Index

Act for Liberty of Conscience, 63

Act for Making Aliens Free, 44, 136n45

Act of Remission, 24

Act on Indian Trade, 51–53

Act to Ascertain Price and Conveyance of Land, 24, 26

Act to Regulate the Elections of the Members of the Assembly, 44

Albemarle (North Carolina), 8, 15. See also North Carolina

American Revolution, 54, 102, 107

Amy, Thomas, 27

Anderson, Hugh, 88, 100

Anglican church, 14–15, 43, 48, 57–63. See also Church of England; Establishment Act; Exclusion Act

Anglican Oath of Supremacy, 38, 43, 48

Anglicans, 15, 31, 60, 61. See also English-Anglicans

Anne, Queen, 46, 59

Anne (ship), 70, 79

Archdale, John: administration of, 1, 22–26, 34, 35, 36

characteristics of, 23

and Establishment and Exclusion Acts, 44

also 27, 41, 57

Ash, John, 48–49, 51, 52

Ashley, Lord, 12, 23

Ashley, Maurice, 44

Ashley River, 30, 66

Barbados, 31, 32, 108, 115

Barnwell, John “Tuscarora Jack,” 63, 128

Beresford, Richard, 52

Berkeley County, S.C.: representation from, 18–20, 25–26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 48, 135n31

parishes, 47

also 31

Berkeley, Lady, 27

Berkeley, William, 10

Blair, John, 58, 59

Blake, Joseph, 1, 4, 22, 28–29, 40–41, 50–51

Bolzius, Rev. John Martin, 86, 87, 93

Boone, Joseph, 44, 45, 46, 128

Boorstin, Daniel, 78

Bray, Thomas: Associates of, 72, 73

British settlers, 82

British Society of Christian Knowledge, 86

Bull, Stephen, 31, 37

Bull, William, 80

Burnham, Charles, 37

Cardoss, Lord, 21

Carolina Charters (1663, 1665), 11, 12, 16, 17

Carolina Parliament: composition of, 13

Grand Council of, 13–14, 15, 16

also 9, 10, 17, 22, 134n16

Cary, Thomas: Cary Rebellion, 62

also 60, 61

Cary-Moseley-Quaker period, 61–62

Causton, Thomas, 91–92, 95

Charleston, S.C.: exports from, 109, 112, 116, 124

effect of deerskin trade on, 112–114

also 8, 25, 32, 49, 56, 66, 67, 70, 82, 105–106, 117, 119

Christie, Thomas, 90

Church Act of 1704. See Establishment Act

Church Act of 1706, 47

Church of England, 42, 43, 47, 57. See also Anglican church

Clarendon, (first) Earl of, 5, 26

Clarendon, (third) Earl of, 56, 61, 62

Clarendon County, N.C., 63

Cochran, James, 52

Colleton, James: as governor, 1, 2–6, 8–9

administration of, overthrown, 5–6

also 10, 14, 17, 27, 35

Colleton, Sir Peter, 2, 10

Colleton County, S.C.: representation from, 18–19, 25–26, 32–33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 48, 135n57

Dissenter Petition, 39–41, 49

parishes, 47

ranch farming in, 115

also 52

Committee to Inquire into the State of the Gaols, 71–72

Common Council (Ga.), 73, 90

Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina: function of, 16, 23, 39

dispute over representation in, 18–20, 25–26, 32–48 passim, 135n31

demands and grievances of, 21–22, 29

Gov. Archdale’s concessions to, 23, 25–26

and Exclusion and Establishment Acts, 42–44, 47

role of, in Indian trade regulation, 50–51, 53

petition of, to Crown, 65–66

also 49, 60

“Concessions and Agreements,” 19, 20

Cooper River, 31, 32, 66

Coran, Thomas, 75

Crane, Verner, 112

Craven, Charles, 53, 106

Craven, Earl of, 27

Craven County, S.C.: representation from, 18–19, 20, 25, 26, 32–33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 135n57

