Notes
Index for the Year 1748 
Abercorn, village near juncture of Abercorn Creek and Savannah River, mentioned 15, 100, 106
Abercorn Creek (Mill River), branch of Savannah River 112
Aboab, David, author 114
Absolutum decretum, predestination, 56
Agriculture, see Crops.
Albinus, Johann Georg, hymnist 54
Albinus, . . . , court chaplain in London, letters from 34, 41, 52, 101, 103, 104: April, note 4
Arndt, Johann, Pietist author, 33, 58, 75, 109; July, note 8
Augsburg, city in Swabia, gifts from 34, 41, 60, 102
Bacher, Balthasar, Salz, candidate for death 78, 86, 95, 99, 102
Bacher, Mrs. Balthasar (Anna Maria), dies 9–10
buried 14
Bacher girl, dies 20
Bacher, Thomas, Salz, dies 39
Bacher, Mrs. Thomas, a quiet soul 40, 111 58, 83
Baptisms, see Births and Baptisms.
Barley, see Crops.
Barley stamp, 13
Bears, mentioned 3
damage corn 64
bear oil needed 14
Benefactions, see Gifts.
Bichler, Thomas, Salz, saddler 12
appointed constable 101
Births and baptisms, English child 40
Bishop (Bischoff), Henry, Englishman, former servant to Boltzius, 113, 115; Dec. note 21
Bloodletting, 23
Bogatzky, Carl Heinrich, Pietist, author of Schatz-Kästlein der Kinder Gottes 27
of Pauper’s Book 55; March note 2
Boltzius, Johann Martin, pastor at Ebenezer passim
Book of Universal Mercy, Pietist text 6
Books, donation of 75
Bosomworth, Thomas, Anglican minister and Indian trader, agitating 39; April, note 20; May, note 12
Brandner, Matthias, Salz, mentioned 26
a kind master 30
Brandy, made from peaches 15
Brückner, Georg, Salz, mentioned 30, 113
Brunnholtz, Johann Peter, pastor in Pennsylvania, letters from 45, 109
Cabbages, used as fodder 18
Cattle, endangered by flood 100
Charleston, port in South Carolina, passim
Cherokees, see Indians.
Churches, see Jerusalem Church and Zion Church.
Coins and currency, 7–8
Construction, see Mill, Jerusalem and Zion church.
Council, governing body in Savannah, consisting of a President and five Assistants 15, 51, 73, 101; March, note 5
Cowie, Capt., captured by Spaniards 25
Cows, see Cattle.
Crabgrass, 91
Creeks, see Indians.
Crops: barley, hard to prepare 13
eaten by worms 23
affected by rust 50
beans, eaten by deer 77
(Indian) corn, sold in Savannah 23
peas, growing fast 18
rye, growing fast 18
squash 77
sugar melons 66
sweet potatoes, destroyed by deer 77; Aug., note 14
watermelons 66
wheat, eaten by worms 17
damaged by mildew 44
Sicilian wheat 44
good crop 50
Cudulur, city in India, Lutheran missions at 102
Currency, see Coins.
Darien, Scots village, mentioned 72
Deaths: Mrs. Balthasar Bacher 9
Thomas Bacher 39
Schweiger’s boy 2
Georg Adam Leinebacher 30
Mrs. Glaner 42
Bartholomäus Rieser 76
Rottenberger’s child 95
Anna Kurtz 101
Doctrine of Atonement, religious treatise, 62
Driesler (Driessler), Johann Ulrich, minister at Frederica, respected 51; May, note 13
Dürrenberg, province adjacent to Salzburg, mentioned 47; May, note 5
Dysentary, in Savannah, 53
East India, missionary reports from, 6, 102, 104: Jan., note 8
East Prussia, see Prussia.
Ebenezer, Salzburger settlement near Savannah passim
Ebenezer Creek, unnavigable waterway from Old to New Ebenezer 85, 109
Eischperger, Ruprecht, Salz, his son epileptic 27
Ernst, Heinrich, hymnist 117
European crops (wheat, rye, barley, oats), 36, 49, 50.
See Crops.
