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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAK0_colonel-john-mcintosh_Townsend-GA.html
About one mile from this spot, at Fairhope, the adjoining plantation, Colonel John McIntosh, a hero of the American Revolution, was buried in 1826. It was Colonel McIntosh, in command of Fort Morris at Sunbury, who, when the British Lieut. Col. L.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJO_captain-william-mcintosh_Townsend-GA.html
In this plot under the "Great Oak at Mallow Plantation," Captain William McIntosh, father of the Indian chief, General William McIntosh, was buried in 1794. Captain McIntosh, an officer in the British army, when stationed in the Creek country, mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM89P_fort-barrington_Darien-GA.html
Fort Barrington, about twelve miles West of here on the Altamaha River, was built in 1751. Lieut. Robert Baillie, in charge of construction, commanded the post for several years.
Named Fort Howe during the Revolution, the fort played a vital pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM86B_to-the-soldiers-of-fort-king-george_Darien-GA.html
To the Soldiers of Fort King Georgewho gave their lives in defense ofthe Southern English Frontier inAmerica during the occupation ofthis little outpost from 1721 to 1727and were buried upon this bluff. FortKing George, built on the low ground 200…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM806_the-oglethorpe-oak_Darien-GA.html
The Oak Under WhichGen. Oglethorpe CampedHeight, 75 feetCircumference: 360 feetTrunk 15 ft 6 in Longest Limb 61 ft.Average Length of Limbs 50 ft.Covers 7,600 feetWill Shelter 5,065 MenAge UnknownMeasured in 1895
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7X5_sutherlands-bluff_Townsend-GA.html
Sutherland`s Bluff, about 1.5 miles South on this road, overlooks the Sapelo River and the Inland Waterway. the site was named for Lieut. Patrick Sutherland, to whom it was granted, upon recommendation of General James Edward Oglethorpe, in recogn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7F4_old-belleville-or-troup-cemetery_Townsend-GA.html
Within these walls are buried Captain Troup, British Naval officer, and his wife, Catherine McIntosh Troup. They were the parents of George M. Troup, Governor Georgia 1823-1827; U.S. Senator 1829-1833. It was on this plantation that Georgia M. Tro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7EI_st-andrews-cemetery_Darien-GA.html
At the end of this avenue, on high land ovelooking the creeks and marshes, Thomas Spalding of Sapelo established his family burial ground. For many years the Spaldings and their kinsmen were buried there.
In 1867, Charles Spalding, son of Thoma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7DH_mallow-plantation_Townsend-GA.html
This plantation was a Crown grant to Captain John McIntosh, a British Army officer who served in Florida during the War with Spain. Later, when this officer went into the Indian country, his brother, the eccentric Captain Roderick (Rory) McIntosh,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7BS_the-thicket_Darien-GA.html
On the banks of Carnochan Creek, a short distance East of here, are the ruins of a famous Sugar Mill and Rum Distillery operated early in the 19th century.
These buildings, constructed of tabby by William Carnochan on his huge sugar plantation …