- Old Jewish Burial Ground Historical
Marker
- Located in front of cemetery
near intersection of West Boundary and Cohen streets, Savannah
32.072316, -81.10353
(Text)
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 Térance 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."
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