| Georgia (McIntosh County), Ardick — 095-33 — Capture of 23 Old Men in 1864 | | | Near here, in Ebenezer Church, 23 old men were captured by Federal troops on the night of August 3rd, 1864. These civilians, too old for military service, were the sole protection of McIntosh County, which was constantly being plundered by forces from blockade gunboats.
Advised of the meeting by spies, Federal troops surrounded the church in the darkness and opened fire. The old men were captured and marched overland to Blue and Hall Landing near Darien, where they were put on board ship and taken to northern prisons. — Map (db m10508) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Ardick — 095-22 — Old Meeting House — → | | | Two hundred yards west of this spot stood the "Old Meeting House," built before 1750 to serve the Scottish Presbyterians of the District of Darien. A landmark in Colonial days, it was in use until after the Revolutionary War, both as a church and as a meeting place for the citizens of St. Andrew`s Parish on important occasions. It was here that the "Darien Committee" met on January 12, 1775, to choose their delegates to the Provincial Congress at Savannah, and to adopt the six Resolutions which . . . — Map (db m10771) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Belleview Point — 095-34 — Old Belleville or Troup Cemetery | | | 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. Troup spent his early boyhood.
Ten other graves lie within this enclosure; the inscriptions on the marble slabs which marked them were effaced by time before 1850. — Map (db m11518) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Crescent — 035-12 — Baisden's Bluff Academy | | | Located a short distance East of here, near the River, Baisden`s Bluff Academy was the main educational institution in McIntosh County in the early years of the 19th century. A Boarding School, operating the year round, its roll held the names of prominent families of this county and from the adjoining areas. "Mr. Linder" was Principal. General Francis Hopkins, Wm. A. Dunham, James Dunwoody, James Smith and Jacob Wood were Commissioners. In 1823 torrential rains washed the dormitory into the . . . — Map (db m11414) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-27 — “The Thicket” — Sugar Mill - Rum Distillery Ruins | | | 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 at "The Thicket," followed closely plans laid out by Thomas Spalding of Sapelo. The sugar works and rum distillery were operated successfully on a commercial scale until 1824, when a hurricane tore off the roof and upper story of the mill and cane barn, and destroyed other buildings. — Map (db m11382) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-6B — 200 Years of Sawmilling | | | For nearly two centuries the story of sawmilling in the Southeast was enacted on this point on the Altamaha River. In the summer of 1721, men from South Carolina sawed the 3-inch planks to build Fort King George. In 1736, indentured servants of the Scottish Highlanders set up pit saws here and sawed lumber for the permanent houses of Darien and for public buildings in Savannah and Frederica. This was the first commercial manufacture of lumber in Coastal Georgia. Through the years, sawmilling . . . — Map (db m10850) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 95-5 — Ashantilly | | | Built ca. 1820, Ashantilly was the mainland residence of prominent antebellum planter Thomas Spalding (1774-1851), owner of the nearby Sapelo Island Plantation. The house, likely built by Spalding's slaves, was constructed of tabby, an equal mix of oyster shell, sand, water and lime. Ashantilly was named for Spalding's ancestral home in County Perth, Scotland. He died at Ashantilly and is interred in the family burial ground adjacent to the property. William G. Haynes, Jr. (1908-2001), . . . — Map (db m24134) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-36 — Birthplace of John McIntosh Kell | | | Laurel Grove, at the end of this avenue, was the birthplace of John McIntosh Kell, 1823-1900, distinguished Naval officer. He was a member of the expedition of Commodore Matthew C. Perry to Japan in 1853, and was Master of the flagship Mississippi on the homeward cruise. When Georgia seceded from the Union, John McIntosh Kell resigned his commission to join the Confederacy. He was Executive Officer of the Sumter; then of the Alabama throughout her brilliant career on the . . . — Map (db m10899) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-25 — Butler Island Plantation | | | Famous rice Plantation of the 19th century, owned by Pierce Butler of Philadelphia. A system of dikes and canals for the cultivation of rice, installed by engineers from Holland, is still in evidence in the old fields, and has been used as a pattern for similar operations in recent years.
