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Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley of Georgia: Their Rise and Decline: Index

Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley of Georgia: Their Rise and Decline

Index

Index

Abbeville, South Carolina, mentioned 37, 41, 148, 164, 181 (n. 17)

Abbeville Courthouse, South Carolina, 144

Abbott, Joel, of Broad River Valley, Congressman, 87

involved in Crawford-Clark duel, 99

Abram R. Lawrence & Company, New York merchant house, 132

Academy of Richmond County. See Richmond Academy.

Academy of Wilkes County, 27, 44

Adams, John, mentioned, 14

Africa. See Liberia.

Agricultural implements, in Broad River Valley, 11–12

Agriculture, in Broad River Valley, 11, 129

in Petersburg hinterland, 102–23, 129

diversification, 121

Alabama, migrations to from Broad River Valley, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 179 (n. 23)

migrations from Petersburg, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 82, 167–70, 173

Alabama Territory, mentioned, 44, 46, 48

Albemarle County, Virginia, mentioned, 13, 16

Albriton, John, punished in stocks, 30

Alcoholic beverages, in Petersburg, 125, 130, 131, 134

Alexander & John M’Clure, Charleston merchant firm, 125

Alexandria, mentioned, 1

Alexandria, Virginia, 123

Allen, Beverly, preacher and merchant, 126–27

murders Robert Forsyth, 127

arrested and escapes, 127

Allen, Nathaniel, Jr., borrows from New York merchant, 36

Allen, William, merchant on Beaverdam Creek, 126

involved in murder of Robert Forsyth, 127

Amelia Island, mentioned, 14

Amherst County, Virginia, mentioned, 16, 18

Amusements, in Broad River Valley, 26

in Petersburg, 143–52

Andersonville, South Carolina, 57

Andrew, James Osgood, Methodist bishop, mentioned, 16, 163

Andrew, John, mentioned, 16, 28–29

Andrews, Garnett, comments on George Cook, 186 (n. 7)

Anthony, Mark S., Petersburg postmaster, 78

Anthony Shoals, on Broad River, 25

Apalachee River, mentioned, 99

Appalachians, mountains, 102

Appling, county seat of Columbia County, 153

Apprentices, in Petersburg, 123

Arbitrators, in settling disputes, 137

Archibald and Thomas Stokes, Petersburg merchants, in dispute with Whitney over cotton gin, 115

early in Petersburg, 124

Architecture, in Broad River Valley, 10–11, 25–26

Arkansas, migrations from Broad River Valley to, 13, 20

Arkwright, Richard, inventor, 109

Armor, James, announces school in Broad River Valley, 156

Asbury, Francis, introduces Methodism into Broad River Valley, 28

influence over Charles Tait, 44, 45

travels over Georgia roads, 67–68

comments on Yazoo Freshet, 72

describes Petersburg in 1801, p. 73

comments on Beverly Allen, 126–27

frequently visits Petersburg and Broad River Valley, 158–61

mentioned, 176

comments on kindness toward slaves, 179 (n. 5)

first appearance in Georgia, 195 (n. 31)

Athens, town, mentioned, 40, 105, 145, 147, 155, 196 (n. 22)

Auctioneers, 128

Augusta, founded, 1

trading center, 25

mentioned, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72 (flood), 73 (population), 82, 89, 100, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 114, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 132, 135, 139, 140 (flour inspection point), 141, 142, 145, 147, 151, 158, 162, 164, 166 (postal receipts), 171, 172, 173, 190 (n. 16), 192 (n. 71)

Augusta Chronicle, mentioned, 42, 43, 45, 46, 72, 79, 89, 90, 93, 99, 100, 120, 125, 127, 169

Augusta Herald, mentioned, 78

Augusta, Petersburg, and Savannah River Steam and Pole Boat Navigation Company of North-Eastern Georgia, chartered, 58

Auraria, gold-mining town, mentioned, 20

Austria-Hungary, mentioned, 33

Bahama Islands, mentioned, 109

Baldwin, Abraham, commissioner of Columbia Academy, 153

Baltimore, Maryland, mentioned, 45, 68, 85

Bank of Darien, 166

Bank of the State of Georgia, 166

Banks, 35, 142, 166

Banks, Ralph, moves to Broad River Valley, 179 (n. 23)

Baptists, in Broad River Valley, 29, 160, 161, 164

in Petersburg, 45–46

Barksdale Ferry, across Savannah River, 69, 96

Barnett, Joel, career, 18–19

Barnett, Nat, migrates to Georgia, 18

Barnett, William, career, 18, 19, 41

commissioner on Broad River navigation lottery, 51

Congressman, 87

in Petersburg mercantile business, 130

Barnetts, in Broad River Valley, 10, 17

Barrows, in Broad River Valley, 10, 19–20

Bartram, William, describes Fort James, 4

describes Indian mounds near Petersburg, 145–46

mentioned, 158, 177 (n. 2)

Beal, John, owner of stagecoach route, 65

Beaverdam Creek, mentioned, 41, 120, 126

Bee culture, in Broad River Valley, 12

Beggs, Savannah factor, death lamented, 132

Beggs & Groves, Savannah factors, 132

Benjamin, Judah P., flees southward near Petersburg, 170

Benjamin & Joseph Strong, New York merchant house, 132

Bermuda grass, 174

Bet, slave, 24

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 144, 156

Bethlehem Methodist Church, near Petersburg, 176

Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, in Oglethorpe County, 29

Bibb, Benajah Smith, of Broad River Valley, marries Lucy Ann Sophia Gilmer, 42

Bibb, Delia, of Broad River Valley, marries Alexander Pope, 42

Bibb, George M., Kentuckian, 41

Bibb, John Dandridge, of Broad River Valley, brother of W. W. Bibb, marries Mary Xenia Oliver, 42

Bibb, Joseph Wyatt, Petersburger, brother of W. W. Bibb, marries Louisa Du Bose, physician, 42

Bibb, Martha, of Broad River Valley, marries Fleming Freeman, 42

Bibb, Peyton, of Broad River Valley, brother of W. W. Bibb, Methodist preacher, 42

Bibb, Richard, Kentuckian, 41

Bibb, Thomas, Petersburger, marries Pamelia Thompson, becomes second governor of Alabama, 38, 41, 44

has slaves for sale, 122

supervises subscription of bank stock at Petersburg, 142

member of Petersburg Union Society, 158

horseback trip to New Orleans, 167

buys land in Alabama, 167

Bibb, William, moves to Broad River Valley, 41

Bibb, William Wyatt, Petersburger, first governor of Alabama, 38, 44

career, 42–44

medical practice, 42, 43, 81

Fourth of July address, 43, 146

marriage, 43

in politics, 44, 86, 87, 88

at Memorable Walker sale, 46

Petersburg commissioner, 77

involved in Tait-Dooly threatened duel and settles it, 95–97

attempts to compromise Crawford-Clark duel, 99

opposes duelling, 99

member of Petersburg Union Society, 158

buys land in Alabama, 167

as Senator votes for salary increase, 169

condemned, defends self, 169–70

governor of Alabama, 169–70

Bibbs, families, mentioned, 17, 41

Big Bend, in Tennessee River, 167

Billups, John, slave property, 23

Bird, Daniel, marries Sarah Oliver, daughter of John Oliver, 84

Blackburn, Samuel, mentioned, 15

Blair, James, mentioned, 10

Boatmen, on Savannah and Broad rivers, 64

Boats, on Savannah River, 54

on Broad River, 63–65

Bob, Hillyer slave, 122–23

Bolton, John, Petersburg merchant, 128

Bolton, Robert, Petersburg merchant, 128

Books, in Broad River Valley, 11, 27, in Petersburg, 46, 135, 157

Boston, Massachusetts, mentioned, 34, 35, 80, 100, 101, 120, 124, 128, 129, 132

Bowne, Robert H., New York merchant, 132

Bradley, James, frees slaves, 24

Bradleys, families, mentioned, 16

Brandy, in Broad River Valley, 17, 19, 25, 28

“Brandy Baptists,” 25

Brewer, Agnes, wife of George Paschal, 20

Bridges, 70–71

Brisbane & Brannan, New York mercantile house, 132

Broad River, in midst of New Purchase, 2

mills on, 25, 58, 61

limit of navigation, 49

South Fork, 51

improvements, 51–52, 58–60

Broad River Navigation Company, 59–62

Broad River Valley, 1–30

first settlements, 2, 3, 4–5

later settlers, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15–21

life and culture, 22–30, 178 (n. 3)

population, 73

in politics, 86–87

Methodism, 158–63, 164

decline, 173–76

causes for decline, 175

family graveyards, 175

rehabilitation, 176

Brown, Dr. Samuel, Mississippian, 167–68

Bruce, Mr., Petersburg merchant, 82

Brux, Albert, member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Bugg, Jacob, of Elbert County, in dispute, 137

Bull, William, South Carolina governor, 31

Burdine, Jeremiah, cabinet-maker at Petersburg, 139

Burke, Michael, Petersburg editor, 78, 79

moves to Louisville, 78

Burke County, mentioned, 35, 88

Cabinet-makers, at Petersburg, 139

Cade, Captain (probably Drury B., Jr.), grows cotton on site of old Petersburg, 172

