| Georgia (Effingham County), Clyo — 051-10 — Early Baptists At Tuckasee King |
| | Soon after 1767, the Rev. Benjamin Stirk, who had been baptized at the Orphan House, visited Tuckasee King and, finding a number of Baptists there, began to preach to them. As there was then no Baptist Church in Georgia, an arm of the church at Euhaw, South Carolina, was established at Tuckasee King, and the Rev. Mr. Stirk ministered there until his death in 1770.
The little band of Baptists at Tuckasee King then invited the Rev. Edmond Botsford to come to them. He accepted, preaching his . . . — Map (db m7537) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Clyo — 051-19 — John Adam Treutlen |
| | On these lands stood the home of John Adam Treutlen, the first Governor of Georgia after the State obtained Independence, being elected in 1777 under the first Constitution of Georgia. A Salzburger, born about 1733, John Adam Treutlen came to Georgia at an early age with his widowed mother and brother. He was placed under the care and tutelage of Pastor John Martin Bolzius and became a teacher at Ebenezer and a leading official of Jerusalem Church.
Treutlen represented St. Matthew's Parish . . . — Map (db m7255) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Clyo — 051-18 — Old Mount Pleasant |
| | Two miles east of here, on a bluff fronting Savannah River, is the site of Mt. Pleasant, a former Uchee Indian town and English trading post. Even before the foundation of Georgia, the spot was a key point on an arterial Indian path which had long been used by Carolina traders. In July 1739, Gen. Oglethorpe began his noted journey at Mt. Pleasant to treat with the Creek Indians at Coweta Town on the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee River, below today`s Columbus. During the early years of . . . — Map (db m7775) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Clyo — 051-13 — Two Historic Savannah River Ferries |
| | On the Savannah River, near here, two historic Ferries operated in Colonial Days, linking South Carolina and the Northern overland trade paths with Georgia and the routes leading South to the Savannah and East Florida markets. In 1739, General James Edward Oglethorpe established a ferry between his lands near the Palachocolas in South Carolina and Tuckasee King's Bluff in Georgia, a short distance from this spot. Some time later, another ferry was established nor far below Oglethorpe's, . . . — Map (db m7194) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Ebenezer — The Salzburgers |
| | [Marker's East face]:
To the Memory of the
Salzburgers
and
their faithful pastors.
Rev. John Martin Bolzius
and
Rev. Israel Christain Gronau
who for their faith in the doctrines
of Gods Word as taught
in the Augsburg confession
were banished from their
homes in Austria, and settled
in Effingham Co. Geo. in 1734
Heb. 11 36-38.
[Marker's West face]:
In Memory of
Rev. Herman H. Lembke
and
Rev Christian Rabenhorst
. . . — Map (db m14739) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Eden — 015-17 — Sherman's Right Wing |
| | On Dec. 8, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and
17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army [US],which
had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive
March to the Sea, was moving through
Effington County toward Savannah. Hq. Right
Wing , Maj.Gen. O.O. Howard, USA, was here at
Eden and troops of the 17th Corps were
destroying the Central RR beyond the town. The
15th Corps was marching down both banks of
the Great Ogeechee River to pass to the south
of Savannah and cut the Savannah and Gulf RR.
On . . . — Map (db m12021) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Exley — 051-11 — Goshen Church |
| | Goshen Church was built about 1751. It was served by the early pastors of the Salzburgers, and later for a short time by the Moravian missionaries. The church remained a part of the Ebenezer Charge until after the Revolutionary War.
