Near this site, the Village of Abercorn was laid out in 1733 and ten families were assigned to it. In 1734, when the Salzburgers arrived in Georgia, many of them stayed in Abercorn while their homes were being built in Ebenezer and a road was cut through to that place. Their pastor, the Rev. John Martin Bolzius, remained with them during those months of waiting. The village's location proved unsuitable for permanent settlement, and within a few years Abercorn was abandoned and became one of Georgia's Dead Towns; only the creek beside the site still bears the name.