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4. Northwest of Mexico, and directly on the 

 river bank, was the residence of Thomas Walter, 

 Esq., the botanist, an Englishman by birth. He 

 embellished his seat with a botanical garden, which 

 long commanded the admiration of his neighbors. 

 His first wife was Sarah Peyre, by whom he had 

 two daughters ; his second wife was Dolly Cooper, 

 whose daughter, Emily, their only child, married 

 Judge Charlton of Savannah. 



5. Between Belle Isle and the river road on the 

 south was the residence of Peter Couturier. He 

 married Rebecca Couturier, by whom he had a son, 

 Elias, father of the late Peter Couturier. After his 

 death his widow married Gideon Kirk, and became 

 the mother of the late Mrs. Harriet Marion, of 

 Robert Kirk, and of Louisa Kirk. 



6. South of the road was the residence of Dr. 

 James Lynah, a native of Ireland ; from this place 

 he attended to a large medical practice. Both this 

 place and that of Mr. Couturier now constitute a 

 portion of Belle Isle. 



7. Blueford was formerly the residence of Philip 

 Williams, who, removing to York, sold it to Peter 

 Sinkler. By him it was left to his son Peter, who, 

 dying childless, bequeathed it to the children of his 

 sister Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Dubose. It was 

 the residence of the late Col. William Dubose, her 

 second son, and is now that of Julius Dubose, his 

 nephew and her grandson. 



