Native Americans on the Georgia Coast

Long before Europeans arrived, the Guale and related peoples farmed and fished this coast; survivors of disease and raids regrouped, and the Yamacraw under Tomochichi greeted Oglethorpe at Savannah's founding in 1733.

Native Americans on the Georgia Coast is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2009. 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 32.0799, -81.0834 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is 1996 Olympic Yachting Cauldron (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Savannah's Early Economy, Crossing the Savannah, and “Liberty” 1775.

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