The Flesh Market-Frederica - Saint Simons Island GA
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Don.Morfe
N 31° 13.416 W 081° 23.418
17R E 462826 N 3454448
Records identify this lot as the site of the “flesh marker” or butcher shop. Some of the animals slaughtered here were raised on farm plots allotted to the settlers outside the town walls.
Waymark Code: WM135ZF
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2020
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Frederica is on the grounds of Fort Frederica National Monument--
The Flesh Market-Frederica--“In short, provisions in general are plentiful; venison, beef, pork at two pence, half-penny per pound, and sometimes under. Fish extremely cheap.” William Thompson, London Magazine 1747
Records identify this lot as the site of the “flesh marker” or butcher shop. Some of the animals slaughtered here were raised on farm plots allotted to the settlers outside the town walls.
The trustees of the colony agreed to supply the settlers with rations of beef, pork, cheese, and flour, and other provisions for one year. After that they were expected to raise their own livestock and crops.
The butcher shop must have been a simple clapboard or thatched hut. Archeologists found no trace of a building here. The butcher probably lived on the lot directly behind this one.
LOCATION: Marker is in St. Simons Island, Georgia, in Glynn County. Marker can be reached from Mimosa Drive 0.1 miles west of Frederica Drive, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the grounds of the Fort Frederica National Monument. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6515 Frederica Drive, Saint Simons Island GA 31522, United States of America.
Type of Marker: Fort
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
Sponsor: Not listed
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