[14] An Impartial Enquiry into the State and Utility of the Province of Georgia, p. 47. London, 1741.
Another contemporaneous account is almost identical; “On the Georgia side [of the Savannah river], twelve miles from Purysburg, is the Town of Ebenezer, which thrives very much; there are very good Houses built for each of the Ministers, and an Orphan House; and they have partly framed Houses and partly Huts, neatly built, and formed into regular streets; they have a great deal of Cattle and Corn-Ground, so that they sell Provisions at Savannah; for they raise much more than they can consume.” A State of the Province of Georgia attested upon Oath in the Court of Savannah, November 10, 1740, p. 5, London, 1742. See also idem, pp. 29, 31. “An Impartial Enquiry into the State and Utility of the Province of Georgia,” p. 13. London, 1741.
Compare Harris’ Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, &c., vol. II, p. 337. London, 1748.
The Rev. Mr. John Wesley’s description is as follows: “New Ebenezer, to which the Saltzburghers removed in March, 1736, lies six Miles Eastward from the Old, on a high bluff, near the Savannah River. Here are some Tracts of Fruitful Land, tho’ the greatest Part of that adjoining to the Town, is Pine-barren. The Huts, 60 in number, are neatly and regularly built; the little Piece of Ground allotted to each for a Garden, is everywhere put to the best Use, no spot being left unplanted. Nay, even one of the main Streets, being one more than was as yet wanted, bore them this year a crop of Indian Corn.” An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley’s Journal, &c., p. 60. Bristol, n. d.
[15] An Impartial Enquiry into the State and Utility of the Province of Georgia, pp. 69, 72. London, 1741.
Compare A State of the Province of Georgia attested upon Oath, &c., pp. 5, 29, 30, 32. London, 1742. An Account showing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia in America, &c., pp. 66, 69. London, 1741.
[16] See McCall’s History of Georgia, vol. I, p. 199. Savannah, 1811.
[17] See Strobel’s Saltzburgers and their Descendants, p. 123. Baltimore, 1855.
[18] An Account showing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia, &c., pp. 39, 40. London, 1741.
[19] Chapter V, pp. 55, 59. London, 1733.