1819 Horseback Journey

The life of John Pendleton Kennedy...:

South Carolina

"In the winter of 1819 Mr Kennedy made a horseback journey from Augusta, Ga., through the western part of South Carolina; the weather was fine, the journey to youthful sympathies cheering; and both observation and fancy gave interest to the experience."

Cabin Of Nancy Hart

Also see Thomas Brown In The Hornet's Nest.

The Hornet's Nest, A novel of the Revolutionary War by Jimmy Carter, is concerned with the war "as it was fought in Georgia and the Carolinas...".

Unfortunately for them, they chose the cabin of Nancy Hart and demanded that she prepare food for them (after Thomas Brown's Tories killed John Dooly at his home).  Nancy and her husband, Benjamin, had moved from Carolina to Georgia with the Clarkes (Elijah), and she had proven to be quite self-sufficient after her husband was killed on one of the militia raids into Indian territory.

Legacy Of The American Revolution

The Legacy of the American Revolution to the British ...:

Also see: Thomas Brown in a Hornet's Nest and The King's Rangers Colonel Brown.

Scattered From Natchez

"Somewhere along the way, probably whre the Natchez Trace turned more sharply north, the party (of revolt fugitives) divided. 

Scene In Alabama

One group, of which Colonel Hutchins was a member, went by Alabama and Georgia...finally arrved at Savanah, then in British control, in the later part of October, after traveling 131 days."  The other group...'had the bad luck of falling into the hands of American insurgents'." (Source: THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE The Story of the Natchez Trace...:)

Directly From Savannah

The Hornet's Nest, A novel of the Revolutionary War by Jimmy Carter, is concerned with the war "as it was fought in Georgia and the Carolinas...".

When William Few assembled Ethan Pratt and other platoon members near Wrightsborough late in June 1779, he gave them some bad news, directly from Savannah.  Indian Superintendent John Stuart had died earlier that year, and Governor Wright and leaders in London had decided to appoint Thomas Brown as superintendent of the Creeks, Cherokees, Catawbas, and a few smaller tribes along the Atlantic Coast.

Also see Thomas Brown In The Hornet's Nest.

Advanced Across St. Mary's River

"...when a regular siege was planned in Georgia...".  "...the then Rebels having advanced across St. Mary's river, were beat back, and frustrated in their designs, chiefly by the spirited exertions of the Militia embodied by Governour Tonyn, for the defence of East-Florida, and paid by Government, under the conduct and command of that active and enterprising officer Lieutenant Colonel Brown."

St. Mary's, Georgia

"At another period, when it became necessary for his Majesty's service, and the defence of the Province, to encamp the Regular Troops, which was done by Lieutenant-Colonel Glazier, the Inhabitants, as a Militia, without pay, rations, or arms, from Government, chearfully mounted the guards, patroled, and did all the town duty; as indeed they did on other occasions, when deemed necessary." [Source]

We Met At Mrs. Acklen's

From Confederate Echoes: A Voice from the South in the Days of Secession and....., by Albert Theodore Goodloe:

Mrs. Acklen's Home (Belmont) In Nashville

The first night was spent at Mrs. Acklen's, the widow of Joseph H. Acklen*, not far out of Nashville. Uncle Calvin Goodloe had come to Nashville, on his way to Washington, on secret service for Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Confederate army in Georgia, and we had arranged to spend the night together at Mrs. Acklen's, where, indeed, Uncle Calvin was stopping for a time. He and Mrs. Acklen were old friends and I had known her several years. He gave me the gratifying information that the Yankees were not then occupying Florence, and that I could likely cross the Tennessee River there if I could soon reach there in safety. *(My 1st cousin 5x removed)

Mrs. Acklen

Benjamin Hawkins

Letters of Benjamin Hawkins

This volume contains the writings of Col. Benjamin Hawkins, the United States Agent for Indian Affairs South of the Ohio River, covering a period from 1796 to 1806.

[Native Americans] recognized and rewarded in the significant title Iste-chate-lige-osetat-chemis-te-chaugo — Beloved Man of the Four Nations.

The Influence Of Spanish Agents

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"After the war, treaties had been made with them by the State of Georgia, but the Creeks claimed that the stipulated terms had not been kept.  One very strong reason for their hostility was the presence among them of Spanish agents. 

On The Mississippi River In New Orleans, Louisiana

The authorities of Louisiana were determined to keep the navigation of the Mississippi wholly in their hands and to allow the United States no commercial privileges at New Orleans."

Burke's First Impression Of Savannah

Savannah, Georgia, Waterfront

Buildings On The Savannah Waterfront

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Plight Of The Irish Onboard

Passage from New York to Savannah (circa 1850):

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Bartram's Travels

Also see Thomas Brown In The Hornet's Nest.

The Hornet's Nest, A novel of the Revolutionary War by [President] Jimmy Carter, is concerned with the war "as it was fought in Georgia and the Carolinas...".