Cade, Drury B., plantation home near Petersburg, 73

slaveowner, 122

buys Petersburg lots and surrounding territory, 165–66

Cade, Drury B., Jr., buys Petersburg lot, 166

Cade, Guilford, Sr., buys Petersburg property, 166

Cades, families, Petersburgers, 48

Caldwell, Harry, New Yorker, deals in Petersburg lots, 35–36

resides in Petersburg, 82

Caldwell, Katharine, wife of Harry Caldwell, 35

Calhoun, Catherine, marries Moses Waddel, 153

death, 154

Calhoun, John C., mentioned, 48, 153, 155

Calhoun, Patrick, often in Petersburg, 48, 135, 192 (n. 53)

Calhoun, William, South Carolinian, trades in Petersburg, 192 (n. 53)

Calhoun Settlement, South Carolina, 48, 153

Care, Jonathan, South Carolinian, deals with Petersburgers, 37

Carmel Academy, conducted by Waddel, 153

Carnesville (Franklin Courthouse), mail to, 65

Carter, Farish, slaveowner, 123

Carter, Thomas, ferry owner, 69

Cartwright, Edward, inventor, 109

Casey, Dr., Petersburg physician, 81

Casey, John A., member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Casey, Thomas, member of Petersburg Union Society, 192 (n. 29)

Cason, Emory, receives charter for Broad River boats, 184 (n. 43)

Catlett, John, testimony on Longstreet’s cotton gin invention, 113

Cattle, in Broad River Valley, 11–12, 18, 23

“Ceded Lands.” See New Purchase.

Charleston, South Carolina, mentioned, 16, 37, 57, 67, 106, 107, 124, 125, 127, 132, 156

Charleston and Hamburg Railroad, 57, 173

Charles W. Wittick & Company, Vienna merchant firm, 128

Chatham County, 149

Chatham County, North Carolina, 126

Chattahoochee River, 167

Cherakeehaw, old name for Broad River, 177 (n. 6)

Cherokee Ford, across Savannah River above Petersburg, 159

Chesapeake, American warship, 100

Chickasaw Creek, settlements, 5, 46

Clark, John, of Broad River Valley, in politics, 44, 45, 48, 86, 87, 98–99

involved in Griffin-Tait contest for judgeship, 97–98

marries daughter of Micajah Williamson, 97

challenged by William H. Crawford to a duel, 98

settled, 98

challenges Crawford to a duel and fights it, 98–99

Clarke, Elijah, settles in New Purchase, 5, 8

Yazooist, 29

mentioned, 44, 48, 86, 87

trades in Petersburg, 135

spelling of the name, 186 (n. 4)

Clarke, Elijah, Jr., mentioned, 86

Clarke County, 166

Clark Hill Dam, on Savannah River, 1, 48, 176

Clark Party, 29, 86, 87, 97

Clendenning & Adams, New York mercantile house, 132

Clerk of Court, Elbert County, mentioned, 77

Clermont, steamboat, mentioned, 54

Coastal Plain, 49

Cobb, Howell (probably uncle of the more famous Howell), mentioned, 98

Cobb, Thomas W., of Broad River Valley, Congressman, 87

Cobb family, mentioned, 42

Coffee, illiterate spelling, 14

Coke, Thomas, Methodist devine, mentioned, 127

Cokesbury College, Maryland, mentioned, 44, 45, 159

Cole, Thomas, of Augusta, in indigo business, 121

Coleman, James, runs tavern, 150

Colson, Abram, Elbert County disputant, 137

Columbia, South Carolina, mentioned, 37

Columbia Academy, conducted by Waddel, 153

Columbia County, established, 18

mentioned, 153, 154, 167, 168

Columbus, town, mentioned, 40

Commerce Street, Petersburg, 70

Compton, Samuel, inventor, 109

Confederacy, Southern, mentioned, 42, 170

Congo, dance, 144

Connecticut, mentioned, 47, 78, 82, 87, 110, 111, 125, 128, 161, 191 (n. 32)

Cook, George, of Broad River Valley, involved in Tait-Van Allen threatened duel, 89, 90, 91, 93

trades in Petersburg, 135

receives tavern license, 150

in old age, 186–87 (n. 6)

Coony, Broad River character, 9

Com, 22, 48, 121, 122

Corp, Samuel, New York money lender to Petersburgers, 36

Cosbys, families, mentioned, 16

Cotton, in Broad River Valley, 12, 22, 25, 48

in Augusta commerce, 64

transported by wagons, 68

area of growth, 108–20

varieties, 109

contest over cotton gin invention and sale, 109–15

cultivation, 116

enthusiasm, 116

poetry, 116

inspection, 116–18

trade, 118

prices, 118–20

effect of Embargo on, 119–20

Cotton factory, on Broad River, 25

Cotton gin, invention by Eve, 109

invention by Whitney and his troubles in defending patent, 109–15

invention by Joseph (or Robert) Watkins, 111–12, 114

invention by Longstreet, 112, 113, 114

invention by Holmes, 114, 115

invention by Edward Lyon, 114

invention by Currie, 114

dispute over Whitney’s patent, 114

Coulter, James, member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Counties, of Georgia, named for residents of Broad River Valley, 178 (n. 1)

Crackers, origin of term, 68–69

Crawford, Joel, migrates from Virginia to South Carolina and Georgia, 18

Crawford, Joel, Jr., mentioned, 18

tobacco inspector, 105

Crawford, William H., career, 18, 87–88

politics, 29, 86, 88

mentioned, 42, 44, 45, 105, 169

involved in duels, 89–99

in Tait-Van Allen affair, 89–91

kills Van Allen in duel, 93

fights duel with John Clark, 97–99

formal schooling, 153

Crawfords, in Broad River Valley, 10, 18

Credie, David W., South Carolinian, deals with Petersburgers, 37

Creeks, watercourses, names, 6

Crimes, in Broad River Valley, 30

in Augusta, 125–26

in Petersburg, 151–52

Cummins, Francis, Presbyterian preacher in Broad River Valley, 161

Currie, John, invents cotton gin, 114

Cyclones, in Petersburg, 80

Dams, in Savannah and Broad rivers, regulations, 52, 53, 58, 59, 61

Dancing, in Broad River Valley, 26

in Petersburg, 144–45

legend concerning, 195 (n. 60)

Daniel, Susan, wife of John Watkins, 39

Darien, flour inspection point, 140

Dart River, named for Earl of Dartmouth, 2, 177 (n. 6). See Broad River.

Dartmouth, Earl of, aids Georgia settlements, 2

Dartmouth, town, 2, 3, 4, 32

Davenports, families, mentioned, 16

Davis, Jefferson, mentioned, 42

crosses Savannah River near Petersburg, 170

Delaware, mentioned, 47, 83

Democrat-Republican Party, mentioned, 29

Denison, Joseph, death in Petersburg, 82

De Renne Collection, University of Georgia Library, 177 (n. 2)

Dibrell, Col. George G., Confederate cavalry officer, surrenders near Petersburg, 170–71

Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia …, by Robert and George Watkins, 38, 88

Doak, Samuel, Presbyterian preacher, visits Broad River Valley, 161

Doke, Presbyterian preacher. See Samuel Doak.

Dooly, John, settles in New Purchase, 5, 8.

Dooly, John M., famous judge and wit, 5, 48, 94

political connections, 87

commented on by G. R. Gilmer, 87

involved in duelling, 89–91, 94–97

trades in Petersburg, 135

Dow, Lorenzo, wandering preacher, in Broad River Valley, 28

means of travel, 67

in Petersburg, 161–63

Driscol, Florence (Florance?), Petersburger, death, 83

Droughts, in Petersburg, 79

Du Bose, Louisa, sister of Mrs. Robert Toombs, marries Joseph W. Bibb, 42

Duels, 88–100

Mitchell-Hunter duel, 88

prospective duel between Charles Tait and Van Allen, 89–93

Crawford-Van Allen duel, 93–94

Crawford-John Clark duel, 97–99

opposition to duelling, 99–100

Georgia law against duelling, 100

prospective duel, 146

Duke, Col. Basil W., remembers distribution of Confederate treasure near Petersburg, 171

Early, Eleazar, Augusta merchant, deals in Petersburg lots, 35, 37

Early, Peter, sister, mentioned, 15

Easter, Mary, sells Petersburg lot, 37

Easter, Richard, Petersburger, family, 47

Petersburg commissioner, 74

entertains Asbury, 160

Easters, families, Petersburgers, 47

Eatonton, town, mentioned, 40

Edgefield District, South Carolina, mentioned, 35

Edinburgh, mentioned, 1

Edinburgh, Scotland, mentioned, 10

Edisto Circuit, South Carolina, 127

Education, 20, 27–28, 153, 154–57

Edwards, Felix G., Petersburg postmaster, 78

Effingham County, 149

Elbert County, established, 8

mentioned, 18, 19, 21, 51, 74, 75, 106, 107, 127, 130, 159, 165

Inferior Court, 73

Grand Jury, 74

jail, 127

Superior Court, 137

Elberton, established, 9

courts, 30

mentioned, 65, 77, 166, 176

“Elegant” merchandise, 134, 192 (n. 53)

Emanuel, LeRoy Pope slave, for sale, 123

Embargo, effect on cotton trade out of Petersburg, 119–20

England, mentioned, 86, 107, 109, 119

Enterprise, steamboat on Savannah River, 54, 183 (n. 15)

