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- William served as a cadet in General James Oglethorpe's regiment. He fought in the Battle of Bloody Marsh in 1742. As a reward for his service, William was awarded a land grant on the Sapelo River on Black Island. He named his property "Fair Hope." "Fair Hope" comprised some 50 acres of land bounded on all sides by the Altamaha River and creeks. Black Island contained some 700 acres, 200 of which had already been deeded to William's father, John Mor McIntosh.
William owned another plantation called "Kelvin Grove." Originally the spelling was "Kelvyn Grove." There is speculation that it was named for the McIntosh family home in Scotland. When the American Revolution broke out, McIntosh served as a colonel of the Light Horse. When Fort Howe was attacked in October 1776, Colonel McIntosh and his troop of Light Horse drove the invaders off. He was in charge of the Southern Area of Georgia and used Fort Howe as his base of operations. An adittional garrison was posted downriver at Darien. Unfortunately, Colonel McIntosh suffered severe financial losses during the war. His plantation, "Kelvin Grove", was plundered by the Tories who remained loyal to the British crown. When the list of names was published in 1780 of those who had been disloyal to the British government according to the Disqualification Act, William's name was there. So was his brother Lachlan's.
Sources: Buddy L. Sullivan, Eugenia Price, Norman Delaney
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MACINTOSH CEMETERY, St. Simons Island, Glynn Co., Georgia
Transcribed by Amy Hedrick, November 2003
Sinclair Plantation
This was the plantation of Archibald Sinclair, tything man of the town of Frederica. In 1765 it was granted to Donald Forbes as bounty land for his services in Oglethorpe's Regiment. Forbes sold to General Lachlan McIntosh of Revolutionary fame, whose son, Major William McIntosh, lived and died in the old plantation house. Here, in the family burial plot, lie the bodies of Major McIntosh and his two children. The Agricultural and Sporting Club of St. Simons Island, an organization of plantation owners founded in 1832, used the old tabby house as their club house.
Today this is a private "neighborhood" that is gated, permission is needed by the land owners to visit the gravesite.
The following is a transcription of the three tombstones located at this site. These are the graves
of a father, and two of his children.
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WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, MAJOR GA TROOPS, REV WAR, DECEMBER 1, 1799
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Here lies the remains of Sarah Mackintosh the only Daughter and last Child of Major William Mackintosh born 8th March 1792 and died 5th Augt. 1795
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Here lies the Body of John Lachlan Mackintosh son of Major William Mackintosh of the late American Revolution Army was born 3d Janry. 1790 died 22d Sept. 1794
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1726 - 1799 (73 years)
