St. Simons

A Summary Of Its History

by R. Edwin Green and Mary A Green

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The historic eras of St. Simons Island, Georgia

• Purpose
• I. The Island and the Indians
• II. The Spanish Missions
  • Jesuit and Franciscan
• III. The English Period
  • General Oglethorpe, the Wesleys, and Bloody Marsh
• IV. Early Plantation Era
  • A. Introduction to Plantation Days
  • B. The story of four great plantations
    • 1. Hamilton Plantation
    • 2. Hampton Plantation
    • 3. Cannon's Point
    • 4. Retreat Plantation
  • C. An unusual society
• V. Plantations in Maturity and Decline
  • Later days at Hamilton, Hampton, Cannon's Point and Retreat
  • The story of the old clock at Retreat Plantation
• VI. Old Mill Days 1874-1908
• VII. Early Resort Days
• VIII. Later Resort Days - Automobiles, the Causeway, and Sea Island
• IX. The Residential Era
• Suggestions for further reading
• About the author