“E, O, tables,” taxed, 76

Europe, mentioned, 34, 107

Evans, Thomas, free Negro, engages in real estate transactions in Petersburg, 123, 181 (n. 17)

Eve, Joseph, of Bahama Islands, invents cotton gin, 109

Fall Line, 49, 102

Fayetteville, North Carolina, mentioned, 43, 154

Federal Road, 196 (n. 22)

Federalist Party, mentioned, 29, 85, 86, 87, 88

Ferries, 69–70, 96, 159, 160, 166

Few, William, travels to Georgia, 67

Florida, mentioned, 48

“Fine,” flour grade, 140

Fishing, as an amusement, 146

Fish traps, in Savannah and Broad rivers, 52, 53, 54, 58–59, 61

Floods, in Petersburg, 30, 72, 79–80

Flour grades, 140

Flour inspection, at Petersburg, 140

Flour mills, on Broad River, 58, 192 (n. 71)

“Forks of Broad-River,” meaning of expression used by Asbury, 159

Forsyth, John, mentioned, 127

Forsyth, Robert, Federal marshal in Augusta, murdered, 127

poetry about, 190 (n. 16)

Fort Adams, Mississippi, 168

Fort Charlotte, established by South Carolina, 4, 31

mentioned, 69, 93, 98

Fort James, location, 2

description, 3, 4, 31, 32

mentioned, 31, 47, 69

Fourth of July, celebration in Petersburg, 43, 146, 154

France, 119

Franklin County, established, 8, 35

Franklin Courthouse (Carnesville), on mail route, 65

Frederica, 1826-1827 postal receipts, 166

Freeman, Fleming, of Broad River Valley, marries Martha Bibb, 42, 47

Freeman, Holman, settles in Broad River Valley, 42, 46, 47

Freeman, Holman, II, of Broad River Valley, family, 47

Savannah River Commissioner, 50

Freeman, John, slays Tory, 47

family, 47

mentioned, 119, 129

reports on LeRoy Pope’s trip to Mississippi Territory, 167

Freeman, Mary Ann (“Polly”), of Broad River Valley, marries W. W. Bibb, 43, 47

attends school, 156

Freeman, Rebecca, of Broad River Valley, marries Shaler Hillyer, 47

courtship, 147

attends school, 156

Freemans, in Broad River Valley, 10

Front Street, Petersburg, 74

Fulton, Robert, inventor of steamboat, mentioned, 54, 115, 173

Gabriel, slave, 24

Gantt, Benjamin, Petersburg physician, 81

merchant, 124 (most probably this Gantt)

Geese, in Broad River Valley, 14, 23, 46

in Petersburg, 46

George Barnes & Company, Augusta merchant firm, buys tobacco, 107

George Whitfield & Joseph Bunkley, South Carolina firm, deals with Petersburg, 37

Georgia, original settlement boundaries, 1

James Wright’s land laws, 3

land laws of 1783 and 1784, p. 7

inspection laws, 32, 33, 103, 106, 116, 118, 140, 141, 142

wealth of rivers, 49–50

improves navigation, 50–71

tax laws, 75–76

enters Union, 85

political parties, 85–88, 97–98

laws for tobacco inspection, 103–105

tavern laws, 148–49

“Georgia,” tobacco trademark, 105

Georgia & Carolina Gazette, Petersburg newspaper, 78–79

“Georgia Party,” in Alabama government, 170

Gilmer, George, mentioned, 10

Gilmer, George R., attends school in South Carolina, 5, 155

estimate of Broad River Virginians, 9, 10, 11–13

writes book, Sketches of Some of the First Settlers … 12

comments on Mrs. Micajah McGehee, 25

mentioned, 42, 51

medical attention by W. W. Bibb, 42

comments on John M. Dooly, 87

Congressman, 87

welcomed home by slaves, 179 (n. 5)

Gilmer, John, moves to Broad River Valley, 12–13

Gilmer, Peachy Ridgway, father of Thomas Meriwether Gilmer, 10

Gilmer, Thomas Meriwether, moves to Broad River Valley, 10

boyhood in Virginia, 10–11

possessions at time of death, 11

children and their marriages, 12

moves into new house, 26

schoolhouse nearby, 28

house-warming, 29

commissioner on Broad River navigation lottery, 51

family cemetery, 175

Gilmers, move to Broad River Valley, 10

marriages, 17, 19

Glynn County, 166

Goode, William, constable in Petersburg, 74

Goose Pond, region of Broad River Valley, mentioned, 14, 15, 28, 48, 49

decline, 173–75

Gordon, George, London agitator, 5

Gordon, James, brings settlers into New Purchase, 5

confused with George Gordon, 5

Governors, of Georgia from Broad River Valley, 178 (n. 1)

of Alabama, 178 (n. 1)

Grain crops, 22–23

Granby, Connecticut, 128

Grand Jury, of Elbert County, rules Petersburg, 74

complains about Petersburg inspection warehouses, 106

recommends that tobacco notes be accepted for taxes, 107

of Wilkes County condemns W. W. Bibb, 169

“Grandma” Paschal. See Agnes Brewer.

Graveyards, in Petersburg, 82–84

in Goose Pond region of Broad River Valley, 175

Great Britain, indignation in Petersburg against, 100

Great Kanawha River, mentioned, 13

Great Seal, of Confederacy, thrown into Savannah River near Petersburg, 170

Greene, Mrs. Nathanael, entertains Whitney, 110

Greene, Nathanael, mentioned, 14

Greene County, mentioned, 20, 153, 166

Greensboro, population in 1810; 73

mentioned, 151

Griffin, John, in politics, 45, 97, 98–99

marries daughter of Micajah Williamson, 97

Grinage, John, owns ferry rights across Little River, 70

Groves (Graves?), Joseph, Petersburger, sells lot, 125

Groves, Reginal N., member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Gwinett County, 167

Hamilton, James, South Carolinian, deals with Petersburgers, 37

Hampden-Sydney College, 154

Hancock, Thomas, marries Martha Oliver, 35

Hancock County, 166

Hanna’s Island, in Savannah River, 41

Hanover County, Virginia, mentioned, 44

Hardwick, tobacco inspection point, 103

Hargreaves, James, inventor, 109

Harris, Stephens Willis, judge of Superior Court, marries Sarah Watkins, 40

Harrises, families, mentioned, 16

Hart, Aunt Nancy, settles in New Purchase, 5, 8, 72

Hartford, 1826-1827 postal receipts, 166

Harvie, John, migrates to Virginia from Scotland, mentioned, 16

Harvie, John, of Broad River Valley, 23

Harvie, Martha, widow of John Harvie, slaveowner, 23–24

estate, 27

Harvie, Mary, wife of David Meriwether, mentioned, 15

Harvie, William, slaveowner, 23–24

Harvies, in Broad River Valley, 10, 16, 17

Headright system, land laws, 7

Health, in Broad River Valley, 30

in Petersburg, 79, 80–81, 172–73

“Hebron,” home of John Williams Walker, near Petersburg, 73

Henny (Fanny), fugitive slave, 123

Hester, James M., Petersburg postmaster, 78

Hickey, Mrs. Daniel, owner of Petersburg documents, 181 (n. 32), 192 (n. 54)

High Shoals, site of Crawford-Clark duel, 99

Hill, Abraham, builds frame residence, 26

Hill, Matthew, Petersburg merchant, 124

Hills, Thomas, Savannah merchant, deals in Petersburg lots, 35

Hillyer, Shaler, Petersburger, marries Rebecca Freeman, 47

an incorporater of Broad River Navigation Company, 61, 131–32

cotton trade in Augusta, 64

trades with New York, 68

plantation home, 73

Petersburg city clerk, 74

Petersburg city tax receiver, 75

mentions Petersburg cyclone, 80

trip to the mountains, 81

Federalist in politics, 87

patriotic fervor, 100–101

deals in cotton, 119–120, 131

slaveowner, 122–23, 129

career, 128–32

moves to Broad River plantation, 128

discouraged in business, 129

mercantile activities, 130–32

laments death of Beggs, 132

trip to New York, 132

opposes stay laws, 138

manufactures flour, 141

distills whiskey, 141–42

trip to North Carolina mountains, 147

summer home at Madison Springs, 147

president of Union Society, 158

mentioned, 167

sends money to father, 191 (n. 33)

agent for religious book in Petersburg, 195 (n. 60)

Hillyer & Holt, Petersburg merchant firm, deals in manufactured tobacco, 108

mentioned, 130

Hitt, Daniel, Methodist preacher, visits Petersburg, 161

Hobby, William J., first postmaster of Petersburg, 78

buys Petersburg lot, 125

Holliday, James, Petersburg merchant, 124

Holmes, Hodgen, of Augusta, invents cotton gin, 114, 115

Holt, John Saunders, Petersburg merchant, 130

Horse-racing, 151

Horse-stealing, 151–52

Household and kitchen furnishings, in Broad River Valley, 11–12, 26–27

Howard, Samuel, Georgia steamboat monopoly, 54

Hudson Fork, tributary of Broad River, 60

Hudson River, in New York, mentioned, 54

Huff (Hoff), Richard, sends slaves to Liberia, 24–25

family cemetery, 175

Hugh, James, interests in Petersburg, stockholder in Savannah River Navigation Company, 52

