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William H. McIntosh

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William H. McIntosh Veteran

Birth
Coweta County, Georgia, USA
Death
1794 (aged 48–49)
Pine Harbor, McIntosh County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Pine Harbor, McIntosh County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Capt. William H. McIntosh was the son of John McIntosh (b. 1715 in Scotland, d. 1787) of McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River above Mobile, AL, and Margaret (Marian) McGillivary; he had one sister Catherine who married George/John Troup and was the father of George Troup who became Gov. of GA.

William H. McIntosh Sr. married about. 1774, (1) Senoia, daughter of Taski Henneah; they had Creek Chief William H. McIntosh Jr. and Matilda McIntosh. He married (2) a Creek Woman of the Wind Clan; they had Chief Roderick "Roley" McIntosh.

He later abandoned his Creek Indian wives, and married his cousin (3) Barbara McIntosh of Fair Hope Plantation. Fair Hope was just south of Mallow Plantation, Pine Harbor GA, where Capt. Roderick "Roley" McIntosh and his spinster sister Miss Winnewood McIntosh lived.

William and Barbara had the following children: Lt (USN) William R. McIntosh b. 11 Sep 1780 who married Maria Hillary; John who worked for the Treasury Dept. as Collector for the Port of Savannah, GA; and Jane who married Henry Gignilliat.

His father left GA and went to what is now western AL some time after William's birth and operated a trading post; William spent most of his childhoood at McIntosh Bluff, AL, and met his 1st wife Senoya/Senoia, a full blood Creek at his father's trading post.

William became a Tory Capt. in the British Army during the Revolutionary War.
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Paper: Columbian Museum and Savannah Advertiser; Date: 1799-12-06; Vol: IV; Iss: 392; Page: [3];
Died, on Sunday last, the 1st instant, at St. Simons Island, in the county of Glynn, Maj. Wm. McIntosh, son of General McIntosh; he was born in this State, and just entered his fortieth year of age; he obtained his rank, and was a distinquished officer in the late continental revolution army of America, from the beginning of that war to the end of it.
Alas! our firm disinterested(?) patriots of '76, are daily decreasing.
INFORMATION NOT VARIFIED BY CURRENT MANAGER OF THIS MEMORIAL

Capt. William H. McIntosh was the son of John McIntosh (b. 1715 in Scotland, d. 1787) of McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River above Mobile, AL, and Margaret (Marian) McGillivary; he had one sister Catherine who married George/John Troup and was the father of George Troup who became Gov. of GA.

William H. McIntosh Sr. married about. 1774, (1) Senoia, daughter of Taski Henneah; they had Creek Chief William H. McIntosh Jr. and Matilda McIntosh. He married (2) a Creek Woman of the Wind Clan; they had Chief Roderick "Roley" McIntosh.

He later abandoned his Creek Indian wives, and married his cousin (3) Barbara McIntosh of Fair Hope Plantation. Fair Hope was just south of Mallow Plantation, Pine Harbor GA, where Capt. Roderick "Roley" McIntosh and his spinster sister Miss Winnewood McIntosh lived.

William and Barbara had the following children: Lt (USN) William R. McIntosh b. 11 Sep 1780 who married Maria Hillary; John who worked for the Treasury Dept. as Collector for the Port of Savannah, GA; and Jane who married Henry Gignilliat.

His father left GA and went to what is now western AL some time after William's birth and operated a trading post; William spent most of his childhoood at McIntosh Bluff, AL, and met his 1st wife Senoya/Senoia, a full blood Creek at his father's trading post.

William became a Tory Capt. in the British Army during the Revolutionary War.
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Paper: Columbian Museum and Savannah Advertiser; Date: 1799-12-06; Vol: IV; Iss: 392; Page: [3];
Died, on Sunday last, the 1st instant, at St. Simons Island, in the county of Glynn, Maj. Wm. McIntosh, son of General McIntosh; he was born in this State, and just entered his fortieth year of age; he obtained his rank, and was a distinquished officer in the late continental revolution army of America, from the beginning of that war to the end of it.
Alas! our firm disinterested(?) patriots of '76, are daily decreasing.


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