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Ebenezer, Georgia

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That idea was very successful for a time, and the economy thrived. Jerusalem Lutheran Church was completed in 1769. It is the oldest church building in Georgia, the fourth-oldest building in Georgia, and the oldest continuously operational Lutheran congregation in the U.S.
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on December 4, 1974. The New Ebenezer Camp, established 1977, is located in former Ebenezer. In 1987, the LAMAR Institute began an archaeological study of Ebenezer. Several reports from its researchers are available online at the institute's website.
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in 1736, and at its new location many silk mills were opened. The Salzburger's pastor, the Reverend
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Wolf, Richard C. (1965). "A Land of Hopes and Dreams, Salzburgers in Georgia: 1734".
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Swihart, Altman K. (1960). "The Lutheran Church in America, The Colonial Period".
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The Ebenezer Townsite and Jerusalem Lutheran Church were listed on the
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(1991). 354:New Ebenezer Retreat & Conference Center 1410:Former county seats in Georgia (U.S. state) 329:, leaving them to drown in Ebenezer Creek. 1330:Former state capitals in the United States 828: 814: 634: 620: 57: 1390:Lutheran churches in Georgia (U.S. state) 837:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 107: 82: 37:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 258: 568:at the State and University Library of 527: 498:"Dec. 9, 1864: Ebenezer Creek Massacre" 394:List of the oldest buildings in Georgia 344:, the first state governor of Georgia. 291:, New Ebenezer was moved closer to the 283:) by a 1731 edict of Prince-archbishop 1335:Geography of Effingham County, Georgia 1312: 566:Historical maps of Ebenezer Settlement 414:"National Register Information System" 809: 615: 448: 446: 1385:History of Effingham County, Georgia 1365:18th century in Georgia (U.S. state) 1350:Populated places established in 1734 536: 419:National Register of Historic Places 334:National Register of Historic Places 245:National Register of Historic Places 1325:Ghost towns in Georgia (U.S. state) 406: 13: 1252:National Historic Preservation Act 698: 642:Municipalities and communities of 443: 14: 1431: 575: 263:Map of New Ebenezer, founded 1736 1294: 1293: 1282: 106: 99: 81: 74: 299:, sought to build "a religious 287:. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Ebenezer, Georgia is located in Georgia
Ebenezer, Georgia is located in the United States
Effingham County, Georgia
Rincon, Georgia
Springfield, Georgia
32°22′36″N 81°10′51″W / 32.376667°N 81.180833°W / 32.376667; -81.180833
74000674
ghost town
Effingham County
Georgia
Ebenezer Creek
Savannah River
National Register of Historic Places

Salzburger emigrants
Protestant
Archbishopric of Salzburg
Austria
Count Leopold Anton von Firmian
James Oglethorpe
Savannah River
Johann Martin Boltzius
utopia
American Revolutionary War
Springfield
Jefferson C. Davis
Sherman's March to the Sea

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