During a visit here with her husband in 1839-40, Pierce Butler`s wife, the brilliant English actress, Fannie Kemble, wrote her "Journal of a Residence On A Georgia Plantation," which is said to have influenced England against the Confederacy. — Map (db m10802) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — Columbus Square | | | Near this point the Darien & Western Railroad
reached its terminus in 1895 after six years
of construction. Trains arrived daily at
Columbus Square then turned around for a
return trip to Tattnall County. The D&W
later became the Georgia Coast & Piedmont
and a depot was built in 1914 at the Darien
waterfront when the rail line was extended
to Brunswick. Until then Columbus Square
was the transportation hub of Darien — Map (db m11172) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-30 — Darien | | | This is Darien, in the heart of the historic Altamaha delta region. Settled in 1736, by Scottish Highlanders under John McIntosh Mohr, it was named for the ill-fated settlement on the Isthmus of Panama. The first military parade in Georgia was held in Darien, February 22, 1736, when Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe reviewed the Highland Company in full regalia, with claymores, side arms and targes. The Highland Company supported Oglethorpe in all his campaigns, and won everlasting fame on the field . . . — Map (db m10405) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-28 — Darien Presbyterian Church | | | Darien was the Cradle of Presbyterianism in Georgia, as the first Presbyterian Church in the colony was established by Scottish Highlanders who settled this town in January, 1736. The Scots brought with them their minister, the Rev. John McLeod, of the Isle of Skye. Immediately upon their arrival at what is now Lower Bluff, one mile East of this site, they built a Chapel for Divine Worship, and there the Rev. John McLeod preached during his ministry in Darien.
Later, the Meeting House was . . . — Map (db m11025) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — Darien Waterfront | | | Throughout the 19th century sailing ships
docked at wharves along this waterfront
on either side of the present bridge to load
with plantation goods. Primarily rice and
sea island cotton, lumber and naval stores.
This activity made Darien one of the leading
seaports on the sourthern coast. Port activity
was interrupted for several years when the
waterfront was burned during the destruction
of Darien by Union forces in 1863. — Map (db m10590) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 95-1 — Darien's Railroad and Depot | | | In 1889 the Darien Shortline Railroad was organized to transport yellow pine timber to the Darien sawmills from Georgia`s interior. Originating in Tattnall County and continuing through Liberty County, the Darien & Western line was completed in 1895 to its terminus near this spot where a passenger depot was built, now marked by the gazebo. In 1906 the line was bought by the Georgia Coast & Piedmont Railroad, which extended the line 18 miles south to Brunswick in 1914. The train depot was then . . . — Map (db m11256) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-9 — Famous Butler Authors | | | Pierce Butler and his daughter, Frances, who shared his interest in the South, returned to Butler Island in 1866, and worked to rehabilitate the plantations. Pierce Butler died in 1867, but Frances continued for several years to manage the Island acreage. She wrote a book, "Ten Years On A Georgia Plantation," an interesting and valuable account of life in this section during the Reconstruction. Owen Wister, famous author of "The Virginian," and other novels, was the son of Sarah Butler, sister . . . — Map (db m11051) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-14 — Fort Barrington — — 12 mi. → | | | 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 part in that War, guarding the most dangerous land pass on the Southern Frontier of Georgia. In constant peril from British forces and their Indian allies, the fort was the scene of several battles and skirmishes.
Confederate troops were stationed on . . . — Map (db m12808) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-18 — Fort Darien | | | Fort Darien, laid out by General James Edward Oglethorpe in 1736, was built on this first high bluff of the Altamaha river to protect the new town of Darien. It was a large fortification, with two bastions and 2 half bastions, and was defended by several cannon.
From the time of its settlement by Scottish Highlanders in 1736, until after the Battle of Bloody Marsh in 1742, the town of Darien was in constant danger from the Spaniards of Florida. Often for weeks at a time the Highland . . . — Map (db m10591) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-6A — Fort King George — 1 mi. | | | The site of fort King George, the first fort on Georgia soil built by the English. Erected by the Colony of south Carolina in 1721, 12 years before the Georgia Colony was founded.
This fort served as a barrier against the Spanish in Florida, French in the interior, and their Indian allies for about a decade.
Soldiers who died in service are buried nearby in a graveyard lost for 200 years. Some of the graves are marked now. Others are on the site of a 16th century Spanish Mission. — Map (db m10502) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-23 — General's Island | | | This island was the property of General Lachlan McIntosh by a grant of 1758, and was the principal home of his family up to and during the early years of the Revolution. The island was in rice cultivation for many years.
