Hannah Timmons

Est 1759 - 1826  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Hannah Timmons
  Born	Est 1759
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Sep 1826	Georgia
  Buried	Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia
  Person ID	I21658	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family	Major William Page,   b. 2 Jan 1764, Page's Point, Prince William Parish, South Carolina ,   d. 12 Jan 1827, Saint Simons Island, Glynn Co., Georgia  (Age 63 years)
  Married	1781	South Carolina
  Children	+ 1. Anna Matilda Page,   b. 1798, Georgia ,   d. 1859, Saint Simons Island, Glynn Co., Georgia  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F8105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8654159/anna-matilda-king. Anna Matilda Page King Birth 1798 Georgia Death 1859 (aged 60?61) Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia Burial Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia Parents William Page, 1764?1827 Hannah Page, 1759?1826 The wife of the frequently absent Thomas Butler King, Anna single-handedly ran their St. Simons Island Plantation, Retreat, caring for their "family, black and white," raising crops, and preparing their children for productive and honorable lives. Anna Matilda Page was raised in the understanding that she would marry a planter, have children, and tend to her family's domestic affairs. Rare for her time, she was also educated by her father in all aspects of plantation management, from seed cultivation to building construction. That grounding would serve her well. By 1842 her husband's properties were seized, owing to debts amassed from crop failures, economic downturns, and extensive investments in land, enslaved workers, and the development of the nearby port town of Brunswick. Anna and her family were sustained, however, by Retreat, the St. Simons Island property left to her in trust by her father. She managed to raise her children, get the crops in, and in her "spare" time, she cultivated a gloriously beautiful garden, the flowers of which, legend has it, ships' captains' could smell several miles out on St. Simons Sound. The Avenue of Oaks, which once led to the "Big House" at Retreat, and the ruins of the slave hospital, still remain as reminders of the former glory of the plantation. The Sea Island Company has changed the old Corn Barn into the Retreat Golf Course Clubhouse.