Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia

Contents

CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction i Chapter i. Discovery, Exploration, and First Contests in the Debatable Land Called Georgia 5 Chapter 2. Changing Conditions in the Highlands of Scotland 23 Chapter 3. Highland Recruitment: Fertile Fields for Georgia Settlers 38 Chapter 4. The Founding of Darien 52 Chapter 5. War Comes to Darien: The Battle at Fort Mosa 68 Chapter 6. Darien and the Aftermath of Fort Mosa, 1740-1748 82 Conclusion 94 Appendix A. List of Jacobite Prisoners Sent to South Carolina, 1716 101 Appendix B. List of Scottish Settlers to Georgia to 1741 106 Appendix C. Petition of the Inhabitants of New Inverness to His Excellency General Oglethorpe 126 Appendix D. List of Highlanders on the Loyal Judith, 17 September 1741 128 Appendix E. Summonsto Disarm to the MackintoshClan in the Highlands of Scotland, 1725 130 Abbreviations 131 Notes 133 Selected Bibliography 167 Index 179 This page intentionally left blank ...