The county site is BRYAN COURT-HOUSE Fort Argyle, so called by
Oglethorpe, after John, Duke of Argyle, stood upon the west bank
of the Ogeechee River; built in 1732, as a defence against the
Hardwick, so called from the Earl of Hardwick, Lord High
Chancellor of situated on the south side of the Ogeechee River
fifteen miles from the ocean. Extract from census of
1850:--Dwellings, 212; families, 212; white males, 604; white
females, 560; free coloured males, 10, free coloured females, 5.
Total free population, 1,179; slaves 2,245. Deaths, 63. 209
farms. Value of real estate, 8250,000; value of personal estate,
31,235,400. SAMUEL STILES, with his brother, B. Stiles, came to
about 1769, and settled a plantation in what is now called Bryan
County. When the Revolutionary War commenced, although his
family was in Bermuda, Mr. S. Stiles took part with the
Americans. His services to the United States were valuable. He
was engaged, a large portion of his time, in procuring warlike
stores and ammunition for the United S