![]() Their plantation was sold at auction in 1782 while Tattnall fled to England and Mullryne escaped to the Bahamas where he died a few years later. They even helped Royal Governor, James Wright, escape back to England by hiding him at Bonaventure until he could board a ship home.Īs was the case with all Loyalists in Georgia, they were seen as traitors and stripped of all their land. However, once the American Revolutionary War broke out, Mullryne and Tattnall both pledged their loyalties to Great Britain. If you see an aerial shot of the cemetery, you’ll even notice that many of the oak trees on the plantation were planted in the shape of the letters M and T.īy 1771, Mullryne and Tattnall saw good fortune indeed as their plantation expanded to over 9,000 acres, comprising most of the Savannah Region. Mullryne’s daughter, Mary, married Josiah Tattnall Sr. This plantation was owned by Colonel John Mullryne who named it Bonaventure Plantation, meaning Good Fortune, which is a little ironic after it was turned into a cemetery. ![]()
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