All of these served faithfully
in various important offices, and were valuable fruit
of the efforts in Georgia.
John Hagen was appointed Warden of the Nazareth congregation,
when it was organized; and died at Shamokin in 1747.
1746.
General Oglethorpe was much impressed by the industry of the Moravians
in Savannah, and was sorry to see them leave the Province. In October, 1746,
therefore, he proposed to Count Zinzendorf that a new attempt should be made
further up the Savannah River. He offered to give them
five hundred and twenty-six acres near Purisburg, and to arrange for two men
to be stationed in Augusta, either as licensed Traders,
for many Indians came there, or as Schoolmasters.
Zinzendorf thought well of the plan, and accepted the tract,
which Oglethorpe deeded to him Nov. 1st, 1746, the land lying on
the Carolina side of the Savannah River, adjoining the township of Purisburg,
where Boehler and Schulius had made many friends.
No colonists, however, were sent over, and the title to the land lapsed
for lack of occupancy, as that to Old Fort, on the Ogeechee, had already done.
1774.
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