From COLLECTIONS OF THE Georgia Historical Society, Vol. VII. He died at the age of eighty-nine years on July 1, 1785, and was buried in Cranham church. Fitting indeed it is that Georgia should perpetuate in enduring stone and bronze the virtues of her brave and heroic founder, and upon the pedestal of his monument inscribe in imperishable letters the name of OGLETHORPE. "Thy great example shall through ages shine, A favorite theme with poet and divine; To all unborn thy merits shall proclaim, And add new honors to thy deathless name."