Historical Marker

Indian Trading Post: Home of Mary Musgrove

Port Wentworth · Chatham County · Erected 1961

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The Story

Near here stood the trading post of Mary Musgrove, the Creek-English go-between whose skill as Oglethorpe's interpreter from 1733 onward shaped early relations between Georgia's colonists and the Muscogee.

About this site

Indian Trading Post: Home of Mary Musgrove is a historical marker in Port Wentworth, Chatham County, erected in 1961. 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 32.1421, -81.1571 near Port Wentworth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Battle Between Confederate Gunboats and Union Field Artillery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fairlawn Cemetery, Georgia Ports Authority, and Savannah River Plantations.

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

📍 32.1421, -81.1571 · Port Wentworth, Chatham County
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