Historical Marker

Famous Butler Authors

Darien · Mcintosh County · Erected 1957

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

Butler Island produced two literary legacies: Fanny Kemble's searing antislavery 'Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation,' and her daughter Frances Butler Leigh's rival memoir defending the postwar South.

About this site

Famous Butler Authors is a historical marker in Darien, Mcintosh County, erected in 1957. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.3544, -81.4454 near Darien. The nearest cataloged historic site is Butler Island Plantation (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include General's Island, Darien Waterfront, and Fort Darien.

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

📍 31.3544, -81.4454 · Darien, Mcintosh County

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