- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Jewish Burial Ground historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Chatham County
Cemeteries--Georgia--Savannah
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Battlefields - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located in front of cemetery near intersection of West Boundary and Cohen streets, Savannah
Text of marker: "OLD JEWISH BURIAL GROUND. Established by Mordecai Sheftall on August 2, 1773 from lands granted him in 1762 by King George III as a parcel of land that "shall be, and forever remain, to and for the use and purpose of a Place of Burial for all persons whatever professing the Jewish Religion." During the ill fated attempt of the French forces under Admiral Charles Henri, Comte d'Estaing and the American forces under General Benjamin Lincoln, to recapture Savannah from the British, General Lincoln's Orders of the Day of October 8, 1779 stated that "The second place of rallying, or the first if the redoubt should not be carried, will at the Jew's burying ground, where the reserve will be placed." According to the account of Captain Antoine-Francoise Terance O'Conner, a military engineer serving with the French forces, on October 9, 1779, shortly after 4:00 AM, "The reserve corps, commanded by M. le Vicomte de Noailles, advanced as far as an old Jewish cemetery, and we placed on its right and a little to the rear of the four 4-pounders."" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-jewish-burial-ground
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-jewish-burial-ground
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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