Captain Wylly Road

Captain Wylly Road (HMB9B)

Location: Jekyll Island, GA 31527 Glynn County
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N 31° 4.009', W 81° 24.291'

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There were two Captain Wyllys in the history of Jekyll. It is believed the road was named for Charles Spalding Wylly (1836- 1923), Captain in the Confederate Army, 1st Georgia Regulars, a descendant of Clement Martin, who was granted on April 5, 1768, Jekyll Island by the Crown. His grandfather, Captain William Campbell Wylly, remaining loyal to the British in the Revolution took part in the campaign when the British General Prevost crossed the St. Marys and marched on Savannah. After the Revolution he moved to Nassau and was made Governor of New Providence. In 1807 he returned to Georgia, lived first on Jekyll, then St. Simons. Captain Alexander Campbell Wylly was born in Belfast in 1759, moving to Savannah from there.

This road is one of the few that now bear names given by the Jekyll Island Club members. What is now Beachview Drive consisted of three shell roads: Morgan (for John Pierpont Morgan); Bourne (for Frederick G. Bourne, Director of Singer Sewing Machine Company and President of Jekyll Island Club 1914-1919); Lanier (for Charles Lanier, original member of the Club, and President of Jekyll Island Club 1897-1913). He was a kinsman of Sidney Lanier poet author of "Marshes of Glynn".
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HM NumberHMB9B
Series This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series
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Marker Number63-29
Year Placed1958
Placed ByGeorgia Historical Commission
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Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 2:54am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 461377 N 3437077
Decimal Degrees31.06681667, -81.40485000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 4.009', W 81° 24.291'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 4' 0.54" N, 81° 24' 17.46" W
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Area Code(s)912
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 717 Beach View Dr N, Jekyll Island GA 31527, US
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