In 1820, the methodist Church was organized at Goshen, under the direction of the Rev. James O. Andrew, and was allowed to use the Goshen church edifice. The actual deed to the property was transferred to the Methodist Conference several years later. Among the . . . — Map (db m7961) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Guyton — 051-20 — Guyton Confederate General Hospital |
| | In May 1862 the Confederate Government established a General Hospital in Guyton, Georgia. This hospital was located on a nine acre tract of land between Central Railroad, a determining factor in locating hospitals, and current Georgia Highway 119, Lynn Bonds Avenue and
Pine Street. The end of May saw five people on the medical staff at this hospital. Five months later the number had reached 46 people including surgeons, assistant surgeons, contract physicians, hospital
stewards, ward . . . — Map (db m7979) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Guyton — 51-1 — Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute |
| | The Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Students was established here in 1880 by the Pilgram Missionary Baptist Association. The school was established, organized, funded and staffed by African Americans. The institute
offered vocational classes in subjects such as carpentry and home economics. A donated printing press led to the development of a journalism program, allowing students to produce all printed materials for the Institute and the Association's . . . — Map (db m7965) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Guyton — 051-15 — Sherman at Zion Church |
| | On the night of Dec. 8, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi (USA), Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, was established here at Zion Church. Hq. Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, USA, was at Eden (3 mi. SW). Hq. Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps), Maj. Gen. H.W. Slocum, USA, was at Springfield (12 mi. N).
On the 9th, Gen. Sherman moved forward to Pooler, 9 miles from Savannah, while the Left Wing converged on Monteith (11 mi. E). In the Right Wing, the 17th Corps . . . — Map (db m7964) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon — 051-9 — Historic Taverns on this Road |
| | Five miles South on this road, George Washington spent Sunday night, May 15, 1791, at the house of "one Spencer." The occasion was Washington's Southern tour, and he was traveling in his carriage over this road from Savannah to Augusta.
Four miles south on this road, another famous tavern, "Martin Dasher`s Old Public House," stood for many years. Martin Dasher himself operated the tavern as early as the Revolution, and it was still in operation, a regular stop on the Stage Road, in 1816. — Map (db m7688) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon — 051-2 — Jerusalem (Ebenezer) Church — 6 mi. |
| | Built in 1767- 69 by Lutheran Protestants who came to Georgia in 1734 after being exiled from Catholic Salzburg in Europe, the church is officially name Jerusalem Church. It stands on the site of a wooden building probably erected soon after the congregation moved from Old Ebenezer to New Ebenezer in 1738. During the Revolution the British used the Church as a hospital and stable and the metal swan on the belfry still bears a bullet hole. Though the town of Ebenezer no longer exists the Church has an active congregation of about 450 members. — Map (db m7629) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon — 051-3 — Old River Road |
| | The Old River Road, one of Colonial Georgia's leading thoroughfares and the first highway to connect Savannah and Augusta, passed here. It was initially opened as a horse path by direction of General
Oglethorpe in the 1730's. During the early years of the Province this route was the longest white man's way in Georgia. Eventually the trace became one of the ''King's Roads'' of the Colony. In this section and in several other areas substantial stretches of the old course are now abandoned. — Map (db m7649) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon — 051-6 — Silk Culture at Ebenezer |
| | Silk culture began at Ebenezer in 1736, when each Salzburger was presented with a mulberry tree and two were instructed in the art of reeling. Two machines were soon in operation in Mr. Bolzius' yard near
the church, and in 1749, 762 lbs. of cocoons, yielding 50 lbs. 13 oz. spun silk, were produced. Though silk culture in Georgia declined in the 1760s, the Salzburgers persevered, and in 1772 shipped 485 lbs. raw silk. They made their own reels, and one was sent to England for a model. During . . . — Map (db m7694) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon — 051-4 — The Rev. John Martin Bolzius / The Rev. Israel Christian Gronau |
| | In this cemetery are buried the Rev. John Martin Bolzius and the Rev. Israel Christian Gronau, ministers who came to Georgia with the first company of Salzburgers. In March 1734, the Rev. Mr. Bolzius was Superintendent of the Latin Orphan House at Halle, on the Seale, and the Rev. Mr. Gronau was a tutor in the same institution, when the Salzburgers arrived in that city on their way to Georgia, in November, 1733. Both these good men gave up their positions at Halle in order to accompany the . . . — Map (db m7631) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon — 051-12 — The Town of Ebenezer |