In 1808, a Canal, called General`s Cut, was dug through the island to connect the Darien River with the middle branch of the Altamaha, "for the convenience of the adjoining planters." This Cut, located a short distance east of here, was later used to ferry between Darien and the southern plantations of the Delta. — Map (db m11281) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-5 — McIntosh County | | | This county, created Dec. 19, 1793 from Liberty County, was named for the McIntosh family, early settlers, whose name was associated with most events in Georgia history for many years. John McIntosh, with 170 Highlanders, came to Georgia in January 1735 and founded Darien. George N. Ragan was made Tax Collector of McIntosh County Dec. 23, 1793. County officers, commissioned March 25, 1794, were William Middleton, Sheriff; John Baillie, Clerk of Superior and Inferior Courts; John Richey, . . . — Map (db m10455) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 17 — Methodists at Darien — 1836 | | | John Wesley, founder of Methodism, spent January 2 & 3, 1737, among the Scots in Darien, where he first prayed extempore.
In 1836 after many efforts, circuit riders aided by layman F. R. Shackelford organized a Society. On November 29, 1841, the cornerstone was laid for Darien Methodist Church on Vernon Square. This church, set afire twice by Federal troops in 1863, did not burn and became the rallying site for the rebuilding of Darien. Destroyed in 1881 by a hurricane, it was replaced in . . . — Map (db m10545) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — New Inverness | | | To the
Highlanders of Scotland
who founded New Inverness in 1736 AD
Their valor defended the struggling colony
from - the - Spanish - invasion
Their ideals traditions and culture
enriched
the land of their adoption — Map (db m10820) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — Oglethorpe Oak — 1736 | | | Traditional site of Oglethorpe's shelter in 1736 upon occasion of his visit to Darien, a town founded that year by Scotchmen under his direction. — Map (db m8254) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-19 — Old Fort King George | | | Site of old Fort King George, built in 1721 by Col. John Barnwell, of South Carolina, under British Royal orders. This tiny cypress blockhouse, 26 feet square, with 3 floors, and a lookout in the gable from which the guard could watch over the Inland Waterway and St. Simon`s Island, was flanked by officers quarters and barracks, and the entire area was surrounded on all but the river side by a moat and palisades. Garrisoned by his Majesty`s Independent Company, with replacements of Colony . . . — Map (db m10939) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-17 — Old River Road | | | The River Road has changed but little in location since its beginning as a Military Route in 1739. Scottish Highlanders first marched over it on their way to invade Spanish Florida, and troops have used it in three wars - the War with Spain, the Revolution, and the War Between the States. As a civilian highway, this served first as the road to Fort Barrington and the Ferry, later as an important link in the old Macon to Darien highway, over which planters in their carriages, stage coaches, and . . . — Map (db m11352) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 95-3 — Port of Darien | | | Situated ten miles from the Atlantic near the mouth of the Altamaha River, Darien attained prominence as a seaport in the 1820s. Rice and upland cotton from Georgia`s interior were shipped from the waterfront. From 1870 to 1900, Darien served as the leading international timber center on the east coast through the milling and shipment of yellow pine and cypress rafted down the Altamaha River. With the decline of the timber trade, Darien turned to the commercial harvest of seafood and was . . . — Map (db m10587) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-7 — Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church | | | Saint Andrew`s Episcopal Church in Darien received its charter in 1843, under the Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliott, first Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia. The church edifice, a large wooden building with a belfry, erected on a lot a short distance North of this site, was completed in 1844. The Rev. Richard Brown was the first Rector.
This building was burned in 1863, when Darien was put to the torch by Federal troops stationed on St. Simon`s Island, and for several years after services were held . . . — Map (db m10553) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-26 — Saint Cyprian's Episcopal Church | | | Saint Cyprian's Episcopal Church in Darien was built "for the Colored People of McIntosh County," through the efforts of the Rev. James Wentworth Leigh, D.D., F.S.A., Dean of Hereford, England. It was named for the martyred African Bishop.
Contributions toward the building of the church edifice were received from England, Philadelphia and from local citizens. Members of the congregation led by the Senior Warden, Lewis Jackson, gave devotedly of their time and labor.
Saint Cyprian's . . . — Map (db m10554) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-9 — Site of Bank of Darien | | | The old Bank of Darien, in its day the strongest Bank South of Philadelphia, was organized in 1818 with a Capital Stock of $1,000,000. The first Directors on the part of the State were: Thomas Spalding, Scott Cray, John McIntosh, James Troup, James Dunwoody; for the Stockholders: Calvin Baker, Barrington King, John Kell, Henry Hartford, Jonathan Sawyer.