Evangelische Lehre, by Joachim Lange 5.
“Fathers,” Salzburger patrons, 34, 68.
See G. A. Francke, Urlsperger, Ziegenhagen.
Fences 11
Fever (malaria), 78
Flax, for weaving 79
Flerl, Hans, Salz, elected overseer 112
Flerl, Anna Maria, née Höpflinger, w Hans, serious Christian 47
Francke, August Hermann, founder of Francke Foundation in Halle, author 6, 81
Francke, Gotthilf August, s A. G. Francke, letter from 104
collects money 106
Frederica, British outpost near Florida 8, 51, 72
Freylinghausen, Johann Anastasius, professor at Halle, author of Geistreiches Gesangbuch and Compendium Theologicum 117
Freylinghausen Hymnbook (Geistreiches Gesangbuch), favorite hymnal at Ebenezer, printed at Halle in many editions 60, 117; July, note 13
Fruit, grapes, wild 66
peaches 66
for brandy 15
Gebhart, Philip, Palatine: Aug., note 10
Gebhart boy, dies 74
Geistreiches Gesangbuch, see Freylinghausen.
Gerlach, shoemaker in Naumburg, mentioned 77
German crops, see wheat, rye, oats, barley.
Germans in Savannah, 15, 30, 37, 74, 79
Germantown, German settlement near Philadelphia, mentioned 45, 109
Gersdorf, Henriette Catharina, hymnist 117
Glaner, Gertraut, Salz, née Lemmenhoffer, w Georg, weak 3, 4, 19, 31, 36
dies 42
Goldeck, district in Salzburg 49
Graham, Dr., practices around Savannah, 54, 100
Graniwetter, Anna Catharina, nee Sturmer, Salz, wid Caspar, has paroxisms 23
visited by Boltzius 103
Grapes, wild 66
Gronau, Christian Israel, deceased colleague of Boltzius, mentioned 16
Habersham, James, merchant, member of Council, letter to 20
letter from 23
gives information 25
brings salt and flour 97
gives arias 116
Halle, East German city, home of Francke Foundation, source of gifts 34, 41, 58, 60, 66, 102
Halle Hymnal, see Freylinghausen.
Handel, Friedrich, arias by 116
Hanover, German city, source of gifts 56, 58, 61, 77
Harness, donated by Whitefield 6
Harris, Mr., partner of Habersham, delivers letters 10
receives goods 20
carries letters 25
returns via Charleston 97
brings cauldrons 97
Hawks, 64
Haymaking, 86
Henkel, Count von, author 86
Heron, Col., commandant at Frederica, to send soldiers 38, 50
expells Spaniards 74
sends regards 97
Hopewell, ship 20
Horton, Major, commandant at Frederica, mentioned 35, 101
Hymns, see Appendix
Indentured servants, Boltzius’ suggestions concerning 89–91
India, missions in 102
Indians: Indian received by Boltzius 13
Indians get drunk 14
Cherokees make peace with Creeks 38
declare war on S.C. 38
make common cause with Creeks 39
Indians commit violence 50
steal from Leitner 83
Indian woman brings medicine 67
Jerusalem Church, town church in Ebenezer, to be repaired 4, 82
Jews from Savannah, visit mill 86
Junker, Dr. Johann, professor at Halle, 20; March, note 12
Kalcher, Ruprecht, Salz, appointed overseer 112
Keymann, Christian, hymnist 117
Kitching, Capt., master of Hopwell 20
Kogler, Barbara, w. Georg, distressed 5
Kogler, Georg, Salz, chief carpenter and sawmiller, awakened 17, 76
needed 81
skilled 87
Kohleisen, Peter, Salz, drinks too much 114
Krüsy, Adrian, s Hans, 33
Krüsy, Hans, Swiss, deceased 33
Kurtz, Anna, Salz, wid Matthias, dies 110
Kurtz, Eleanora, daughter Matthias; Dec., note 17
Kurtz, Gertraut, daughter of Matthias; Dec., note 17
Kurtz, Matthias, Salzburger from Cadzant; Dec. note 17
Lange, Dr. Joachim, author 5, 32; Jan., note 6
Leimberger, Christian, Salz, elected overseer 112
Leinebacher, Georg Adam, Palatine child, ill 26, 27
dies 30; April, note 1
Leinebacher, Salma, sister Georg Adam, works in Savannah 27, 30
Leitner, Josef, Austrian, has good plantation 83
Lemke, Hermann Heinrich, assistant minister in Ebenezer, to go to Savannah 79
returns 82
Lemmenhofer, Maria, Salz, wid Veit 32
Lemmenhofer, Veit, deceased Salz, mentioned 32
Little Treasure Chest, see Carl Heinrich Bogatzky.
