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Published Monday, June 22, 2009 in Local
McIntosh descendant arriving from Arizona
By News Staff
The Times-Herald
In February1825, Chief William McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian Springs which opened west Georgia -- including what is now Coweta County -- to settlement.
Two months later, McIntosh was murdered by angry Creeks at his home at McIntosh Reserve just across the Chattahoochee from what is now Coweta County. His son, Chilly McIntosh, escaped the attack of the angry Creeks and became a leader in the movement of the Creeks from Georgia and Alabama to Oklahoma.
On Wednesday, Chilly McIntosh's great-great-granddaughter, Billie Jane McIntosh, will arrive in Georgia for a week of activities relating to her famous forbears. Billie Jane McIntosh has spent years researching her Creek roots and writing about them.
She visited Coweta County several years ago -- being guest of honor at a luncheon in Senoia after the publication of her first book, "Ah-Ko-Kee: American Sovereign." That volume was about Jane McIntosh Hawkins, Chilly's sister.
Her new book is "From Georgia Tragedy To Oklahoma Frontier: A Biography of Scots Creek Indian Chief Chilly McIntosh," and the Arizona writer will be talking about her great-great-grandfather in several settings and autographing copies of the book.
Coweta County is named in honor of Chief William McIntosh, as chief of the Cowetas. His descendant's visit to Georgia and Alabama will include a booksigning at Scott's Bookstore and speaking engagements in Carroll County and Meriwether County.
Billie Jane McIntosh will be arriving from Arizona on Wednesday. On Thursday, she will go to Columbus and Ft. Mitchell. The Muscogee Genealogical Society is sponsoring a free lunch-and-learn program at 11:30 a.m.
The program will start with lunch, and Ms. McIntosh will speak about noon. The event will be held at the Center for International Education on the Columbus State University campus. After her talk, Ms. McIntosh plans to visit Fort Mitchell in Alabama, which began as a trading center between Creeks and settlers.
On Friday, she will speak to the Carrollton Kiwanis Club.
Saturday, June 27, calls for a visit to Indian Springs in Butts County. The Indian Spring Hotel, which dates to 1823, was built by Chief William McIntosh there, and still stands.
Ms. McIntosh will give a talk at Generations Gallery in the Village of Indian Springs at 10 a.m. followed by lunch at Pinkie's Parlor and Cafe. She will be joined by her publisher, David Kane, in Indian Springs and will sign books on the spacious porch of the Indian Spring Hotel from 1-4 p.m.
Ms. McIntosh will speak at the Neva Lomason Library in Carrollton on June 28 at 2:30 p.m.
On June 29, she will travel to Tuscumbia, Ala. to sign books at Coldwater Bookstore. The Tennessee Valley Historic Society will be a co-sponsor of that event.
She will be back in Georgia at McIntosh Reserve -- in Carroll County south of Whitesburg off Hwy. 5 -- for a picnic at 4:30 p.m. on June 30. She will give a talk at the McIntosh Reserve Amphitheater after the picnic.
On July 1, she will share children's stories at the Whitesburg Public Library at 1 p.m. She plans to tell stories that would have been told to Creek children.
Also July 1 Ms. McIntosh will autograph copies of "Georgia Tragedy" at Scott's Bookstore in downtown Newnan from 3-4:30 p.m.
Her last public event will be a talk at Mount Zion Baptist Church near Alvaton on July 1 at 7:30 p.m. That program will focus on Chilly's later years and his role as a Baptist minister to Indians in Oklahoma. Refreshments and a book signing will follow.
Ms. McIntosh plans to pick some Georgia blueberries before flying home on July 2. A longtime resident of Flagstaff, she has lived in Cottonwood, Ariz., for about two years.
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Billie Jane McIntosh's events
6/22/2009
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Some dates for Billie Jane McIntosh's visit are incorrect. She will tell Creek stories to kids at the Whitesburg Library on Monday, June 29 at 1:30, and the Picnic at Mcintosh Reserve is also on Monday June 30 at 5 pm, with the talk at 6:30.
Posted by Margery Bouris at 10:06 AM