Spangenberg had the habit of speaking of himself
as "Brother Joseph" in his diaries, and in the records he sometimes appears
as Joseph Spangenberg, sometimes as Joseph Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg,
and sometimes by his true name only. According to custom,
the fifty acre grant embraced three lots, -- Town Lot No. 4, Second Tything,
Anson Ward, in the town of Savannah, Farm Lot No. 2, Second Tything,
Anson Ward, in the township of Savannah, and Garden Lot No. 120, East.
(Office of the Secretary of State of Georgia, Book D of Grants, Folio 208.)
A few days later a similar grant was made to David Nitschmann,
"Count Zinzendorf's Hausmeister", generally known as the Syndic
from his office in later years, who had conducted the first company
from Herrnhut to London. This grant consisted of Town Lot No. 3,
Second Tything, Anson Ward, in the town of Savannah, Farm Lot No. 3,
Second Tything, Anson Ward, in the township of Savannah,
and Garden Lot No. 121 East. (Office of the Secretary of State of Georgia,
Book D of Grants, Folio 207.)
When the Moravians left Georgia in 1740, these lots were placed
in the hands of an Agent, probably James Habersham, who was acting
as Whitefield's assistant in his hospital and charity school,
the Moravian house being rented for the former purpose.
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