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

Captain Wylly Road

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

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

Marker series.

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

By Mike Stroud, March 18, 2009

2. Captain Wylly Road and Marker, at Beachview Drive

This marker is included in the Georgia Historical Society/Commission marker series.

Location. 31° 4.009′ N, 81° 24.291′ W. Marker is in Jekyll Island, Georgia, in Glynn County. Marker 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Great Dunes: A Golf Tradition (approx. 0.9 miles away); Old World Charm (approx. one mile away); Childhood in an Island Paradise (approx. one mile away); A Winter City (approx. one mile away); The Skeet House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Preserving the Legacy (approx. 1.1 miles away); Morgan Tennis Court (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Infirmary / Furness Cottage (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jekyll Island.

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

By Mike Stroud, March 18, 2009

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

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on March 21, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 886 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 21, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.