United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, 31.48381, -81.37557Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: U.S. 17 1.3 miles south of DarienText of marker: "BUTLER ISLAND PLANTATION. Famous Rice Plantation of the 19th century, owned by Pierce Butler of Philadelphia. A system of dikes and canals for the cultivation of rice, installed by engineers from Holland, is still in evidence in the old fields, and has been used as a pattern for similar operations in recent years. During a visit here with her husband in 1839-40, Pierce Butler's wife, the brilliant English actress, Fannie Kemble, wrote her "Journal of a Residence On A Georgia Plantation," which is said to have influenced England against the Confederacy. 095-25 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--McIntosh CountyPlantations--Georgia--McIntosh CountyButler Island Plantation historical markerStillImage