Dr. Andrew Turnbull was the founder of New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He was born on December 2nd 1720 and died on March 13th 1792. He had a strong leadership characteristic and had a dream to be the founder of a colony. He established the New Smyrna in 1768. It had a population of 1,225 immigrants. He strongly valued traits of a tyrant leader. He went through the British ruler to create a working colony. He asked Britain for money, ships, and supplies. His wife’s name was Maria Gracia Dura Bin. The land was later named after his love interest hometown, Smyrna Greece.
Turnbull gathered around 1,200 settlers. The voyage lasted for a few months. The supplies were running very low because of the large number of passengers. Passengers were becoming…show more content… It is not known but many people believe that the colonists were so enraged with anger that when he was on a vacation they covered his platform with dirt so that there was no longer a platform. Researchers later found the platform. They dug out all the dirt surrounding it. The platform is still there today and called a fort. People go to the fort and play on it and look at it. Everyone has different theory’s on how the “fort” got there but the most common one is that it was going to be Turnbull’s mansion.
Turnbull had unrealistic dreams about what New Smyrna could develop and become. He dreamt of an uplifting working system of government to be able to show Great Britain that he accomplished his goal of a colony. Andrew wanted to be proud of his colony. Progress was made on the land and a lifestyle was built. The colonists still did not agree with the way they were treated by Andrew. Before he knew it, he was no longer allowed to be the ruler of his own colony. They impeached him and told him he could not remain the leader.
Later, he moved to Savannah, Georgia with his wife Maria and continued his doctor practice. The new Smyrna colony continued to thrive and show more continuous growth. New Smyrna is now a beautiful city with gorgeous weather and beaches. It has a population of 23,658 residents. It has many tourists visit every year. Schools, businesses, and lots of homes were built. Andrew Turnbull’s dreams at last became true.
