, Carl Heinrich, Pietist author; June, note 5

Books, donation of 112, 114

Boltzius, Johann Martin, pastor at Ebenezer ii and passim

Bounty, see Corn-shilling.

Breuer, Pastor, chaplain to Salzburgers in East Prussia 68

Bricks, lack of 16

Bridge and causeway, building of 102

Bruckner, Georg, Salz, visits Boltzius 41, 42,

serves as locksmith 104

Bryan, Jonathan, South Carolina planter, letter from 75,

letter to 80; July, note 1

Buchfelder, Ernst Wilhelm, hymnist 129

Butcher 38

Cadzand, place in Holland 100

Canstein Bible 37; April, note 2

Catholics, soldier converts 89

Cattle, driven into forest 15,

requested for 4th transport 35, 39,

run loose 46, 50,

sent by Causton 50,

given to indentured servants and 4th transport 69,

bought from Dr. Graham 69

Cattle Brand Book May, note 5

Cattle disease iii,

at White Bluff 78,

at Ebenezer 79, 83, 84, 89, 93, 96, 98; Feb., note 9,

July, note 17,

Aug., note 10

Causton, Thomas, keeper of the stores in Savannah, sends cattle 50,

brings news 100; Sept., note 2

Cedar, see Trees

Cellar, needed for Ludwig Meyer 105

Charcoal 104

Christ, Gottfried, converted Jew, ill 87

Churches, see Jerusalem and Zion.

Communal labor 12, 18, 81

Confirmation 34

Consecration, see house consecration.

Construction, see Church, Mill.

Continuations, the continuations of the Ausführliche Nachrichten

Corn-shilling, subsidy on crops 29, 30, 45, 101; March, note 6

Cotton, see Crops.

Council, governing body in Savannah, consisting of a President and five Assistants

Cows, see Cattle.

Crops: barley 45, 91,

beans 94, 107, 110,

corn 45, 94, 107,

cotton 118,

oats 91,

peanuts 107,

peas 110,

rice 13, 45,

rye 91,

squash 107,

sweet potatoes 107,

wheat 45, 70, 90. See Grapes, Vegetables.

Cypress, see Trees.

Deaths, in 1742, p. 1;

in 1743: Sanftleben twins 23,

woman from Purysburg 74,

unnamed infant 119,

Matthias Kurtz 122

Depp, . . . , bro Anna Elisabetha Kieffer 127

Diseases: “epilepsy” 43, April, note 7;

tertian fever 113

Dogma of the Beginning of Christian Life 89; Aug., note 1

Drought 65,

ends 67, 72

East India, missionary reports from 88

East Prussia, see Prussia.

Ebenezer, Salzburger settlement near Savannah i and passim,

origin of name 27; March note 5;

census of inhabitants 104

Ebenezer Creek, unnavigable waterway from Old to New Ebenezer i,

plantations on 36, 38, 42

Ehre und Lehre Augsburgischer Confession, religious tract 115; Oct., note 3

Eischberger, David, Salz, miller, visited by Boltzius 82,

loses cow 96

Eischberger, Catharina, Salz, w David, visited by Boltzius 82

English boy dies at Ebenezer 121

English manager at Old Ebenezer 6, 47

Ernst, Josef, deceased h of Anna Maria, mentioned 43; April, note 8

“Fathers,” Salzburger patrons. See G.A. Francke, Urlsperger, Ziegenhagen.

Fences: split rails 12, 17-19, 26; Feb., note 1;

downed by storm 72

Fever, see Disease.

