The Georgia Medical Society (2004)

Organized in 1804 with Dr. Noble Wymberley Jones as first president, this is among Georgia's oldest medical societies; it pushed smallpox vaccination and helped found the poorhouse and hospital that became Candler.

The Georgia Medical Society is a historical marker in Savannah, 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 32.0794, -81.0848 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Harbor Light (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Liberty, Ironclads and Gunboats of the Savannah River Squadron, 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.