416 McINTOSH COUNTY. 



Education. — The wealthier classes are highly educated, 

 but generally little interest is felt in the subject of education. 

 Number of poor children, 127; educational fund, $110 12. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is warm, 

 and unhealthy. The planters are in the habit of retreating, 

 during the summer months, to the pine lands. Numerous 

 instances of longevity are recorded. Mrs. Susannah Ford 

 died in this county at the age of 113 years ; Mr. John Grant, 

 a soldier under Oglethorpe, was nearly 90 at his death ; Mrs. 

 Mary Ann Mcintosh died in 1835, aged 100 years; George 

 White, 81 ; John Calder, 77. Both of these gentlemen were 

 soldiers of the Revolution. Mr. Thomas Spalding, we believe, 

 is the oldest person now living in the county. We cannot 

 permit this opportunity to pass without a tribute to the worth 

 of this distinguished gentleman. Of such a man any country 

 might be proud. He has filled many high offices, and contri- 

 buted much to advance the agriculture and literature of Geor- 

 gia. His residence is on Sapelo Island. 



Character of the People. — Like all parts of lower Geor- 

 gia, the citizens of Mcintosh are generally intelligent and 

 hospitable. 



Religious Sects. — Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, 

 and a few Episcopalians. 



Value of Town Lots, &c. — The value of town lots is 

 $43,832. Value of stock in trade, $40,200. Money at inte- 

 rest, $2,850. 



Name. — This county was named to commemorate the ser- 

 vices of the Mcintosh family. The Mclntoshes were among the 

 earliest settlers of Georgia ; and their name is associated with 

 almost every event in its history, from the arrival of Oglethorpe 

 to the present time. In the war against the Spaniards, in the war 

 of the Revolution, in that of 1812, and in the recent war against 

 Mexico, the Mclntoshes acquired great distinction. Major 

 General Lachlan Mcintosh, a hero of the Revolution, was 

 born at Borlam, not far from Inverness, in Scotland. His fa- 

 ther, John More Mcintosh, with 130 Highlanders, came to 

 Georgia with Oglethorpe, in 1736, and settled upon the Alata- 

 hama, at a place which they called Inverness, now Darien. 

 At this early period, the means of education in Georgia were 

 very limited ; but young Mcintosh, blessed with an intelligent 



