Freemasonry in Georgia an enduring history.

Solomon No. 1 Savannah

Freemasonry began in Georgia in February, 1734 with the organization of a Lodge in Savannah. General James Edward Oglethorpe*, founder of Georgia, was the organizer and first Master of the Lodge. In December 1735, the Lodge was enrolled on the register of the Grand Lodge of England and was known as "the Lodge of Savannah in Ye Province of Georgia". In 1736, Roger Hugh Lacey arrived in Savannah with a Deputation from the Grand Masters of Masons in England to Constitute the Lodge at Savannah of Georgia in America.
The Lodge is now known as Solomon's Lodge No. 1, Savannah.

(It is the second regularly constituted Lodge in North America and is now the oldest continuous operating lodge in the Western Hemisphere.)



The new soveriegn Grand Lodge of Georgia, F&A.M
was established on December 16, 1786

*Currently under research for more light on this paticular fact.