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

Brigadier General James Screven

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

1. Brigadier General James Screven Marker

Inscription. Fort Screven
Named for
Brigadier General
James Screven
of Georgia
1744 - 1778

General Screven fell
mortality wounded
November 22, 1778,
near Midway Church,
Georgia, while fighting
for American independence

D.A.R. Made by S.R.
Georgia School of Technology

Erected by Georgia School of Technology.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 32° 1.223′ N, 80° 50.799′ W. Memorial is on Tybee Island, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is at the intersection of Robinson Avenue and Veterans Drive, on the right when traveling north on Robinson Avenue. Located in front of American Legion Post 154. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 10 Veterans Drive, Tybee Island GA 31328, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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

and specifically in the Deep South.

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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: Fort Screven Bakery - 1914 (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Screven Bakery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Brown Contracting and Cement Factory (about 400 feet away); Alger Avenue Neighborhood (about 400 feet away); Enlisted Men’s Barracks- 1899-1910 (about 600 feet away); Fort Screven Fire Station- 1911 (about 600 feet away); The Gilyard Hutment (about 600 feet away); T.J. Carter/Jeff Williams (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tybee Island.

Also see . . . James Screven – Ambushed!. Journal of the American Revolution website entry (Submitted on November 26, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

2. Brigadier General James Screven Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 194 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 27, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.