Locksmiths, see Brückner, Schrempff.
Lord Trustees, see Trustees.
Luther Martin, writings 62, 80, 81, 116
Lutherans in Savannah, 15, 79.
See Germans in Savannah.
Lutherans from South Carolina 29, 99
Madras, city in India 102
Martyn, Benjamin, Trustees’ secretary, letter from 100
Maurer, Mrs. Hanna Margaretha, w Hans, an upright Christian 21, 25
Mayer, see Meyer
Meat, sold in Savannah 23
Meyer, Elisabeth, w Johann Ludwig, requests communion 106
Meyer (Mayer), (Johann) Ludwig, physician with 4th Salz trans, returns from Savannah 45
treats girl 99
justice of the peace 100
Mildew, harms wheat 44
Mill plantation 11
Mill River, see Abercorn Creek.
Mills, productive 12
Mohr, Jacob, youth from Purysburg 60; Sept., note 6
Money, see Coins.
Mount Pleasant, fortress on Savannah River above Ebenezer 40
Muhlenberg, Heinrich Melchior, pastor from Halle, mentioned 5, 104
Mulberry trees (for silkworms), 10, 11, 18, 24, 27, 35, 43, 92
Münch, Chrétien de, Augsburg banker, letter from 104; Dec., note 15
Negroes, to be arrested 23
not permitted 41
imported 46
unwanted by Boltzius 80
cause damage 83
to be permitted 101
Ogeechee River, blackwater stream parallel lower reaches of Savannah River, area being settled 12, 13, 115
threatened by Indians 39
Oglethorpe, James Edward, founder of Georgia, strikes coins 8
Old Ebenezer, first location of Salzburgers, now the Trustees’ cowpen, mentioned 52
Orange trees, all dead 18
Orphanage, needs repairs 82
Ottolenghe, Joseph, convert; April, note 17
Paint for church 4
Palachacolas, fort on Savannah River, mentioned 40, 74
Paradies-Gärtlein, Pietist work by Arndt 109
Parrakeets, abundant 24; March, note 18
Peach trees, start budding 7, 18
hardy 24
peach brandy 14
Pica, dietary disease, 2, 4, 20, 22, 30, 33, 54, 74, 95; Jan., note 2
Plows and plowing 6
Port Royal, small port in South Carolina, mentioned 70, 97
Potatoes, see Sweet potatoes under Crops.
Predestination 32
President, see Council.
Prussia and Lithuania, refuge of Salzburger exiles, gift from 40
Purysburg, Swiss settlement across and down river from Ebenezer 3, 70, 74
Reformed, followers of Calvin and Zwingli, 5, 15, 33, 55, 102; March, note 4
Reiter (Reuter), widow 99
Rieser, Bartholomäus, Salz, dies 76
Rottenberger, Catharina, née Piedler, w Stephan, sick 59, 61
Rottenberger, Stephan, Salz, 33
letter from Prussia 40
skilled 87
loses child 95
Rottenberger, Susanna, daughter of Stephan, ill 53
dies 54
buried 54
Rye, see Crops.
See Bichler.
St. Augustine, Spanish city in Florida, mentioned 46
St. John’s River, border of Florida 74
Savannah, chief city in Georgia, passim
Savannah River, river fronting Augusta, Ebenezer, and Savannah et passim.
