_February_ 2, 1770.
Sworn this 2d day of _February_, 1770, before me; in justification whereof, I have caused the seal of the general court to be affixed.
N. JONES. Seal.
Illustration: (‡ Sketch of Land plot)
SCHEDULE of all the Lands possessed by, and belonging to the late Reverend _George Whitefield_, in _Georgia_.
Lands granted by his Majesty to the late Reverend _George Whitefield_, in trust for the Orphan-house, or for the endowment of a College in _Georgia_.
A TRACT of 500 acres, called _Bethesda_, on which the Orphan-house and additional buildings are erected.
Another of 419 acres, called _Nazareth_.
Another of 400 acres, called _Ephrata_, on which are the principal planting improvements. ──── 1319 acres. ──── These lands are granted in trust to the deceased, for the use of the Orphan-house, and adjoin each other: the grants are dated 13th of _April_, 1761.
Another of 500 acres, called _Huntingdon_, and adjoins on one ──── corner to _Ephrata_.――This grant is dated 13th of _April_, 1761.
Another of 1000 These 3 tracts, amounting to 2000 acres are Another of 500 contiguous, and are granted to the deceased Another of 500 in trust for the endowment of a college. The ──── grants are dated 6th of _August_, 1765. 2000
Another of 1000 acres, left by the Reverend _Bartholomew Zouberbuhler_, deceased, late minister of _Savannah_, by Will, for the endowment of a college, but conditionally.
The habendum of the three grants, amounting to 1319 acres of land, for the use of the Orphan-house, run in the following words: “To have and to hold the said tract of four hundred acres of land, and all and singular other the premises hereby granted, with the appurtenances, unto the said _George Whitefield_, his heirs and assigns for ever, in free and common soccage:――_In trust nevertheless for the use and benefit of the Orphan-House_,――he the said _George Whitefield_, his heirs or assigns, yielding and paying, &c.”
And the three grants, together amounting to 2000 acres of land, for the endowment of a college, are thus expressed: “To have and to hold the said tract of one thousand acres of land, and all and singular other the premises hereby granted, with the appurtenances, unto the said _George Whitefield_, his heirs and assigns for ever, in free and common soccage: _In trust for the endowment of a college in our said province_,――he the said _George Whitefield_, his heirs and assigns, yielding and paying, &c.”
So that it plainly appears, these lands cannot be aliened or appropriated to any other use, than the purposes for which they were granted.
Extract from an account of the state of the family at the Orphan-house in _April_ 1770.
WHITES. Managers and carpenters 9 Boys 15 Girl 1
NEGROES. Men 24 Of which 16 are young, and fit for any labor; 7 are old, but capable of some service, and 1 so old as to be useless. Women 11 8 of these are capable of the usual labor, 2 are old and assist in the business of the house, and 1 almost incapable of any service. Children 15 Of whom, those that are capable are employed about something useful, as far as their strength and abilities will permit. ── 75
By an authentic account of the state of the family at the Orphan-house, from the year 1739 to 1770,
140 Boys } have been clothed, educated, maintained and suitably 43 Girls } provided for. ─── 183 Total.
_N. B._ The _Spanish_ war; the fluctuating state of the colony for years; the long suspense in which Mr. _Whitefield_ was kept by government at home, as to his intended plan of improvement at the Orphan-house; and other particulars which are noticed, and may be observed in his letters, prevented the accession of a greater number of orphans; but to the honour and usefulness of the institution, it ought to be remarked, that many poor children, besides what are numbered in this list, were occasionally received, educated, and maintained at the Orphan-house.
Copy of a paper, endorsed COLLEGE RULES, taken from the original in Mr. _Whitefield_’s hand-writing, 1770.