| | Ebenezer was laid off in 1736, after the plan of Savannah, covering an area of a quarter of a mile square. Besides the homes, the plan included a church, parsonage, an academy, orphan house, public storehouse and market places. A thriving town at the beginning of the Revolution, Ebenezer was fortified by the Continentals in 1776. On January 2, 1779, it was captured by Colonel Archibald Campbell, and occupied by the British until early in 1782. During this time the people of Ebenezer were . . . — Map (db m7576) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | John and William Bartram, naturalists, explored Ebenezer and Effinham County on their Savannah~ Augusta Travels. — Map (db m7376) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon ( Ebenezer) — John Adam Treutlen |
| | [South Face]:
John Adam Treutlen
1733 - 1782
First Constitutional Governor
of
The State Of Georgia
Elected May 1777
[East Face]:
John Adam Treutlen
He was a member of the First Provincial Congress Of Georgia, meeting in Savannah July 4, 1775, and was appointed to the Committee of Safety, where he served with distinction. In May 1777, he was elected Governor of Georgia, the first under the State Constitution. His service was brave and brilliant. He thwarted . . . — Map (db m7645) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Springfield — 051-7 — Bethany |
| | The settlement of Bethany was effected near here in 1751 by John Gerar William DeBrahm, His Majesty`s Surveyor General for the Southern District of North America. Comprised at first of 160 Germans, the group was joined 11 months later by an equal number of "Relatives and Acquaintances". A commodious church edifice was built, also a school house and a residence for the teacher.
Bethany was in existence until the Revolution, but during that war it began to decay, and was never rebuilt. — Map (db m14587) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Springfield — Confederate Memorial |
| | 1861 1865 To Honor The Confederate Heroes
Of Effingham County
( Reverse Side )
Erected by Salzburger Chapter
United Daughters Of The Confederacy
April 26, 1923 — Map (db m7504) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Springfield — 051-1 — Effingham County |
| | This is one of the eight original Counties created by the Georgia Constitution in 1777 and is named for Lord Effingham who was an ardent supporter of Colonial Rights. By Act of Feb. 26, 1784, the first County Site was located at Tuckasee-King near the Screven Co. line. From 1787 to `96 the Site was at Elberton on the North side of the Ogeechee near Indian Bluff. The Legislature meeting at Louisville Feb. 7, 1799 appointed five Commissioners to lay out a new Site which became the town of . . . — Map (db m7505) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Springfield — Effingham County Methodist Camp Ground — 1790 |
| | Effingham Camp Meeting has the longest record of continuous service in South Georgia - from 1790 according to oral tradition. The first camp ground was off Sister’s Ferry Road on land of George Powledge, later sold to Gideon Mallette. In 1864 this site was burned during Sherman’s March to the Sea. In 1865 and 1866 encampment was held at Turkey Branch Methodist Church. In 1867, the camp ground was rebuilt on the Edward Bird tract at Springfield. In 1907, the present site was occupied after an . . . — Map (db m14592) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Springfield — Effingham County Veterans Memorial |
| | [Front]:
In grateful memory of those from Effingham County who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our country that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings
[Along the base of the memorial are the seals for each military service, in the following order: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps
[Back]:
Spanish American War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
U.S.A. Bicentennial
[The back, lower left panel is inscribed]: . . . — Map (db m7695) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Springfield — 051-14 — Old Ebenezer |
| | About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer -- the stone of help. General Oglethorpe
marked out their town, and soon they erected homes and some public buildings. The settlers remained at this site two years, despite many hardships, including the difficulty in navigation of the stream upon which their town was situated. In February, 1736, the Salzburgers, now 200 in number, . . . — Map (db m7617) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Springfield — 51-16 — Sherman's Left Wing |
| | On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Left Wing, Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, USA, was here in Springfield. The 14th Corps (Davis) was encamped at Ebenezer Church. The 20th Corps (Williams) had passed through Springfield and was encamped on the Eden road.
On the 9th, Hq. Left Wing moved forward to Monteith. By the evening . . . — Map (db m7686) |
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