Named For A Yamassee Indian village known as San Simon Known For Being a high-demographic member of Georgia's "Golden Isles," a group of Glynn County barrier islands that includes, in addition to St. Simons, Jekyll Island, Sea Island and Little St. Simons Island Most People Don't Know That timber from live oaks harvested from Gascoigne Bluff on St. Simons was used to build the USS Constitution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides" for the way cannon balls bounced off the hard planking In History Fort Frederica on St. Simons was the military headquarters of Georgia during the early colonial period and served as a guard against Spanish incursion from Florida Famous Sons and Daughters John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and his brother Charles lived for a time on St. Simons and ministered to the people at Fort Frederica Don't Miss St. Simons Lighthouse and Museum