Name derivation:Named in honor of Lachlan McIntosh, Continental commander at Valley Forge, Fort Pitt, Savannah and Charleston, taken prisoner of war, later exchanged. Mortally wounded Button Gwinnett in a duel, May 16, 1777. Timeline of Lachlan McIntosh
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Cities: Darien (county seat)

Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in McIntosh County, Georgia
McIntosh County, Georgia, links