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Overseers of Trust Servants



  1. 1735, Mr. Willibee died.
  2. 1738, David Provost, to succeed Joseph Hughes
  3. 1739, Thomas Jones

Trust Servants



  1. Bernier, Johannes. 2. Freed 1743.
  2. Billinghurst, James; 1734; freed 1744.
  3. Bishop, Henry, from London. 7 years, 1734
  4. Ewens, William, arrived on "Prince of Wales" 28 Decem1734
  5. Ewing, John, age 34, 1737.
  6. Keiffer, Theobald, servant in Savannah in 1742, bound for 5 years. Freed 18 April 1743.
  7. Miller, James, carpenter. Apprenticed for 17 years. Freed in 1753.
  8. Steinhavel, Christian. Freed 18 April 1743, after 5 years (German)

Personal Servants

  1. Gilbert, Elbert, a woman, servant to William Stephens, 1733
  2. Leausu, Daniel, servant to Mr. Pinkerton, 1733
  3. Morent, Hugh, servant to Hugh Marks, buried, age 22, 1738
  4. Sanders, Richard, servant to Mrs. Gough, 1734
  5. Wigmore, James, age 21, servant to John Wooly, 1737

Freed Servants



  1. Harbeck, Gasper, granted 50 acres (dutch), 1742
  2. Harbeck, Jacob, granted 50 acres (dutch), 1742

Freed Servants Requesting Acreage

  1. Bennett, John, a servant to Mr. John Barnard of Wilmington Island, 100 acres about a mile above a place called Golden Grove on the north side of Midway River, all sides vacant. 4 April 1753
  2. Coffee, John, previously served John Barnard, 100 acres adj. north to lands petitioned for by John Bennet located on the northside of the Midway River. 4 April 1753
  3. Fox, Robert petitioned for 50sn ctn, formerly a servant to Mr. Stephens. 2 May 1745
  4. Galache, James, apprentice under the late James Papot, Carpenter in Savannah, deceased, Lot No. 10 in Fourth Tything Upper New Ward, with the Garden and Farm Lot. 8 February 1753
  5. Gugal, Matthias, served under Matthias Zettler of Ebenezer, 50 acres at Vernonburgh formerly possessed by Conrad Fierrer, a German, Deceased, whose wife and children were likewise all dead. (not granted) 7 February 1753
  6. McBean, John, indentured to the late Capt. John Cuthbert, in the colony 18 years, having stock of cattle and horses, asked for two hundred acres about three miles to west of lands occupied by Mr. John Mackintosh D. on the Main opposite Sapola Island. 7 November 1793
  7. Miller, James of Savannah, carpenter, had served an apprenticeship for 17 years, requested Lot No. 6 in Fourth Tything Upper New Ward. 4 April 1753
  8. Portz, George Philip Portz, who had served his time of indenture at Ebenezer, applied for 50 acres of land on the River Ness adj. those granted to his half-brother, Michael Boreman. 1 January 1749
  9. Sneider, Hans Michael, a dutch family consisting of Hans Michael Sneider, and his wife and two boys, upon becoming free, took his eldest son to him, and now has also taken the other son. 1744


1737 Trust Servants



  1. Anderson, Ja., 3 men, 1 woman
  2. Baillie, Kenneth, 1 man
  3. Brodie, Jo., 10 men, 1 woman
  4. Causton - 4 men, 2 women, 1 boy
  5. Laughton McBane, Laughton’s wife - 1 woman
  6. Macintosh, Will, 1 man
  7. Mackintosh, Jo., Moore (Mohr), Lt., 3 men 1 woman
  8. Mackintosh, daughter of Benjamin, 1 woman
  9. Maclean, Alex - 1 woman
  10. Upton, Tho., 3 men, 3 women
  11. Capt. Gascoigne had 2 men, 2 women 1 boy. The Millwright at old Ebenezer had 2 men, 2 women, 2 boys, 2 girls.


Source: Colonial Records of Georgia by Candler


Colonial Days

Colonial Servants



Indentured servants, persons whose passage was paid by the Trustees to export them to Georgia during the Oglethorpe voyages.