Flerl, Carl, Salz, visited by Boltzius 78

Flerl, Hans, bro Carl, Salz, cuts boards 22, 123,

yearns for heaven 88,

likes religious text 92,

keeping legacy 99

Flerl, Maria, nee Gruber, w Carl, has fever 4

Fourth Salzburger Transport, cattle and provisions for 35

Francke, August Hermann, founder of Francke Foundation in Halle, book by 121

Francke, Gotthilf August, s A. G. Francke, letters from, 24, 90,

forwards gift 68

Francke Foundation (Franckesche Stiftungen), charitable institution in Halle ii; July, note 6

Frederica, British outpost near Florida, mentioned 50

Freylinghausen Hymnbook, favorite hymnal at Ebenezer, printed at Halle in many editions 67

Freylinghausen, Johann Anastasius, professor at Halle, composer 116, 129; June, note 13

Fritzsch, Ahasverus, hymnist 129

Fruit, needs rain 65: apples 73,

grapes, being planted 10, 73,

peaches 73, 81,

for brandy 73, 91

Funerals, nature of 123

Gerhardt, Paul, hymnist 130, 130

German crops iii; March, note 8

Germans in Savannah, some calumniate Ebenezer 6,

receive diet money 12,

collect money for church in Philadelphia 83, 93,

mentioned 92,

divine services 48, 70, 89, 93, 122. See Vernonburg.

Glaner, Georg, Salz, visited by Boltzius 37

Glaner, Gertraut, Salz, nee Lemmenhoffer, w Georg, leaves orphanage 106

Glaucha, site of Francke Foundation, now in Halle 121; Nov., note 3

Glauchisches Gedenckbüchlein, religious tract 121; Nov., note 3

The Glory and Dogma of the Augsburg Confession, see Ehre und Lehre.

Graham, Dr., wealthy English neighbor 50,

brands Salzburgers’ cattle 68,

sells cows 69

Graniwetter, Anna Catharina, Salz, w Caspar, witnesses God’s blessing 106

Grapes, see Fruit.

Grass (crab grass), burned off 14,

almost ineradicable 11, 71

Gronau, Friederica Maria, infant daughter of Israel Chr., born 67

Gronau, Israel Christian, assistant minister in Ebenezer ii and passim

Haberfehner, Magdalena, deceased Austrian child 7

Halle, East German city, home of Francke Foundation, source of gifts 61-63, 65

Haslocher, Johann Adam, hymnist 129

Hay 12, 18, 37

Hedinger, Johann Reinhold, hymnist 130

Heinrich, Anna Magdalena, Palatine, marries Ott 17

Herrnschmidt, Johann Daniel, hymnist 130

Hertzog, Martin, Salz, servant at orphanage 94; April, note 11

Hildebrandt, Carl, Baron of Can-stein, publisher of Bibles; April, note 2

Hoes, inefficient and exhausting 71, 104

Holy Communion 34, 41, 61, 89, 110; Sept., note 17

Homann, Johann Baptist, engraver of maps 90; Aug., note 2

Holy Roman Empire 110; Sept., note 17

Horse collars, lent by Jones 91

Horses, to be grazed 17,

brood mares 91

House and Church Postille, text by Martin Luther 65, 92; June, note 9,

Aug., note 9

House consecrations: Simon Reiter 32,

Kornberger 33

Hymns, see Appendix I

Indentured servants, to be brought at expense of Trustees 101,

provisioned; Feb., note 4, July, note 4;

