Separated by only a narrow creek from Maj. Butler's residence was the home of John Couper, a man of as different a type as it is possible to conceive. Mr. Couper was born in Renfrewshire, Scotland; came to America a lad of seventeen years of age; settled in Georgia; married early in life a Miss Rebecca Maxwell, of Liberty County; prospered in business, and having bought the place called Cannon's Point, removed to St. Simons' in 1792. There, for a life time extended to the age of 91, he kept a home, which became a resort for all who needed help or sought pleasure. Here was literally "A Liberty hall," and it is a truth that visitors have been known to stay not days or months, but years. His house became a rendezvouz for every one, and it seemed as though no one could visit Georgia without partaking of his hospitality. His conversation was charming, enriched by anecdotes and sparkling with humor. He amassed what was at one time a large fortune, and, taking into partnership James Hamilton, he opened the Hopeton plantation of 1,000 acres of rice land, and the cotton place of Cabbage Bluff, but no fortune could withstand his lavish hospitality, and before his death he sold his interests to his partner, James Hamilton. His memory, to the generation that preceded me, was full of pleasure, and he was looked upon to as a type of integrity, kindness and genial humor. When appealed to, as referee by the Christ church congregation, in the great church war, known as "Organ or No Organ," he settled the matter by sending, on the following Sunday, his man Johnnie, with his bag pipes, to serve as a substitute for the desired instrument. Need it be said that he thought that in the screech of the pipes would be drowned all contending voices and creeds.

Source:
Wylly, Charles S., Annals and Statistics of Glynn County, 1897, Page 14

Submitted by Bob Franks