Historical Marker
John Howard Payne
Historical marker location:
Spring Place, Georgia
( Marker is at the intersection of Georgia Route 225 and Georgia Route 52, on the right when traveling north on State Route 225.)
Marker installed: 1922
The state of Georgia was home to the first American-born saint, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, who founded the Sacred Heart Orphanage in Savannah in 1900.