provisions for indentured servants at Ebenezer 33,

need of 125

India, missions in 80; July, note 6

Jerusalem Church, town church in Ebenezer 45,

origin of name 27,

distribution at 63,

linen for 92,

Christmas at 126

Jones, Thomas, keeper of the stores in Savannah, receives Boltzius 28, 47,

relates anecdote 30,

lends house 48,

going to Frederica 50,

letters from 74, 76,

lends horse collars 91

Kalcher, Margaret, Salz, w. Ruprecht, grows seeds 90,

receives books 93

Kalcher, Ruprecht, Salz, manager of orphanage, grazes horses 17,

mentioned 79, 89,

uses plow 91,

plants crops 94,

prays 96,

receives letter 117

Kehl, Johann Georg, hymnist 129

Kendal, Duchess of, benefactress 107

Kieffer, Anna Elisabetha, nee Depp, Palatine, w Johann Jacob 127

Kieffer, Anna Margaretha, mother-in-law of Maria, sick 1

Kieffer, (Johann) Jacob, Palatine, s Theobald, Sr. 127

Kieffer, Maria, nee Bacher, w Theo Jr., sick 1, 2, 7,

in fine spirits 80,

contented 110,

edifying 116

Kieffer, Theobald, Sr., Palatine from Purysburg, wishes to move to Ebenezer 44,

buys Ludwig Mueller’s house 105

Kieffer, Theobald, Jr., s Theobald, 2,

land flooded 14,

loses boards 22,

edifying 116,

cutting boards 123

Klocker, Bernhard, Salz, leaves legacy 99

Kogler, Georg, Salz, chief carpenter, to move to orphanage 106, 111

Kornberger (Cornberger), Johann, Salz, builds and consecrates house 33

Knox, William, wealthy Englishman; May, note 1

Krusy, Hans, Swiss from Purysburg, works for wages 15, 37; Feb., note 11

Kurtz, Matthias, Salzburger from Cadzant, arrives 23,

visited by Boltzius 93,

receives plantation 100,

sick 119,

dies 122

Lackner, Catharina Barbara, Salz, nee Ulmer, w Martin II, making good progress 43,

a good example 74

Lackner, Margaretha, Salz, w Martin, speaks with Boltzius 35,

making progress 43

Lackner, Martin I, Salz of 3rd transport, sells tools 104; Sept. note 8

Lackner, Martin II, Salz of 4th transport, present at prayer 74,

to help Kalcher 100

Lackner girl, gives twill 28

Legacies: see Klocker, Schmidt, Schweighoffer.

Leimberger (Lemberger), Christian, Salz, molested by skunk 107

Leitner, Josef, Salz, established as smith 104

Lemberger, see Leimberger

Lemmenhofer, Veit, Salz, speaks to Boltzius 43,

to help orphans 71

Linder, Superintendant, author 60, 65

Lithuania see Prussia.

Little Treasure Chest (Güldenes Schatzkästlein der Kinder Gottes), devotional book by Carl Heinrich Bogatzky 60, 65, 67, 115

Lochner, Carl Friedrich, hymnist 130

Locksmiths, see Bruckner, Schrempf.

Long lots; Feb., note 3

Loewenberger (Lewenberger), Christian, Palatine in Savannah 115; Oct., note 4

London, source of gifts 61

Lumber: boards burn 22,

boards at Old Ebenezer given 69

Luther, Martin, German reformer, quoted 40,

mentioned 60,

author of Postille 65, 92,

hymnist 129; May, note 6, June, note 9, Aug., notes 9, 13, 14

Malaria, see Disease.

Marriages in 1742, p. 1;

in 1743: Otto-Heinrich 17

Medicines, from Halle 4, 7, 112, 113: theriac 116,

Schauer Balm 90, 116

Memorial and Thanksgiving Feast, celebrated 24

Metzger, Jacob, Palatine from Purysburg, father of Mrs. Christ, sick 120

Meyer, Elisabeth, w Johann Ludwig, donates twill 28

Meyer, (Johann) Ludwig, physician with 4th Salz trans, his house completed 104, 105,

sells old house 105

Midwives, see Maria Rheinlander.

Mill, being repaired 70, 81

Mill River, see Abercorn Creek.

Montague, Samuel, deceased Huguenot merchant in Purysburg 13; Feb., note 8

Muhlenberg, Heinrich Melchior, pastor from Halle, asks question 27,

letter from 70,

letter to 71,

sends psalm 73,

loved by Savannah Germans 83,

correspondence with 90, 121; June, note 20,

July, note 12

Mulberry trees, see Trees.

