SAVANNAH, BIRTHPLACE OF PRINCE HALL MASONARY IN GEORGIA
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SAVANNAH, BIRTHPLACE OF PRINCE HALL MASONARY IN GEORGIA
Located along Bay Street, between Habersham and Lincoln Streets, Savannah, Ga.
Waymark Code: WMWDA
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2006
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Georgia's first and second Prince Hall lodges, Eureka Lodge No. 1, and Hilton Head Lodge No. 2, F. 7 A.M. were organized at Savannah on February 4, 1866 by Rev. J. M. Simms, having received their warrants from the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. On June 24, 1870 these two lodges, with Bannaker Lodge No. 3, F. & A.M. (Augusta), were organized as the Grand Lodge of Georgia with Rev. Simms serving as first Grand Master.
In 1776, Prince Hall, an immigrant from Barbados, British West Indies, and 14 associates were made Masons by a regular English Army Lodge. A Legitimate Warrant was granted in 1784 to African Lodge No. 459, F. & A.M. at Boston, Mass., with Prince Hall named as Worshipful Master. In 1808, after his death, the name was changed to Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A.M. of Massachusetts.
Rev. Simms, a Baptist minister and free man from Savannah had moved to Boston where he was made a Mason. At the close of the Civil War he returned to Savannah with authority as District Deputy Grand Master to establish Prince Hall Masonry in Georgia. The Georgia Grand Lodge is now incorporated under the name M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Georgia.
MARKER ERECTED BY GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA, F. & A.M.
Type of Marker: Park
Sponsor: Grand Lodge of Georgia, F. & A. M.
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
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