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Honors Colonel John McIntosh, who in 1778 met the British demand to surrender Fort Morris at Sunbury with the defiant reply 'Come and Take It,' a phrase that echoed through later Southern history.
Historical Marker
Colonel John McIntosh
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About this site
Colonel John McIntosh is a historical marker in Pine Harbor, Mcintosh County, erected in 1955. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.5460, -81.3763 near Pine Harbor. The nearest cataloged historic site is Captain William McIntosh (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mallow Plantation, Troup Cemetery, and Old Belleville or Troup Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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