The Horton House, on the north end of Jekyll Island, was built by William Horton, the right-hand man to Georgia's founder,  Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe. The first brewery was on the Horton House property. The house was rebuilt in 1742-43 after the Spaniards destroyed the original house following the battle of Bloody Marsh. The house would become the home of Christophe Poulain du Bignon, who moved his family to Jekyll Island in the 1790's to escape the dangers of the French Revolution.
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