parishes, 47

Crosskeys, John, 37, 38

Daniel, Robert, 59

Darien, Ga., 93

Dearsley, Capt. George, 40–41

Declaration of Rights, 99

Deerskin trade, 108, 109–114, 117

Defoe, Daniel: Party-Tyranny, 45–46, 138n22

Dissenters: and allocation of representation among counties, 32–33, 34–39

anti-French position of, 35–36, 39, 48

their 1703 petition of grievances, 39–41, 49

also 15, 31, 51, 52, 63

Douglas, David, 100

Eden, Charles, 63

Egmont, Lord, 73, 75, 77–78, 94

England, 26, 31, 41, 42, 73, 74, 78. See also Great Britain; Parliament

English Acts of Trade, 36

English-Anglicans: and allocation of representation among counties, 32–33, 34–39

alignment with Huguenots, 35–36

and political rights of Dissenters, 37, 41–48

also 40, 49, 51, 52

Establishment Act: Ecclesiastical Commission of, 43–44, 45, 47

condemned as illegal, 44–45

repeal of, 46–48

also 49, 51, 54, 138–139n22

Exclusion Act: Defoe on, 45–46

repeal of, 46–48

also 42–43, 44, 49, 51, 54

Eveleigh, Samuel, 92, 145n39

Fallowfield, John, 99–100

Fenwick, Robert, 37, 38, 52

Flippen, Percy Scott, 70

Florida, 28. See also Spanish

Florida France, 49, 70, 73, 74, 76, 85

Frederica, Ga., 91, 93

French Huguenots: legislation favoring, 19–20, 28–29

and allocation of representation among counties, 32–33, 34–39

churches of, 47–48

also 31, 52

Fundamental Constitutions: debate over, 7, 12–21

and Gov. Sothell’s administration, 8, 9, 10

preparation of, 11–12

and S.C. Charter of 1665, 12–13

and formation of Anglican church, 14–15

as basis of government in N.C., 15–16, 54–55, 66–67

also 19, 56, 64

Gee, Joshua: The Trade and Navigation of Great Britain Considered, 72

Georgia charter, 72–73

Georgia settlers: diversity of, 74, 82–88

agricultural problems of, 88–90

and trustee policy, 93–100

Georgia Trustees, 70, 73–74, 75, 97–98, 101–102

Gibbcs, Robert, 34

Gibbs, John, 56

Glen, James, 110

Glorious Revolution, 12, 27

Glover, William, 61

Goose Creek Men, 31, 136n2

Gordon, William, 59–60

Gorges, Ferdinando, 23

Granville, Earl of, 44

Great Britain: rivalry of, with Spain and France, 49, 73, 81

exports to, 76, 110–131 passim. See also England

Grimball, Paul, 4, 9

Habersham, James, 93

Hirsch, Arthur, 33

Howes, Job, 2, 3–4, 43–44

Huguenots. See French Huguenots; Swiss

Huguenots Hyde, Edward, (first earl of Clarendon), 5, 26

Hyde, Edward (third earl of Clarendon), 56, 61, 62

Indians: trade with, 6, 48–53, 80, 90, 109–114, 147n12

Ga. relations with, 80–81

in Yamasee War, 106, 116, 117

as slaves, 108, 109

Irish settlers, 82–83

Izard, Ralph, 4, 52

Jarvis, Thomas, 56

Jewish settlers, 83–84

Johnson, Nathaniel: administration of, 41, 42, 46–47, 51, 52–53

also 4, 43, 59

Johnson, Robert, 79, 80, 83, 126, 128

Jones, Thomas, 94–95, 100

Land policy: in S.C., 6, 20–21, 24–25, 29

in Ga., 75, 76–77, 88, 94, 99, 101, 102

Lawson, John, 109

Leeward Islands, 4, 41

Leopold Anton (Archbishop of Salzburg), 86

Letter from South Carolina, A, 114, 129–130

Locke, John, 12

Lord, Eleanor, 124

Ludwell, Philip: administration of, 1, 10–11, 17, 18, 20, 25, 35, 56

also 8

Marston, Edward, 45

