[3] On November 3, 1761, George III "conveyed a certain half lot of land in Holland Tything, Percival Ward, to David Truan."

This land was at the northwest corner of today's Bull Street and Oglethorpe Avenue.

[4] A memorial, in the Oglethorpe Avenue median, marks the burial ground (known as Bull Street Cemetery) today, with a plaque stating: "Original 1733 burial plot allotted by James Edward Oglethorpe to the Savannah Jewish Community".

The founding date of the Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery is disputed; some sources claim that it was established in 1769.

[5] The cemetery was founded by Mordecai Sheftall, a leader in the Savannah Jewish community, on 1.5 acres of a 5-acre tract of land granted to him and nine other trustees by King George III to be used as a Jewish cemetery and a synagogue.