The story of Georgia and the Georgia people, 1732 to 1860 . Cabin. There were some goods to be bought in Augusta at thestores of the traders, but there was little money on thefrontier. By carrying peltry to the markets he securedpowder and lead and salt. This was the condition ofthinsfs on the frontier, but on the coast there was access tomarkets, and even at this early period comforts were com-mon, and in the cities there was much elegance and manyluxuries. The new immigration was very large. The first comershad reported so favorably of the land that great crowds ofimmigrants came from the ol

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The story of Georgia and the Georgia people, 1732 to 1860 . Cabin. There were some goods to be bought in Augusta at thestores of the traders, but there was little money on thefrontier. By carrying peltry to the markets he securedpowder and lead and salt. This was the condition ofthinsfs on the frontier, but on the coast there was access tomarkets, and even at this early period comforts were com-mon, and in the cities there was much elegance and manyluxuries. The new immigration was very large. The first comershad reported so favorably of the land that great crowds ofimmigrants came from the older counties of Virginia and 1754-1775.] AND THE Georgia People. 61 from middle and eastern North Carolina into St. Pauls, St.Georges and St. Matthews parishes. Many Scotch-Irish-men came directly from Ireland and settled in what is nowJefferson county, which was then St. Georges parish. ManyMarylanders came into the lands on Little river, and anotherbody of Quakers came from North Carolina, led by Mr.Jos. Mattocks, and settled near what was known as the. Pioneers. village of Wrightsboro. When the newly ceded lands in1773 were opened for settlement there was at once a largeimmigration into that section, which was afterward knownas Wilkes. The tide of settlers was not checked by the beginning ofthe Revolution, for it was several years after the war hadbegun that these frontier people were at all disturbed. The wondrous fertility and healthfulness of these landsdrew at once a rush of settlers from the older colonies. k G2 The Story of Georgia [Chap. ]I. The lands were given away, and, without waiting to secureheadrights or patents, the new immigrant came into thesewoods to choose his home. He found the tract uponwhich he wished to settle, put down his stakes and beganto build his cabin. It was only necessary for him to filewith the governors council an affidavit that he intended tosettle in the colony, and an order was given to the surveyorto lay out for him two hundred acres of