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McIntosh County and Darien, Georgia Politicians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) McIntosh County, Georgia is located on the the coast about 45 miles south of Savannah. The county has approximately 10,000 residents, and is bordered by the South Newport River to the north and the Altamaha River to the south. During the Civil War, Darien was burned to the ground on June 11, 1863 by Union troops. darientel.net /~aatrain   (200 words)

New Georgia Encyclopedia: McIntosh County Shouters It continues to be performed in a fl community in McIntosh County on Georgia's coast. By the last quarter of the twentieth century, however, the ring shout itself was presumed to have died out until its rediscovery in 1980 in McIntosh County. A project of the Georgia Humanities Council, in partnership with the University of Georgia Press, the University System of Georgia/GALILEO, the Office of the Governor, and the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-520   (830 words)

McIntosh County, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia McIntosh County was split off from Liberty County in 1793. In the county the population was spread out with 28.00% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 26.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.80% who were 65 years of age or older. McIntosh County is home to the McIntosh County Shouters, a traditional performance group of the Gullah ethnic group, based in the town of Eulonia. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McIntosh_County,_Georgia   (674 words)

History of McIntosh County , Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) In 1793, McIntosh County was formed from Liberty, and the seat of government was established at Sapelo Bridge. Sapelo, McIntosh County's barrier island off the coast, fronting on the Atlantic Ocean and bounded on its west by marshes and a network of tidal rivers and creeks, has a history as interesting and as diverse as that of the mainland. Spalding served in the Georgia legislature, representing McIntosh County, for a number of years, and was also a U.S. congressman for a term until 1806, after which he returned to coastal Georgia for good to develop his properties on Sapelo, Creighton and Black islands. www.mcintoshcounty.org /history.asp   (3590 words)

General Lachlan McIntosh Born in Scotland, Lachlan McIntosh was the son of the head of the McIntosh clan. McIntosh was selected as a delegate from the parish of St. Andrew for the Provincial Congress in 1775, held in Savannah. McIntosh returned to Fort Pitt and remained in command until May 18, 1779 when he was ordered south to participate in a campaign to recapture Savannah. www.ushistory.org /valleyforge/served/mcintosh.html   (1562 words)

GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government Georgia's 18th county was named for the McIntosh family -- particularly Capt. John McIntosh (who in 1736 led a group of Scot Highlanders in the settlement of Darien) and his son Gen. Lachlan McIntosh (who was a hero of the American Revolution). County Seat: The first Europeans to occupy the locality were Spanish missionaries who settled the Santo Domingo de Talaje mission at or near the site of Darien near the mouth of the Altamaha River. Some McIntosh residents sought to have the county seat moved to a more central location, and in 1866 the General Assembly directed that an election be held. www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/mcintoshCH.htm   (483 words)

McIntosh County Georgia 1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans It is possible to locate a free person on the McIntosh County, Georgia census for 1860 and not know whether that person was also listed as a slaveholder on the slave census, because published indexes almost always do not include the slave census. The term "County" is used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. In Georgia in 1860 there were 482 farms of 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,359 farms of 500-999 acres. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~ajac/gamcIntosh.htm   (1284 words)

McIntosh Light Dragoons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Georgia Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jan 1863, and Bud was elected Sergeant in the unit. Jerden Driggers was born 10 Mar 1819, in Bulloch County, Georgia. Records of the Surveyor General of the State of Georgia indicate that he was given a grant of 84 acres on Doctor’s Creek in that portion of McIntosh County that is now Long County. www.5thgacavalry.info /5thcavalry/5thcav/troopk.htm   (1961 words)

Crypt: History of Camden & Charlton Counties, Georgia In his sugar house McIntosh installed what was, according to Thomas Spalding*, the first horizontal cane mill worked by cattle power. McIntosh, born in 1773 in what is now McIntosh County (Georgia), settled in East Florida as a young man and became the leader of a group of American citizens who, during the War of 1812, plotted the annexation of East Florida to the United States. After McIntosh's death in 1836, New Canaan was sold to one Col. Hallowes, who changed the name of the plantation to Bollingbrook and lived there until after the Civil War. www.camdencounty.org /history/mcintosh.html   (222 words)

