[5] Silver has played a major part in Savannah's history since its founder Captain James Oglethorpe arrived in 1733.
[6] The couple later started building today's Philbrick–Eastman House, at 17 West McDonough Street, in the southwestern civic/trust lot of the square; however, by the time of its 1847 completion, it was purchased by John Stoddard (1809–1879), later president of the Georgia Historical Society.
Upright in his dealings, warm in his friendships and ardent in his affections, he has left a cherished wife and many admiring friends to deplore his untimely death.
In his will, Eastman left $2,525[8] to build a parsonage (which formerly stood at 123 Abercorn Street on Oglethorpe Square) and a more substantial brick and mortar Unitarian Universalist Church.
[1] One of his last acts of his life was to contract for the erection of a church on Oglethorpe Square, to be presented to the Religious Society of which he was a member.