Savannah Walking Tours - Noble Jones - Bill Thompson
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LCV Cities Tour - Savannah: Wormsloe Plantation and Noble Jones
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The Wormsloe Historic Site, informally known as Wormsloe Plantation, is a state historic site near Savannah, Georgia. The site consists of 822 acres (3.33 km2) protecting part of what was once the Wormsloe Plantation, a large estate established by one of Georgia's colonial founders, Noble Jones (c. 1700-1775). The site includes a picturesque 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oak avenue, the ruins of Jones' fortified house built of tabby, a museum, and a demonstration area interpreting colonial daily life.
In 1736, Noble Jones obtained a grant for 500 acres (2.0 km2) of land on the Isle of Hope that would form the core of Wormsloe. He constructed a fortified house on the southeastern tip of the island overlooking the Skidaway Narrows, a strategic section of the Skidaway River located along the Intracoastal Waterway roughly halfway between downtown Savannah and the Atlantic Ocean. The fortified house was part of a network of defensive structures established by James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, and early Georgia colonists to protect Savannah from a potential Spanish invasion. Jones subsequently developed Wormsloe into a small plantation, and his descendants built a large mansion at the site which they used as a country residence.
The State of Georgia acquired the bulk of the Wormsloe Plantation in 1973 and opened it to the public as a state historic site in 1979.
Native Americans have probably inhabited the Isle of Hope on at least a semi-annual basis for thousands of years.
Throughout the late 17th-century, Spain (which had established itself in Florida in the previous century) retained loose control over the Georgia coast via Native American allies.
In the early 1730s, the English decided to colonize the islands between the Carolinas and Florida. A charter was granted in 1732, and the first colonists set sail in the same year.
Noble Jones applied for a lease for 500 acres (2.0 km2) on the south side of the Isle of Hope in 1736 (the Trustees didn't approve the lease until 1745) and began building a fortified house overlooking the Skidaway Narrows. The house was constructed between 1739 and 1745 using wood and tabby, a crude type of concrete made from oyster shells and lime. The fortress consisted of 8-foot (2.4 m) high walls with bastions at each of its four corners. The fort house was 1.5 stories and had five rooms. Oglethorpe allotted Jones' fort a 12-man marine garrison and a scout boat with which to patrol the river. Wormslow— the name Jones gave to his Isle of Hope estate— probably refers to Wormslow Hundred, Herefordshire, in the Welsh border country from which the Jones family hailed.
The practice of slavery had been banned by Georgia's original charter, so Noble Jones used indentured servant labor to tend Wormsloe in the plantation's early years. When the Trustees revoked the ban on slavery in 1749, Jones used slave labor in order to make Wormsloe profitable.
With the death of Noble Jones in 1775, Wormsloe passed to his daughter, Mary Jones Bulloch (c. 1730-1795). Noble Jones' will stipulated that after the death of his daughter, Wormsloe would pass to Noble Wimberly and thence to Noble Wimberly's heirs forever. Thus Noble Wimberly inherited Wormsloe in 1795 upon the death of his sister, and deeded the plantation to his son George Jones (1766–1838) in 1804.
George Jones, who served as a U.S. senator and in various capacities in the Savannah government, built a new, more elaborate house at Wormsloe in 1828, which is the plantation house that is still standing, and made cotton a staple of the plantation. Jones's son, George Frederick Tilghman Jones (1827–1880), inherited Wormsloe in 1857.
George Frederick Tilghman Jones took an active interest in Wormsloe (he changed the spelling from Wormslow to Wormsloe), enlarging the plantation's gardens, adding the first oak-lined avenue, and expanding the house.
In 1930 after the stock market crash, Elfrida De Renne Barrow (1884–1970) assumed her brother Wymberly's debts, and eventually made the plantation her official residence. Barrow created the Wormsloe Foundation, which continued and expanded the family tradition of publishing works related to Georgia history.
In 1961, Barrow donated most of the Wormsloe estate to the Wormsloe Foundation.
Wormsloe historical Site: The Noble Jones Home / Fort, & Family Burial Grounds
Noble Jones Home / Fort ruins. & the burial grounds of the family.
This historical site, established in the 1700s. Pre revolutionary day, and pre- slavery days. England's first settlement in Georgia.
Wormsloe Historic Site - near Savannah, GA (Part I) - 4K HD
The Wormsloe Historic Site is a state historic site near Savannah, Georgia, in the southeastern United States. The site consists of 822 acres protecting part of what was once the Wormsloe Plantation, a large estate established by one of Georgia's colonial founders, Noble Jones (c. 1700-1775). The site includes a picturesque 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oak avenue, the ruins of Jones' fortified house built of tabby, a museum, and a demonstration area interpreting colonial daily life.
Wormsloe Historic Site - near Savannah, GA (Part III) - 4K HD
The Wormsloe Historic Site is a state historic site near Savannah, Georgia, in the southeastern United States. The site consists of 822 acres protecting part of what was once the Wormsloe Plantation, a large estate established by one of Georgia's colonial founders, Noble Jones (c. 1700-1775). The site includes a picturesque 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oak avenue, the ruins of Jones' fortified house built of tabby, a museum, and a demonstration area interpreting colonial daily life.
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On our recent trip to Savannah, Georgia we visited Wormsloe Historic Site which is located about 10 minutes outside the Historic District. This is one of the first settlements of Savannah and has been there since 1733. It is famous for it's dirt road lined with Live Oak Trees covering the road draped in Spanish Moss. It is truly breathtaking when you see it in person. Many movies have used this location for filming, including the popular film Forest Gump.
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LCV Cities Tour - Savannah: Civil War Savannah - Jones Street and Officer Joe Thompson
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Let’s visit the year 1733!! Walk with us through Wormsloe Historic Site and learn a little history as we hike through the plantation grounds of Noble Jones and his family. Just a few minutes from Savannah, GA - it’s a treasure of some of the first settlers in the new America! Enjoy!!
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Wormsloe Historic Site - 1.5 Mile Oak Avenue Drive - Georgia - 4K HD
The Wormsloe Historic Site is a state historic site near Savannah, Georgia, in the southeastern United States. The site consists of 822 acres protecting part of what was once the Wormsloe Plantation, a large estate established by one of Georgia's colonial founders, Noble Jones (c. 1700-1775). The site includes a picturesque 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oak avenue, the ruins of Jones' fortified house built of tabby, a museum, and a demonstration area interpreting colonial daily life.
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Columbia Square (Savannah, GA)
Columbia Square was laid out in 1799 and is named for Columbia, the poetic personification of the United States. It is located on Habersham, between State and York Streets. In the centre of the square is a fountain that formerly stood at Wormsloe, the estate of Noble Jones, one of Georgia's first settlers. It was moved to Columbia Square in 1970 to honor Augusta and Wymberly DeRenne, descendants of Jones. It is sometimes called the rustic fountain, as it is decorated with vines, leaves, flowers, and other woodland motifs
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Wormsloe Historic Site Savannah Georgia
Wormsloe Historic Site Savannah Georgia
Breathtaking avenue of live oaks leads to the tabby ruins of Wormsloe, the colonial estate of Noble Jones.
Jones was a humble carpenter who arrived in Georgia in 1733 with James Oglethorpe and the first group of settlers from England.
Wormsloe's tabby ruin is the oldest standing structure in Savannah, GA.
Five miles of walking trails showcase the lowcountry terrain of live oaks, Spanish moss and salt marsh.
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