MRS. ANN McINTOSH OBITUARY
Mrs. Ann McIntosh died on Tuesday, the 22d of October, 1833, at Cedar Point, McIntosh County, aged 100 years. Her parents came to this country with General Oglethorpe, and she was born shortly after at Darien, where Oglethorpe had a military post. She spent her life within ten miles of that place, ninety-five years within two-miles of it and eighty-six on the same spot, never having left it but once, when she was expelled by the British. Mrs. M. possessed her voice and animation to the last hour, was a woman of good character, and highly esteemed by her friends.
Source:
White, George, Rev. Historical Collections of Georgia, Pudney & Russell, New York, 1854, page 546
Submitted by Bob Franks
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