Near Wetumpka in Elmore County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

McGillivray Plantation

Known As Little Tallase and "The Apple Grove"

— 1740 - 1793 —

McGillivray Plantation Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 7, 2024

1. McGillivray Plantation Marker

Inscription. Here lived Lachlan Mc Gillivray, a Scotch trader among the Indians. His wife, Sehoy, was the daughter of the French Captain, Marchand and Sehoy of the Creek Tribe of the Wind. Here was born their son, General Alexander McGillivray, who went in 1790 with Colonel Marinus Willett from this plantation to New York City to visit President George Washington. Here LeClerc Milfort, the Frenchman, was married to Alexander McGillivray's sister during the American Revolution. Lieut. John Heth, U. S. A., treaty commissioner, and John Pope, traveler, were here in 1791.

Erected 1930 by Alabama Anthropological Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #01 George Washington series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 13, 1930.

Location. 32° 36.022′ N, 86° 12.463′ W. Marker is near Wetumpka, Alabama, in Elmore County. It is on Weoka Road (County Road 211) south of Grier Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal

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address: 895 Weoka Rd, Wetumpka AL 36092, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wetumpka Impact Crater (approx. 3.4 miles away); Elmore County Training School (approx. 3.4 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 3½ miles away); Wetumpka, Alabama (approx. 3.6 miles away); Welton Blanton Doby High School (approx. 3.7 miles away); Wetumpka L&N Depot (approx. 4.1 miles away); Wetumpka Methodist Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); The Wetumpka Light Guard (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wetumpka.

More about this marker. Located in front

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 7, 2024

2. McGillivray Plantation Marker

of a private residence. Please do not enter private property.

Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia article on Lachlan Mc Gillivray. (Submitted on March 7, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. McGillivray Plantation ruins ....Wetumpka. (Submitted on March 7, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

McGillivray Plantation Marker looking north on Weoka Rd. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 7, 2024

3. McGillivray Plantation Marker looking north on Weoka Rd.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 7, 2024

4. McGillivray Plantation Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,068 times since then and 98 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 7, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.