The Spanish on Jekyll Island

Spanish-claimed Jekyll lay on the contested frontier between Florida and Oglethorpe's Georgia; in 1736 Spanish commissioners from St. Augustine were entertained here while negotiating the rival empires' competing claims to the coast.

The Spanish on Jekyll Island is a historical marker in Jekyll Island, Glynn County, erected in 1959. 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 31.1076, -81.4127 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Horton-duBignon House, Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery (historic place), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Horton House, Poulain du Bignon and du Bignon Burying Ground, and Horton House Historic Site.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.