Martyn, Benjamin, 90

Massachusetts, 48

Mathews, Maurice, 4

Meriwether, Robert L., 107

Mississippi River, 28

Moore, James: administration of, 36, 37, 38, 40–41, 48, 49, 51

also 4, 25, 43

Moore, James, Jr., 63

Moravian settlers, 83

Moseley, Edward, 60, 61

Motte, John Abraham, 52

Nairne, Thomas, 52, 105, 109, 129

Naval stores, 117, 120–129, 131

New Ebenezer (Ga.), 87, 88, 102

Nicholson, Francis, 66

North Carolina: politics and government of, compared with S.C., 30, 31, 53–68

Assembly, 53, 57–62

also 23, 106. See also Albemarle

Oglethorpe, James: characteristics of, 71

and restrictive policies, 76, 77, 82

and S.C., 79–80

and Indian relations, 80–81, 90

and settlement of Savannah, 81

diminished authority of, 91, 92

“State of Georgia,” 98

and 1738 memorial, 98–99

also 69, 72–73, 75, 79, 83, 88, 100

Orphan House (Savannah), 93, 101

Palatine Court, 22

Parliament: House of Lords of, 44–45, 46

and Ga., 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 96, 99, 101

also 22, 36, 42, 59

Pope, Alexander, 69

Port Royal, S C., 21

Quakers, 23, 53, 57, 58–60, 61, 63

Quary, Capt. Robert, 4, 7

Ranch farming, 108, 114–116, 117

Randolph, Edward, 120–121

Rhett, Capt. William, 40–41, 51

Rice cultivation, 104, 107–108, 117–120

Risbee, James, 37

Rivers, William, 14–15, 133n1

Rum, 75, 76, 82, 88

Saint Augustine, Fla., 38, 40, 49

St. Julian, James, 80

Salzburgers: and slavery, 78

as Ga. settlers, 84, 86–88, 92–93

Oglethorpe and, 98–99

their orphans’ house, 101

Savannah River, 81, 83

Savannah, Ga.: plotting out of, 70, 81

and 1738 memorial, 96, 144n7

also 82, 86, 93, 98

Scotch Club, 95

Scotch Highlanders, 98–99

Shaftesbury, Earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper), 23, 26

Slavery, 75, 77–78, 80, 88, 94, 99, 101, 102, 103–131 passim

Smith, Thomas, 1, 4, 23

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 47, 58, 72

Sothell, Seth: at Albemarle, 8

as governor of S.C., 1, 9–10

his removal from office, 10, 11

also 5–6, 20, 35, 50, 56

Spain, 49, 70, 73, 74, 76, 81, 85

Spanish Caribbean, 89

Spanish Florida, 48, 49, 70, 79, 80

Spotswood, Gov., 55, 62

Stephens, William: “A State of the Province of Georgia,” 98

also 91, 94, 96

Stewart, John, 1, 2–4, 5, 14

Stono Rebellion, 107

Swiss Huguenots, 20

Tailfer, Patrick, 96, 100

Taylor, Paul: Georgia Plan: 1732–1752, 75

Test Oaths (N.C.), 61

Thomas, John, 79

Thornburgh, William, 27

Tomochichi, 80–81

Township System (S.C.), 107

Trott, Nicholas, 65–66

True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia in America …, A, 93–94, 100–101

Tuscarora Indian War, 63

Tynte, Edward, 53

Urlsperger, Samuel, 86

Urmstone, Rev. John, 61–62

Verelst, Harman, 90

Vernon, James, 73, 75

Vestry Acts (N.C.), 58–59, 60

Virginia, 28, 47, 50, 62, 65, 66, 74, 101, 106

Walker, Henderson, 58–59

War of Spanish Succession, 126

Weeks, Stephen B., 57

West, Joseph, 28

West Indies, 116

Whitefield, George, 93, 100

William and Mary, 27

Williams, Robert, 96

Wilson, Samuel, 114, 115

Wragg, Samuel, 79

Yamasee War, 106, 110, 116, 117, 120, 126

Yonge, Francis, 121