William H. McIntosh Sr. (abt. 1745 - abt. 1794)

Born about 1745 in Coweta, Georgia

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Died about 1794 at about age 49 in Pine Harbor, McIntosh, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Captain William McIntosh Sr. served with Loyalists during the American Revolution.

William McIntosh Sr. is a member of Clan MacKintosh.

William McIntosh Sr. was a Georgia colonist.

He was born about 1745 in Coweta, Georgia and his parents were John McIntosh and Mary Mcgillivray.

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 Sehoy III (McGillivray) Weatherford (1755-1812), 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]

Children

Children by wife#1, Senoia Henneha ...

1. William H. "Tustunnuggee Hutkee = White Warrior” McIntosh, Jr., b: 11 Sep 1780; d: 30 Apr 1825; occ: Lt. USN & Chief; m1: Maria Hillary; m2: Susannah "Sugi" Rowe ^[2]
2. Matilda McIntosh, b: c1780 Coweta, GA; m: George Stinson.

Children by wife#2, Sehoy III (McGillivray) Weatherford ...

1. Roderick "Roley" McIntosh, b: c1785; d: c1863; m: Susannah "Sugi" Rowe (1798-1851) (widow of his half-brother, William H. McIntosh, Jr.).
2. Daniel, b. abt 1785, Fayette Co., GA., d abt 1837. Married Sarah ___, a Cherokee.

Children by wife#3, Barbara McIntosh ...

1. John McIntosh, occ: Treasury Dept. Collector for the Port of Savannah, GA
2. Jane McIntosh, d: 1819; m: Henry Gignillia(t).

Notes

Captain William McIntosh Historic Marker^[3]

Inscription.

In this plot under the “Great Oak at Mallow Plantation,” Captain William McIntosh, father of the Indian chief, General William McIntosh, was buried in 1794. Captain McIntosh, an officer in the British army, when stationed in the Creek country, married two Indian women and their sons, William and Roderick, became chiefs among the Creeks.

Gen. William McIntosh was killed by his own people on May 1, 1825, for signing the Treaty of Indian Springs. Later his sons and his half-brother Roderick (Roley) led the great Creek trek to Old Indian Territory. They and their descendants have been distinguished lawyers, ministers, statesmen, artists, soldiers – noted leaders in the building of the West.

Location. 31° 32.759′

N, 81° 22.576′ W. Marker is in Pine Harbor, Georgia, in McIntosh County. Marker is on Fairhope Road (Cooke Avenue), on the right when traveling south. 2.8 miles E of US 17, 2.2 mi N of Eulonia. Some street signs call this Fairhope Rd, Foir Hoppe Road and Cooke Avenue.

Sources

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ georgiaencyclopedia for son William McIntosh (1778-1825)
3. ↑ Captain William McIntosh Historic Marker, (website) THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE. Photos and info originally submitted 16 Feb 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. Accesses 12 Jan 2022.

• "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

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