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PATRIOT Major William Page

PATRIOT Major William Page[1]

Male 1764 - 1827  (63 years)

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  • Name William Page 
    Title PATRIOT 
    Prefix Major 
    Born 2 Jan 1764  Page's Point, Prince William Parish, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Jan 1827  Saint Simons Island, Glynn Co., Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21657  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2019 

    Family Hannah Timmons,   b. Est 1759,   d. 29 Sep 1826, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Married 1781  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Anna Matilda Page,   b. 1798, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1859, Saint Simons Island, Glynn Co., Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2019 
    Family ID F8105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Painting of William Page
    Painting of William Page
    p21657WilliamPage.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28376318/william-page.
      Maj William Page
      Birth 2 Jan 1764
      Death 12 Jan 1827 (aged 63)
      Burial
      Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery
      Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia


      William Page was born on January 2, 1764 at Page's Point, Prince William Parish, South Carolina. His father, Thomas Page, sided with the Loyalists in the American rebellion. When he died in 1780, sixteen-year-old William joined Francis Marion to fight in the irregular combat in the South Carolina countryside. As a result, the Tories burned his house at Page's Point. In 1781 he married Hannah Timmons. After the war, William Page moved to Georgia, and in 1804 purchased land on St. Simons Sound, which he named "Retreat." In total, the Retreat Plantation properties exceeded 2,000 acres; and on it he grew prized long-stable cotton. In 1808, he became a major in the 7th Battalion of the Glynn County Militia, a position he held the rest of his life.

    2. [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.