Two of the characters, husband and wife Kindred and Mavis Morris were associates of Dr. John Bartram of Philadelphia whose son, William, was going to collect flora and fauna, too.

Bartram:  Then the surveyor team is supposed to come here, and I shall join this British and Indian group, who will be establishing the boundary lines of the territory just ceded by the Indians in Augusta.  Then we plan to return to Savannah, continue my examination of the coastal areas of Carolina and Georgia, and later go farther into the interior of northern Florida and southern Georgia.

Fascinating Accounts Of Florida

Pioneers of the Old Southwest:...

Meanwhile fascinating accounts of the new land of Florida, ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, had leaked into the Back Country; and in the winter of 1765 Boone set off southward on horseback with seven companions. Colonel James Grant, with whose army Boone had fought in 1761, had been appointed Governor of the new colony and was offering generous inducements to settlers. The party traveled along the borders of South Carolina and Georgia. No doubt they made the greater part of their way over the old Traders' Trace, the "whitened" warpath, and they suffered severe hardships. Game became scarcer as they proceeded. Once they were nigh to perishing of starvation and were saved from that fate only through chance meeting with a band of Indians who, seeing their plight, made camp and shared their food with them--according to the Indian code in time of peace.

Life of General Oglethorpe

Life of General Oglethorpe

Georgia Johnsons

Below is an excerpt from Genealogy of a branch of the Johnson family...:

I would love to identify my John Johnson's Georgia roots (no luck so far).

1763's Impact Upon The Revolutionary War

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The Hornet's Nest is an historical novel based upon the Revolutionary War by former President Carter.

Pre-war agreements had an impact upon the war, including the 1763 Proclamation which was "advantageous to keep settlers close to coast for dependence upon England...better for the Native Americans, too."

It was also stated that "the 1763 land agreement involved all major tribes and required that British royal governors be parties to any further land treaties."


Excerpts from [7 October] 1763:

Renowned Heroine Mary Musgrove

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A passage about Mary Musgrove (who was featured in the novel, Horse-Shoe Robinson) from King's Mountain and Its Heroes:...:

Background of the author of Horse-Shoe Robinson, John Pendleton Kennedy, 1795-1870, and his novel, can be found here in Documenting The American South (University of North Carolina):

"Kennedy's...second and most successful novel, Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendancy (1835), is an historical romance set during the American Revolution."

"...Horse-Shoe Robinson, a work of historical fiction, depicts the severity of southern colonial life at the end of the American Revolution. The novel follows the travels of Major Arthur Butler and Sergeant Galbraith "Horse-Shoe" Robinson as they head south from Virginia to help the Continental Army's General Clark reclaim military outposts at Ninety-Six and Augusta."

"Adair, a former friend to Robinson and the Continental Cause, had recently been bribed by Tories to deliver his friend and Butler into their possession. Although Adair's niece, Mary Musgrove, hears of the plotted ambush and tries to warn Butler in his sleep, the two men find themselves the captives of several Tory ruffians the next day."

McGillivrays In The South

From Pioneers of the Old Southwest:...:

Lachlan McGillivray was a Highlander. He landed in Charleston in 1735 at the age of sixteen and presently joined a trader's caravan as packhorse boy.

Jim's Photo Of Charleston, SC, Houses

A few years later he married a woman of the Creeks. On many occasions he defeated French and Spanish plots with the Creeks for the extermination of the colonists in Georgia and South Carolina. His action in the final war with the French (1760), when the Indian terror was raging, is typical. News came that four thousand Creek warriors, reinforced by French Choctaws, were about to fall on the southern settlements. At the risk of their lives, McGillivray and another trader named Galphin hurried from Charleston to their trading house on the Georgia frontier. Thither they invited several hundred Creek warriors, feasted and housed them for several days, and finally won them from their purpose.

McGillivray had a brilliant son, Alexander, who about this time became a chief in his mother's nation perhaps on this very occasion, as it was an Indian custom, in making a brotherhood pact, to send a son to dwell in the brother's house. We shall meet that son again as the Chief of the Creeks and the terrible scourge of Georgia and Tennessee in the dark days of the Revolutionary War.

Come And Take It In Georgia

The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina from a British Province to ..., by David Ramsay (and published in 1785):

Captain Moore of Brown's rangers was mentioned in the text above.

Withdrawal And A Battle At Allatoona Pass

Jim's Photo

"....the Confederates appeared before Allatoona, at dawn (Oct. 5)...".  "The Confederates were vastly superior in numbers and invested the place. After cannonading the fort two hours, their leader (General French) demanded its surrender."  "Then he assailed it furiously, but his columns were continually driven back. The conflict raged with great fierceness and Sherman, from the top of Kenesaw, heard the roar of cannon and saw the smoke of battle, though 18 miles distant."  He had pushed forward a corps (23d) to menace the Confederate rear, and by signal-flags on Kenesaw he said to General Corse at Allatoona, 'Hold the fort for I am coming.'" And when Sherman was assured that Corse was there, he said, 'He will hold out; I know the man.'" "And so he did." [Source]

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