Müller, Joseph Theodor, hymnist 129

Neander, Joachim, hymnist 130

Negroes, a burden 13,

live badly at Port Royal 31,

baptized 75, 80; Oglethorpe opposed to introduction of 100

Newman, Henry, secretary of SPCK, letter from 54

Ogeechee River, blackwater stream parallel lower reches of Savannah River, mentioned 97

Oglethorpe, James Edward, founder of Georgia, pleased with name of Ebenezer 27,

has barony 15, 73

letter from 28,

gives wine 47,

to return to London 74, 76,

promoted to general 76

Old Ebenezer, first location of Salzburgers, now the Trustees’ cowpen i,

lumber at 69; June, note 19

Orangeburg, German and Swiss settlement in South Carolina 127; Dec., note 1

Orphanage, mentioned 54, 56, 98,

overcrowded 99,

well being repaired 107

Ortmann, Christoph, schoolmaster, joins plot 73,

takes in English boy 121; June, note 22,

Oct., note 4

Orton, Christopher, Anglican minister in Savannah, refugee at Ebenezer 117

Ott, Carl Sigismund, Salz, marries Anna Magdalena Heinrich 17

Painting, allegorial, sent to Vigera 95

Palachacolas, a small fort up the Savannah River from Ebenezer 15

Pichler, Margaretha, nee Kieffer, w Thomas, mentioned 58, 118,

attends engagement 118

Pichler, Thomas, Salz, recognizes sins 58,

attends engagement 118

Pietist terminology, iii; Jan., notes 3, 4, 7, March, note 11, May, note 7, July, notes 7, 11, 13

Pine forests, praise of 71, 72

Plows, introduction of iii,

needed 71, 104, 124,

used by Kalcher 91

Port Royal, small port in South Carolina, mentioned 14, 31, 46

Postille, see House and Church Postille.

President, see Council.

Prussia and Lithuania, refuge of Salzburger exiles 66, 68

Purysburg, Swiss settlement across and down river from Ebenezer ii and passim;

patients from 54, 56,

daughter dies 74,

mother still sick 98

Radishes, see Vegetables.

Reiter, Simon, Salz, consecrates house 32

Rheinlander, Maria, Palatine, wid Friedrich, midwife 23

Rice, see Crops.

Rice stamping machine, needed 13, 70,

to be built 81

Richter, Christian Friedrich, hymnist 129

Riesch, Rev. Bonaventura, clergyman in Lindau, sends linen 51, 92; Aug., note 6

Rieser, Bartholomäus, Salz, ill 53

Rieser, Michael, Salz, son of Bartholomäus, sick 25, 85, 87

Rieser, Simon, Salz, invalid, recuperates 108

Rinkert, Martin, hymnist 130

Riser, see Rieser.

Road construction 101

Saalfeld, German city, benefactors in 61

Sabbath violated 6

Salt, bought in Savannah 84

Sanftleben, Georg, Silesian carpenter, poor crop 9

Sanftleben, Magdalena, nee Arnsdorff, Palatine, w Georg, bears daughter 23; July, note 5

Savannah, chief city in Georgia, passim

Savannah River, plantations on 101

Schalkhauser, Fluegel, and Jastrum, merchants in Venice, send money for Kurtz family 23,

letter from 54,

benefactors 55, 61; July, note 5

Schatzkästlein, see Little Treasure Chest.

Schauer, Johann Caspar, manufacturer of balm 116; Aug., note 3

Schauer’s balm, see Medicines.

Scheraus, Johann, receives letter 85

Schmidt, Johann (Hans), Austrian, offers gift to church 28

Schmidt, Johann Eusebius, hymnist 130

Schmidt, Pastor, author of Biblisher medicus 90

Schoolmasters, see Christoph Ortmann, Ruprecht Steiner.

Schrempf, Ruprecht, Salz, locksmith 104,

proposes to Kieffer girl 117-118,

buys tools from Lackner 104,

lacks sheet iron 125

Schultz, Dr., superintendant of Salzburger schools in East Prussia 68

Schumann, Archpriest, chaplain to the Salzburgers in East Prussia 68

Schwartzwälder, Johann, Palatine redemptioner from Old Ebenezer, blamed iii,

redeemed 3,

ill 82

Schwarzwälder, Mrs., Pal fr Old Ebenezer, bitten by snake 75

Schweighoffer, Margaretha, nee Pindlinger, Salz, wid, now weak 9,

legacy 9,

recuperates 127

Second hand clothes, sold in Savannah 21

Servants (hired hands), see Indentured servants.

