Jekyll Island in Glynn County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Captain Wylly Road

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2009

1. Captain Wylly Road Marker

Inscription. 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).

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He was a kinsman of Sidney Lanier poet author of "Marshes of Glynn".

Erected 1958 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 63-29.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1849.

Location. 31° 4.009′ N, 81° 24.291′ W. Marker is on Jekyll Island, Georgia, in Glynn County. It is at the intersection of Beachview Drive and Captain Wylly Road, on the right when traveling north on Beachview Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jekyll Island GA 31527, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles,

and on the Sea Islands.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds

Captain Wylly Road and Marker at Beachview Drive image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 18, 2009

2. Captain Wylly Road and Marker at Beachview Drive

itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Great Dunes: A Golf Tradition (approx. 0.9 miles away); Jekyll Island Club Stables (approx. one mile away); Bookkeeper's Cottage (approx. one mile away); Baker-Crane Carriage House (approx. one mile away); Childhood in an Island Paradise (approx. one mile away); Villa Marianna (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Skeet House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Cherokee Cottage (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jekyll Island.

Other markers no longer nearby. Great Dunes: A Golf Tradition (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Old World Charm (was approx. one mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); A Winter City (was approx. one mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Captain Wylly Road Marker, at a motel parking lot with Atlantic Ocean in background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 18, 2009

3. Captain Wylly Road Marker, at a motel parking lot with Atlantic Ocean in background

Photographed by Steve Masler

4. Captain Wylly Road Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,750 times since then and 78 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 21, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 4. submitted on July 4, 2019, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.