The story of Georgia and the Georgia people, 1732 to 1860 . Wesley Monumental Church, m •ill n ^ \ ? III! } T^i LUTIIKRAN ClllRCH, SAVANNAH, Ga. The Cities.] AND THE GEORGIA PEOPLE. 521 killed. The Piatt crowd were all tried for murder, and theman who fired the gun and Mary Piatt, who loaded it, wereboth condemned to be hung. She was the first womanever sentenced to be hung in Georgia, and she was par-doned by an act of the Legislature, as was also her com-panion in the crime. Those were rollicking days. The hunting club was or-ganized in 1783 to meet at the White Bluff Club
The story of Georgia and the Georgia people, 1732 to 1860 . Wesley Monumental Church, m •ill n ^ \ ? III! } T^i LUTIIKRAN ClllRCH, SAVANNAH, Ga. The Cities.] AND THE GEORGIA PEOPLE. 521 killed. The Piatt crowd were all tried for murder, and theman who fired the gun and Mary Piatt, who loaded it, wereboth condemned to be hung. She was the first womanever sentenced to be hung in Georgia, and she was par-doned by an act of the Legislature, as was also her com-panion in the crime. Those were rollicking days. The hunting club was or-ganized in 1783 to meet at the White Bluff Club man was to bring a beagle. There was to be a roundof beef, some beefsteaks or a ham and some bread, andthere was to be a supply of rum, brandy and Geneva. General Washington visited the city on his southern tourand was generously entertained. There was a great fire in1796, which destroyed the Episcopal, Presbyterian andLutheran churches, leaving no churches in the city. The town had an exchange located on the bay probablyjust opposite where the present one now stands, but in 1800the
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