Site of First Orphanage in Georgia 1738

The Salzburgers opened Georgia's first orphanage here in 1737, years before George Whitefield's famous Bethesda. It reflected the community's belief in caring for its own, a hallmark of pious, hardworking Ebenezer.

Site of First Orphanage in Georgia 1738 is a historical marker in Rincon, Effingham County, erected in 1986. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Effingham County, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.3770, -81.1814 near Rincon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Silk Culture at Ebenezer (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include John Adam Treutlen, The Town of Ebenezer, and The Rev. John Martin Bolzius / The Rev. Israel Christian Gronau.

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