| 4000 BC |
Native American habitation |
| 1500-1600s |
Spanish explorers; coastal missions; contact
with natives they named Guale |
| 1607 |
First British colony in North America at Jamestown.
|
| 1610 |
British colony at Charlestown established as Carolina
settlement. |
| 1732 |
George II of England grants charter for Georgia colony
to Trustees. |
| 1733 |
Settlement of Georgia at Savannah by James Oglethorpe.
|
| 1736 |
Noble Jones leases 500 acres ten miles south of Savannah;
names Wormslow. |
| 1737 |
Well dug at Wormslow. |
| 1739 |
Fortified house begun at Wormslow in response to increased
Spanish threat. |
| 1740 |
Oglethorpe orders Jones "raise 10 men
for a guard and scout boat;" blockhouse, "Jones Fort"
constructed on Pigeon Island. |
| 1742 |
Battle at Bloody Marsh ends Spanish threat to British
colonies. |
| 1744 |
Fortified house at Wormsloe completed. |
| 1752 |
Trustees surrender charter; Georgia becomes
Royal Colony. |
| 1756 |
Noble Jones receives royal grant giving
him ownership of Wormslow estate. |
| 1775 |
Noble Jones dies; son Noble Wimberly Jones
becomes involved in revolutionary activity serving on Council of Safety
and other patriotic endeavors. |
| 1780 |
Noble Wimberly Jones captured at Charleston;
imprisoned at St. Augustine. |
| 1775-1795 |
Wormslow owned by Mary Jones Bulloch, Noble
Wimberly Jones' sister. She resided in Savannah, however. The property
was announced for auction in 1781, but the British evacuation of Savannah
ended that threat to the property. |
| 1795-1804 |
Noble Wimberly Jones owned Wormslow; he
resided in Savannah and at his nearby plantation, Lambeth, only living
at Wormslow briefly in 1795. |
| 1804 |
Wormslow deeded to son, George Jones one year before
Noble Wymberly Jones' death. |
| 1810 |
Records show employ of John Rawls as overseer to raise
cotton. |
| 1810 |
Records show Ann Reid rented Wormslow for the cultivation
of 20 acres. |
| 1828 |
George Jones commissions construction of current dwelling
on Jones Narrows, the primary residence of his descendants today. |
| 1847 |
George Frederick Tilghman Jones resided at Wormslow
for next twenty years. During this time he changes the spelling to
"Wormsloe." Also changes his name to "George Wymberley"
and adds "DeRenne" to his family name. Publishes "Wormsloe
Quartos," collected manuscript documents. |
| 1864 |
Wormsloe vandalized by Union troops; confiscated by
federal government. |
| 1865 |
August 29, DeRenne receives presidential pardon and
recovers Wormsloe. |
| 1893 |
Wymberley Jones deRenne (son of G.W. Jones deRenne)
resumes residency at Wormsloe and begins restoration. Plants oak drive.
|
| 1913 |
Stone archway erected at entrance to oak-lined drive.
|
| 1907 |
Library built for a 4000-item collection of historical
works. Collection later acquired by the University of Georgia, where
it is housed today. |
| 1968-1969 |
William Kelso excavates original house site of Noble
Jones. |
| 1973 |
All of Wormsloe except for 1828 house, library and 65.5
acres is deeded to the state of Georgia for preservation and conservation
of this resource. |
| 1979 |
Museum building and Nature Trail completed and Wormsloe State Historic
Site
opened to the public. |
Currently Wormsloe State Historic Site continues to be conserved and interpreted
for the public including the recent restoration of the cottage at the
gate and development of special programs.
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