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James Hamilton's Sea Island cotton plantation worked hundreds of enslaved people; two tabby cabins built before 1833 still stand at Gascoigne Bluff, preserved by the Cassina Garden Club.
Historical Marker
Hamilton Plantation
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About this site
Hamilton Plantation is a historical marker in St. Simons Island, Glynn County, erected in 2008. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.1697, -81.4077 near St. Simons Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gascoigne Bluff (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cassina Garden Club Houses, A Man Named Wesley Passed This Way / Lovely Lane Chapel, and Epworth By The Sea / Epworth Pioneers.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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