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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM74R_jonesville_Townsend-GA.html
The site of the village of Jonesville, so named for its first settler, Samuel Jones, is about 6 miles West of this road. There, early in the Revolution, McGirth with British forces attacked a small garrison at Moses Way`s stockade and a fierce bat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM72H_old-court-house-at-sapelo-bridge_Townsend-GA.html
Sapelo Bridge, on the old Savannah to Darien Road 200 yards east of this spot, was the seat of McIntosh County from 1793 to 1818. Here the Court House and other public buildings stood; here, too, were the Armory and Muster Ground for the McIntosh …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XH_old-meeting-house_Townsend-GA.html
Two hundred yards west of this spot stood the "Old Meeting House," built before 1750 to serve the Scottish Presbyterians of the District of Darien. A landmark in Colonial days, it was in use until after the Revolutionary War, both as a church and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RI_capture-of-23-old-men-in-1864_Townsend-GA.html
Near here, in Ebenezer Church, 23 old men were captured by Federal troops on the night of August 3rd, 1864. These civilians, too old for military service, were the sole protection of McIntosh County, which was constantly being plundered by forces …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RD_the-mcintosh-family-of-mcintosh-county_Townsend-GA.html
The service of this family to America, since the first of the Clan, with their leader, Captain John McIntosh Mohr, came from the Highlands of Scotland to Georgia, in 1736, forms a brilliant record.
The roll of distinguished members of this fami…