Tybee Island in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

John Wesley Landing Site

Wesley Landing Site Marker <i>(upper inscription) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, January 27, 2008

1. Wesley Landing Site Marker (upper inscription)

Inscription.

(upper inscription): John Wesley
landed in America
on this island.
February 6, 1736
(lower inscription):
From
the Journal of John Wesley "Fri, 6,- About eight in the morning I first set my foot on American ground. It was a small uninhabited island,... over against Tybee, called by the English Peeper Island. Mr. Oglethrope led us through the moorish land on the shore to a rising ground,... we chose an open place surrounded with Myrtles, Bays, and Cedars, which sheltered us both from sun and wind, and called our little flock together to prayers."

(inscription on base): Erected in 1950 by
The Georgia Society of Colonial Dames
To Commemorate
John Wesley's Association with the Colony of Georgia

Erected 1950 by The Georgia Society of Colonial Dames.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1863.

Location. 32° 1.767′ N, 80° 53.522′ W. Marker is on Tybee Island, Georgia, in Chatham County. It can be reached from North Pier Trail. Located about 300 yds north and 100 yds east from

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the closest parking lot at the Fort Pulaski Visitor Center. The marker is along a path nestled with Myrtles, Bays, and Cedars. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tybee Island GA 31328, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles,

in Greater Savannah,

and on the Sea Islands.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Battery Hambright (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); North Pier Trail (about 400 feet away); John Wesley (about 600 feet away); Burial Sites of Immortal 600 (about 700 feet away); History of Emancipation:

John Wesley Landing Site Marker <i>(lower inscription)</i> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, January 27, 2008

2. John Wesley Landing Site Marker (lower inscription)

(about 700 feet away); Cockspur Island Lighthouse (about 700 feet away); Immortal Six Hundred (about 700 feet away); A Bustling Village (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tybee Island.

Another marker is no longer nearby. A Changing Landscape (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing).

Regarding John Wesley Landing Site. This and a nearby historical marker identify where the founder of Methodism first visited Georgia, and the Americas.

John Wesley Landing Site Marker </b>(base) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008

3. John Wesley Landing Site Marker (base)

John Wesley Landing Site Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, January 27, 2008

4. John Wesley Landing Site Marker

with Myrtles, Bays, and Cedars

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

5. John Wesley Landing Site Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,794 times since then and 38 times this year. Last updated on October 24, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3. submitted on October 24, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 4. submitted on January 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. submitted on September 16, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.