Monthly Archives: January 2011
Oak and Acorn Garland, Christ Church
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica Headstone of John Couper
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
Captain Hamilton Couper, Confederate Hero
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica Born 11 January 1829 at Hopeton, Glynn County Died 8 November 1861 at Manassas, Virginia TEXT: Literary by taste and culture, he became a soldier from sense of duty, and at his decease was Captain … Continue reading
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
James Hamilton Couper, Georgia Pioneer
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica 4 March 1794 – 3 June 1866
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
Tabby Crypt, Christ Church, Frederica
A bronze tablet leading into the crypt reads: Hazzard, AD 1813.
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
Lewellin & Ann Harris, Georgia Pioneers
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica Lewellin Harris (1742? – 15 December 1808) Ann Harris (1759? – 17 April 1815) TEXT: This stone is erected by Henry Allen & John Benjamin Harris, to the memory of their Father, Lewellin Harris, an … Continue reading
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
Sarah Frewin, Georgia Pioneer
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica 1811? – 25 October 1824
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
Cyrus Dart, Revolutionary War Veteran
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica Private, Connecticut Continental Line 11 June 1764 – 29 June 1817 Drowned Off St. Simons Island
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
Major William Page, Revolutionary War Veteran
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica 2 January 1764 – 12 January 1827
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
Glynn Academy, 1840
This is the oldest wooden schoolhouse in Georgia. Glynn Academy, which was chartered in 1788 is one of the oldest public high schools in Georgia (along with Richmond Academy in Augusta, which received its charter in 1783) and the fifth … Continue reading
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, Brunswick GA
