Historical Marker

Colonel Mordecai Sheftall

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 2007

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The Story

Savannah-born merchant Mordecai Sheftall became one of the highest-ranking Jewish officers of the Revolution as a Continental commissary colonel; captured in 1778, he had spent his own fortune supplying Georgia's troops.

About this site

Colonel Mordecai Sheftall is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2007. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0759, -81.1006 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Col. John White (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Samuel Elbert, Mills Murphree, and Captain Charles Floyd.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0759, -81.1006 · Savannah, Chatham County

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Nearby in Chatham County

Captain Charles Floyd