Savannah Town, trading station near Augusta, mentioned 50, 97, 115
Sawmill, ample wood there 15
of great benefit 16
Schaitberger, Josef, Salzburger exile, 48, 76; May, note 8
Schamelto, Chief Pastor in Leipzig, mentioned 77
Schmidt, Johann Eusebius, hymnist 117
Schatz-Kästlein, see Bogatzky.
School on the plantations, inaugurated 31
Schrempff, Ruprecht, moved to S.C. 113, 115
Schubart, Heinrich, author 6, 33; Jan., note 7
Schumann, Archpriest, cleric in Prussia, letter from 34, 40
Schutz, Johann Jacob, hymnist 117
Schweiger, Georg, Salz, has lost many children 2
Schweiger, son of Georg, dies 2
Scriver, Christian, hymnist 117
Scythes, purchased 6
Seckendorf, Field Marshall, Count von, benefactor 68, 69
Sendbriefe, works by Schaitberger 76
Silk culture, 10, 11, 18, 26–27, 35–38, 43, 51–52, 92–94
Snakes, 78
Society, see SPCK.
sola bills, currency issued by Trustees 8
Spaniards, raid Georgia 46, 62, 65, 74
Spanish mulberry trees, 27
SPCK (Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge), missionary society in London; Jan., note 15
Spener, Jacob Philipp, Pietist leader 81; Aug., note 18
Squirrels, two kinds 64, 77; Aug., note 21
Steiner, Maria, née Winter, w Ruprecht, confined 24
penitent 42
Steiner, Ruprecht, bears cross 44
Stephens, Col. Wm., Trustees’ secretary in Georgia, President of the Council, loses orange trees 18
regulates silk industry 35, 37
mentioned 38
Straube, Adam, Lutheran from Vernonburg 29
Straube, Pieta Clara, wid. Haefner, w Adam, 29, 46; May, note 3
Sturmer, Johann Georg, brother of widow Graniwetter, mentioned 40
Stuttgart, city in Wurttemberg, source of gifts 60
Sugar melons, 66
Swallows, 64
Thilo, Christian Ernst, physician, to make report 19
receives salary 41
treats girl 99; April, note 24
Thomson, Capt. William, mariner, letter from 101
Tobler, Johann, Swiss mathematician, letter from; Jan., note 5
Trankebar, city in India, mentioned 102
Treasure Chest, see Bogatzky.
Trees, many kinds 65
Treutlen, Johann Adam, Palatine, future governor of Georgia 2, 55, 106, 114; Jan., note 1; Dec., note 8
True Christianity, see Wahres Christentum
Trustees for Establishing a Colony in Georgia 35, 40, 41, 52, 67, 74, 87, 91 et passim
Tumblers, religious sect, mentioned 45
Turnips, serve as fodder 18
Turpentine, used to protect wood 4
Uchee land, tract across Ebenezer Creek 84
Urlsperger, Samuel, Senior of Lutheran ministry in Augsburg 17, 40, 68, 69, 115: March, note 7
Verelst, Harman, Trustees’ accountant, letter from 10, 21, 100, 104
Vernonburg, Swiss and German town on Vernon River, mentioned 58, 104
Wahres Christenthum, pietistic work by Johann Arndt 33, 58, 75, 109
Wallbaum, Councillor, benefactor 104
Walther, Mr., printer 77
Watermelons, 66
Wernigerode, city in East Germany, mentioned 61
Whitefield, George, English evangelist, purchases harness 6
loses orange trees 18; Jan., note 10
Woodruffe, Mr., merchant, captured by spaniards 25
Zant, Sibille, née Bacher, wid. Piltz, wid Bartholomäus 56, 67
Zettler (Zedler, Zetler, Zodler), Matthias, Salz, shoemaker 3, 53; Jan., note 3
Ziegenhagen, Friedrich Michael, Court Chaplain, Reverend Father of Georgia Salzburgers, composes song 21
Zion Church, church on plantations, to be protected 5, 99, 101, 109
Zittrauer, Ruprecht, Salz who deserted Ebenezer, dies in Charleston 46
Zouberbuhler (Zuberbiller), Bartholomäus, Anglican minister in Savannah 74; Aug., note 7