The McIntosh Brothers – Leaders of Coastal Georgia’s Patriot Rangers

The McIntosh Brothers – Leaders of Coastal Georgia’s Patriot Rangers

by Denise Weimer Two of the sons of John Mohr McIntosh and Marjory McIntosh, who lived on the Altamaha River near Darien, Georgia, played pivotal military roles in South/Coastal Georgia at the outbreak of the American Revolution. William was John’s oldest son. Lachlan was second oldest, born in 1727. When he was eleven, an alligator killed his three-year-old brother Lewis while they were swimming in the river, leaving seven children—William, Lac…