Huguenots, mentioned, 41

Hulls, families, mentioned, 16

Hunter, William, of Savannah, killed in duel with David B. Mitchell, 88

Huntsville, Alabama, mentioned, 35, 38, 168

Illinois, migrations to from Broad River Valley, 13

Indians, cede lands in South Carolina and Georgia, 1, 2, 3, 4

rumors of threats to Broad River Valley settlers, 13

mounds near Petersburg, described, 145–46

hostility after Augusta Treaty Conference of 1773, p. 177 (n. 6)

Indigo, as a Broad River Valley crop, 121

Inferior Courts, regulate taverns, 149–50

Irishmen, in Broad River Valley, 20, 28

in Petersburg, 83

Italy, mentioned, 16, 20

Jack, James, migrates to Broad River Valley, 20–21

Jack, Patrick, career, 21

Jackson, James, statesman, opposes Yazoo Fraud, 86, 88

opposes deception in packing cotton, 118

Jackson, John, Petersburg merchant, 124

Jacksonboro, 1826-1827 postal receipts, 166

James Holliday & Company, Petersburg merchants, 124, 125

Jefferson, Thomas, mentioned, 15, 16

political philosophy appeals to Georgians, 85

Jeffersonian-Republicans, mentioned, 29, 100

J. Holliday & Company, deals in Petersburg lots, 37

John, slave, 24

John & George Tredwell, New York merchant house, 132

John E. Caldwell Company, of New York, money lenders to Petersburgers, 36

Johnson, Dr., Petersburger, 170

Johnson, Nicholas, career, 17–18

Johnsons, in Broad River Valley, 10, 16

Joint Committee on Internal Improvements, reports, 56

Jones, Charles C., Jr., Georgia historian, comments on decline of Petersburg, 172

Jones, Henry, member of Lisbon mercantile firm, 181 (n. 11)

Jones, Walton & Company, Lisbon mercantile firm, 181 (n. 11)

Jones, William, Petersburg merchant, 127

member of Lisbon mercantile firm, 181 (n. 11)

member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Jones, William H., leads troops from Petersburg, 100

horse stolen, 151–52

Jordan, Josiah, estate in Broad River Valley, 27

Jordans, in Broad River Valley, 10, 16, 17

Juno, fugitive slave, 123

Kentucky, mentioned, 10, 15, 41, 102, 127, 167

migrations to from Broad River Valley, 13

Keowee River. See Seneca-Keowee River.

Kette Creek, battle, 31

Kinderhook, New York, mentioned, 94

King, Philip, of South Carolina, buys Petersburg lot, 181 (n. 17)

Kings Mountain, battle, 31

Kiokas Creek. See Kiokee.

Kiokee Creek, mentioned, 29, 153

Kneeland, Henry, borrows from New York merchant, 36

buys Petersburg lot, 165

sells Petersburg lots and surrounding acreage, 165

Kneeland, Jane, Petersburger, social activities, 147–48

Knox, Benjamin, estate, 25

Lafayette, mentioned, 12

Lamar, Zachariah, secures land and promotes town of Lincoln, 32

Lamar family, settles in New Purchase, 6, 8

Lambert, John, describes wagon drivers, 68–69

Land laws, 3, 7

Land Lottery system, 7

Land prices, 22, 165

Lawrence, Abram R., New York merchant, 132

Lawrence, Zachariah, possessions in Broad River Valley, 23

Lee, Light-Horse Harry, mentioned, 16

Leopard, British warship, 100 Letty, slave, 23, 24

Lewis, Elizabeth, marries Thomas Meriwether Gilmer, 10

Lewis, Meriwether, life in Broad River Valley, 13, 15

Lewis, Robert, son-in-law of Nicholas Meriwether, mentioned, 15

Lewis, William, father of Meriwether Lewis, 13

Lewis and Clark Expedition, mentioned, 13

Lewises, move to Broad River Valley, 10

Lexington, established, 9

mentioned, 20, 29, 36, 42, 86, 105, 106, 175, 176, 179 (n. 25)

Liberia, slaves sent to, 24, 25, 175

Liberty County, mentioned, 28, 149

Lightwood Log Creek, mentioned, 50, 51

Lincoln, Benjamin, mentioned, 16, 31

Lincoln, town, later becomes Lisbon, 32, 33

Lincoln County, established, 8, 33

mentioned, 75, 86, 87, 135, 165, 181 (n. 11)

Lincoln Courthouse (Lincolnton), on mail route, 65

mentioned, 94

Lincolnton, established, 9

mentioned, 94, 176

Lisbon, town, at mouth of Broad River, mentioned, 1, 48, 70, 81, 128, 145, 160, 166, 171

rise and fall, 33

Littlebury & Whitfield Wilson, Petersburg merchant firm, 124

Little River, boundary limit, 2, 8

settlements on, 5

mentioned, 50, 107, 177 (n. 6)

ferry, 70

Livestock, in Broad River Valley, 11–12, 18, 23

Lombardy poplars, superstition, 146–47

London, England, mentioned, 10

London porter, for sale in Petersburg, 125

Long Creek, tributary of Broad River, mentioned, 19, 20, 21, 24, 179 (n. 22)

Longstreet, Abraham Baldwin, preacher and educator, graduate of Waddel’s Willington school, 155

Longstreet, William, of Augusta, invents steamboat, 54

invents cotton gin, 112, 113, 114

Lord Dunmore’s War, mentioned, 13

Louisa County, Virginia, mentioned, 17

Louisiana, migrations to from Broad River Valley, 13, 19, 20

mentioned, 83, 167

Louisville, population in 1810, p. 73

state capital, 75

mentioned, 78, 88

Loyal Land Company, mentioned, 10

Lumber, inspection, 141

Lumpkin, John, migrates to Broad River Valley, 19

Lumpkin, Joseph Henry, chief justice of Georgia, 19

Lumpkin, Wilson, governor of Georgia, 19

Congressman, 87

Lumpkins, in Broad River Valley, 10, 19, 20

Lunsford, Rowley, punished for crime, 30

Lyon, Edward, invents cotton gin, 114

Lyon, John, plant-hunter, visits Petersburg, 158

McBride, Henry, of Petersburg, offers reward for fugitive apprentice, 123

M’Clure, Alexander, Charleston merchant, 125

M’Clure, John, Charleston merchant, 125

M’Donnell, Alexander, Petersburg editor, 78

McDuffie, George, graduate of Waddel’s Willington school, 155

McElroy, John, possessions in Broad River Valley, 23

McGehee, Micajah, settles in Broad River Valley, 19, 23

builds frame house, 26

mentioned, 40

family cemetery, 175

possessions in 1800, p. 179 (n. 22)

McGehee, Mrs. Micajah, versatile woman of Broad River Valley, 25

McGehees, in Broad River Valley, 10, 17

McGrath, Mr., involved in prospective duel, 146

McIntosh County, 166

Madison, James, mentioned, 14, 45

recommends war against Great Britain, 100

Madison, Ga., mentioned, 36

Madison County, Alabama, 168

Mail routes, 65

Malona, John, imposter preacher, in Broad River Valley, 164

Manning, John, of Petersburg, engages in slave-trading, 122

Marks, Betty, mentioned, 17

Marks, James, mentioned, 17

kindness to slaves, 179 (n. 5)

Marks, John, step-father of Meriwether Lewis, 13, 15

Marks, Mary, wife of Nicholas Johnson, mentioned, 17

Marks, in Broad River Valley, 10

Marshall, John, Life of George Washington, sold in Petersburg, 157

enjoyed by Asbury, 160

Martin, Robert, owns ferry above Petersburg, 160

Maryland, mentioned, 44, 47, 67, 81, 82, 102, 159

Massachusetts, mentioned, 78, 158

Mathews, Charles Lewis, son of George Mathews, 15, 17

family cemetery, 175

Mathews, George, leads Virginians to Broad River Valley, 8, 13

early career, 13–14

political career, 14

death, 14

marriages, 14–15

children, 15

plantation, 17

signs Yazoo bill, 29

family cemetery, 175

Mathews, George, Jr., judicial career, 15

Mathews, John, son of George Mathews, 15

Mathews, Rebekah, daughter of George Mathews, mentioned, 15

Mathews, William, son of George Mathews, mentioned, 15

Mathews families, in Broad River Valley, 8, 10, 13, 14–15, 19

Matthew Hill & John Jackson, Petersburg merchants, 124

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, mentioned, 20, 163

Memorable & James S. Walker, Petersburg merchant firm, 125

Mercantile goods, 125, 130, 131, 133–35

Merchant clerks, in Petersburg, 136–37

Merchant credits, 137

Merchants, in Petersburg, 36, 37, 38, 43, 46, 47, 73, 82, 83, 107, 108, 115, 122, 124–38

Merchant suppliers, 132, 135–36

Meriwether, David, mentioned, 15

Meriwether, Elizabeth, wife of William Mathews, mentioned, 15

Meriwether, Frank, great grandson of Nicholas Meriwether, mentioned, 15

Meriwether, Gen. David, career, 15–16, Congressman, 87

Meriwether, James, son of Gen. David Meriwether, career, 16

Meriwether, James A., grandson of Gen. David Meriwether, career, 16

Meriwether, Lucy, wife of William Lewis, 15

Meriwether, Martha, wife of Benjamin Taliaferro, 16

Meriwether, Mary, marries Peachy Ridgway Gilmer, 10

Meriwether, Mildred, wife of John Gilmer, 12–13

Meriwether, Nicholas, to Virginia from Wales, 15

Meriwether, Thomas, grandson of Nicholas Meriwether, mentioned, 15

Meriwether, Tom, son of Frank Meriwether, mentioned, 15

Meriwether, William, son of Gen. David Meriwether, mentioned, 16

Meriwethers, in Broad River Valley, 10–13, 15, 16, 19

Meson, Francis, Lexington merchant and philanthropist, 20, 176, 179 (n. 26)

Meson Academy, 20, 27

Mestizoes, subject to poll tax, 76

Methodists, schism between North and South, 16

in Broad River Valley, 28–29, 158–63, 164

in North Carolina and South Carolina, 126–27

Michaux, Francois, travels, 67

“Middling,” grade of flour, 140

Migrations westward, 12, 13, 15. See also West, “Western Fever,” “Westward Movement,” also Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee.

