Edward F. Tattnall wrote to Governor Rabun about assisting in the raising of a force in the vicinity of the St. Mary's River on March 20, 1817.

General Andrew Jackson, future president of the United States, was enraged,[3] and wanted Captain Obed Wright prosecuted for murder.

He famously remarked to Jackson, "When the liberties of the people of Georgia shall have been prostrated at the feet of a military despotism, then, and not till then, will your imperious doctrine be submitted to.

[8] The importation of the Africans and the implication of David Brydie Mitchell caused wide interest in the case.

Jesse Mercer, the prominent Baptist minister, delivered the eulogy in memory of the late governor at the request of the General Assembly.