Sutherland's Bluff

Granted to Lt. Patrick Sutherland for his valor at the 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh, this bluff became a Revolutionary War shipyard where live oak was cut for Continental Navy frigates before a British blockade halted the work.

Sutherland's Bluff is a historical marker in Shellman Bluff, Mcintosh County, erected in 1958. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.5640, -81.3248 near Shellman Bluff. The nearest cataloged historic site is Contentment Plantation Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Julienton Plantation Cemetery, Wallace Cemetery, and Old Belleville or Troup Cemetery.

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