About Us

The first records of Estate St. George are dated 1751 and indicate that the land (Tract 27) which at that time was producing sugar was owned by Mogens Anderson and Lorenta Grundel. The next two owners held the property only a short time and in 1769 the land was sold to John Heylinger. Mr. Heylinger also purchased Tract 22 which was later known as Sally's Fancy, together the 150 acre parcels were to become known as Estate St. George ( or St. George's). The Heylinger family owned the land until 1820. At the death of John Heylinger the estate went bankrupt. Because they were not able to pay the interest on the mortgage or the taxes, the Royal Loan Commission gained possession of the property. They in turn leased the land to Peter Oxholm who was the Governor General of the Danish West Indies and who also married a Heylinger. Governor General Oxholm returned to Denmark in 1816 and the land known as St. George reverted to the Royal Loan Commission. The land was then leased to Peter Oxholm's son Frederik, who became the one man in St. Croix's history to control the greatest amount of land on the island. After Frederik's death in 1873 the estate was bought by Alex Fleming at a bankruptcy sale. The estate remained in the family of the Flemings as a cane producer until about the 1930's when it became a cattle ranch. In April of 1957 John Fleming Sr. sold the then 293 acres to Island Development who in turn sold the remaining unsold land to Lakeside Manufacturing in 1963. The St. George Property Owners Association was created in July of 1972. Today it is comprised of 126 properties on the southern slopes of Mount McWilliam on the island of Saint Croix.