Historical Marker
Seed House
Historical marker location:
2355 Etheridge Road, Jefferson, Georgia
( Marker can be reached from Etheridge Road just south of Johnson Mill Road, on the right when traveling south.)
Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm.
Georgia was the site of the first European settlement in what is now the United States. In 1565, the Spanish established a settlement on St. Simons Island, which is now part of Georgia.