General Moultrie, then at Purysburg, before the news of the surrender of Sunbury and its fort had reached him, wrote to Colonel Pinckney: “I fear we have lost Sunberry and the two gallies that took shelter under that battery, last Thursday or Friday, as we heard a very heavy cannonade from that quarter. The officer commanding had about 120 Continentals and some inhabitants within the fort,—refused to evacuate the post; notwithstanding his receiving positive orders for that purpose he, Don Quixote-like, thought he was strong enough to withstand the whole force the British had in Georgia, for which, I think, he deserved to be hanged.” Memoirs of the American Revolution, &c., vol. I, p. 259. New York, 1802. [215] Memoirs of the American Revolution, &c., vol. I, p. 259. New York, 1802. [216] McCall’s History of Georgia, vol. II, pp. 235, 237. Savannah, 1816. [217] McCall’s Georgia, vol. II, pp. 270 and 271. Savannah, 1816. White’s Historical Collections of Georgia, pp. 533, 537. New York, 1855. [218] History of Georgia, vol. II, p. 283, et seq. Savannah, 1816. [219] See letter of Sir James Wright to Lord George Germain, under date Savannah, 20th August, 1780. Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, vol. III, p. 314. Savannah, 1873. [220] General James Screven, who fell in the skirmish near Midway Meeting House. [221] This monument has never been reared. The obligation is as binding now as when thus solemnly recognized. [222] Quoted in White’s Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 530. New York, 1855. [223] See Watkins’ Digest, pp. 298, 618. [224] See White’s Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 528. New York, 1855. [225] See Historical Address before the Liberty Independent Troop by the Rev. Dr. Charles Colcock Jones, pp. 10, 11. Savannah, 1856. [226] See Watkins’ Digest, p. 431. Marbury and Crawford’s Digest, pp. 128, 129. [227] Clayton’s Digest, p. 213. [228] Clayton’s Digest, p. 243. [229] “Notes and Observations on the Pine Lands of Georgia,” &c., p. 65. Augusta, 1801. [230] Watkins’ Digest, p. 380. [231] Clayton’s Digest, pp. 115, 246. [232] See Watkins’ Digest, p. 618. [233] Gazetteer of the State of Georgia. Philadelphia, 1829. [234] Lamar’s Digest, p. 84. [235] To Mr. G. W. J. DeRenne are we indebted for the following memoranda from H. M. Public Record Office, Georgia, Vol. 35, B. T., touching the primal settlement, and naming of _Hardwick_: “May 13, 1754.—The Neck of Land called the Elbow on Great Ogeechee River—which (on the 10th Day of this Month) they had named George-Town.” “4 Feb., 1755.—His Excellency was pleased (with the approbation of the Board) to name the Town lately laid out at a Place commonly called the Elbow on Great Ogeechee River, Hardwick.” “_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Governor in Council._” [236] Board of Trade. V. 167. Stevens’ History of Georgia, vol. I, pp. 405, 406. New York, 1847. White’s Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 183. New York, 1855.