Things To Do in Clyo, Georgia

Inscription. Soon after 1767, the Rev. Benjamin Stirk, who had been baptized at the Orphan House, visited Tuckasee King and, finding a number of Baptists there, began to preach to them. As there was then no Baptist Church in Georgia, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On the Savannah River, near here, two historic Ferries operated in Colonial Days, linking South Carolina and the Northern overland trade paths with Georgia and the routes leading South to the Savannah and East Florida ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Two miles east of here, on a bluff fronting Savannah River, is the site of Mt. Pleasant, a former Uchee Indian town and English trading post. Even before the foundation of Georgia, the spot was a key point on an arterial ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On these lands stood the home of John Adam Treutlen, the first Governor of Georgia after the State obtained Independence, being elected in 1777 under the first Constitution of Georgia. A Salzburger, born about 1733, John ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This church was founded in 1870 with Rev. Plenty Pinckney as its first minister and worshipped in a "bush tent" nearby until a log church was built a few years later. A new frame church was built on this site in the 1890's ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front side): This church, organized October 12, 1845, was the result of a clash in doctrines at nearby Sardis Baptist Church. Some in the congregation favored the primitive Baptist movement, but others, including Rev. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front text), This church, formally established in 1883 as Savin Grove Baptist Church, had its origins in a congregation active before the Civil War just south of present-day Tillman. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. By 1820, the road to Two Sisters Ferry intersected the Purrysburg road at this spot, which had become known as Hennis Crossroads by 1848. A post office established here in 1880 was giv... More on HMDB

Inscription. About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer - the stone of help. General Oglethorpe marked out their ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 1861 1865, To Honor The, Confederate Heroes, Of, Effingham County, ( Reverse Side ), Erected by Salzburger Chapter, United Daughters Of The Confederacy, April 26, 1923, , Erected 1923 by Salzburger Chapter United Daughters ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Left ... More on HMDB