- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1795 Apr. 10, Elbert [County, Georgia to Georgia Governor] George Mathews, Augusta / General S. Blackburn
- Creator:
- Blackburn, S.
- Date of Original:
- 1795-04-10
- Subject:
- Boundaries
Indians of North America--Government relations - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- military records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from General S. (?) Blackburn, in Elbert County, Georgia to Georgia Governor George Mathews (1787-1788, 1793-1796) in Augusta, dated April 10, 1795. This letter confirms the removal of a frontier station at Ward's Mill on the Tugaloo River, Georgia. Blackburn informs the governor that he has selected a location about six miles from Ward's Mill and half a mile from the Georgia boundary line for a new fortification. This new fortification, along with additional spies along the frontier, Blackburn surmises, will offer greater protection to the settlements along the upper Tugaloo River.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc365
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc365
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc365#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc365/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 43, folder 05, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Elbert
10th 1795
Sir,
agreeably to your recommendation I have removed the Station from Wards Mill on Tugaloe and ordered one to be erected with two good Blockhouses and strong Stockade ninety feet square upon [illegible text] creek six miles from Wards and as high up said creek as I could find any place tolerably calculated for a station; and within half a mile of the supposed boundary line of this State -- This Station [damaged document: will ] certainly give great protection, as it [illegible text] satisfaction to the upper settlements on Tugaloe: lying as they say on the way by which Indians were to [unclear text: meade ] those settlements -- The works by this time must be nearly completed by [unclear text: Lieut. Stonecypher ] an active and industrious officer who with his quota of men enlisted till the
first day of january next look [unclear text: past ] at that place on friday the
6th of March.
I have met with several disappointments (which have delayed the reports) in raising the quota [unclear text: destined ] for Woffords: but hope from the best accounts I have it is [unclear text: now ] complete
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have given the officers at those Stations command of Spies in the quarter; and flatter myself under the present arrangements we shall have peace and security on our frontier -- the people as far as I could discover are well pleased with the attention paid by Government to their safety: I promised some of them to state to your Excellency the expediency of continuing four Spies on the [unclear text: riding ] between Tugaloe and Woffords the country being so intolerably mountanous [mountainous] & broken & the distance so great that it appears to them and to me [document damaged] that two spies however industrious cannot scour [document damaged] [unclear text: frecuently [frequently] ] -- will be glad to hear your determination on that subject
On a tour the
last of february and
fi [added text: r ] st of March round the Stations on this Brigade I met with two detachments from Captain [unclear text: Fauches ] troop one at the High Shoals of the appalachee the other at the Silver Shoals being chiefly new Recruits and all things considered in as good order as could be expected: have no doubt but they with the
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vigilance and industry to be expected from [unclear text: those ] officers will greatly add to the security & confidence of our frontier
Saw no infantry [unclear text: form ] at the Hurricane Shoals encamped till I came to Wards
I have the honor to be with great respect your Obdt Servt [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] [unclear text: S Blackburn [document damaged] ] Genl 2dB. [General 2nd Battalion] [illegible text] His Excellency George Mathews
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Letter
Genl [General] [unclear text: Blackbourn ]
10 April 1795
Ordered to be filed
12th instant
Military
[unclear text: Fortifications ]
Apr. 10, 1795
His Excellency George Mathews Augusta Thos. [Thomas] B Scott Esqr [Esquire]