Scottish highlanders in colonial Georgia : the recruitment, emigration, and settlement at Darien, 1735-1748 / Anthony W. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Anthony W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish Americans--Georgia--Darien--History--18th century.

Scottish Americans.

Scotland--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.

Scotland.

Georgia--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.

Georgia.

Darien (Ga.)--History.

Darien (Ga.).

Great Britain. Army--Scottish regiments--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1735 and 1748 hundreds of young men and their families emigrated from the Scottish Highlands to the Georgia coast to settle and protect the new British colony. These men were recruited by the trustees of the colony and military governor James Oglethorpe, who wanted settlers who were accustomed to hardship, militant in nature, and willing to become frontier farmer-soldiers. In this respect, the Highlanders fit the bill perfectly through training and tradition. Recruiting and settling the Scottish Highlanders as the first line of defense on the southern frontier in Georgia was an important decision on the part of the trustees and crucial for the survival of the colony, but this portion of Georgia's history has been sadly neglected until now. By focusing on the Scots themselves, Anthony W. Parker explains what factors motivated the Highlanders to leave their native glens of Scotland for the pine barrens of Georgia and attempts to account for the reasons their cultural distinctiveness and "old world" experience aptly prepared them to play a vital role in the survival of Georgia in this early and precarious moment in its history.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Discovery, Exploration, and First Contests in the Debatable Land Called Georgia

Chapter 2. Changing Conditions in the Highlands of Scotland

Chapter 3. Highland Recruitment: Fertile Fields for Georgia Settlers

Chapter 4. The Founding of Darien

Chapter 5. War Comes to Darien: The Battle at Fort Mosa

Chapter 6. Darien and the Aftermath of Fort Mosa, 1740-1748

Conclusion

Appendix A. List of Jacobite Prisoners Sent to South Carolina, 1716

Appendix B. List of Scottish Settlers to Georgia to 1741

Appendix C. Petition of the Inhabitants of New Inverness to His Excellency General Oglethorpe

Appendix D. List of Highlanders on the Loyal Judith, 17 September 1741

Appendix E. Summons to Disarm to the Mackintosh Clan in the Highlands of Scotland, 1725

Abbreviations

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.

ISBN:

9786612725982

9781282725980

128272598X

9780820327181

0820327182

OCLC:

680618009