Historic District - North in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Gen. Samuel Elbert (1740-1788)
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008
1. Gen. Samuel Elbert (1740-1788) Marker
Inscription.
Gen. Samuel Elbert (1740-1788). . Samuel Elbert, who became brigadier general in the Continental Army and governor of Georgia, migrated to this province from South Carolina as an orphan youth during the Colonial period. He prospered in mercantile pursuits and as an Indian trader; became a member of the Commons House of Assembly from Ebenezer, and was captain of a grenadier company prior to the Revolution. A staunch patriot, Elbert served on the Council of Safety and in the first Provincial Congress of Georgia in 1775. He was commissioned (1776) lieut.-colonel of the first Continental regiment raised here. Col. Elbert participated in two Florida expeditions: gallantly commanded the Georgia Line at the fall of Savannah (1778); was captured by the British at Briar Creek (1779) and later took part in the Yorktown campaign. He was promoted to brig. general in the continental Army in 1783. He became Governor of this State, Sheriff of Chatham County and Grand Master of Georgia Masons., Elbert died Nov. 2, 1788, and was buried at Rae's Hall Plantation near Savannah. In time, the burial place of the Revolutionary hero was forsaken and forgotten. during the early years of the 20th century the grave was desecrated and exposed when earth was removed from the Indian mound on which he and his wife, Elizabeth Rae Elbert, were buried. Following identification by acceptable evidence, the remains of the Revolutionary hero were rescued in 1916 by a committee of the Sons of the Revolution, headed by R.J. Travis. the bones of the patriot were reinterred here in 1924 with full military honors.
Samuel Elbert, who became brigadier general in the Continental Army and governor of Georgia, migrated to this province from South Carolina as an orphan youth during the Colonial period. He prospered in mercantile pursuits and as an Indian trader; became a member of the Commons House of Assembly from Ebenezer, and was captain of a grenadier company prior to the Revolution. A staunch patriot, Elbert served on the Council of Safety and in the first Provincial Congress of Georgia in 1775. He was commissioned (1776) lieut.-colonel of the first Continental regiment raised here. Col. Elbert participated in two Florida expeditions: gallantly commanded the Georgia Line at the fall of Savannah (1778); was captured by the British at Briar Creek (1779) and later took part in the Yorktown campaign. He was promoted to brig. general in the continental Army in 1783. He became Governor of this State, Sheriff of Chatham County and Grand Master of Georgia Masons.
Elbert died Nov. 2, 1788, and was buried at Rae's Hall Plantation near Savannah. In time, the burial place of the Revolutionary hero was forsaken and forgotten. during the early years of the 20th century the grave was desecrated and exposed when earth was removed from the Indian mound on which he and his wife, Elizabeth Rae Elbert, were buried. Following identification by acceptable evidence,
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the remains of the Revolutionary hero were rescued in 1916 by a committee of the Sons of the Revolution, headed by R.J. Travis. the bones of the patriot were reinterred here in 1924 with full military honors.
Erected 1954 by Georgia HIstorical Commission. (Marker Number 025-29.)
Location. 32° 4.549′ N, 81° 5.405′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in the Historic District - North. Marker can be reached from E. Oglethorpe Ave.. Marker Located in Colonial Park Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Gen. Samuel Elbert (1740-1788) Marker in Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah
Photographed By Mike Stroud, February 2008
4. Grave Site for Gen. Ebert and wife re-located to Colonial Park Cemetery
Photographed By Mike Stroud, September 11, 2011
5. Gen. Samuel Elbert (1740-1788) Marker
Photographed By Mike Stroud, February 2008
6. Main Entrance to Colonial Park Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,685 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on November 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. submitted on February 12, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3. submitted on November 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 4. submitted on February 12, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. submitted on September 13, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 6. submitted on February 12, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.