The William McIntosh Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, was organized on May 24, 1913 in Jackson, Georgia.
The chapter was named for
General William McIntosh (ca 1775-1825) a
half Scottish and Creek Indian Chief, who signed the Treaty of 1825 at the
Indian Springs Hotel that ceded 4,700,000 acres of land
occupied by the Indians to the State of Georgia. The Indians, in return,
were to receive an equal amount of land west of the Mississippi River and
also, the sum of $400,000. Unfortunately, he was opposed by some Upper
Creek Indian villages and the Cherokee at New Echota and was killed on May
1, 1825. No money was received from the National Government or
the State Government and only 600 acres of land was set aside. This is the
area of the Indian Springs State
Park. |
