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ied Feb. 26th, 1802, the title to the Savannah Lots passing by will to Christian Lewis Benzien, of Salem, North Carolina, who however requested Cunow to continue to look after them. The Agents had no light task in ejecting John Robinson and his wife from their abode, for he was "a foolish, drunken man," and she "a perfect 'virago', and the Sheriff is really afraid of her," but on July 5th, 1805, Lawson wrote to Cunow,--"I am happy to inform you that after great trouble and difficulty we have this day obtained possession of Mr. Benzien's lots." Feb. 17th, 1807, Christian Lewis Benzien, by his attorneys Woodruff and Lawson, conveyed Town Lot No. 4, Second Tything, Anson Ward, to Charles Odingsell, the consideration being $1,500, one hundred dollars in cash, the rest secured by bond and mortgage, payable in one, two, and three years, with 8 per cent interest from date. In the same manner Town Lot No. 3 was sold to Worthington Gale, March 14th, 1807, for $1,450. Owing to "the distress of the times," payment of these bonds was slightly delayed, but by June, 1811, both were cancelled. Although the two Town Lots thus brought $2,950, they had cost a good deal in taxes and attorney's fees, and it is doubtful whether the general treasury profited greatly by the investment, and certainly the men who had lived and labored and suffered in Georgia were in no financial way enriched thereby. Christian Lewis Benzien died Nov. 13th, 1811, and the two Farm Lots were transferred by will to John Gebhard Cunow of Bethlehem, Pa., who in March, 1822, deeded them to Lewis David de Schweinitz of Bethlehem, Pa. And here the two Farm Lots disappear from the records. They had never been available for farming purposes, and by degrees the timber was stolen from them, so that it became wiser to let them go than to keep up the taxes with no prospect of return. In course of time the title lapsed, and the land passed uncontested into other hands. Arrivals, Departures, Deaths. Arrivals in Georgia. April 6th, 1735. August Gottlieb Spangenberg From Germany. " " " John Toeltschig " " " 7th, " Peter Rose " " " " " Gotthard Demuth " " " " " Gottfried Haberecht " " " " " Anton Seifert " " " "
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