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27-512: McIntosh County is the name of several counties in the United States: McIntosh County, Georgia McIntosh County, North Dakota McIntosh County, Oklahoma [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

54-525: A majority of white Georgia legislators agreed that even though blacks had the right to vote, the Georgia constitution prohibited them from holding office. (See Original 33 .) Campbell Sr. was able to return to office in 1871, but lost a bid for re-election in 1872. During his time as state senator, Campbell served on the Senate's Petitions and General Education committees. His post-legislative work as Justice of

81-531: A total area of 574 square miles (1,490 km ), of which 424 square miles (1,100 km ) is land and 150 square miles (390 km ) (26.1%) is water. The vast majority of McIntosh County is located in the Ogeechee Coastal sub-basin of the larger Ogeechee basin. The entire southwestern border of the county is located in the Altamaha River sub-basin of the basin by the same name. As of

108-591: A traffic signal at the intersection of GA-251 and US-17 , as well as at the Interstate 95 exit ramps on GA-251 , as traffic flow has increased in Darien in recent years. However, no definite plans have been made in regards to potential future traffic signals. McIntosh County is also one of just a handful of counties in Georgia that no longer has an active railroad . The short-lived Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad once ran along present-day SR 99 and SR 57 but

135-535: Is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of the 2020 census , the population was 10,975, a drop of 23.4 percent since the 2010 census . The county seat is Darien . McIntosh County is included in the Brunswick , GA Metropolitan Statistical Area . The area which was formally named McIntosh County was originally settled by the British in 1721 with the construction of Fort King George , which

162-542: The 2020 United States census , there were 10,975 people, 6,042 households, and 4,065 families residing in the county. McIntosh County is noteworthy for being the only county in its area having no cycled traffic lights. There are two flashing lights in the county, however. One is at the four-way stop intersection of US-17 and GA-99 in Eulonia , and the other is at the intersection of US-17 and First Street in downtown Darien. There have been discussions in Darien of placing

189-557: The Howard Hotel in New York City for some time (at least from 1842 to 45). He later wrote a well-regarded 1848 guide to hotel management, Hotel Keepers, Head Waiters, and Housekeepers' Guide (1848), one of the earliest hospitality books by an African American. A collection of culinary recipes and counsel on hotel management, its advice to employers and employees alike, offered guidance to African-American workers in one of

216-738: The 1970s, even following the federal civil rights legislation of the previous decade. In September 1975, the Georgia Legal Services Program, on behalf of the local NAACP , filed suit in United States District Court , alleging that women and blacks were systematically excluded from grand juries responsible for appointing members to the McIntosh County Board of Education. The following May, plaintiffs and county officials reached an agreement providing for random jury selection. In 1977,

243-493: The 20th century, McIntosh has now more recently leaned Republican, backing Donald Trump by the most it has supported a GOP presidential candidate since Richard Nixon in 1972 , despite Trump's narrow statewide loss in 2020 and Nixon's landslide victory. 31°29′N 81°22′W  /  31.48°N 81.37°W  / 31.48; -81.37 Tunis Campbell Born in Middlebrook, New Jersey , Tunis Campbell

270-529: The Fifth Circuit . Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction ( ISBN   0-201-55048-2 ) by Melissa Fay Greene narrates the events surrounding the civil rights movement in McIntosh County, particularly the death of Sheriff Thomas H. Poppell and the 1978 election of black rights activist Thurnell Alston as county commissioner . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has

297-572: The NAACP filed separate suits against McIntosh County and the City of Darien, alleging improper districting for county and city commission seats. The county settled out of court, agreeing to redraw its commission boundaries to include a black-majority district. The NAACP lost its suit against the city, but this decision was remanded and reversed in 1979 by the United States Court of Appeals for

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324-492: The Peace enraged former slave owners (a Black with authority over whites). "Campbell would be indicted on multiple charges in the mid-1870s, largely trumped up by those who saw the opportunity to finally oust him from the Georgia political arena... a judicial lynching.". He served hard labor on a Georgia prison chain gang. When released, he left Georgia for good. He published in 1877 a pamphlet about his experiences: Sufferings of

351-513: The US. There he remained until he was 18. He then became a "Methodist," and turned down an invitation to go to Africa as a missionary. He began his career as an abolitionist and anti- colonization lecturer, and Methodist and Temperance preacher. In 1832 he set up an anticolonization society in Brooklyn. He was several times mobbed and once was nearly killed. Campbell was the principal waiter at

378-814: The Vice President of the Georgia Republican Party. As an elected official, “Campbell [Sr.] organized a black power structure in McIntosh County that protected freed people from white abuses, whether against their bodies or in labor negotiations,” and he was rumored to be protected by a 300-person militia. In fact, that power structure lasted for decades, as evidenced by the fact that the county had three black representatives from 1875 to 1907: Amos R. Rodgers (1878–79), Lectured Crawford (1886-7, 1890–1, 1900–1), and William H. Rogers (1902–07). Despite its large number of black residents, McIntosh County politics continued to be dominated by whites well into

