33a - defend the importance of James Oglethorpe, Charter of 1732, reasons for settlement (charity, economics, and defense), Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and the city of Savannah
Mary Musgrove
She was known as a Coosaponakessa among the Creek Indians, and served as a translator between colonial Georgia and her native tribe. Mary was the daughter of an Englishman called Edward Griffin and Creek Indian mother, who was related to two creek leaders. She used her mixed race to her advantage by using it to protect Creek interests, maintain peace in the frontier, and expand her business as a trader. In 1717, she married a English trader called John Musgrove, and they set up a trading post near the Savanah River. She served as a interpreter for Oglethorpe and Yamacraw Indian Chef Tomochichi. Musgrove remarried in 1737, with an Englishman called Jacob Mathews, and established another trading post on the Altamaha River. When Jacob Mathews died in 1742, she remarried a third and last time with Reverend Thomas Bosomworth. This marriage helped her to increase her power. Together they traveled into creek villages wit messages from the king or Oglethorpe. Musgrove died on St. Catherines Island after 1763, and in 1993 she was admitted into the Georgia Women of Achievment.
Mary Musgrove
She was known as a Coosaponakessa among the Creek Indians, and served as a translator between colonial Georgia and her native tribe. Mary was the daughter of an Englishman called Edward Griffin and Creek Indian mother, who was related to two creek leaders. She used her mixed race to her advantage by using it to protect Creek interests, maintain peace in the frontier, and expand her business as a trader. In 1717, she married a English trader called John Musgrove, and they set up a trading post near the Savanah River. She served as a interpreter for Oglethorpe and Yamacraw Indian Chef Tomochichi. Musgrove remarried in 1737, with an Englishman called Jacob Mathews, and established another trading post on the Altamaha River. When Jacob Mathews died in 1742, she remarried a third and last time with Reverend Thomas Bosomworth. This marriage helped her to increase her power. Together they traveled into creek villages wit messages from the king or Oglethorpe. Musgrove died on St. Catherines Island after 1763, and in 1993 she was admitted into the Georgia Women of Achievment.