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Welcome to McIntosh County, Georgia, a part of the GAGenWeb and USGenWeb family of sites. McIntosh County, one of Georgia's coastal counties, was created from Liberty County on Dec. 19, 1793 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1793, p. 10). Georgia's 18th county was named for the McIntosh family -- particularly Capt. John McIntosh (who in 1736 led a group of Scot Highlanders in the settlement of Darien) and his son Gen. Lachlan McIntosh (who was a hero of the American Revolution). |
Counties adjacent to McIntosh are Liberty, Long, Wayne and Glynn.
If you have any family information that you would like to share, please email me and it will be included here. Thank You, and please visit again! THIS PAGE WAS LAST UPDATED April 15, 2009.
Please note that I do not have any access to the resources stated on this page. |
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The Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties, created by Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia, has many historical maps of McIntosh County. Also located at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government is the Georgia Historical Markers project, which includes a transcript of and photographs of historical markers in McIntosh County.
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| The Georgia 1885 Atlas and Gazetteer contains a listing of all Georgia towns and communties in 1885 as well as links to Georgia county maps from the Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World from 1885. |
The Vanishing Georgia Photographic Collection of over 18,000 images is the result of a Georgia Archives project begun in the mid-1970s to locate and copy historically significant photographs held by individuals throughout Georgia. Vanishing Georgia's historical photographs document the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the state. The project visited 66 counties and includes images from almost all of Georgia's counties including McIntosh County. Be sure to visit this excellent site!
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The 1880 US Federal Census located at the LDS Family Search site is an excellent resource! Be sure to look for your McIntosh County ancestors in this massive database of the entire US 1880 Federal Census.
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The National Register of Historic Places McIntosh County Inventory page contains interesting information about historic sites in Liberty County.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family History Library Catalog McIntosh County listings gives detailed information on what is available pertaining to McIntosh County.
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The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is an excellent resource from the US National Park Service. This system includes a computerized database containing basic facts about servicemen who served during the Civil War. The database currently contains approximately 2.7 million soldier names from over 30 states and territories.
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Documenting the American South is an electronic collection sponsored by the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. It supplies teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level with a wide array of titles they can use for reference, studying, teaching, and research.
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| Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: US - Georgia, contains an abundance of excellent links to various internet sites dealing with Georgia genealogy and history.
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The Online Books Page History: United States (Regional), and the Americas Section, contains links to scores of valuable 19th century and earlier regional histories, biographies and other works.
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Making of America, (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
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Looking for a location in McIntosh County? If so try the USGS GNIS database. Contains information on cemeteries, creeks, post offices and much more!
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The Political Graveyard McIntosh County page contains several valuable links pertaining to McIntosh County as well as links to biographies of politicians who were either born in, or were residents of McIntosh County.
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| An excellent contemporary map of McIntosh County is the Georgia Department of Transportation map. This detailed map shows roads, creeks, communities and much more. This map is in PDF format. |
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| This web site is affiliated with the GAGenWeb and The USGenWeb Projects
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Meg Fuller, County Coordinator
Ed Gordon, State Coordinator
Vivian Saffold, Assistant State Coordinator |
| if you have any family information that you would like to share, please email me and it will be included here. Please note that I can not answer questions directly related to surnames or specific resources as I do not have access to that material. Thank You, and please visit again! |
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