| Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery | |
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 Map of Georgia, highlighting Chatham County, with a dot showing where the cemetery is located in the county. | |
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| Details | |
| Established | August 2, 1773 (or as early as 1769) |
| Closed | approximately 1881 |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 32°04′20.07″N 81°06′12.05″W / 32.0722417°N 81.1033472°W |
| Type | Jewish |
| No. of graves | approximately 84 |
| Find a Grave | Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery |
The Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. It is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in America.[1] Located at the end of Coyle Street (a small turnoff of Cohen Street) in the Kayton/Frazier area of West Savannah, it is sometimes referred to as the Old Jewish Burial Ground, the Jewish Cemetery Memorial,[2] the Jewish Community Cemetery or the Sheftall Cemetery.[3]
On November 3, 1761, George III "conveyed a certain half lot of land in Holland Tything, Percival Ward, to David Truan." This land was at the northwest corner of today's Bull Street and Oglethorpe Avenue. Several Jews were interred here before the family cemeteries were established.[4] A memorial, in the Oglethorpe Avenue median, marks the burial ground (known as Bull Street Cemetery) today, with a plaque stating: "Original 1733 burial plot allotted by James Edward Oglethorpe to the Savannah Jewish Community".
- ^ "On Cohen Street lie two of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in North America. The family burial plots of the Levi and Shef… | Savannah chat, Cemeteries, Jewish settlers". Pinterest.
- ^ "First Jewish Cemetery in Savannah, GA". vacationsmadeeasy.com.
- ^ "Mordecai Sheftall (1735–1797)".
- ^ Savannah's Old Jewish Burial Ground, The Georgia Historical Quarterly, volume 34, no. 4 (December 1950, p. 267