First Families
of
Richmond County
Georgia

Today, Augusta is the second-largest city in Georgia, and the largest city of the Central Savannah River Area.

In 1736, two years after James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, he sent a detachment of troops on a journey up the Savannah River. He gave them an order to build at the head of the navigable part of the river. The job fell into the hands of Noble Jones, who created the settlement to provide a first line of defense against the Spanish and the French. Oglethorpe then named the town Augusta, in honor of Princess Augusta, wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales.

In 1739, construction began on a road to connect Augusta to Savannah. This made it possible for people to reach Augusta by horse, rather than by boat, and more people began to migrate inland to Augusta. Later, in 1750, Augusta's first church, Saint Paul's, was built near Fort Augusta.


    

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First Families of Richmond County, GA
    by John Rigdon
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Country Life in Georgia in the Days of My Youth
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The First Families Project
Richmond County, GA

    John C. Rigdon
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