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

Lt. Joseph Lawton

1753 - 1815

 
 
Lt Joseph Lawton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
1. Lt Joseph Lawton Marker
Inscription. Served as a Lieutenant in Colonel Bull's Granville County, SC Regiment. Lt. Lawton was a Justice of the Peace in St. Peter's Parish. He owned land in St. Peter's Parish, St. Helena Parish, and Granville County, SC
 
Erected 2007 by Mr. and Mrs Mills Lane Morrison, Jr.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraWar, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 32° 4.55′ N, 81° 6.033′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in Yamacraw Village. It is on Louisville Road. Located Between Savannah Visitor Center and Savannah Roundhouse Museum Spring Hill Redoubt is a part of the new Battlefield Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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: Lt. Ambrose Gordon (here, next to this marker); Major General Anthony Wayne (here, next to this marker); Charles Pidcock (here, next to this marker); Joseph Brandt (here, next to this marker); Joel Lane (here, next to this marker); Col. John Jones (here, next to this marker); Michael Dennison (here, next to this marker); Dr. Noble W. Jones (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Savannah.
 
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Marker is in the New Battlefield Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 2008
2. Marker is in the New Battlefield Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,858 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on March 7, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.   2. submitted on March 23, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 22, 2026