Salzburgers in Georgia

In 1734 a group of Austrian immigrants from Salzburg were granted land on the Savannah River by General James Oglethorpe. Many of the current residents of Effingham County are Salzburgers. I am a Salzburger myself, and there is a nice historical site located at Ebeneezer landing.

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This entry (permalink) was posted on Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 at 7:41 PM by Stephen and categorized in History, South GA, Stephen.

Comments (2) left to “Salzburgers in Georgia”

  1. Jessica wrote:

    this was excellent for our NHD project!!! thanks for all your help!!!

    Posted on 10-Jan-08 at 8:16 am | Permalink

  2. Devyn wrote:

    I did a project on the Salzburgers and this website really helped me with putting my project together. THANKS SO MUCH!!! These pictures look AWESOME in my power point! This website ROCKS!!! :) <33

    Posted on 31-Jan-08 at 8:16 am | Permalink

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