Glynn County Fire Department - Newsroom Georgia Forestry rangers scrambled to plow breaks around the numerous fires but winds hampered them and caused the fire to jump the breaks. Georgia Forestry had over 26 commissioned tractors mobilized to aid in the effort. Fire officials with the Georgia Forestry Commission said that at least 37 wildfires erupted during the weekend from the coast inland to Waycross and Folkston. www.glynncountyfiredept.org /Newsroom/2004/2004.04.15_Mcintosh.htm   (578 words)

Hunting Information For McIntosh County, Georgia Georgia residents who possess a valid Georgia honorary hunting and fishing license may hunt in Florida without Florida hunting licenses. GEORGIA WATERFOWL CONSERVATION STAMP is required for hunting waterfowl, except for hunters with a valid honorary license or children under the age of 16. Deer killed on WMA sign-in hunts and all other deer killed in Georgia must be recorded on the hunters deer harvest record (attached to the license carrier card) and counted towards the hunter's season limit. www.darientel.net /~aatrain/hunting.html   (2219 words)

McIntosh County Georgia Queries McIntosh County DEATH and MARRIAGE Records from : 1st Feb., 1928 to June of 1997 and McIntosh County BIRTH Records from 1920 to 1970 will be available for lookups at the "IDA HILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY"..P.O. Box 1227, Darien, Ga 31305.. I have the marriage of Lachlan McIntosh to Mary Persiana Donnom some time before 1786.  Does anyone have information on their marriage date?  Also which Lachlan is the groom and did they have any children?  MPD is the daughter of James Donnom d. In the 1850 Census in McIntosh County, Jordan POPPELL and Martha STANLEY have a James E. In the 1860 Census in McIntosh County in this same family, he was listed as Jordan E. In the 1880 Liberty County Census, there is a Jordan E. POPPELL with a wife, Edintine, and children, Jordan E. POPPELL, Jr. www.rootsweb.com /~gamcinto/mcintosh-queries.html   (1483 words)

UNN Local News - Occult Institutional Racism The Ghosts of McIntosh County When Dale Jenkins, Judge of State Court McIntosh County, Darien Georgia, came into his chambers June 11, 2003, 9:00 am, no bailiff introduced him, there was no "all rise." The short, stout judge began by talking to the overcrowded courtroom; it was standing room only. The judge was releasing this prisoner but let him know repeatedly that he was banished from McIntosh County and Darien Georgia; he even went so far as to tell this man that he could not go through the county by way of I-95, that he would have to find an alternate route. The judge told us in a nasty tone, that the Georgia law was not as written he said just because we have such information does that make the law right. local.unn13.com /articles/mcintosh.html   (2146 words)

McIntosh County Chamber of Comme There are several public marinas and boat ramps in McIntosh County, many of which have fishing piers and docks, bait and tackle and guide services available. For more information the web site is www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/coastal or call The McIntosh County Chamber of Commerce at 912-437-6684. Kemble, who was not familiar with the reality of slavery, immediately became very opposed to the treatment of the slaves on Butler Island, which were numbered in the hundreds. www.mcintoshcounty.com /points.htm   (940 words)

McIntosh County, Georgia GA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk McIntosh County is one of 159 counties in Georgia. The county is in the Brunswick metro area. This was an increase of 2.68% from the 2000 census. www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8077   (662 words)

Liberty County, Georgia It was in Liberty County that the first flag of independence was raised in Georgia. Originally inhabited by the Creek Indians, the land that formed Liberty was part of the cession of 1733. Because two of Georgia's three signers were from the county, and a majority of residents were originally from the epicenter of the Revolution, the name Liberty was a natural choice. www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/60   (360 words)

Darien, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The town of Darien (originally known as New Inverness) was founded in January 1736 by Scottish Highlanders recruited by James Oglethorpe to act as settler-soldiers protecting the frontiers of Georgia from the Spanish in Florida, the French in the Alabama basin and their Indian allies. Johns River 60 miles to the south of the territory claimed by the British government in the charter of the Georgia colony. After the U.S. Army invaded McIntosh County and destroyed Darien; gunboats were used to blockade the ports. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darien,_Georgia   (1403 words)