405-498: The available sources of paid employment. At the same time, Campbell was active in establishing schools for "colored children" in New York , the city of Brooklyn, New York , the village of Williamsburg, New York (both part of the borough of Brooklyn since 1898), and Jersey City, New Jersey . He assisted fugitive slaves whenever possible. He received a contract to raise 4,000 United States Colored Troops . In March 1865, he

432-479: The land in question was returned to plantation owners by President Andrew Johnson, “Campbell quickly purchased 1,250 acres at Belle Ville in McIntosh County and there established an association of black landowners to divide parcels and profit from the land.” After the military registration carried out in early 1867, 600 black people and 307 white people were on the voter rolls in McIntosh. In late 1867, Campbell

459-423: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McIntosh_County&oldid=932989063 " Category : United States county name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages McIntosh County, Georgia McIntosh County

486-518: The only defense against looting by the U.S. military from the naval blockade boats. The men were meeting at Ebenezer Church on the night of August 3, 1864. A spy told the U.S. military about the meeting. U.S. troops surrounded the church and opened fire. The 26 men were captured, marched to near Darien (about 10 miles away), put on ships and sent to prisons in the north. From the end of the Civil war to Georgia's 1907 disenfranchisement laws, McIntosh County

513-501: The plantations was devastating. Even the lumber industry was destroyed, along with the once-thriving seaport town of Darien, Georgia which was the result of the burning of Darien in the " total war " tactics of James Montgomery in June 1863. After the burning of Darien in 1863 under the command of U.S. Army Col. James Montgomery , the area was left mostly defenseless. A group of civilians, generally too old for military service, were

540-536: Was a base of black political power in the state. "Tunis Campbell was the highest-ranking and most influential African American politician in nineteenth-century Georgia", according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia . In March 1865, Tunis G. Campbell Sr. was put in supervision of land claims at the Freedmen's Bureau for a group of Georgia barrier islands, including Sapelo in McIntosh County. After

567-669: Was appointed to the Board of Registration in Georgia. He and another Black registrar were poisoned; the other registrar died, according to Campbell. He joined the Georgia Educational Association, a launching pad for several Black political careers in the Reconstruction era. He was elected state senator in Georgia in 1868. He also campaigned for his son Tunis Gulic Campbell Jr. to be a state representative. Both won, only to be expelled from office because

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594-558: Was elected as one of two delegates from the second senatorial district – Liberty, McIntosh, and Tattnall counties – to Georgia's constitutional convention. In April 1868, Campbell was elected as the state senator for the second district, and his son Tunis G. Campbell Jr. was elected as state representative for McIntosh County. While both Campbells were among the black legislators expelled later in 1868, they were able to return to office in 1871; Campbell Sr. left office in 1872, while Campbell Jr. served until 1874. Campbell Sr. also served as

621-490: Was one of ten siblings, the son of a blacksmith. At age 5 he was "taken in charge" by a white man, who sent him to what he later described as an "Episcopal" boarding school in Babylon, Long Island , New York; he was the only Black student there. It was part of First Presbyterian Church of Babylon . The sender was likely a member of Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook , another of the oldest Scottish Presbyterian congregations in

648-523: Was part of a set of forts built as a buffer between the British colonies to the north and Spanish Florida to the south, under the direction of General James Oglethorpe . New Inverness (later named Darien ) was founded in 1736 by Scottish Highlanders who were enticed to move to Georgia by General Oglethorpe. In 1760, the British built Fort Barrington on the north side of the Altamaha River about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of present-day Darien. It

675-583: Was removed by 1919. The more recent Seaboard Coast Line Railroad ran north to south along the western part of the county, through Townsend for most of the twentieth century. However, the track from Riceboro in Liberty County to Seals in Camden County was removed by CSX in the late 1980s, leaving McIntosh County without any railroad track. Evidence of the railroad corridor can still be seen in many areas, though. A Democratic stronghold in

702-752: Was sent as Military Governor to the Sea Islands of Georgia : Ossabaw , Colonels , St. Catherine's , and Sapelo Island . During two years he established schools and a government. When Georgia planters, through pardons from President Andrew Johnson , regained the islands in 1866, expelling the Black farmers, Campbell bought 1,250 acres (510 ha) at Belle Ville in McIntosh County, Georgia , where he established an association of black landowners to own parcels. Effectively, he established colonies on these islands. In 1867, to help freedmen vote, Campbell

729-573: Was used for decades as a transportation and communication center up and down coastal Georgia. The County split off from Liberty County in 1793. The new county was named McIntosh for its most famous family, which included Lachlan McIntosh , who was a general in the Continental Army . The McIntosh clan in Darien dates back to 1736. Few Georgia counties suffered during the Civil War as much as McIntosh County. The agricultural loss of

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