The Village Plantation, Glynn County, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Saint Simons Island, Glynn, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Plantations Black_Heritage

Plantations Index

Georgia Plantations

Contents 1 Plantation History 2 Slave Owners 3 Slaves Named in Alexander Campbell Wylly's Will in 1834 4 Slaves Owned by Margaret Wylly at the Time of Her Death in 1850 5 Sources

Plantation History

The Village was originally the old Salzburger settlement which was part of the McIntosh property just after the American Revolution. When Alexander Campbell Wylly (abt.1760-abt.1833), a loyalist from Georgia who fled to the Bahamas in 1783, returned from the Bahamas about 1803, he and his family settled in Jekyll Island for a few years. He then purchased the property on Saint Simon's Island in Glynn County, Georgia, which became known as The Village.^[1]

The plantation remained in the Wylly family for over 50 years. Upon Alexander's death in 1833, his wife, Margaret (Armstrong) Wylly (abt.1769-1850), inherited the property. When she died in 1850, she left the property to their two unmarried daughters, Margaret Matilda Wylly and Heriot (aka Harriet) Louisa Baillie Wylly. The daughters later moved to Savannah and sold the property which was subdivided.^[2]

Slave Owners

• Alexander Campbell Wylly (abt.1760-abt.1833)
• Margaret (Armstrong) Wylly (abt.1769-1850)
• Caroline Georgia (Wylly) Couper)
• James Hamilton Couper held in trust for Margaret's duaghters: Margaret Matilda Wylly, Harriet Louisa Wylly and Francis Ann Fraser( widow of William Fraser)

Slaves Named in Alexander Campbell Wylly's Will in 1834

^[3][4]

NAME	AGE		NAME	AGE
Scipio	45		James	23
James Carpenter	65		Peggy	20
Lucy	46		Mary	16
Charles Carpenter	54		Nero	25
Dick	23		Bess	50
Sie	19		Bet	50
Peter	15		Maria	22
Hetty	8		Joe Carpenter	32
Harriet	4		Peter	28
Die	62		Nanny	55
Jeffry Carpenter	32		Tom	45
Louisa	24		Toney	26
Ishmael	23		Rinah	24
Alick	20		Diannah	17
Phebe	9		Scipio	12
Charly	3		Ned	10
Jameton	1		Maria	47
Nancy	40		L Tom	30
Harriet	25		Hector	?

Slaves Owned by Margaret Wylly at the Time of Her Death in 1850

In the 1850 Slave Schedule census Margaret was in Glynn, Georgia, United States, and had 54 slaves.^[5]

The following members of Margaret Wylly's family are mentioned in her will:

Alexander William Wylly - Son (Gifted the remaining 2/5 Negro slaves in trust for Margaret and Harriet)

Caroline Georgia (Wylly) Couper) - Daughter (Gifted 1/5 of negroes in her possession at time of death, among whom shall be the following family: Nancy, Harriet and her children, James and Mary and her children)

James Hamilton Couper - Son-in-law (Gifted 1/5 of negroes in her possession at time of death in trust)

Margaret Matilda Wylly - Daughter (Gifted, but in trust and Shared with sister Harriet: Slave Maratta and her children)

Harriet Louisa Wylly - Daughter (see Margaret)

Francis Ann Fraser - Daughter and widow of William Fraser (Gifted 1/5 of Negro slaves in her possession at time of death)

Margaret Wylly named a number of slaves in her probated will:^[6]

1. Maratta and her children - bequeathed in trust to son, Alexander W Wylly and son-in-law James H. Cooper for her daughters Margaret and Harriet

The following were bequeathed to Caroline Georgia Couper:

1. John
2. Nancy
3. Harriet and her children
4. James
5. Mary and her children

Sources

1. ↑ Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
   Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Glynn > Estates 1800-1928 Wood, Alfred V.-Zetterbrum, Morris > image 503 of 1638; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G93Y-RQ2M (accessed 30 August 2022)
   • 1825 "The Village" mentioned in the will of Alexander Wylly
2. ↑ Coastal Georgia History, The Village Plantation (http://www.jbrucehistory.org/Plantations/The%20Village/The_Village.php)
3. ↑ Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
   Estate Records, 1800-1928; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Glynn County); Probate Place: Georgia
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #1782175 (accessed 29 August 2022)
   Alexander Campbell Wylly probate.
4. ↑ Slave Inventory of Alexander Campbell Wylly 1834 (http://www.glynngen.com/enslavement/wylly_ac.htm)
5. ↑ 1850 Census:"1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #92174593 (accessed 29 August 2022)
   Margaret Wylly in Glynn, Georgia, USA.
6. ↑ Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
   Estate Records, 1800-1928; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Glynn County); Probate Place: Glynn, Georgia
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #634830 (accessed 29 August 2022)
   Margaret Wylly probate on 11 Nov 1850.