Colonial Park Cemetery
John Shellman (January 1757 – 12 May 1838)
John Shellman, Jr. (1799 – 9 November 1821)
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John Shellman & Son, Georgia Pioneers
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One of the most beautiful and serene public spaces in Savannah, Colonial Park is a veritable museum of the history of early Georgia. While just over 600 graves are marked, the cemetery is reputed to have been the site of as many as 10,000 burials.
Joseph Vallence Bevan, Georgia’s First Official Historian
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(1798 – 1830)
Appointed as Georgia’s first official Historian by the Legislature in 1824, Bevan, after a stint as Editor of the Augusta Chronicle, returned to Savannah where he served as co-editor and co-publisher of the Georgian.
James Habersham & Sons, Georgia Pioneers
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James Habersham (1712? – 28 August 1775) was one of the most prominent merchants and public servants of the Colonial Era in Georgia. Soon after his arrival in the colony in 1738, he helped establish, with Reverend George Whitefield, the Bethesda Orphanage. By the 1740s he had established the most successful commercial enterprise in Savannah; his many posts included Provincial Secretary, President of His Majesty’s Council for Georgia, and Acting Provincial Governor from 1771 until 1773. Though he was opposed to the oppressive acts of Parliament, he remained a fierce Loyalist. His loyalties, though, did not tarnish the universal respect held for him by his fellow Georgians. He died visiting New Jersey.
James Habersham, Jr. (1745 – 2 July 1799) was a founding Trustee of the University of Georgia.
Joseph Habersham (28 July 1751 – 17 November 1815) was an ardent Son of Liberty and member of the Council of Safety. In 1775 he took part in the raid on the King’s powder magazine and in 1776 personally affected the arrest of Sir James Wright, the Royal Governor. He later served as Mayor of Savannah, and Postmaster General of the United States, from 1793 until 1801.
John Habersham (23 December 1754- 17 December 1799) was twice taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War. A member of the Continental Congress in 1785, he later served as a Commissioner of the convention that established the Georgia – South Carolina Border, and first Collector of Customs at Savannah.
Lachlan & James S. McIntosh, Georgia Pioneers
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General Lachlan McIntosh (17 March 1725 – 20 February 1826)
Colonel John S. McIntosh (1784 – 1847)
General Lachlan McIntosh, whose father John Mor Mackintosh founded the seaport town of Darien, was Georgia’s most illustrious officer in the American Revolution. Commisioned Colonel of the first Continental regiment raised in Georgia, General McIntosh was transferred to General Washington’s headquarters after his duel with Button Gwinnett. Washington later gave him command of the Western Department at Fort Pitt. Returning to Georgia in 1779, General McIntosh took part in the Siege of Savannah. His war service culminated in his capture at during the fall of Charlestown (Charleston) in 1780.
Colonel James S. McIntosh was a great-nephew of General Lachlan McIntosh. He was a hero of the War of 1812 and later in life provided gallant service during the Mexican War. He died from wounds suffered at the storming of El Molina del Rey on 8 September 1847.
Hugh McCall, Author of the First History of Georgia
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17 February 1767 – 10 June 1824
McCall published the first installment in his History of Georgia at Savannah in 1811.
James Johnston, Georgia’s First Newspaper Publisher
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1738 – 1808
Johnston, a native of Scotland, came to Savannah in 1761, and was appointed Public Printer of the Province the following year. The first issue of Georgia’s first newspaper, The Georgia Gazette, was brought out by Johnston on 7 April 1763. Johnston was a Loyalist, and after briefly Savannah, he returned when British rule was restored in 1779, resuming publication of the newspaper under the title Royal Georgia Gazette. Interestingly, the Patriots allowed his return to Savannah after the war, and the paper was published from 1783 until 1802 as Gazette of the State of Georgia.
The Graham Vault
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For 114 years, the remains of the prominent Revolutionary War Major General Nathanael Greene (7 August 1742 – 19 June 1786) and his eldest son, George Washington Greene, were interred here. They were exhumed and reinterred at Johnson Square in 1901.
Also entombed here was the British Loyalist Lieutenant Colonel John Maitland of the 71st Regiment of Scotch Foot. After helping defend Savannah from the French and American forces in 1779, Maitland suddenly died. The Royalist Lieutenant Governor of Georgia at this time, John Graham, who owned the plot, allowed Maitland’s entombment here. His remains have also apparently been removed.
This is likely the only tomb to have ever held the remains of a hero of the American Revolution, alongside a British Loyalist.
Edward Greene Malbone, Miniaturist
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August 1777 – 7 May 1807
Malbone is considered by most art historians to be the greatest of all American miniaturists, and among the best of all time. He died in Savannah while visiting his cousin, Robert Mackay.
Rosannah & John Millen, Georgia Pioneers
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Rosannah (1751? – 24 February 1810) = John (1757? – 28 October 1811)
