The Wesley Oak

Not far from this spot stood the 'great tree' under which Charles Wesley had prayers and preached, March 14, 1736, the first Sunday after his arrival. There were about twenty people present, among whom was Mr. Oglethorpe. A year later, Georgia Whitfield, appointed by the Bishop of London to serve as Deacon at Savannah and Frederica, wrote in his Journal (August 8, 1737): 'In the evening we had public Prayers, and expounding of the second Lesson under a large tree, and many more present than could be expected.'