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Village of Abercorn State Historical Marker
- Village of Abercorn State Historical
Marker
- Located on Ga. 21 at County Road 3 one-half mile
south of the Effingham County line
(Text)
THE VILLAGE OF ABERCORN
Near here the Village of Abercorn
was laid out, in 1733, and ten families assigned to it. In 1734,
when the Salzburgers arrived in Georgia, many of them were stationed
in Abercorn to wait for their homes to be built in Ebenezer and
a road cut through to that place. Their pastor, the Rev. John
Martin Bolzius, remained with them during the months of waiting.
The location of the Village proved
unsuitable for permanent settlement, and in a few years Abercorn
was abandoned, to take its place among the Dead Towns of Georgia
-- only the Creek that runs beside the site still bears the name.
051-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1957
[This marker originally
was thought to be located in Effingham County and was thus given
the county number 051. Actually, it is located in Chatham County
and should have a county number of 025.]
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