Glynn County was one of the original eight counties in the state created on February 5, 1777.  It was named after John Glynn, a member of the British House of Commons who defended the cause of the American colonies before the American Revolution.   Glynn County includes the most prominent of the sea islands of Georgia, including St. Simons, Jekyll and Sea Islands.  The Georgia poet Sidney Lanier, immortalized the seacoast with his poem "The Marshes of Glynn".