D. N. McIntosh
| D. N. McIntosh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Daniel Newnan McIntosh September 20, 1822 Indian Springs, Georgia |
| Died | April 10, 1896 (aged 73) Creek Nation. Indian Territory |
| Nationality | Scot and Creek |
| Occupation | Farmer, rancher, military leader, businessman and preacher |
| Known for | Founder and leader of Creek Regiment in the U. S. Civil War |
Daniel Newnan McIntosh (1822 - 1896), often identified as D. N. McIntosh, was a Creek rancher, soldier and politician, the youngest son of Creek Chief William McIntosh (1790-1825). He was a member of one of the most influential Lower Creek families of the 19th century; after they migrated west in 1828, they continued as leaders of what was then called the Western Creek Nation.
During the American Civil War, D.N. McIntosh organized a regiment and joined the Confederate States Army as a colonel. He was notable for recruiting and organizing the 1st Creek Mounted Volunteers and for leading them in several battles in Indian Territory. After the war, he continued as a farmer and rancher.
According to one source, Daniel Newnan McIntosh, known as D.N., was born near Newnan, Georgia. However, Meserve wrote that D. N. was born September 20, 1822 at Indian Springs, Georgia. He was the youngest son of William McIntosh, a prominent Creek chief of the Lower Towns, and his second wife Susannah Rowe (also referred to as Ree). Daniel was about 22 years younger than his elder half-brother, Chillicothe (known as Chilly), who was the eldest child of William and his first wife Susannah Coe. McIntosh also had several daughters by his wives.
After his father was executed by order of the Creek National Council in 1825 for having ceded communal Creek territory to the United States in violation of tribal law, the surviving members of the family moved to Indian Territory in 1828, where they settled on the Verdigris River. They established what was known as the Western Creek Nation for some time. Daniel was sent back East to be educated at Smith's Institute in Kentucky until 1841. D. N. later moved to a site near the community of Fame, in what is now McIntosh County, Oklahoma. He developed a farm and also raised cattle.
In 1850, D. N. McIntosh was licensed as a Baptist preacher.
D.N. McIntosh is recorded as having married four times and, like his father and other prominent Creek men, had two wives at a time during some of this period. He had a total of 20 children through these unions. His first wife was Elsie Otterlifter, a Cherokee. They had two daughters: Arseno, born about 1844 and Susanna, born about 1846.
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