Dr Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna colony of Florida . , and had (1) Lans. Mss. Vol. 88, ff. 173-174. 176 THE NEW SMYRNA COLONY OF FLORIDA to retire and fortify St. Johns Bluff, near themouth of the St. Johns River.^^^ On August30th of the same year, the Americans saileddown the coast and carried off thirty negroesfrom New Smyrna,^^^ but soon after this, thebrilliant campaign of General Prevost in Geor-gia, removed the press of the Revolution be-yond the Florida boundary. (1) Forbes, p. 29.(2) CO. 5/569, p. 79. 177 CHAPTER XITHE FIGHT FOR THE PROPERTY HE suit against Turnbull for di-vision
Dr Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna colony of Florida . , and had (1) Lans. Mss. Vol. 88, ff. 173-174. 176 THE NEW SMYRNA COLONY OF FLORIDA to retire and fortify St. Johns Bluff, near themouth of the St. Johns River.^^^ On August30th of the same year, the Americans saileddown the coast and carried off thirty negroesfrom New Smyrna,^^^ but soon after this, thebrilliant campaign of General Prevost in Geor-gia, removed the press of the Revolution be-yond the Florida boundary. (1) Forbes, p. 29.(2) CO. 5/569, p. 79. 177 CHAPTER XITHE FIGHT FOR THE PROPERTY HE suit against Turnbull for di-vision of the New Smyrna prop-erty occupied the whole of theyear 1779, during which time theestate was in the hands of Moul-trie and Tonyn, attorneys for the Englishpartners/^^ It scandalized Turnbull, an ardentstudent of legal precedent, for Tonyn toact as attorney for his partners, judge inthe suit and accuser against him. His let-ters to Lords Shelburne and Germain fairlybristle with wrath and outraged justice. Bythis time, however, things had gone so badly. (1) lyansdowne Mss. V. 1219, fo. 34. 179 DR. ANDREW TURNBULL with the English cause in America that theharassed ministers paid no attention to were going very badly for his partyin Florida too. Drayton had finally been re-moved for his refusal to allow the Minorcanscases to be tried in his court, and was livingat Magnolia Gardens, then known as DraytonHouse, near Charleston. As a final insult,Tonyn declared that he believed Turnbull in-tended to join Mr. Drayton in Charleston andevade paying an indebtedness charged to himon the Smyrna estate. This was all the moreabsurd, since Tonyn himself had said thatTurnbulls reverses had left him withoutmoney, so he had nothing with which to payanyway.^^^ Then an order requiring him topay four thousand pounds bail was issuedagainst him on February 17, 1780, and on hisfailure to give it, he was placed in the custodyof the Provost Marshal. Turnbull filed hisdemurrer to this action
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