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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKW6_march-to-the-sea-ebenezer-creek_Rincon-GA.html
One mile north, on December 9, 1864, during the American Civil War, U.S. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis crossed Ebenezer Creek with his 14th Army Corps as it advanced toward Savannah during Gen. William T. Sherman's March to the Sea. Davis hastily removed th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9KI_the-salzburgers_Rincon-GA.html
[Marker's East face]:To the Memory of theSalzburgersandtheir faithful pastors.Rev. John Martin BolziusandRev. Israel Christain Gronauwho for their faith in the doctrines of Gods Word as taught in the Augsburg confession were banished from theirhom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Z0_goshen-church_Rincon-GA.html
Goshen Church was built about 1751. It was served by the early pastors of the Salzburgers, and later for a short time by the Moravian missionaries. The church remained a part of the Ebenezer Charge until after the Revolutionary War.
In 1820, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RX_silk-culture-at-ebenezer_Rincon-GA.html
Silk culture began at Ebenezer in 1736, when each Salzburger was presented with a mulberry tree and two were instructed in the art of reeling. Two machines were soon in operation in Mr. Bolzius' yard near the church, and in 1749, 762 lbs. of cocoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RR_historic-taverns-on-this-road_Rincon-GA.html
Five miles South on this road, George Washington spent Sunday night, May 15, 1791, at the house of "one Spencer." The occasion was Washington's Southern tour, and he was traveling in his carriage over this road from Savannah to Augusta.
Four mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QP_old-river-road_Rincon-GA.html
The Old River Road, one of Colonial Georgia's leading thoroughfares and the first highway to connect Savannah and Augusta, passed here. It was initially opened as a horse path by direction of General Oglethorpe in the 1730's. During the early year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QM_john-adam-treutlen_Rincon-GA.html
(South Face)John Adam Treutlen1733 - 1782First Constitutional GovernorofThe State Of GeorgiaElected May 1777(East Face)John Adam TreutlenHe was a member of the First Provincial Congress Of Georgia, meeting in Savannah July 4, 1775, and was appoint…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q8_the-rev-john-martin-bolzius-the-rev-israel-christian-gronau_Rincon-GA.html
In this cemetery are buried the Rev. John Martin Bolzius and the Rev. Israel Christian Gronau, ministers who came to Georgia with the first company of Salzburgers. In March 1734, the Rev. Mr. Bolzius was Superintendent of the Latin Orphan House at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q6_jerusalem-ebenezer-church_Rincon-GA.html
Built in 1767- 69 by Lutheran Protestants who came to Georgia in 1734 after being exiled from Catholic Salzburg in Europe, the church is officially name Jerusalem Church. It stands on the site of a wooden building probably erected soon after the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OO_the-town-of-ebenezer_Rincon-GA.html
Ebenezer was laid off in 1736, after the plan of Savannah, covering an area of a quarter of a mile square. Besides the homes, the plan included a church, parsonage, an academy, orphan house, public storehouse and market places.
A thriving town …