McIntosh County, Georgia, a history and genealogy of the people.

A review of the historically influential families of McIntosh County, Georgia from colonial times to the Civil War.

Reference maps and photographs tracing the history of McIntosh County, Georgia

Lachlan McIntosh (1728-1806) was a prominent Georgia planter, patriarch of his Highland Scots clan in America, and the ranking general from Georgia in the Continental army. Often, however, he is known simply as the man who, in a duel, mortally wounded Button Gwinnett, one of Georgia's signers of the Declaration of Independence. This biography fleshes out McIntosh considerably and, just as important, uses his life as a springboard for discussing the rapidly shifting political, social, and economic forces at work during a crucial period of Georgia's history.