Colonials at Bonaventure

Long before Bonaventure became a public cemetery, it was the colonial plantation of John Mulryne, settled in the 1760s; tradition holds that some who died besieging Savannah in 1779 lie buried in its soil.

Colonials at Bonaventure is a historical marker in Thunderbolt, Chatham County, erected in 2004. 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 32.0460, -81.0450 near Thunderbolt. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bonaventure Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Crest Lawn Memory Gardens, John S. Banks, and Solomon's Lodge No. 1.

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