General Lachlan McIntosh
Lachlan McIntosh was born March 5, 1727 in Badenoch, Scotland, and died February 20, 1806 in Savannah, Georgia. He was buried in the old Colonial Cemetery. In 1748 he was sent by his father to work in a counting house to help support brothers. He returned home about ten years later too marry Miss Sarah Threadcraft. During the American Revolution he served as Major-General, and a delegate from St. Andrew's Parish to the Provincial Congress assembled in Savannah in 1775.When his brother, George McIntosh, was arrested, a contest took place between Lachlan and Governorl Button Gwinnett, with Gwinnett refusing to allow General McIntosh to fight the British forces in Florida, whereby the General called Gwinnett " a scoundrel and rascal." Gwinnett then challenged McIntosh to a dual, which took place in the streets of Savannah, a short distance from the Governor's house. Gwinnett was wounded in the leg and died three days later. Gwinnett's was the first Last Will and Testament filed in the Chatham County Courthouse for probate! (an image of which is on georgiapioneers.com)
While trying to remove George McIntosh's personal effects from the British, Lachlan was suspended from the Continental Congress, and, while he was returning to Charleston in 1780, the city city under seige, was captured and imprisoned. In 1784, he was restored to the Continental Congress, but his reputation had suffered tremendously.
The Georgians by Jeannette Holland Austin, page 242-246, McIntosh genealogies; Duel between General Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett by Jeannette Holland Austin, published on medium.com
The Columbia Centinel dated Jan 29, 1806. " Died near Savannah, Major Lachlan McIntosh, age 49 years, a Revolutionary Soldier."