Historical Marker Search

You searched for City|State: savannah, ga

Page 30 of 32 — Showing results 291 to 300 of 315
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31A_james-habersham_Savannah-GA.html
Here rests James Habersham — associate of George Whitefield and a leading merchant, planter, and public servant during Georgia's colonial era. Mr. Habersham came to the colony in 1738 as a youthful follower of the Rev. Whitefield and coll…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM319_colonial-town-gate_Savannah-GA.html
In 1757, during the administration of royal Governor Henry Ellis, a line of earthwork defenses, including a palisade, was erected around Savannah. Immediately west of this marker was located Bethesda Gate, one of the six entrances into the town. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30V_nathanael-greene-maj-gen-continental-army_Savannah-GA.html
This tomb, known as the Graham vault, possesses the distinction of having been the burial place of two heroes of the Revolutionary War, one American and the other British. Lt. Col. John Maitland of Lauder, Scotland, son of the 6th Earl of Laude…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30U_major-john-berrien-1759-1815_Savannah-GA.html
In 1775 John Berrien of New Jersey came to the province of Georgia, where one of his mother's kin had previously settled. His father, John Berrien (1711-1772), was a judge of the supreme court of New Jersey and a trustee of Princeton College. From…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30T_gen-samuel-elbert-1740-1788_Savannah-GA.html
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; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30R_capt-denis-n-cottineau-1745-1808_Savannah-GA.html
This grave links Savannah with one of history's greatest naval dramas - the epic fight in 1779 between the "Bon Homme Richard" and "Serapis" in which John Paul Jones immortalized himself.Denis Nicolas Cottineau de Kerloguen received a commission i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30O_archibald-bulloch_Savannah-GA.html
"This is no time to talk of moderation; in thepresent instance it ceases to be a virtue."Speech to Provincial Congress, JUNE ?, 1776 Foremost among Georgia's Revolutionary patriots stood Archibald Bulloch whose remains rest in this vault. An e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30J_great-yellow-fever-epidemic-of-1820_Savannah-GA.html
In this cemetery many victims of theGreat Yellow Fever Epidemicof 1820were buried. Nearly 700 Savannahians diedthat year, including two localphysicians who lost their livescaring for the stricken. Several epidemics followed. In 1854The Savan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM305_police-officers-monument_Savannah-GA.html
(Front):Above and Beyond"Lest We Forget" Dedicated to the Memoryof police officerswho gave their livesin the line of duty(Reverse):Above And Beyond"Lest We Forget" Savannah Police OfficersSamuel Bryson 1868 · Robert E. Read 1868 &midd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM304_colonial-park_Savannah-GA.html
This cemetery, the second in colonial Savannah, was the burying ground for the city from about 1750 until it was closed against burials in 1853. Among the distinguished dead who rest here are Archibald Bulloch, first President of Georgia; James…