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254 GEOBGIA AND GEOEGIANS
an exile in search of health, and his last request was that he might repose in
Bonaventure, under the guardian oaks of his boyhood.
His son, Commodore Josiah Tattnall, became an illustrious commander. He served
the United States Government with eminent distinction upon the high seas, It is a
coincidence, however, of the most singular character that eighty-four years after
his grandfather's property was confiscated by the state government his own personal
property was confiscated "by the Federal Government because he refused to remain
in the service after Georgia seceded; and among the effects thus appropriated were
some of the identical belongings which his grandfather forfeited to the state and
Which -were subsequently restored.* L. L. Knight in Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials
and Legends, Vol. I.
RESOLUTIONS OF PBOTEST ADOPTED BY FRIENDS OF THS KING.—At the instance
of Governor Wright, there was held in Savannah soon after the famous meeting of
the patriots, on August 10, 1774, a gathering of loyal citizens, whose purpose was to
check tho growing sentiment of hostility to the crown. Among those who attended
the meeting were quite a number of conservatives, who were not prepared for radical
action at this time but were later found on the side of the colonies. To counteract
the influence of the patriots, resolutions were adopted protesting in very strong terms
against the rash and impulsive action taken by the "Sons of Liberty" and seeking
to discourage any future assemblages of like character. The need of protection, the
weakness of the province, and the uniform kindness shown by the mother country to
the youngest of her offspring, were among the various arguments set forth. The list
of dissenters is herewith reproduced because it contains the names of some of the
first families of Savannah at this time and throws an important side-light upon the
history of the period: t
James Habersham Laehlan McGillivary
Josiah Tattnall James Hume
John Jamieson Thomas Johnston
John Simpsou James Bobertson.
Alexander Thompson Lewis Johnson
John Irvine Alexander Stokes
Edward Langworthy Joseph Butler
James Mossman . William S. Kenner
Henry Youngs ' Philip Younge
Thomas Moodie Philip Moore
Joseph Ottolengie George Eraser
John English David Montaigut
James Bead "William Moss
Henry Younge, Jr. James Farley
James Nicol Thomas Boss
James Thompson Bichard Wright
John B. Garardiau Abraham Gray
John Patton John Hume
James E. Powell Leonard Cecil
Moses Nunes Andrew Eobertson
Henry Preston Robert Boltoii
Noble Jones James Habersham, Jr.
James A. Stewart Peter LaVein
John Mullryne Bobert Walt
Alexander Wylly David Gray
William Moore Quinton Pooler
Francis Knowles Georgo Finch
William Boss John Parkerson
John Graham E. Jones
Thomas Eeid William Brown, Jr.
John Storr John Herriott
John Lowery N. Wade
Matthew Stewart Charles Younge
* Consult: "Life of Commodore Josiah Tattnall," by Charles C. Jones, Jr.,
Savannah, 1878.
t Consult: White's "Historical Collections of Georgia," Savannah, 1854.