About the Book
History and legends of MacDonald and Mackintosh clan members in the Scottish Highlands and their descendants in the United States during the period 1715 to 1791, with emphasis on the Jacobite Risings and the American Revolution. Describes the settlement of Darien, Georgia, by Mackintosh/ McIntosh clan members, and the struggle between Spanish colonists in Florida and British colonists in Georgia and South Carolina. Emphasis on people named in subtitle: General Lachlan McIntosh emigrated with his father John Mackintosh Mor from Scotland to the settlement at Darien, Georgia, served in Oglethorpe's regiment at Fort Frederica, and held important commands in the Continental Army during the American Revolution; Flora MacDonald rescued Bonnie Prince Charlie after the Jacobite Rising of 1745, emigrated to North Carolina before the American Revolution, lost her plantation because she, her husband and their sons remained loyal to the king, and returned to Scotland; Roderick "Rory" McIntosh, a grandson of Brigadier William Mackintosh of Borlum, grew up in Scotland, emigrated to Darien with his family, and served in the British army during the American Revolution; Aeneas the 22nd Chief of Clan Mackintosh served as a ranger in colonial South Carolina, returned to Scotland before the Rising of 1745, and remained loyal to the government; "Colonel Anne" Mackintosh married the 22nd Chief of Clan Mackintosh and brought out the clan for Bonnie Prince Charlie in the Rising of 1745; Continental Colonel John McIntosh defiantly defended Sunbury, Georgia, and was taken prisoner at Brier Creek; John Mackintosh Mor fought in the Rising of 1715, led the Scots who settled Darien, Georgia, and was taken prisoner in the Battle of Mosa; Aeneas the 23rd Chief of Clan Mackintosh served as a captain in the 71st Highlanders throughout the American Revolution; Brigadier William Mackintosh of Borlum led Jacobite forces in the Rising of 1715 and also participated in the Rising of 1719; Alexander McDonald was born in the Scottish Highlands and emigrated to Georgia as a recruit for the regiment at Fort Frederica; His son Sergeant Alexander McDonald served in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment under the command of Francis Marion in the American Revolution; Allen McDonald performed heroic feats in Marion's Brigade during the American Revolution. This book is a collection of legends. Legends are neither fiction nor nonfiction; they are based on historical events and feature historical people, but they intertwine mythology, folklore, and creative storytelling with histori-cal facts. I did not invent any of these legends; they have all been published before. I have focused on legends involving Clan Mackintosh in Scotland and its McIntosh progeny in America. I also have included information on my immigrant ancestor Alexander McDonald, who was among the Highlanders who founded Darien, Georgia, and information on his son - known in my family as Alexander McDonald Jr. - who served in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment in the American Revolution. I have included good stories about legendary characters who share my family name, including Flora MacDonald - who witnessed both the Jacobite Rising of 1745 in Scotland and the Revolution in America - and the remarkable "Serjt. M'Donald" of Francis Marion's backcountry brigade. I have combined the various legends into a single narrative told in chronological order. Most of the legends are combat tales, and most of the characters are men. The narrative begins with the adventures of John Mackintosh Mor in the Jacobite Rising of 1715. It then follows the lives of John Mor's children (including Continental General Lachlan McIntosh), John Mor's grandchildren (including Colonel John McIntosh), and the descendants (including Rory McIntosh) of John Mor's uncle, Brigadier William Mackintosh from Borlum. Meanwhile, the adventures of several chiefs of Clan Mackintosh intermingle with the adventures of John Mor's family in Scotland and Ameri
About the Author :
DANIEL MCDONALD JOHNSON I learned to write stories by working at community newspapers for twenty-five years. I worked as a reporter, photographer and editor at newspapers in Charleston, Ridgeland, Walterboro, Barnwell and Allendale, South Carolina, and the newspaper in Sylvania, Georgia. I also have done freelance work for newspapers and magazines, including Sandlapper: The Magazine of South Carolina. I wrote entries on Allendale County, the town of Al-lendale and the town of Fairfax for The South Carolina Encyclopedia, University of South Carolina Press, 2006. In 2012, I published Brier Creek: A guide to the histo-ry and legend of a Revolutionary War battlefield and related sites near the Savannah River, available from Amazon.com and other retail outlets My poetry has been published in Lowcountry Weekly and Charleston Poetic Review. My photography has been used on the 1990 South Carolina Coastal Council tide chart poster and the 1989 Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative directory cover. Selections of my photographs are displayed at the Colleton Museum in Walterboro, South Carolina, and the Salkehatchie Arts Center in Allendale, South Carolina. Please visit my Web site at danielmcdonaldjohnson.com. You may write me at P.O. Box 747, Allendale, SC 29810, or email me at danielmcdonaldjohnson@gmail.com I have focused on legends involving Clan Mackintosh in Scotland and its McIntosh progeny in America from 1715 through 1791. I also have included what little information I could find on my immigrant ancestor Alexander McDonald, who was among the Highlanders who founded Darien, Georgia, and information on his son - known in my family as Alexander McDonald Jr. - who served in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment in the American Revolution and presumably participated in the sieges of Savannah and Charleston. His descendants acquired Fairhope Plantation, the former home of Colonel John McIntosh. My grandfather and namesake Daniel McDonald was born at Fairhope, lived in McIntosh County most of his life, and retired to Pine Harbor, just up the river from Fairhope and in the vicinity of Mallow, the plantation where Roderick McIntosh lived before the Revolution
