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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CHG_slave-cabin_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
Slave Cabin. This tabby slave cabin of Retreat Plantation, now the Sea Island Golf Course, was one of eight cabins that stood in this area, known as New Field. The slaves who lived here tilled the Sea Island cotton fields nearby. Each of these cab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM209T_welcome-to-st-simons-light_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
The Lighthouse and Keeper's Dwelling were completed in 1872, replacing the Lighthouse destroyed during the Civil War. Orlando Poe, chief engineer for the U.S. Lighthouse Board, supervised the design. Charles Cluskey, the architect of many outstand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM209L_fort-st-simons_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
British settlement on St. Simons Island dates from 1736 when General James Edward Oglethorpe established the fortified town of Frederica seven miles northwest of today's lighthouse. Fort Frederica served as a defense against the Spanish in Florida…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EIX_pikes-bluff_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
In circa 1740, James Oglethorpe established a watch house west of here on the bank of the Frederica River. In 1745, Edward Kimber described this site as a place "from whence they can see Vessels a great Way to the Northward" and it served as a loo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EIW_the-town-wall_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
"The town is surrounded by a rampart with flankers, of the same thickness with that round the fort?" London Magazine 1745
The tree-covered embankment in front of you is a remnant of a mile-long earthen wall that once enclosed the town. Construc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DNX_the-military-road_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
The Military Road connecting Fort Frederica with Fort Saint Simons, crossed at this point. Built in 1738 by British forces under Oglethorpe and used during the Battle of Bloody Marsh.W.P.A. 1936 D.A.R.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BXS_tavernkeepers_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
Ann and Levi Bennett, "kept a good public house there (Frederica), and after her husband's death married (Samuel) Lee who is an idle fellow, and her businesses is almost lost." A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia 1763
Levi Bennett and his w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BXR_a-new-house_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
"Two coins were found on the floor. One was a British penny dated 1755, and the other was a United States cent dated 1798." Archeological Report
The life span of Frederica was brief. Most of the ruins you see represent structures built during t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BXQ_shoemaker-and-soldier_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
"The soldiers have the privilege of cutting timber and building houses for their families, which many have done, and thrive very well." London Magazine 1747
The first settler on this lot was John LeValley, Jr., a shoemaker. After four years at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BXP_the-flesh-market_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
"In short, provisions in general are plentiful; venison, beef, pork at two pence, half-penny per pound, and sometimes under. Fish extremely cheap." William Thompson, London Magazine 1747
Records identify this lot as the site of the "flesh marke…