Located on the southern banks of the Little Satilla River, it was given by the State of Georgia to John Hais Hardee Sr. in 1787 for his distinguished service during the American Revolutionary War.

[2] Charles Seton Henry Hardee, another grandson of John Jr. and Sarah, visited his grandparents at the plantation, where he was born in 1830, several times during his childhood.

[8] "At the first bend of the stair case, 'in the house where I was born' at Rural Felicity, stood a Grandfather Clock about six feet high," wrote Hardee.

[9] "It was a source of never failing delight to me to watch the measured swing of its long pendulum and listen to its loud ticking, as it marked the rapid flight of time by seconds, minutes and hours."

"[10] Rowboats travelling to or from Brunswick, Georgia, "about ten miles from Rural Felicity, in a northerly direction, had to cross over the Little Satilla.