John Adam Treutlen

John Adam Treutlen is a Georgia historical marker in Effingham County, dedicated 1963.

At intersection of Clyo-Stillwell Road and Sisters Ferry Road in Clyo.

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The home of John Adam Treutlen once stood near this site. Following Georgia's independence from Britain, John Adam Treutlen was elected in 1777 as the first Governor under the newly created Constitution of Georgia. Born into a Salzburger family around 1733, John Adam Treutlen came to Georgia at an early age with his widowed mother and brother. He was placed under the care and tutelage of Pastor John Martin Bolzius and became a teacher at Ebenezer school and a leading official of Jerusalem Church. Treutlen represented St. Matthew's Parish in the Commons House of Assembly, was a colonel in the Effingham Militia, a Magistrate in Effingham County, and a member of the First Provincial Congress of Georgia, which met in Savannah, July 4, 1775. Following his service in Georgia, Treutlen moved to Orangeburg, SC, in 1779, where he served on South Carolina's Assembly from 1781-1782. In the spring of 1782, his home was set afire, and he was killed by political adversaries.

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Historical maps covering this location

1764 · Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1776 · A General Map of the Southern British Colonies, in America. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1778 · Parte Orientale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale. Fogl. XI (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Beaufort District, South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1919 · Egypt, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie, 1764, covering the location of John Adam Treutlen, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie, 1764, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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