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Lachlan McGillivray

Lachlan McGillivray was born in 1718 in Drumanglass, Inverneshire, Scotland and died 1799 Isle of Skye, Scotland. As a child he emigrated to Darien, Georgia as one of the first Scottish colonists. He spent more than 30 years as trader with the American Indians in Alabama; and married an Indian princess of the Creek Indian Wind Clan, named Sehoy Marchand. They lived at Little Tallassee, near today's Montgomery, Alabama. Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Darien is a city located in McIntosh County, Georgia. ... Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama. ...


From his fur trading profits, Lachlan progressed from an Indian trader in Alabama at Little Tallassee, an Augusta, Georgia store keeper, and finally as a Savannah, Georgia plantation owner (Vale Royal and others). Augusta is a city located in the state of Georgia. ... Nickname: The Coastal Empire or The Hostess City Motto: Official website: Savannah, Georgia Location Government County Chatham Mayor Otis S. Johnson Geographical characteristics Area Total 202. ...


Their son, Alexander McGillivray, became the leader of the Creeks as they attempted to prevent overrunning of Creek territory covering most of Middle and Southern Alabama and Georgia, as European settlers pushed inland from the Eastern seaboard. Alexander McGillivray (1750 – 17 February 1793) was a leader of the Creek (Muscogee) Indians during and after the American Revolution who worked to establish a Creek national identity and centralized leadership as a means of resisting American expansion onto Creek territory. ... The Creeks are an American Indian people originally from the southeastern United States, also known by their original name Muscogee (or Muskogee), the name they use to identify themselves today. ...


Reference

  • Cashin, Edward J. Lachlan McGillivray, Indian Trader: The Shaping of the Southern Colonial Frontier. University of Georgia Press, 1992. Covers Trading Life.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia: Lachlan McGillivray (1719-1799) (997 words)
Lachlan McGillivray's American career coincided with Georgia's colonial period and provides a guide to Georgia's progress from one of dependence upon the Board of Trustees to self-government, and from a simple society to a more complex plantation society.
McGillivray enhanced his status by marrying Sehoy Marchand, the daughter of a French officer and a woman of the prestigious Wind Clan of the Creek Nation.
McGillivray and Galphin were largely instrumental in persuading the Creeks to come to Augusta in 1763 to cede a strip of land between the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers to Georgia.
Encyclopedia: Lachlan McGillivray (620 words)
Lachlan McGillivray, greatly assisted by his marriage into the powerful Creek family, was enabled to extend his projects and thus became a man of wealth, owning two plantations, and numerous negroes as well as stores in Savannah and Augusta, stocked with goods that attracted the desires of the Indians.
McGillivray had great influence at this time and he was approached by the British through Colonel Tait who was stationed on the Coosa; bestowing on the chief the rank and pay of a British colonel they hoped to secure the aid of the Creek Nation in the conflict against the rebellious Americans.
McGillivray was not of a robust constitution and while he led several expeditions during the war his particular ability lay in his great gift of diplomacy and his power to control men, and raise forces for the king.
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