Capt. William McIntosh

Not the same as Lt. Col. William "the elder" McIntosh

Capt. William H. McIntosh was the son of John McIntosh (b. 1715 in Scotland, d. 1787) of McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River above Mobile, AL, and Margaret (Marian) McGillivary; he had one sister Catherine who married George/John Troup and was the father of George Troup who became Gov. of GA.

Biography

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He was born about 1745 in Coweta, Georgia and his parents were Margaret Marian (McGillivray) and John Mohr McIntosh (1715-1787).

His father moved the family from Georgia to what is now western Alabama, USA, where he operated a trading post; William spent most of his childhoood at McIntosh Bluff, Alabama.

He had one sister Catherine (McIntosh) Troup who was the mother of George Troup, who became a Governor of Georgia, USA.

By 1775 William H. McIntosh had first married to Senoia Henneha (c1758-c1779, daughter of Taski Henneah), a full blood Creek Indian.

During the American Revolutionary War, he became a Tory Captain in the British Army.

By 1785 William H. McIntosh had married secondly to a Creek Indian of the Wind Clan.

He later abandoned his Creek Indian wives, and married thirdly to his cousin, Barbara McIntosh, daughter of Jeanne (MacKay) and William McIntosh of the Fair Hope Plantation.

He was a Captain and Indian Agent who resided on the Mallow Plantation.

He died about 1794 at Pine Harbor, McIntosh County, Georgia, USA. [1]

Family

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Capt. William H. McIntosh was the son of John McIntosh (b. 1715 in Scotland, d. 1787) of McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River above Mobile, AL, and Margaret (Marian) McGillivary; he had one sister Catherine who married George/John Troup and was the father of George Troup who became Gov. of GA.

William H. McIntosh Sr. married about. 1774, (1) Senoia (Senoya), daughter of Taski Henneah; they had Creek Chief William H. McIntosh Jr. and Matilda McIntosh. He married (2) a Creek Woman of the Wind Clan; they had Chief Roderick "Roley" McIntosh.

He later abandoned his Creek Indian wives, and married his cousin (3) Barbara McIntosh of Fair Hope Plantation. Fair Hope was just south of Mallow Plantation, Pine Harbor GA, where Capt. Roderick "Roley" McIntosh and his spinster sister Miss Winnewood McIntosh lived.

William and Barbara had the following children: Lt (USN) William R. McIntosh b. 11 Sep 1780 who married Maria Hillary; John who worked for the Treasury Dept. as Collector for the Port of Savannah, GA; and Jane who married Henry Gignilliat.

His father left GA and went to what is now western AL some time after William's birth and operated a trading post; William spent most of his childhoood at McIntosh Bluff, AL, and met his 1st wife Senoya/Senoia, a full blood Creek at his father's trading post.

William became a Tory Capt. in the British Army during the Revolutionary War.

References

• Frank, A. (2002). The Rise and Fall of William McIntosh: Authority and Identity on the Early American Frontier. The Georgia Historical Quarterly, 86(1), 18-48. Retrieved August 14, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40584639
• The McGillivray and McIntosh Traders, On the Old Southwest Frontier 1716-1815 by Amos J. Wright
• ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10865899 for Capt. William H. McIntosh, Sr., b: 1745 Coweta County, Georgia, USA; d: 1794 Pine Harbor, McIntosh County, Georgia, USA; buried: Mallow Plantation Cemetery, Pine Harbor, McIntosh County, Georgia, USA
• ↑ georgiaencyclopedia for son William McIntosh (1778-1825)
• "History of Georgia" by Charles C. Jones & published in 2 volumes in 1883 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company of Boston, MA, USA; on ancestry.com citing image #803 of 1126; p217, "Return of the Georgia Battalion"; Text: 1776/Feb/16 A return of the Officers chosen for the Battalion ordered to be raised for the protection and defence of the Colony of Georgia, Feb 16, 1776: "Fifth Company, Captain, Thomas Chisholm; First Lieut., Caleb Howell; Second Lieut., Francis Arthur; Ensign, William McIntosh"
• Geni World Family Tree on MyHeritage citing record#MH:SC500481; for William H. McIntosh, b: 1745 (father: John McIntosh & mother: Margaret "Mary" McGillivary) occ: Captain & Indian Agent; res: Mallow Plantation; wife: Senoia Henneha
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 1 2018, 2:03:52 UTC