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  2. Province of Georgia - Wikipedia

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    On January 2, 1755, Georgia officially ceased to be a proprietary colony and became a royal colony. From 1732 until 1758, the minor civil divisions were districts and towns. In 1758, without Indian permission, the Province of Georgia was divided into eight parishes by the Act of the Assembly of Georgia on March 15.

  3. History of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    1905 map showing colonial Georgia 1732–63 and surrounding area. In 1752, Georgia became a royal colony. Planters from South Carolina, wealthier than the original settlers of Georgia, migrated south and soon dominated the colony. They replicated the customs and institutions of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Planters had higher rates of ...

  4. Samuel Nunez - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Nunes (1668–1744) was a Portuguese physician and among the earliest Jews to settle in North America.. A few months after their February 1733 arrival from England, an epidemic began claiming the lives of the first 114 colonists of the infant American colony of Georgia.

  5. Georgia Militia - Wikipedia

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    The Georgia Militia existed from 1733 to 1879. It was originally planned by General James Oglethorpe before the founding of the Province of Georgia , the Crown colony that would become the U.S. state of Georgia .

  6. Fort Frederica National Monument - Wikipedia

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    A town of up to 1,000 colonial residents had grown up outside the fort; it was laid out following principles of the Oglethorpe Plan for towns in the Georgia Colony. [5] The town was named Frederica, after Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of King George II. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

  7. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Huerfano Butte, an isolated volcanic neck in Huerfano County, Colorado (named "Huerfano" by early Spanish explorers of southern Colorado. Of Spanish Orphan). Jemez Mountains, a volcanic group of mountains in New Mexico; La Panza Range, a mountain range in the Central Coast of California

  8. List of former United States counties - Wikipedia

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    The county was renamed Conejos County after only six days. Greenwood County, Colorado Territory (February 11, 1870 to February 6, 1874), was created from former Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal land and the eastern portion of Huerfano County. The county was abolished four years later, and its territory split between Elbert County and Bent County.

  9. List of plantations in Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Burke County Wade Plantation: Screven Grove Point Plantation Chatham 80004451 Wilkes Knob Plantation: Marshallville: Macon 80001061 William S. Simmons Plantation: Cave Spring Floyd 84000265 Stafford Plantation: St. Marys: Camden: The only antebellum-era structures are "the chimneys," slave cabin ruins. 70000205 Susina Plantation: Beachton Grady ...