Yamacraw Village in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Captain Charles Floyd
1747 - 1820
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
1. Captain Charles Floyd Marker
of the South Carolina First Council
of Safety which raised a militia
company, the "St. Helena Guards"
affiliated with the "Liberty Boys"
whose motto was "Liberty or Death."
In 1781 he served with "The Bloody
Legion" of Hilton Head.
Erected by Stone placed by The Georgia Fawcett Family.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1781.
Location. 32° 4.552′ N, 81° 6.036′ W. Memorial is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in Yamacraw Village. It can be reached from Martin Luther King Boulevard (West Broad Street). Located between Louisville Road and West Harris Street (Between Savannah Visitor Center and Savannah Roundhouse Museum, in the Battlefield Memorial Park). Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Coastal Plain and on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. 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: Michael Dennison (here, next to this marker); Dr. Noble W. Jones (here, next to this marker); Col. John Jones (here, next to this marker); Col. John White (here, next to this marker); Samuel Elbert (here, next to this marker);
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Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 1, 2008
2. Battlefield Memorial Park, includes the Captain Charles Floyd Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 755 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 11, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. submitted on March 24, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