Shoemakers: Zettler, Sickbay, planned 70

Silk culture, a beginning made 31-32, 39

Singing lessons 126

Smiths, see Leitner, Peter Arnsdorf.

Snakebite: Mrs. Schwartzwälder 75

Society, see SPCK.

Spanish invasion, recalled 20, 29, 62, 64, 66, 82, 109, 117

SPCK (Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge), missionary society in London, sends still for peach brandy 91

Statii Lutherus Ridivivus, religious text by Martin Statius 60

Steiner, Maria, Salz, nee Winter, w Ruprecht, eyes are opened 127

Steiner, Ruprecht, Salz, speaks to Boitzius 29, 127,

converses edifyingly 51, 53,

receives information 60,

digs well 65,

inclined to give boards 70

Stephens, Thomas, s Col. Stephens, leader of Malcontents 73; June, note 22

Stephens, Col. Wm., Trustees’ secretary in Georgia, pleased that servants are settling 5,

gives vine cuttings 10,

sending corn 47,

requests names 104; March, note 10

Stills, for brandy needed 73,

donated 91

Stricker, ______, German in Savannah, bears heavy cross 83

Stricker, Mrs. ______, woman in Savannah 83

Surinam, South American colony, mentioned 14

Tavern, established at Ebenezer 123

Theriac, see Medicines.

Theus, Jeremias, Swiss painter in Charleston 100; Sept., note 1

Thilo, Christian Ernst, physician, lends laboratory still 91

Thomson, Capt. William, mariner 17; Feb., note 12,

Oct., note 4

Treasure Chest, see Little Treasure Chest.

Trees: cedar 15–16,

cypress 16, 123,

mulberry 32,

oak 71, 72,

walnut 71, 72

True Christianity (Wahres Christentum), see Arndt.

Trustees for Establishing a Colony in Georgia passim

Turnips, see vegetables Urlsperger, Samuel, Senior of Lutheran ministry in Augsburg ii,

letter from 22

Vegetables, growing well 45, 90,

need rain 65: chard 90,

head cabbage 90,

kohlrabi 90,

squash 107,

turnips 8

Venice, see Schalkhauser.

Vernonburg, Swiss and German town on Vernon River 12,

cattle disease there 78,

description of 94: July, note 3,

has long lots; Feb., note 3,

beginning poorly 77,

crops improve 94

Vigera, Johann, citizen of Strassburg, conductor of 4th Salzburger transport, reaches Port Royal 31,

to buy plows 91,

his journey commended 92,

receives allegorical painting 95,

sends newspapers 106,

in Pennsylvania 125; Aug., note 4

Vines, see Grapes.

War of Jenkins’ Ear, see Spanish invasion.

Watson, . . . , alderman in Savannah Wells, abundant water 99,

well at orphanage repaired 107,

Steiner digs well 65

Wheat, see crops.

White Bluff, same as Vernonburg Williams, Robert, leader of the Malcontents 46; May, note 2

Wills, see legacies.

Winkler, Johann Joseph, hymnist 130

Wolves, destructive 15; Feb., note 10

Zant, Bartholomäus, Swiss, visited by Boltzius 37

Zettler (Zedler, Zetler), Matthias, Salz, shoemaker, takes Depp as apprentice 127

Ziegenhagen, Friedrich Michael, royal chaplain, “Reverend Father” of the Georgia Salzburgers, letters from 62, 107,

to send painting 96

Zimmerebner, Ruprecht, Salz, to aid orphanage 71

Zion Church, church on plantations, being constructed 19,

services at 26, 55, 77,

origin of name 27,

receives linen 51, 92,

mentioned 75, 123

Zubli, Ambrosius, Swiss, bro of Joh. Jac. One of the two at Ebenezer 82; July, note 9

Zublin, David, bro of Ambrosius, father of Johann Joachim 13; Feb., note 5

Zublin, Johann Jacob, see Zubli, Ambrosius.

Zwiffler, Andreas, apothecary with first transport, receives still 91; Aug., note 5

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