EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GA - CEMETERIES Bethany Cemetery Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: "Gerald Gieger" Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Historic Marker BETHANY The settlement of Bethany was effected near here in 1751 by John Gerar William DeBrahm. His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Southern District of North American. Comprised at first of 160 Germans, the group was joined 11 months later by an equal number of "Relatiaves and Acquaintances". A commodious church edifice was built, also a school house and a residence for the teacher. Bethany was in existence until the Revolution but during that war it began to decay, and was never rebuilt. BETHANY CEMETERY Marker: 1760 Site of Bethany Church, School, Cemetery on 100 acres here From this old Augusta Rd To the Savannah River Settled 1752