With Branches in Savannah, Macon, Milledgeville, Marion, Dahlonega, Aruria and Augusta, the Bank of Darien was a powerful force in . . . — Map (db m10555) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-10 — Site of Early Spanish Mission | | | This high bluff was the site of one of the early Spanish Missions of the Old District of Guale. Here, in the late 16th and the 17th centuries, Franciscan friars labored with the Indians, converting them to Chritianity and instructing them in agriculture and other crafts of civilization.
Occupied by a large Indian village before the coming of the Spaniards, this tract was an ideal site for the mission and school activities of the Spanish priests. Archaeological excavations in the area in . . . — Map (db m11200) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 095-15 — St. Andrew's Cemetery | | | 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 Thomas Spalding, gave to Saint Andrew`s Episcopal Church in Darien the land surrounding the family plot, to be used perpetually as a cemetery. On February 20, 1876, the right Reverend Dr. Beckwith, Bishop of Georgia, consecrated the ground now known as St. Andrew`s Cemetery. — Map (db m11495) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — 95-2 — The Burning of Darien | | | On June 11, 1863 the seaport of Darien was vandalized and burned by Federal forces stationed on nearby St. Simons Island. The town was largely deserted, most of its 500 residents having sough refuge inland. Lost were public buildings, churches, businesses and most private residences. Conducting the raid were units comprised of among the first African-American troops to serve the Union cause, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers under Col. Robert G. Shaw, and the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers under . . . — Map (db m10800) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — The Oglethorpe Oak | | | The Oak Under Which
Gen. Oglethorpe Camped
Height, 75 feet
Circumference: 360 feet
Trunk 15 ft 6 in Longest Limb 61 ft.
Average Length of Limbs 50 ft.
Covers 7,600 feet
Will Shelter 5,065 Men
Age Unknown
Measured in 1895 — Map (db m12391) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — To The Soldiers Of Fort King George | | | To the Soldiers of Fort King George
who gave their lives in defense of
the Southern English Frontier in
America during the occupation of
this little outpost from 1721 to 1727
and were buried upon this bluff. Fort
King George, built on the low ground
200 yards east of here, was the first
English settlement in the land which
is now Georgia. More than 140 British
soldiers lost their lives in the first
planned effort to hold the Old Southeast
for English speaking people. — Map (db m12655) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Darien — Vernon Square | | | During the 19th and early 20th centuries
this area was the business, social and
religious center of Darien. The powerful
Bank of Darien with branches in five cities
operated here until 1842. Prominent merchants
and timber barons lived in homes around
Vernon Square when Darien was one of the
world's leading exporters of Pine Timber
from 1870 to 1910. The Methodist and
Episcopal Churches on the square were
both established in the 1840's. — Map (db m10601) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Eulonia — 095-13 — John Houstoun McIntosh | | | John Houstoun McIntosh, son of George McIntosh, was born at Rice Hope, May 1, 1773. When a young man, he settled in East Florida and became a leader of the U.S. citizens living there. He was appointed "Governor or Director of the Republic of Florida" in 1812. After a stormy career in Florida, he returned to Georgia, and in 1818 served in the Seminole War as General in the Militia.
In 1825, he began intensive cultivation of sugar cane on his plantation in Camden County, and there installed . . . — Map (db m11316) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Eulonia — 095-24 — Old Court House at Sapelo Bridge | | | Sapelo Bridge, on the old Savannah to Darien Road 200 yards east of this spot, was the seat of McIntosh County from 1793 to 1818. Here the Court House and other public buildings stood; here, too, were the Armory and Muster Ground for the McIntosh County Cavalry Troop, and here the Stage Coaches stopped to refresh the passengers and change horses. — Map (db m10986) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Eulonia — 095-21 — Rice Hope | | | Famous Rice and Indigo Plantation of Colonial and Revolutionary times, Rice Hope was the home of George McIntosh, son of John McIntosh Mor of Darien, and brother of General Lachlan McIntosh. George McIntosh was Official Surveyor for St. Andrew`s Parish, Member of the Commons House of Assembly, Member of the First Provincial Congress of Georgia, Member of the Council of Safety. During the Revolution, the home of George McIntosh at Rice Hope was burned and his slaves and stock run off by the British. — Map (db m11199) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Meridian — 95-4 — Sapelo Island | | | Situated five miles to the east, Sapelo was home to Native Americans four thousand years ago and was the site of a sixteenth-century Franciscan mission. Thomas
Spalding was a leading planter of Sea Island cotton and sugar cane during his ownership of Sapelo from 1802 to 1851. Slave descendants still live on the island at Hog Hammock. Sapelo was owned from 1912 to 1934 by automotive pioneer Howard E. Coffin, followed by tobacco heir Richard J. Reynolds from 1934 to 1964. The University of . . . — Map (db m11366) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Pine Harbor — 095-3 — Captain William McIntosh — ←——‹‹‹ | | | 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, married two Indian women and their sons, William and Roderick, became chiefs among the Creeks.
