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OLD FORT, WHERE POWDER MAGAZINE WAS SEIZED IN 1775.
Dr. Hall's prediction that the example of St. John's would soon be followed, was rapidly fulfilled. Events moved beyond the control of the old Royalists. The elder Jones and the knightly Habersham about this time passed away, and their impetuous young sons had already made vigorous progress in the gathering struggle for independence. The first liberty pole was elevated in Savannah, June 5, 1775. The loyal men were even then celebrating the King's birthday; but "the Liberty Boys" spiked the cannon which were ready to be fired on this royal anniversary, and rolled the
