- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1818 Mar. 14, Darien, [Georgia to] William Rabun, Governor [of Georgia], Milledgeville, Georgia / A. B. Powell
- Creator:
- Powell, A. B.
- Date of Original:
- 1818-03-14
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, 31.48381, -81.37557
United States, Georgia, Wayne County, 31.55143, -81.91676 - Medium:
- official reports
petitions - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter dated March 14, 1818 in which A. B. Powell writes to William Rabun, Governor of Georgia, informing him that Wayne County is lying open to the invasion of the Indians, and the inhabitants intend to desert the county as soon as the Alatamaha River is fordable unless they receive aid. A few settlers have been killed, and no one is able to lend protection since the fighting-aged men have been sent to Trader's Hill to fight Indians there. Powell would like Rabun to plead with General Jackson to send the men of Wayne and McIntosh Counties home so that they can help build a stockade fort.
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:
- tcc456
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc456
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc456#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc456/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 47, folder 12, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Mar. 14, 1818
Letter
A. B. Powell
dated
14th [deleted text: April ] [added text: March ] 1818.
Indian Affairs
1818
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Darien Ga
15 March 18 1/2
Answered
21st March
His Excellency William Rabun Governor Milledgeville Georgia
[illegible text]
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Darien
March 14th 1818
Dr [Dear] Sir
permit me to intrude my Self [myself] by writing your Excellency, we just recd [received] a letter from William [unclear text: A. ] Knight, (the Senator of Wayne County) on the subject of the distressed situation of Wayne County, their whole line of frontier is lying open to the invasion of the savages, nothing but a marked line for forty [added text: or fifty ] miles. [unclear text: three ] [unclear text: W Osteens ] and Joseph Stafford lately killed just above the line and this week Captn [Captain] Jacobs [unclear text: scout ] was out in the fork of [unclear text: Stilla ] River [unclear text: saw ] one indian with a good deal of [illegible text] and saw a large drove of Cattle they had fenced in a field the inhabitants of Wayne South of [unclear text: St Tilla ] is all flying to this side of the river, and [unclear text: as soon ] as the [unclear text: frost ] will permit will cross the Alatamaha and leave Wayne County compleately [completely] abandoned unless they get some aid, and what adds to their distress Twenty of their few men was drafted and sent to traders hill while every foot of their County was as much exposed as trader hill -- we met this Day Genl. [General] Hopkins as our head to go to their [unclear text: relief ] but such is the unusal highth [unusual height] of the river Alatamaha [deleted text: river ] that with every exertion it would take us a weak [week] to cross
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as soon as we can cross we shall go to their relief, but permit me to entreat your excellency to enter cede [intercede] with Genl. [General] Jackson to allow the militia from Wayne an [and] McIntosh Counties to return from traders hill and erect a stockade fort at what is called the gap, or path to bi [added text: a ] rds bluff near St Tilla; which I have no dout [doubt] would prevent that County from being abandoned
with high respect and in haste I am your Most Obt Servt [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] A B Powell
Govr [Governor] Rabun
When I lived in that County we did erect a stockade fort near the place I now mention
[Signed] A B P [Powell]