Although the two Town Lots thus brought $2,950, they had cost a good deal
in taxes and attorney's fees, and it is doubtful whether the general treasury
profited greatly by the investment, and certainly the men who had lived
and labored and suffered in Georgia were in no financial way enriched thereby.
Christian Lewis Benzien died Nov. 13th, 1811, and the two Farm Lots
were transferred by will to John Gebhard Cunow of Bethlehem, Pa.,
who in March, 1822, deeded them to Lewis David de Schweinitz of Bethlehem, Pa.
And here the two Farm Lots disappear from the records.
They had never been available for farming purposes, and by degrees
the timber was stolen from them, so that it became wiser to let them go
than to keep up the taxes with no prospect of return. In course of time
the title lapsed, and the land passed uncontested into other hands.
Arrivals, Departures, Deaths.
Arrivals in Georgia.
April 6th, 1735. August Gottlieb Spangenberg From Germany.
" " " John Toeltschig " "
" 7th, " Peter Rose " "
" " " Gotthard Demuth " "
" " " Gottfried Haberecht " "
" " " Anton Seifert " "
" " " Michael Haberland " "
" " " George Haberland " "
" " " George Waschke " "
" " " Friedrich Riedel " "
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