Milinda, slave, 23

Militia musters, in Broad River Valley, 26

Milledge, John, governor of Georgia, 97

tries to settle Crawford-Clark prospective duel, 98

denounces Whitney patent monopoly, 115

Milledgeville, mentioned, 65, 68

population in 1810, p. 73

flour inspection point, 140

Miller, Mrs. Grace Lewis, researches on Meriwether Lewis, 178 (n. 11)

Miller, Phineas, associate in cotton gin business, 110, 111, 112

Miller and Whitney, firm for manufacturing cotton gins, 110–15

Millford, on Broad River, 48

Millford Merchant-Mills, on Broad River, 192 (n. 71)

Mills, on Broad River, 25, 58, 61, 139, 141, 192 (n. 71)

Mintilda, slave, 23

Mississippi, migrations from Broad River Valley to, 12, 19, 39, 40, 173

becomes a state, 168

Mississippi River, 167, 168, 173

Mississippi Territory, mentioned, 14, 15, 167, 168

Mitchell, David B., governor of Georgia, fights duel with William Hunter and kills him, 88

Money lenders, to Petersburgers, 35, 36, 37

Monroe, James, mentioned, 45, 169

Montgomery, Alabama, mentioned, 42

Montgomery County, Alabama, mentioned, 19

Moores, families, mentioned, 16

Morange, Mary, South Carolinian, visits Petersburg, 148

Moravian College, attended by Petersburg girls, 156

Morse, Jedidiah, geographer, 102

Moseley, Joseph, mentioned, 39

Moseley, Mary, wife of John Watkins, 39

Moses Jarvis & Company, New York mercantile suppliers, 132

Moss’s, at mouth of Broad River, inspection point for tobacco, 103

Mount Zion, disappearing town, 166

Muckle’s Ferry Shoals, on Broad River, Hillyer’s mill at, 61, 141

Mulattoes, subject to poll tax, 76

Mulberry Grove, Greene plantation home, 110, 114

Nashville, Tennessee, 167

Negroes, free, subject to poll tax, 76

engage in real estate transactions, 123. See also slaves

Newbold, George, New York merchant, deals with Petersburgers, 36, 132

Newburg, New York, mentioned, 35

Newby, Dr., Petersburg physician, 82

Newby, Larkin, former Petersburger, mentioned, 43, 80, 144, 147, 154, 155, 162, 164

New Haven, Connecticut, site of cotton gin manufactory, 111

New Jersey, mentioned, 39, 47, 83, 136

New Orleans, visited by Petersburgers, 167

New Purchase, description of land and terms for settlement, 3

settlers, 2, 3, 4–5

names of creeks in, 6

mentioned, 46, 177 (n. 2)

Newton, John, Presbyterian minister, in Broad River Valley, 29

New York, city, mentioned, 34, 81, 120, 124, 132, 133, 156

New York, state, mentioned, 35, 36, 54, 84, 87, 94

“Nigger head,” chewing tobacco, 108

Niles, Hezekiah, magazine editor, 85, 186 (n. 1)

Non-Intercourse Act, effect on cotton trade, 119

“Normandy,” plantation home of D. B. Cade, 73

North Carolina, mentioned 8, 20, 28, 39, 43, 47, 67, 68, 80, 82, 87, 102, 126, 128, 147, 153, 154, 156, 163, 179 (n. 23)

North Carolinians, settle in Broad River Valley, 5, 8, 9, 20, 21

Gilmer’s opinion of, 9–10

mentioned, 29, 87

Oconee River, mentioned, 20

Oglethorpe, James Edward, establishes Augusta, 1

Oglethorpe County, established, 8

mentioned, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 48, 75, 175, 176, 179 (n. 5)

O’Kelley, Charles, possessions in Broad River Valley, 23

Oliver, Dionysius, founder of Petersburg, 31, 76

career, 31–32

erects tobacco warehouse, 32

sells Petersburg lots, 34, 37

children and other relatives, 35, 39, 40, 84

buys ferry rights, 69

lays out town lots, 72, mentioned, 156

Oliver, Eleanor, Petersburger, daughter of Dionysius Oliver, marries Drury Thompson, 39

Oliver, James, Jr., clerk in Petersburg store, 192 (n. 54)

Oliver, John, Petersburger, son of Dionysuis Oliver, acquires Petersburg lots, 34, 35

marries first wife Frances Thompson, 40

second wife, Susan Watkins, 40

daughters, 40, 42

at Memorable Walker sale, 46

stockholder in Savannah River Navigation Company, 52

ferry owner, 69

Petersburg commissioner, 77

daughter Sarah marries Daniel Bird, 84

tobacco warehouse, 105, 106

cotton inspector, 118

slaveowner, 123

mentioned, 156

entertains Asbury, 160, 161, entertains Dow, 162

Oliver, Martha, Petersburger, daughter of Dionysius Oliver, marries Thomas Hancock, 35

grandmother of Ben (Pitchfork) Tillman, 35

Oliver, Mary Ann, Petersburger, sister of Dionysius Oliver, marries Drury Thompson, 39

Oliver, Mary Xenia, Petersburger, marries John D. Bibb, 42

Oliver, Peter, Petersburger, entertains, Asbury, 161

Oliver, Prudence, daughter of John Oliver, attends Bethlehem College, 156

Oliver, Sarah (Sally), daughter of John Oliver, marries Daniel Bird, 84

death, 84

attends Petersburg school, 156

Oliver, Susan (Watkins), Petersburg, widow, marries her second husband, Dr. William N. Richardson, 40

Oliver, Thomas, Petersburger, receives tavern license, 150

Oliver, William, Petersburger, receives tavern license, 150

Oliver & Watkins, Petersburg merchant firm, 128

sells books, 157

Oliver, families, in Broad River Valley and Petersburg, 19

Orange County, New York, mentioned, 35

Orkney Islands, mentioned, 5

Orleans Territory, mentioned, 15

“Oronoke (Oronoko),” tobacco brand, 105

Ousley, John, Petersburger, advertises for fugitive slave, 123

Pace, James, Petersburg tailor, 139

Pacific Ocean, 173

Panther Creek, tributary of Savannah River, 56, 183 (n. 19)

Parks, Moses, frees slaves, 24

Paschal, George, soldier of Revolution, Lexington merchant, 20

children, 20

possessions in Lexington, 179 (n. 25)

Paton, Catherine, first wife of Archibald Stokes, Petersburger, 84

Paton, George, death in Petersburg, 83–84

Paton, Thomas, death in Petersburg, 83–84

Patons, Petersburgers, from New Jersey, 47, 83, 84

Patterson, William, Petersburg merchant, 128

receives tavern license, 150

Peaches, in Broad River Valley, 19, 23

Pennsylvania, 144, 156

Petersburg, early mention (but frequent insignificant mention thereafter not indexed), vii, viii, 1, 17, 21, 22, 25

strategic location, 31, 49, 72, 73

founding 31, 32

plan, 32, 36, 181 (n. 7)

tobacco inspection center, 32, 33, 103–106

speculation in town lots, 34–37

merchants, 36, 37, 38, 43, 46, 47, 82, 83, 107, 108, 115, 122, 124–38

prices of lots, 37

cosmopolitan population, 38

family connections and marriages, 38–48

physicians, 40, 42, 81–82

interest in Savannah River navigation, 50–58 and in Broad River navigation, 58–65

roads 65–69

bridges and ferries, 69–71

town lots, 72

residences, 72–73

tobacco warehouses, 73

described by Asbury in 1801, p. 73

population, 73, 143

described by Sibbald, 73

government, 73–74, 77–78, 81

wants new county, 74–75

town limits, 76

town commons, 76–77, town well, 77

mail service, 78

health, 79, 80–81

amusements, 80

cyclones, 80

cellars to be drained, 81

deaths, 81, 82, 83

graveyard, 82–84

politics and duels, 85–100

martial spirit, 100–101

cotton gin, 111

cotton trade, 111

merchandising and other businesses, 124–42

merchants, 124–31

mercantile goods, 125, 130, 133–35

sources of mercantile supplies, 132,-33, 135–36

merchant credits, 137

various businesses, 138–42

society and amusements, 143–52

theatre, 143–44

dances, 144–45

New Year’s Ball, 144–45

taverns, 148–51

card-playing, 150–51

horse-racing, 151

jockey club, 151

education and religion, 153–64

schools, 154–57

library, 157–58

Union Society, 158

visited by Asbury, 158–61

visited by Dow, 161–63

decline, 165–73

postal receipts, 1826-1827, p. 166

city government given up, 166

sees end of the Confederacy, 170–71

causes of decline, 172–73

clerks in merchant stores, 192 (n. 54)