Marion County, Florida Her son Joseph was still living with his father in McIntosh County, Georgia. The 1850 census for McIntosh County records Lamarie DRIGGERS as a 24-year-old living with parents John and Susan DRIGGERS and with a son Charlton who was 5 years old. Henry BRONSON disappeared from the census by 1870, but Lamarie and/or her children were still recorded as late as 1880 in McIntosh County, Georgia. www.floridabiographies.com /biographies/Marion-O'Berry.htm   (982 words)

georgia.gov - McIntosh County McIntosh County was created in 1793 from part of Liberty County. The state's 17th county was named for the McIntosh clan who pioneered the area. In the late 16th century, Franciscan friars from Spain established a mission on a bluff near Darien. mcintoshcounty.georgia.gov /03/home/0,2230,8871558,00.html   (90 words)

Scottish Highlanders McIntosh County, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Ann R. Davis, previous McIntosh County Webmaster, author, and genealogist, would like to hear from you if you have an ancestor who was part of McIntosh County's early history. She would like to hear from anyone whose ancestor came over on both boats to the colony of Georgia, or during the mid 1700's in general. The purpose of this project is to hold an "Highlander Homecoming" in McIntosh County in the near future. www.glynngen.com /~mcintosh/hghldr.htm   (192 words)

McIntosh County and Darien, Georgia Sites and Festivals Darien is the second oldest planned town in the state of Georgia. The first English fort in what is now Georgia, built by the British in 1721 to stem French and Spanish expansion. Scenic villages are tucked away throughout the county, take your camera down the roads less traveled and explore communities like Meridian, Shellman Bluff, Pine Harbor and Eulonia. www.n-georgia.com /darien_mcIntosh.htm   (365 words)

The Political Graveyard: McIntosh County, Ga. For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries. Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries. politicalgraveyard.com /geo/GA/MI.html   (501 words)

GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government McIntosh County Census: 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1880 (USGenWeb) Georgia Facts and Figures for McIntosh County (University of Georgia) Georgia County Game (select McIntoshr County from drop down window) (University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development) www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/mcintoshlinks2.htm   (260 words)

Highlanders Return to Darien, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) In 1999, I was a new resident of Darien (county seat of McIntosh County), Georgia, USA. The original name of our town was, in fact, New Inverness, until it was later changed in memory of the ill-fated Scottish expedition to the Darien Isthmus, Panama; in 1697. During the town's 250th Anniversary in 1987, it was noted that more than 200 descendants of the original Scottish Highland settlers still reside in McIntosh County. mcraeclan.com /WhatsNew/HighlanderEventInGeorgia.htm   (417 words)

McIntosh County Georgia Queries Any information placing the two in the county would be most appreciated as would information on the maiden name of Elizabeth and Jane needed. Their son was John Felix McKay, born October 21, 1817 at McIntosh County, Georgia, and was married to Martha Eliza Holt. I understand there are a lot of Rozier's in McIntosh County and hopefully I will be able to make some connections. www.rootsweb.com /~gamcinto/mcintosh-queries2.html   (1663 words)

Welcome to the McIntosh County, Georgia Genealogy & History Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) In January of 1736, the first group of immigrants arrived in the British Colony of Georgia to settle along the Altamaha River, in a town christened New Inverness. This was a short lived statute, by 1748 slavery was introduced to the area. On 19 December 1793, the county of McIntosh was formally created from parts of Liberty, and was named in honor of one of the early immigrant families, the Clan Mackintosh. www.glynngen.com /~mcintosh   (419 words)

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McIntosh County Census S-K Publications can scan any census year for any county onto CD and can also make it available in book form. S-K Publications will scan census images onto CD when the figure in the "# to date" Column matches the figure in the "# needed" Column. Price per person: $20 per county per census year. www.skpub.com /genie/census/ga/mcintosh.html   (377 words)

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