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McIntosh Reserve is an outdoor recreation area along the Chattahoochee River located in Carroll County, Georgia. The 527-acre (2.13 km 2 ) park is operated by the Carroll County Recreation Department and supports outdoor activities including camping , hiking, fishing, and others.
The McIntosh Reserve Park was established in Whitesburg, Georgia. Chief McIntosh Lake in Georgia is named after him. McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Georgia is named after him. In 1921, McIntosh's grave was marked by a boulder with a bronze tablet placed by the William McIntosh Chapter, DAR in October 1921. The inscription states:
The Council ruled that McIntosh and other signatories had committed a capital offense against the Creek government and people by ceding communal lands, and ordered their execution. [14] McIntosh was murdered at his home, Acorn Bluff, in 1825. [14] McIntosh's grave is located in the McIntosh Reserve, adjacent to his reconstructed home. [10]
McIntosh was killed at his plantation home, at what has been preserved as the McIntosh Reserve. Menawa and a force of 100-150 Law Defenders from Upper Town lands ceded in this treaty carried out the executions of two other men, including Samuel Hawkins, one of McIntosh's sons-in-law. Benjamin Hawkins Jr., another son-in-law, was also named for ...
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) preserves a series of sites between Atlanta and Lake Sidney Lanier along the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, U.S.The 48-mile (77 km) stretch of the river affords public recreation opportunities and access to historic sites.
McIntosh's influence in the area was extended by his family ties to Georgia's planter elite through his wealthy Scots father of the same name. McIntosh was also connected to the McGillivray clan. A resident of Savannah, the senior McIntosh had strong ties to the British and had served as a Loyalist officer during the American Revolution. He ...
This is a list of state parks in Georgia.The park system of the US state of Georgia was founded in 1931 with Indian Springs State Park and Vogel State Park.Indian Springs has been operated by the state as a public park since 1825, making it perhaps the oldest state park in the United States. [1]
Muscogee cessions in Georgia under the treaty. The treaty that was agreed was negotiated with six chiefs of the Lower Creek, led by William McIntosh.McIntosh agreed to cede all Muscogee lands east of the Chattahoochee River, including the sacred Ocmulgee National Monument, to Georgia and Alabama, and accepted relocation west of the Mississippi River to an equivalent parcel of land along the ...