Yamacraw Village in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Joel Lane

1740 - 1795

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013

1. Joel Lane Marker

Joel Lane built his home in the early 1770s in what was a very rural part of North Carolina. He is called “The Father of Raleigh” because he facilitated the location of North Carolina’s capital city on his land in 1792.

Inscription. A well-born NC planter, Lane was a sheriff, assemblyman and Lt. Col. in the militia. He held public offices during and after the war including State Senator and Constitutional Commission member.

Erected by Stone placed by Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison, Jr.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 32° 4.552′ N, 81° 6.033′ 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: Joseph Brandt (here, next to this marker); Major General Anthony Wayne (here, next to this marker); Charles Pidcock (here, next to this marker); Lt. Ambrose Gordon (here, next to this marker); Lt. Col John Harris Cruger (here, next to this marker); Col. John Jones (here, next to

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this marker); Robert Morris (here, next to this marker); Lt. Joseph Lawton (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Savannah.

Regarding Joel Lane. In 1770, as a member of the colonial General Assembly, Lane successfully lobbied to create Wake County, then a sparsely settled wilderness. He named the county Wake in honor of Margaret Wake, wife of colonial Governor William Tryon. The following year, Wake’s first county court is believed to have convened at his house. Lane was appointed a member of the court, a position he held until his death. During the Revolutionary War, Lane's manor plantation was the site of important government meetings, both formal and informal. In 1776, Lane hosted the colony Council of Safety; the following year, he obtained a license for a small ordinary, or inn. From May to June 1781, Lane’s property was the setting for a session of the state General Assembly. Lane served in the state Senate in 11 of the 14 sessions from 1782 to 1794; he was also a delegate to the 1789 convention in Halifax that ratified the U.S. Constitution.
(Excerpt National Park Service, Joel Lane House)

Joel Lane Marker located at the Memorial To The American Revolution image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013

2. Joel Lane Marker located at the Memorial To The American Revolution

Joel Lane Marker in the Battlefield Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008

3. Joel Lane Marker in the Battlefield Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 602 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3. submitted on March 26, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.