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 Horton House Historic Site – A legacy Continues Posted by:  Lat34North
N 31° 06.105 W 081° 24.916
17R E 460398 N 3440952
Located at the Horton Historic Site, Riverview Drive near Major Horton Road, Jekyll Island, GA.
Waymark Code: WMGR47
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2013
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Horton House Historic Site – A legacy Continues
The plantation that Christophe Du Bignon established at the beginning of the nineteenth century had its good and bad years.
When Christophe's youngest son, Henri, married Ann Amelia Nicolau in 1808, they were given 40 acres of planted cotton. This was a good indication that Christophe approved of the young Frenchwoman. The du Bignon family, as new immigrants, closely held to their native culture, and this was evident in this marriage as well as the close-knit community of friends and business agents that were also recent refugees from France and Haiti.
Henri eventually inherited the entire island when both Christophe and Marguerite died in 1825. The close ties with the French community continued with Henri. However, growing up in America allowed him to live and move more easily amount the American culture than his father.
Henri remained on Jekyll Island until 1852 when he remarried and moved his new wife to Ellis Point, north of Brunswick.
Erected by Friends of Historic Jekyll Island, Inc., Jekyll Island Museum.
Type of Marker: Park
Marker #: None
Date: None
Sponsor: Friends of Historic Jekyll Island, Inc., Jekyll Island Museum
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Visit Instructions:
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