GLYNN COUNTY, GA - Cemeteries  Parland Grave

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PARLAND GRAVE, Colonel's Island, Glynn Co., Georgia [removed to Oak Grove Cemetery]
Transcribed by Amy Hedrick, November 2003

Almost 170 years ago, John Parland, known as the
Colonel, died on his beloved island known as Colonel's
Island.  For those of you familiar with Brunswick,
Colonel's Island is where many automobile makers
import their cars to distribute to auto dealers around
the country.

John Parland was a native of Scotland settling in the
Glynn County area on Colonel's Island and Blythe
Island.  When Parland was 58, he was thrown from his
horse and killed.  He was buried on a forested bluff
overlooking the Brunswick River, not far from his
plantation home on Colonel's Island.

According to legend, when John died, he left his
daughters Jean Adams Parland and Frances Ann Scarlett
Parland, by wife Mary Ann (Scarlett) Parland, the
first and second wealthiest people in Glynn County in
the year 1836.

Frances never married, and Jean married Henry C. King
of Wayne County in 1856, having three daughters.  

During John's time on the island his main crop was sea
island cotton.  He also produced other staples to sell
to neighboring plantations which included corn,
potatoes, and poultry.  John owned three other
plantations, Longwood, the Dyke, and Gowrie, where he
cultivated sugar, rice, and processed lumber.

Upon his death, his two daughters inherited, Jean and
Frances' grandfather, Francis M. Scarlett, managed the
estate for them until Jean married, when her husband
assumed responsibility for her share, and their uncle
Francis D. Scarlett managed Frances' share.

By 1886 all of the land was either sold or leased, and
in 1970 the Ports Authority gained ownership of this
island, which is now divided in half by highway 17.
By the year 2000, only John's grave was the last
remaining parcel of land left undisturbed by the
growing Ports Authority.

On 16 August 2000, John's body was exhumed, and
removed to a new location at the Oak Grove Cemetery in
Brunswick, directly behind the chapel.  There a plaque
was erected signifying the move, and the original
tombstone was laid upon his grave, which reads as
follows:


TO
the memory of
JOHN PARLAND
who departed this life
on the 7th September
1836
in the 58th year of
his age.

He was a native of Scotland.

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