GA-25-012 Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820

Marker text: In this cemetery many victims of the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820 were buried. Nearly 700 Savannahians died that year, including two local physicians who lost their lives caring for the stricken. Several epidemics followed. In 1854 The Savannah Benevolent Association was organized to aid the families of the fever victims.