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Subject: Info via search of google.com Bolton, Robert, also Bolton Hotel @ Tybee Island
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:37:03 EDT

On 20 Nov 1786, Chathan Co, GA, Deed Bk D, p. 141 - John Lucas of Chatham Co
sold to Robert Bolton, Jr. of Savannah, merchant, lot on south commons & Bull
Street granted by Comm of Confiscated Estates 16 Jul 1784

A portion of a writeup of TYBEE ISLAND
When the island became more accessible in the mid-1800s with the development
of the steamboat, the general public started coming more often. Resort
hotels, such as the Bolton Hotel and Ocean House, were established, and lots
were sold for $200, plus $150–$200 for a frame house. Tybee's development as
a resort picked up more steam after the Civil War, when public transportation
to the island improved with the establishment of a rail link with Savannah in
1887. The three-hour steamboat journey was reduced to an hour train ride, if
the train didn't break down. By the Roaring Twenties, more people called
Tybee home, and thousands of visitors would come to the island in the summer.


Hope this information may help some one looking for additional information on
BOLTONS,
Dot Smith

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