GreySaber

Is not any pirate in a legal port a smuggler?

Just Georgia for now. If I cannot find enough, I might make another thread for other areas.

Keep it coming! This stuff is useful. What about Tybee Island, or the Lafittes? Anyone have anything on either?

Hello. This is my first post here, and I'm hoping this forum will be able to help with with some rather specific research. I'm looking for information on Pirates (although I will accept information on privateers) who operated in Georgia. I need names, times, places, ship names, and titles of works on the subject. I need quite a lot of information, so pointers to sources are espeically welcome. (Provided I can find them online or at a library...) The primary rule is that they have to have, at some time, been known to be based in Georiga. Savannah Ga has a restruant called the 'pirate house' which inspired Treasure Island and was supposidly a Pirate hang out, but I cannot find any information on speicific pirates who might have been there, except for the fictional captain flint.). I am also informed that Tybee island was a pirate stop, and has legends of treasure, (not that I beleive them, but pirate history nonetheless.) Again, no speicific pirates or what they were up to. So far the only information I can find about pirates in this area is "they were here, spend tourist dollars." This is a very low level of "where," and I am in need of all five questions, Who and what and where and when and how. Actually, I have found one name, and that is that Pierre Lafitte (Jean Lafitte's brother) turned up in Savannah for a short time, but how long he was there, and what he was doing isn't listed, though I intend to see if I can find out. Thank you all for any help you can give. (Yes, I did do a search before posting. ) :)