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Virginia migrants
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Between 1802 and 1820 thousands of Americans moved to Georgia seeking free or inexpensive land. The Creek and Cherokee Indians were removed from the state before 1840. | Between 1802 and 1820 thousands of Americans moved to Georgia seeking free or inexpensive land. The Creek and Cherokee Indians were removed from the state before 1840. | ||
=== Overland Immigration === | |||
Barlow published abstracts of some Virginians migrating to Georgia: | |||
*Barlow, Lundie W. "Some Virginia Settlers of Georgia, 1773-1798," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1958):19-27. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/Search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). | |||
=== Overseas Immigration === | === Overseas Immigration === | ||
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==== Colonial Period ==== | ==== Colonial Period ==== | ||
Scattered records of colonial immigrants survive. They have usually been published, see: | Scattered records of colonial immigrants survive. They have usually been published, see: | ||
*Austin, Jeannette H. ''Emigrants from Great Britain to the Georgia Colony.'' Riverdale, Ga.: J.H. Austin, 1970. {{FHL|576249|item|disp=FHL Film 1597743 Item 2}}. | |||
*Austin, Jeannette H. ''Emigrants from Great Britain to the Georgia Colony.'' Riverdale, Ga.: J.H. Austin, 1970. {{FHL|576249|item|disp=FHL Film 1597743 Item 2}}. | |||
*Coulter, E. Merton and Albert Berry Saye. ''A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia.'' Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1949. {{FHL|39499|item|disp=FHL Book 975.8 W2L 1967}}. | *Coulter, E. Merton and Albert Berry Saye. ''A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia.'' Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1949. {{FHL|39499|item|disp=FHL Book 975.8 W2L 1967}}. | ||
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*Shippings Lists for Georgia, 1752-1767 {{FHL|209572|item|disp=FHL Film 964005}}. | *Shippings Lists for Georgia, 1752-1767 {{FHL|209572|item|disp=FHL Film 964005}}. | ||
Dr. Marianne S. Wokeck created a detailed list of "German Immigrant Voyages, 1683-1775" to Colonial America. Destinations include Georgia (1730s-1750s). She published the list in an Appendix to: | Dr. Marianne S. Wokeck created a detailed list of "German Immigrant Voyages, 1683-1775" to Colonial America. Destinations include Georgia (1730s-1750s). She published the list in an Appendix to: | ||
*Wokeck, Marianne S. ''Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America''. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. {{FHL|1023023|item|disp=FHL Book 970 W2w}}. | *Wokeck, Marianne S. ''Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America''. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. {{FHL|1023023|item|disp=FHL Book 970 W2w}}. | ||
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Free native-born Georgians, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<ref name="Lynch">These statistics do not account for the large number of Georgians who had migrated and died before the year 1850. See: William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):303-327. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | Free native-born Georgians, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<ref name="Lynch">These statistics do not account for the large number of Georgians who had migrated and died before the year 1850. See: William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):303-327. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | ||
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| '''Total''' | | '''Total''' | ||
| '''~120,000''' | | '''~120,000''' | ||
| '''98%''' | | '''98%''' | ||
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