Gen. William McIntosh was killed by his own people on May 1, 1825, for signing the Treaty of Indian Springs. Later his sons and his half-brother . . . — Map (db m16172) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Pine Harbor — 095-4 — Colonel John McIntosh — <——‹‹‹ | | | 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.V. Fuser demanded the surrender of the fort on Nov. 20, 1778, replied: “Come and Take It.”
A member of the family of Scottish Highlanders who led in the settlement of Darien and for whom the county of McIntosh was named, Col. . . . — Map (db m16184) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Pine Harbor — 095-20 — Mallow Plantation | | | 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, with their sister, Miss Winnewood McIntosh, occupied the home which was built upon this bluff in the 1760`s. The exploits of the redoubtable Rory have filled pages of pre-Revolutionary Georgia history.
After the Revolution, Mallow became the . . . — Map (db m11448) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Shellman Bluff — 095-35 — Sutherland's Bluff — 1.5 mi. → | | | 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 recognition of that Lieutenant`s service at the Battle of Bloody Marsh.
At the beginning of the Revolutionary war, a shipyard was laid out at Sutherland`s Bluff, moulds were made at Philadelphia, and liveoak timbers were cut at the Bluff for the building . . . — Map (db m12261) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), South Newport — 095-32 — Confederate Post in 1864 | | | Near this spot, Company F of the Third South Carolina Cavalry, Lieut. W.L. Mole commanding, was stationed during the summer of 1864. The Company was on Patrol duty, guarding the Coast of McIntosh County.
On the night of August 18th, the post was attacked by Federal Troops coming up the South Newport River. Of Company F, less than 20 men escaped death or capture. Five civilian prisoners were taken also, and the Bridge over the South Newport River was burned. — Map (db m10631) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), South Newport — 095-29 — Jonesville — 6 mi. | | | The site of the village of Jonesville, so named for its first settler, Samuel Jones, is about 6 miles West of this road. There, early in the Revolution, McGirth with British forces attacked a small garrison at Moses Way`s stockade and a fierce battle took place, ending in the defeat of McGirth. In 1843, a Congregational Church was chartered at Jonesville, with Nathaniel Varnedoe, Wm. Jones and Moses L. Jones, Trustees. The village became a refuge for women, children and invalids from the Coast . . . — Map (db m11081) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), South Newport — 095-31 — South Newport Baptist Church | | | This Church was organized by the Rev. Charles O. Screven at Harris Neck, 7 miles West of here, during the early 1800’s. As the Harris Neck Baptist Church, it was admitted to the Sunbury Baptist Association November 12, 1824. In the early 1830’s, the Church was moved to this site and became the South Newport Baptist Church. On December 9, 1841, the South Newport Baptist Church was chartered, the Trustees named: Charles W. Thorpe, Gideon B. Dean, Thomas K. Gould. William J. Cannon, Henry J. . . . — Map (db m10579) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), South Newport — 095-11 — The McIntosh Family Of McIntosh County | | | The service of this family to America, since the first of the Clan, with their leader, Captain John McIntosh Mohr, came from the Highlands of Scotland to Georgia, in 1736, forms a brilliant record.
The roll of distinguished members of this family includes: Gen. Lachlan McIntosh, Col. William McIntosh, Col. John McIntosh, Maj. Lachlan McIntosh - officers in the Revolution; Col. James L. McIntosh, killed in the Mexican War; Maria J. McIntosh, authoress; Capt. John McIntosh, Capt. Wm. . . . — Map (db m10503) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), South Newport — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 | | | Donald McIntosh welcomed William Bartram to his home in 1773, giving him shelter from "A Tremendous Thunderstorm." — Map (db m10402) | | Georgia (McIntosh County), Townsend — 095-2 — Fort Barrington — >>-- 10 --> | | | Approximately ten miles west of here on the banks of the Altamaha River stood Fort Barrington, a stronghold whose origin dates back to earliest Colonial times. It was built as a defense against the Spaniards and Indians and was called Fort Barrington in honor of a friend and kinsman of General James Edward Oglethorpe, Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Barrington. This gentleman, a scion of the English nobility, was a large landowner in Georgia, whose home was just east of Barrington Ferry on San . . . — Map (db m13519) |
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