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McIntosh County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,975, a drop of 23.4 percent since the 2010 census. The county seat is Darien.
Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon, bordered on the east by the Oconee River. The rapid current of the river here made this an attractive location to build a city. It was the capital of Georgia from 1804 to 1868, including during the American Civil War. Milledgeville was preceded as the capital city by Louisville and was succeeded by Atlanta, the current capital. Today U.S. Highway 441 connects Milledgeville to Madison, Athens, and Dublin.
Darien is a city in and the county seat of McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It lies on Georgia's coast at the mouth of the Altamaha River, approximately 50 miles south of Savannah, and is part of the Brunswick, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. It is the second-oldest planned city in Georgia and was originally called New Inverness. The population of Darien was 1,460 at the 2020 census, down from 1,975 in 2010.
Sapelo Island is a state-protected barrier island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. The island is accessible only by boat; the primary ferry comes from the Sapelo Island Visitors Center in McIntosh County, Georgia, a seven-mile (11 km), twenty-minute trip. It is the site of Hog Hammock, the last known Gullah community. Access to the island is restricted to residents, landowners, or guests thereof. Public access must be obtained by getting a permit issued by state tourism authorities.
Eulonia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McIntosh County in the U.S. state of Georgia. Part of the Brunswick, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, it is in the Low Country between Savannah and Brunswick near Interstate 95.
The Darien Short Line Railroad was intended to transport timber from Tattnall and Liberty counties in the state of Georgia to Sapelo Sound on the coast. The company was incorporated in 1885 and was authorized to transport both passengers and freight. Work was began in 1889 by local businessmen using Northern capital. Track was laid from Collins in Tattnall County to McIntosh County, with a spur line carrying timber to the Sapelo River, but the company went bankrupt before the line was completed. It was then purchased by the Darien and Western Railroad in 1894, which extended it to Darien, Georgia, in 1895.
In Georgia folklore, the Altamaha-ha is a legendary creature, alleged to inhabit the myriad small streams and abandoned rice fields near the mouth of the Altamaha River in southeastern Georgia. Sightings are particularly reported around Darien and elsewhere in McIntosh County.
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Thomas Spalding was a United States representative from Georgia. He was born in Frederica, Georgia, St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1795, but did not practice. He engaged extensively in agricultural pursuits and is widely known for owning slaves
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The McIntosh County School District is a public school district in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States, based in Darien. It serves the communities of Crescent, Darien, Eulonia, and Townsend.
Lachlan McIntosh was a Scottish American military and political leader during the American Revolution and the early United States. In a 1777 duel, he fatally shot Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence ten months earlier.
John McIntosh Kell was an officer in the Confederate navy during the American Civil War, during which time Kell was First Lieutenant and Executive Officer of the commerce raider CSS Alabama.
Hog Hammock is an African-American community on Sapelo Island, a barrier island of the U.S. state of Georgia. The osland is near the port of Darien, Georgia about 45 miles (72 km) south of Savannah.
Creighton Island is a privately owned, barrier island in McIntosh County, Georgia. The island received its name from Alexander Creighton, a businessman from Savannah, Georgia, who owned the island in 1778.
Hird Island is a private island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. It was historically used for the harvesting of lumber during the lumber boom of Georgia in the 1800s. Today it hosts private homes along with a grass airstrip on the north end.
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Lectured Crawford was a teacher, A.M.E. Church minister, and state legislator in Georgia. He was one of the last African American legislators in Georgia prior to the prohibition on Black people holding office in the state.
Amos Rodgers, often spelled Amos Rogers, was an American politician. He was a state legislator in Georgia. He represented McIntosh County, Georgia from 1878 through 1879.
W. H. Rogers was an American politician. He was a state legislator in Georgia and was the only African-American to serve in the 99th Georgia State Assembly. He represented McIntosh County, Georgia from 1902 until 1907.
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- ↑ Bacote, Clarence Albert (February 23, 1987). "The Negro in Georgia Politics, 1880–1908". University of Chicago. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021– via Google Books.
- ↑ Sullivan, Buddy (February 23, 1990). Early Days on the Georgia Tidewater: The Story of McIntosh County & Sapelo : Being a Documented Narrative Account, with Particular Attention to the County's Waterway and Maritime Heritage; Plantation Culture and Uses of the Land in the 19th Century; and a Detailed Analysis of the History of Sapelo Island. McIntosh County Board of Commissioners. ISBN 9780962580802. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021– via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Georgia's Negro Legislators". Savannah Morning News. 3 October 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ↑ Representatives, Georgia General Assembly House of (February 23, 1899). "Journal ..." Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021– via Google Books.
- 1 2 History, Georgia Department of Archives and (August 9, 1925). "Georgia's Official Register". Department of Archives and History. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021– via Google Books.
- ↑ Legare, John Girardeau (July 1, 2012). The Darien Journal of John Girardeau Legare, Ricegrower. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820343105. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021– via Google Books.
- ↑ Grant, Donald Lee (2001). The Way it was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia. University of Georgia Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8203-2329-9 . Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ↑ "Union and recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1872–1886, October 07, 1884, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers". Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.