Petersburg, Virginia, mentioned, 32

“Petersburg Boat Bugles,” on Broad River, 64–65

“Petersburg boats,” 63

Petersburg Jockey Club, 151

Petersburg Mercantile Company, 130–31

Philadelphia, mentioned, 34, 42, 132

Philadelphia ale, for sale in Petersburg, 125

Phinizy, Ferdinand, merchant of Lexington and Augusta, 36

defends Georgia tobacco, 106

Physicians, in Petersburg, 40, 42, 81–82

Picnics, at Petersburg, 145–46

Piedmont Region, 49

“Pig tail,” chewing tobacco, 108

Planters’ Bank of the State of Georgia, 142

Play bills, at Petersburg threatre, 143

Pleasants, Eliza Woodson, Virginian, marries Moses Waddel, 154

Pocahontas, mentioned, 16

Point Pleasant, battle, mentioned, 13

Political parties, in Broad River Valley, 29–30

Politics, in Broad River Valley, 180 (n. 23)

Poll tax, 76

“Poor schools,” in Broad River Valley, 28

Poor Whites, in Broad River Valley, 9, 10

Pope, Alexander, Petersburger, marries Delia Bibb, 42

mentioned, 47

Petersburg postmaster, 78

brother of William Pope, 83

Pope, LeRoy, merchant and speculator in Petersburg lots and other lands, 35, 36, 124, 125

family origin, 47

stockholder in Savannah River Navigation Company, 52

Petersburg commissioner, 74, 77

Petersburg postmaster, 78

owner of tobacco inspection warehouse in Petersburg, 106

in cotton trade, 119

slaveowner, 123

arbitrator, 137

supervises bank stock subscriptions, 142

mentioned, 144

financial agent for Vienna Academy, 154

sales agent for Marshall’s Life of George Washington, in Petersburg, 157

makes trip to Mississippi Territory, 167

buys land in Alabama, 167

locates Huntsville, Alabama, 168

Pope, Matilda, Petersburger, daughter of LeRoy Pope, marries John Williams Walker, 46, 167

courted by John Williams Walker, 144

in school in Pennsylvania, 144, 156

mentioned, 170

Pope, Nicholas, deputy “Petersburg sheriff,” 74

Petersburg merchant, 126

member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Pope, William, Petersburger, 47

brother of Alexander Pope, death, 83, 186 (n. 48)

Pope and Walker, Petersburg firm, engage in slave-trading, 122

Popes, families, in Oglethorpe County, mentioned, 20, 173

in Petersburg, 47

“Poplar Grove,” plantation home of Shaler Hillyer, near Petersburg, 73, 129

Powelton, 1826-1827 postal receipts, 166

Presbyterians, in Broad River Valley, 29

in Petersburg and vicinity, 153, 160, 161, 164

Prince Edward County, Virginia, mentioned, 38, 42

Princeton, college, mentioned, 43, 46, 155, 156, 157, 167

Pulaski County, 166

Puritans, in Liberty County, 28

Quakers, settle at Wrightsboro, 3

Rae’s Creek, mentioned, 50, 75

Ragland, E., in dispute, 137

Ragland, John R., Petersburger, family, 47

constable in Petersburg, 74

Petersburg commissioner, 74

death, 84

receives tavern license, 150

funeral preached by Moses Waddel, 155

Raglands, families, Petersburgers, 47

Railroads, 57, 173

Ramsay, David, South Carolina historian, comments on Waddel’s Willington school, 155

“Rate Bill,” Petersburg physicians’ charges, 82

Ray, James H., preacher, author of sermons, 195 (n. 60)

“Red House lot,” in Petersburg, sold, 77

Reid, Mr., schoolman in Petersburg, 156

Religion, in Broad River Valley, 28–29

in Petersburg, 45–46, 158–64. See also Francis Asbury, Lorenzo Dow, John Andrew, John Malona, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians.

Remberts, families, Petersburgers, 47

Rescinding Law, relative to Yazoo Fraud, 88

“Retreat,” plantation home of Charles Tait, 45

Revier, William L., Petersburg physician, 82

Revolutionary War, mentioned, 46–47, 83, 86

Richardson, Dr. William N., Petersburger, marries widow Susan Oliver, 40

moves to Alabama, 82

Richardson, Mary, Petersburger, marries Gabriel Toombs, 40

Richmond Academy, mentioned, 45, 89

Richmond County, mentioned, 18, 123

River lottery, 51, 59

River work, on Broad River, 62

Roads, 65–69

bad condition, 66

work on, 66

laws, 66

signs, 66

Road signs, 66

Robert & John Bolton, Petersburg merchant firm, 128

Robert H. Bowne & Company, New York merchant firm, 132

Robbery, 125–26, 151–52

Rocky River, South Carolina, mentioned, 41

Rogers, Daniel Dennison, of Boston, Massachusetts, deals in Petersburg lots, 35

“Rolling tobacco,” 22, 107

Rome, tobacco inspection point, 105

Rossiter, Nathaniel, Petersburg merchant, 124

Roundtree, Mrs. Solomon, Petersburg schoolmistress, 156

Roundtree, Solomon, Petersburg merchant, 156

entertains Dow, 161

Roundtree & Taylor, Petersburg merchant firm, 124

Rucker, Jane, seamstress, 139

Runnolds, William, constable for “district of Petersburg,” 74

Russell, James, of Vienna, South Carolina, deals with Petersburgers, 37

owns ferry rights between Petersburg and Vienna, 70

career as preacher, 163

business career and failure, 163–64

Russell, Thomas C., Petersburg merchant, 124

arbitrator, 137

Salem, disappearing town, 166

Salem College, attended by Petersburg girls, 156

Salisbury, North Carolina, 126

Savannah, town, mentioned, 35, 37, 49, 86, 88, 124, 128, 132, 142, 154, 163

population in 1810, p. 73

tobacco inspection point, 103

flour inspection point, 140

Savannah River, boundary dispute, 50

improvement of navigation, 50–58

low water, 79 (frequently mentioned without significance, and, therefore, not indexed).

Savannah River Navigation Company, authorized, 52

Sawmills, on Broad River, 58

Sayre, Archibald N., Petersburg postmaster, 78

Sayre, Delia, second wife of Joseph Watkins, 36

first wife, Mary Sayre, 39

Sayre, Mary, first wife of Joseph Watkins, 39

Sayre, Robert S., Petersburg merchant, 127

store robbed, 152

Sayre family, of New York and New Jersey, 39

School exhibitions, 153, 154–55

Schools, in Broad River Valley, 20, 27–28

Scotland, mentioned, 10, 16, 18, 19

Scott, Winfield, mentioned, 19

Screven County, 166

Scull Shoals, on Oconee River, mentioned, 20

disappearing town, 166

Sea Island, variety of cotton, 109

Seamstress, at Petersburg, 139

Semmes, Andrew Green, member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Seneca-Keowee River, mentioned, 49, 53, 57

Seneca River, boundary point, 2

Service, Thomas, New York merchant, deals with Petersburg merchants, 36

Seth Craig & Company, Philadelphia, merchant suppliers, 132

Sharp, John, plantation owner on Savannah River, 69

Sheep, in Broad River Valley, 18, 23, 41

Sherman, Mrs. Mercer, of Albany, owner of Petersburg documents, 193 (n. 20), 196 (n. 32)

Sherwood, Adiel, comments on decline of Petersburg, 171–72

“Ship stuff,” grade of flour, 140

Shoals of Ogeechee, site of cotton gin invention, 114

disappearing town, 166

Shorter, Eli S., marries Sophia Watkins, 40

Sibbald, George, describes Petersburg, 73

Simpson, Mrs. Anne (Lucas), widow, wife of Charles Tait, 45

Sketches of Some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia …, book by George R. Gilmer, 12

estimate, 12

Slave names, 23–24, 122, 123

Slaves, in Broad River Valley, 11, 16, 18, 22, 23–25, 122, 123, 129, 179 (n. 22), 179 (n. 5)

in Petersburg, 46

boat hands on Savannah and Broad rivers, 64

work on roads, 66

subject to poll tax, 76

prices, 120

fugitive, 123

Slave trade, in Petersburg, 122–23

Slocum, C. M., New York merchant, 132

Slocum, W., New York merchant, 132

Smith, Benajah, of Broad River Valley, marries Elizabeth Clarke, 48

sets up mill on Broad River, 192 (n. 71)

Smith, James Monroe planter, mentioned, 24, 176

Smith, John I., Petersburg merchant, 128

Smithson, James, mentioned, 194 (n. 29)

Smithonian Institution, mentioned, 194 (n. 29)

Snow, in Petersburg, 80

Snuff, tobacco manufacture, 108

Soap Creek, mentioned, 50

South Carolina, Indian cessions, 2

rivalry with Georgia, 6–7

settlements, 7

political divisions, 7

merchants deal with Petersburgers, 37

promotes navigation on Savannah River, 54–55, 56–57

mentioned, 102, 112, 113, 159, 160, 162, 173 (many insignificant mentionings not indexed)

