Ownership Timeline

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    Richard Hazard

    He owned the whole island and operated an indigo plantation that used slave labor
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    John McQueen

    John McQueen takes ownership of Fort George Island and uses it to plant Sea Island Cotton.
  • Plantation House Built

    Plantation House Built
    John McQueen used skilled slave labor to build the plantation house
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    Zephaniah Kingsley

    Primary residence for Kingsley. The plantation produced Sea Island Cotton, and sugarcane.
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    Charles Thompson

    Owns Fort George Island
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    John Rollins

    John Rollins and his family own Fort George Island and end its plantation period.