Colonel John McIntosh
About one mile from this spot, at Fairhope, the adjoining plantation, Colonel John McIntosh, hero of the american revolution, was buried in 1826.
It was Colonel McIntosh, in command of Fort Morris at Sunbury, who, when the British Lieut. Col. L.V. Fuser demanded the surrender of the fort on Nov. 20, 1778, replied: ´Come and Take It.´
A member of the family of Scotich Highlanders who led in the settlement of Darien and for whom the county of McIntosh was named, Col. McIntosh had a long and distinguished military career, serving throughout the Revolution and the War of 1812.
GHM 095-4 Georgia Historical Commission 1955
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Mike Stroud.