South Carolinians, settle in Broad River Valley, 5

South Fork of Broad River, 51

Sparta, 148

Spinning, in Broad River Valley, 25

“Spring Hill,” Petersburg residence, 73

Stagecoaches, 65

Stallions, 151

Standing Peachtree, disappearing settlement, 166

Starnes, Hugh N., on cotton gin invention controversy, 111

Stay laws, 137–38

Steam Boat Company of Georgia, 54

Steamboats, invention by William Longstreet and by Robert Fulton, 54

on Savannah River, 54, 65, 173

“Stemmed,” tobacco brand, 105

Sterling, Scotland, mentioned, 16

St. Marys River, boundary limit, 2

population in 1810, p. 73

Stokes, Archibald, Petersburger, deals in Petersburg lots, 36, 165

Petersburg postmaster, 78

wives, 84

Petersburg merchant, 124, 125

sale of storehouse lot, 166

Stokes, Armistead, Petersburg merchant, in dispute with Whitney over cotton gin patent, 115

on trip to New York, describes scenery, 132–33

Stokes, families, Petersburgers, 47

Stokes, John E., Petersburg merchant, 128

store robbed, 152

Stokes, Mrs. [which?], mentioned, 148

Stokes, Thomas, Petersburg merchant, 36, 124, 125–26

business dealings with New York supplier, 36

disputes with Whitney over cotton gin, 115

deals in Petersburg lots, 125

troubles in collecting debts, 125

robbed in Augusta, 125–26

Stokes, William S., of Madison, mentioned, 36

Stokes & Sayre, Petersburg merchant firm, 126

Stokes & Taylor, Petersburg merchant firm, 126

Stokes, [Nicholas] Pope & Company, Petersburg merchant firm, 126

St. Paul’s Churchyard, Augusta, burial place of George Mathews, 14

of Robert Forsyth, 190–91 (n. 16)

Strong, Joseph, New York merchant, deals with Petersburgers, 36

Strothers, move to Broad River Valley, 10

St. Simons, island off Georgia coast, cotton growth, 109

Sunbury, tobacco inspection point, 103

1826-1827 postal receipts, 166

“Superfine,” grade of flour, 140

Sutherland family, settles in South Carolina, 5

“Sweet scented,” tobacco brand, 105

Syls Fork, creek in Oglthorpe County, mentioned, 20

“Tait’s meeting house,” in Broad River Valley, 161

Tait, Charles, of Broad River Valley, career, 44–45

United States Senator, 44

judge, 45

marriage, 45

death, 45

in politics, 86, 87, 88

involved in threatened duel with Van Allen, 89–93

involved in threatened duel with James M. Dooly, 94–97

entertains Asbury, 159, 160, 161

urged to go to Alabama, 168–69

becomes Federal judge in Alabama, 169

Tait, James, of Broad River Valley, 44

Tait, James Minor, of Broad River Valley, marries Jane Watkins, 40

Tait, Rebecca, of Broad River Valley, wife of James Tait, 44

Tait, Robert L., Broad River Valley planter, 151

Tait, William, of Broad River Valley, entertains Asbury, 159

Tailor, at Petersburg, 139

Taliaferro, Benjamin, career, 16–17

builds frame house, 26

sister, 39

daughter, 39

son, 40

Congressman, 87

presides over indignation meeting in Petersburg, 100

arbitrator, 137

mentioned, 156

Taliaferro, Benjamin, II, of Broad River Valley, marries Martha Watkins, 40

commissioner on Broad River navigation lottery, 51

Taliaferro, Emily, of Broad River Valley, daughter of Benjamin Taliaferro, marries Isham Watkins, 39

Taliaferro, Zachariah, mentioned, 16

Taliafferoes, in Broad River Valley, 10, 16, 17, 19

Tankersly, William B., involved in Tait-Van Allen affair, 92, 93

Tan yards, at Petersburg, 139

Tate, Caleb, Petersburger, 82

Tate, Waddy, Petersburg physician, 82

Tate, Zinny (Zimri?), buys Petersburg lots and surrounding territory, 165

Tattnall, Josiah, Jr., governor of Georgia, 95

Taverns, regulations, 148–50

Tennessee, migrations from Broad River Valley to, 16, 38, 39, 173

mentioned, 167

Tennessee River, 167, 196 (n. 22)

Tew, Charles, educator, in Petersburg, 156

Texas, migrations to, from Broad River Valley, 19, 20

Thomas C. Russell & Nathaniel Rossiter, Petersburg merchant firm, 124

Tompkins, D. A., comments on cotton gin invention, 114

Thompson, Dr. Asa, Petersburger, marries Mary Watkins, 40, 82

Thompson, Drury, Petersburger, marries Mary Ann Oliver, 39

Thompson, Eleanor, sister of Robert Thompson, marries Samuel Watkins, 38

Thompson, Frances, Petersburger, first wife of John Oliver, 40

Thompson, Jane, daughter of Isham Thompson, marries James Watkins, II, 39

Thompson, Jane, daughter of Drury Thompson, marries Robert Herndon Watkins, 39

Thompson, Martha, wife of James Watkins, I, 38

Thompson, Pamelia, daughter of Robert Thompson, marries Thomas Bibb, 38, 41–42

Thompson, Robert (“Old Blue”), Petersburg merchant, 38, 42, 127

commissioner on Broad River navigation lottery, 51

stockholder in Savannah River Navigation Company, 52

Petersburg commissioner, 74, 77

agent for religious work, 157

Thompson, Wiley, of Broad River Valley, Congressman, 87

Thompsons, families, in Petersburg, 38, 41

“Thornville,” Petersburg residence, 39, 73

Tillman, Benjamin R., mentioned, 35

Tillman, Benjamin R. (“Pitchfork”), mentioned, 35

Timber, to designate land values for taxation, 75–76

Tobacco, yield and markets in Broad River Valley, 22, 48

inspection at Petersburg, 32, 33, 103–106

in Petersburg trade, 63, 103–108

area of growth, 102–108, 188 (n. 10)

cultivation, 102–103

marketing, 103

inspection warehouses, 103–104

“pickers,” 104

inspection acts, 104–105

trade designations, 105

grades, 105

manufactures, 107–108

brand names, 108

prices, 108

“Tobacco flats,” on Savannah River, 63

“Tobacco notes,” used as money, 22, 107

Toccoa Creek, mentioned, 49, 55

Toombs, Gabriel, of Broad River Valley, marries Mary Richardson, 40

Toombs, Mrs. Robert, mentioned, 42

Toombs, Robert, of Broad River Valley (Washington), mentioned, 40, 42

Tories, in Revolution, 47

Transylvania University, 167

Travel, 65–71

Treaty of 1733, p. 1

of 1763, pp. 1–2

of 1773, p. 2

Tredwell, George, New York merchant, 132

Tredwell, John, New York merchant, 132

Troup, George M., Savannahian, gives name to political party, 86

Troup Party, 29, 86

Tugaloo Old Town, mentioned, 50

Tugaloo River, mentioned, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55, 57, 75

Turnbull, Mr., Petersburger, 170

Tyler, John, mentioned, 41

Union Society, Petersburg intellectual club, 158

University of Georgia, mentioned, 16, 40, 153, 155, 156, 177 (n. 2)

University of Pennsylvania, Medical College, 42, 81

Upsons, Broad River Valley family, 175

Van Allen, Peter Lawrence, of Wilkes County, formerly of New York, political connections, 87, 89, 94

prospective duel with Charles Tait, 89–93

duel with William H. Crawford, 93

death, 93–94

estate, 94

mentioned, 95, 98, 99

Van Buren, Martin, mentioned, 94

Vendue-masters, 128

Vienna, South Carolina, town, mentioned, 1, 37, 48, 51, 81, 128, 145, 151, 154, 155, 160, 163, 166, 171

growth and decline, 33–34, 70

site of prospective duels, 92, 93

schools, 154–55

Vienna Academy, South Carolina school, 154

Virginia. See Virginians

Virginians, move to Broad River Valley, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15

provide governors and other high officials, 9

closely-knit group, 9

culture and important families, 9–21

W. & C. M. Slocum, New York merchant house, 132

Waddel, John N., comments on decline of Petersburg, 171

Waddel, Moses, preacher and educator, teaches John Williams Walker, 46, 144

Willington school, 48

preaches funerals, 83, 155

trades in Petersburg, 135

marriages, 153–54

schools, 153–55

mentioned, 158, 163

agent for book of sermons, 195 (n. 60)

Wade Hampton Bridge, at Augusta, 72

Wagonage, 67, 69

Wales, mentioned, 15, 41

Walker, Dr. Thomas, mentioned, 10

Walker, Freeman, lawyer, traditionally involved with John M. Dooly in a dispute, 94

