General Lachlan McIntosh (1727-1806)

Lachlan McIntosh, Georgia's ranking Continental officer in the American Revolution, was the son of John Mor Mackintosh who settled with a group of Highlanders on the Altamaha in 1736. Lachlan served as a cadet in Oglethorpe's Regiment and received part of his schooling at Bethesda. During the Colonial era, he became a leading planter at Darien, accumulating a considerable amount of property which he lost in the Revolution.