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The majority of Chief McIntosh's descendants migrated to Indian Territory before 1831, when the U.S. federal government began forcibly removing tribes west in the Trail of Tears. Two of Chief McIntosh's sons, Chilly and Daniel, served as Confederate officers during the American Civil War. Daughter Kate and her family became pre-statehood ...
On 12 Feb 1825, Chief William McIntosh, Head Chief of the Lower Creeks, signed a treaty to sell Creek ancestral lands without authorization of the Creek tribe. This became known as the Treaty of Indian Springs, Georgia. Eola and McIntosh were good friends, but Eola and most of the other chiefs refused to support McIntosh in signing the treaty. [3]
Huntly, at the same time of withdrawing William's office from him gave lands to the conspiring Lachlan who then accused William of conspiring to take the life of Huntly. Huntly then seized chief William Mackintosh and put him on trial on 2 August 1550 at Aberdeen. Thomas Menzies, the Provost of Aberdeen defended William Mackintosh with some ...
Chilly McIntosh (c. 1800–1875) was an important figure in the history of the Creek Nation. [a] Born in Georgia to William McIntosh, chief of the Lower Creeks and his wife Eliza, he was the half-brother of D. N. McIntosh and the nephew of Roley McIntosh, another Creek chief. [1] [b]
The senior William McIntosh was the son of Capt. John McIntosh, who had immigrated with his brother Roderick, and with John "Mòr" McIntosh from Scotland. [4] Confusion about the names stems from the fact that on their ship The Prince of Wales , at least five males were named John McIntosh in one form or another.
On April 30, 1825, Menawa led a party of 120-150 lawmenders from towns of the ceded land; they executed chief William McIntosh, and Etommee Tustunnuggee, who had alienated communal Creek land without the consent of the National Council. They burned down McIntosh's mansion at Indian Springs, and confiscated his 100 slaves, livestock and produce.
By citing verses from the Bible and Christian theologians in his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker alarmed advocates for church-state separation, while delighting religious ...
The younger McGillivray became a prominent Creek chief and planter, and a slaveholder like his father. Though McGillivray made neither mention nor provision for his daughters in his will, their accounts attest to a relationship with him, as they visited him in Savannah, and Sophia named her oldest son, Lachlan McGillivray Durant, for him. [5]