Walker, Henry Graves, Petersburger, receives tavern license, 150

horse stolen, 152

Walker, James S., Petersburg merchant, 36, 125

Petersburg postmaster, 78

member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Walker, Jeremiah, Baptist preacher, Petersburg merchant, 43, 45–46

preaches funeral, 82

Walker, Jeremiah, II, Petersburger, deals in Petersburg lots, 36, 43

Walker, John Williams, Petersburger, sells lot to W. W. Bibb, 43

comments on W. W. Bibb’s marriage, 43

education, 46

plantation home, 73

sells Petersburg “Red House lot,” 77

brother of James S. Walker, 78

comments on women, 80

dies of tuberculosis, 80

comments on Bibb’s election to Georgia House, 86

goes to Petersburg theatre, 143–44

comments on Petersburg dances, 144–45

mentioned, 147

frowns on card-playing, 150–51

life at Waddel’s schools in Vienna and at Willington, 154–55

courts Matilda Pope, 156–57

secretary of Petersburg Union Society, 158

comments on Lorenzo Dow, 162–63

religious principles, 162

reports on Petersburg in letters to Larkin Newby, 164

comments on low land values in Petersburg, 165

makes trip to Westward, 167

comments on migration to Alabama, 167–68

buys land in Alabama, 167

urges Charles Tait to migrate to Alabama, 168–69

Walker, LeRoy Pope, Secretary of War, Confederate States of America, 170

Walker, Memorable, Petersburg merchant, 36, 125

estate, 46

death, 46, 80

commissioner on Broad River navigation lottery, 51

stockholders in Savannah River Navigation Company, 52

to Louisville to secure new county, 75

deals in cotton, 119

sells Petersburg lot, 123

mentioned, 144, 150

funeral preached by Moses Waddel, 155

member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 25)

Walker, Percy, Alabama Senator in Washington, 170

Walkers, families, 35, 45

Walnut trees, in Broad River Valley, 18

Walton, John H., member of Lisbon mercantile firm, 181 (n. 11)

Walton, Newell, Jr., interests in Petersburg, stockholder in Savannah River Navigation Company, 52

Walton, Thomas (without designation of sr. or jr.), dead, 181, (n. 11)

Walton, Thomas, Jr., promotes town of Lisbon, 33

estate, 181 (n. 11) (no indication of whether sr. or jr.)

Ware, Robert, interests in Petersburg, stockholder in Savannah River Navigation Company, 52

Warner, Nathan, schoolman, in Petersburg, 156

“War of Extermination,” in Georgia, 47

Warren County, 166

Wash, Thomas, Petersburg merchant, 127

Wash & Jones, Petersburg merchant firm, 127

Washington, District of Columbia, mentioned, 65

Washington, George, first town named for, 9

mentioned, 13, 16

Washington, Mississippi, 167

Washington, town, established, 9

mail route, 65

mentioned, 89, 90, 105, 107, 142, 151, 176

Washington County, established, 8

Watkins, Eliza, Petersburger, daughter of James Watkins, II, marries William McGehee, of Broad River Valley, 40

Watkins, Garland, Petersburger, oldest son of James Watkins, II, lawyer, unmarried, 40

member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Watkins, George, of Augusta, compiler of Digest, 38

Watkins, Henry M., Petersburg postmaster, 78

Watkins, Isham, Petersburger, son of James Watkins, I, marries a daughter of Benjamin Taliaferro, 39

Watkins, James, I, Petersburger, son of William Watkins, moves to Petersburg, 38

marries Martha Thompson, 38

death in Petersburg, 83

Watkins, James, II, Petersburger, marries Jane Thompson (daughter of Isham Thompson), 39

will, 40–41

Watkins, James, III, Petersburger, son of James Watkins, II, marries Jane Urquart, 40

inheritance, 41

Watkins, Jane, Petersburger, marries James Minor Tate, 40

Watkins, John, Petersburger, son of James Watkins, I, marries Susan Daniel and lives on plantation “Thornville,” second marriage to Mary Moseley, 39, 73

owns ferry at Petersburg, 70

Petersburg commissioner, 77

Petersburg postmaster, 78

death in Petersburg, 83

supervisor of subscription of bank stock in Petersburg, 142

Watkins, John Daniel, Petersburger, son of John Watkins, planter near Petersburg, 39

plantation home, 73

Watkins, Joseph, Petersburger, deals in Petersburg lots, 36

first wife, Mary Sayre, 39

second wife, her sister Delia, 39

reputed inventer of cotton gin, 39, 111, 112, 114

Petersburg “city sheriff,” 74

mentioned, 155

Watkins, Martha, wife of James Watkins, I, death in Petersburg, 83

Watkins, Martha, Petersburger, marries Benjamin Taliaferro, II, 40

Watkins, Mary, wife of Joseph Watkins, death in Petersburg, 83

funeral preached by Moses Waddel, 155

Watkins, Mary, Petersburger, daughter of James Watkins, II, marries Dr. Asa Thompson, 40

Watkins, Robert, of Augusta, compiler of Digest, 38

defends clients against Whitney’s suits over cotton gin patent, 115

Watkins, Robert, Petersburger, deals in Petersburg lots, 37

member of Union Society, 158, 194 (n. 29)

Watkins, Robert “of Petersburg” (Robbert, Robert “of Petersburg,” Robert Herndon, and Robert H. are not distinguishable in various references to Robert Watkins); advertises cotton gin, 39

commissioner on Broad River navigation lottery, 51

stockholder in Savannah River Navigation Company, 52

reputed inventor of cotton gin, 112, 113

Watkins, Robert H., Petersburger, son of James Watkins, II, marries Prudence Oliver, daughter of John Oliver, planter and legisaltor, 40

inheritance, 41

member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Watkins, Robert Herndon, Petersburger, son of James Watkins, I, marries Jane Thompson (daughter of Drury Thompson), 39

Watkins, Samuel, Petersburger, son of James Watkins, I, marries Eleanor Thompon, 38

Petersburg commissioner, 74

Watkins, Sarah, Petersburger, daughter of James Watkins, II, marries Stephen W. Harris, 40

Watkins, Sarah Herndon, Petersburger, daughter of James Watkins, I, marries Capt. Robert Thompson, 38, 42

attends Petersburg school, 156

Watkins, Sophia, Petersburger, daughter of James Watkins, II, marries Eli S. Shorter, 40

Watkins, Susan, wife of John Watkins, death in Petersburg, 83

Watkins, Theophilus, Petersburger, son of James Watkins, II, died young, 40

Watkins, Thomas, of Chickahominy, 38

Watkins, Thomas, Petersburger, son of James Watkins, I, marries a sister of Benjamin Taliaferro, 39

Watkins, William, owner of tobacco inspection warehouse in Petersburg, 106

Watkins, William, father of James Watkins, I, 38

Watkins, William, son of James Watkins, I, Petersburg merchant, 38

Watkinses, families, mentioned, 17, 19, 35, 38

Wattses, families, mentioned, 16

Weaving, in Broad River Valley, 25

Webster, Noah, spelling book used in Petersburg, 157

Welles, families, Petersburgers, 47

Wesley, John, mentioned, 127, 163

West, section of United States east of the Mississippi River, attractions for Petersburgers, 167–68

for Broad River Valley inhabitants, 173

Western Circuit, mentioned, 45, 89, 97, 160

“Western Fever,” 173

West Indies, 141

“Westward Movement,” 167–168, 173

Whiskey, manufacture and sale, in Petersburg, 46

prices, 131

manufacture in Broad River Valley, 128

White, Edward, Burke County merchant, deals in Petersburg lots, 35

White, George, comments on decline of Petersburg, 171

Whitney, Eli, patents a cotton gin, 39, 109–10

travels, 67

troubles in defending patent, 109–16

Whyte, Oliver, sometime Petersburger, commissioner on Broad River navigation lottery, 51

Petersburg postmaster, 78

mentioned, 100, 101, 132, 138

engages in cotton trade, 120

Petersburg merchant, 124

sells merchandising business, 128–29

solicited by Hillyer to enter a mercantile venture, 130

member of Petersburg Union Society, 194 (n. 29)

Wilkes County, established, 6

first settlers, 2, 3, 4–5, 6

divided into new counties, 8

mentioned, 21, 27, 75, 86, 135, 151, 156, 161, 169, 176

jury presentments on Savannah River navigation, 51

trial of George Cook in Superior Court, 89

Wilkes Manufacturing Company, cotton manufactory, 190 (n. 95)

William and Mary College, mentioned, 10, 42

William Minturn & Robert H. Bowne, New York merchants, deal with Petersburg merchants, 36

Williamson, Micajah, mentioned, 45

marriages of daughters, 97

Willington, South Carolina, location of Moses Waddel’s school, 48, 155

mentioned, 148

Willis Hotel, in Washington, Wilkes County, 90, 93

Wilson, Littlebury, Petersburg merchant, 124

involved in prospective duel, 146

Wilson, Major, South Carolinian, 55

Wilson, Whitfield, Petersburg merchant, 124

Wittick, Charles W., Vienna merchant, 128

Woodbridge, New Jersey, mentioned, 83, 84

Wooton, Thomas, of Elbert County, arbitrator, 137

Wright, Sir James, negotiates Treaty of 1773, p. 2

brings in settlers, 2, 3, 4–5, 31, 32, 46

Wright & Tibbals, New York trading house, 132

Wrightsboro, settlement, 2–3, 114, 167

Wyatt, Sally, second wife of William Bibb, 41

as widow becomes second wife of William Barnett, 41

Wythe, George, mentioned, 16

Yale College, mentioned, 45, 82, 153, 156

Yates, Joseph Christopher, governor of New York, daughter marries John Daniel Watkins, 39

Yazoo Fraud, mentioned, 14, 29, 85, 86, 88, 115

Yazoo Freshet, on Broad River, 30, 72, 79–80

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