 Though this settlement looked quite promising at first, it fell apart at the last moment due to a lack of adequate funding and support from the Proprietors.Eventually, however, Purry would settle Purrysburg, but it would be after Georgia's founding, and it was positioned north of the Savannah River rather than south of it.However, though the project did fail, it was successful in drawing greater attention throughout England to the area and proved especially enticing to English philanthropists looking to provide some sort of refuge for poor debtors.