Mary Musgrove - Timeline

Timeline

• 1732 – John and Mary Musgrove establish prospering trading post on the Yamacraw Bluff.
• 1733 - General James Oglethorpe arrives in search of area to settle.
• 1733 – Oglethorpe hires Mary as intermediary / interpreter for negotiations with Indians.
• 1735 – John Musgrove dies of fever.
• 1737 – Mary marries Jacob Matthews.
• 1738 – Mary receives land from the Yamacraws.
• 1742 – Jacob Matthews dies.
• 1743 – Oglethorpe leaves Georgia and returns to England.
• 1744 – Mary marries Reverend Thomas Bosomworth.
• 1747 - Mary receives grant of St. Catherine, Sapelo, and Ossabaw Islands from the Creeks.
• 1760 - Mary settles back-pay claims and secures clear title to St. Catherine’s Island from the British courts.
• 1767 – Mary dies in her sleep on St. Catherine’s Island.