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   HON. ARCHIBALD THOMPSON MACINTYRE. Among the notable Georgia families none
has been more conspicuous in public and professional life nor borne the
responsibilities of citizenship with greater dignity and social service than
have the MacIntyres during three generations of their residence in this state.

   The family was identified with colonial and revolutionary times as well as
the activities of the later national period. Daniel MacIntyre, the founder of
the American branch, was a native of Scotland and a North Carolina settler.
During the Revolution he served as a patriot soldier from January, 1777, to
August, 1780. So far as known, he spent all his latter years in North Carolina.

   Archibald MacIntyre, son of this Scotch immigrant and Revolutionary soldier,
was born in North Carolina in 1776 and probably early in the following century
came into Georgia, settling first in Twiggs county, and then becoming a pioneer
of southwest Georgia, in Irwin county. He bought land in that part of the county
now known as the Grooverville district of Brooks county. Archibald MacIntyre was
a scholarly man, and by profession a civil engineer, and in the latter capacity
made a number of surveys in this section of the state. With the aid of his
slaves he cleared a farm, on which he resided until his death in 1830. Hannah
Lawson, who became the wife of Archibald MacIntyre, also represented a prominent
name in colonial history. Hugh Lawson, her great-grandfather, came to America,
and lived for a time in the Pennsylvania colony, and from there to Lunenburg,
Virginia, in 1743, and was judge of the county court there in 1746. He later
moved to Rowan county, North Carolina, where the records show that he bought
land from Earl Graiiville in 1759. His death occurred in 1772. Roger Lawson, a
Revolutionary soldier and the grandfather of Hannah, married Hannah Thompson,
whose father was a minister of the Presbyterian church. Their son, Col. John
Lawson, the father of Hannah, was a commissioned officer during the
Revolutionary war. He married Alice Moore. Hannah (Lawson) MacIntyre survived
her husband and died in 1842. Roger Lawson and his son Col. John Lawson, both
received grants of land for their services in the Revolutionary war.

   Archibald Thompson MacIntyre, Sr., son of the above Archibald, was born in
Twiggs county, Georgia, October 27, 1822, and in 1843 was admitted to the bar
and opened an office at Thomasville. In a few years distinction and success came
to him both in his profession and in public affairs. In 1847-48 he was a member
of the state legislature. During the war he was a member of Gov. Joseph E.
Brown's staff and for a time commanded a regiment of state troops. He was also a
useful member of the state constitutional convention after the war. From 1876
until his death he served as one of the trustees of the state university, and
for several years as trustee of the state insane asylum. During the
forty-seventh congress he represented his district in the house, and honored his
state by the quality of his service. The members of that congress, it will be
remembered, voted themselves an increase of salary. His vote was cast against
the measure, and after it had passed he turned the excess of his salary over the
previous amount into the state treasury of Georgia. For thirty years he was a
ruling elder of the Presbyterian church, and his life was lived in conformity
with high ideals and religious convictions. His death occurred on the 2d of
January, 1900.

   The maiden name of his wife was America Young. She was born in Bulloch
county, Georgia, a daughter of Michael and Sarah (Everett) Young. Her paternal
grandparents were William and Mary (Henderson) Young, and her grandparents on
the maternal side were Joshua and Jane (Carter) Everett—all of whom were, so far
as known, lifelong residents of Bulloch county. The Young family was prominent
in Georgia from colonial times. William Young was member of a committee of
safety appointed in Savannah on the 22d of June, 1775, and on the 4th of July,
1775, represented the town and district of Savannah in the session of the
provincial congress of that date. America. (Young) MacIntyre, whose death
occurred in 1910, reared six children, namely: Hugh James, Archibald T., Jr.
(see below), Mary America, Michael Young, William Remer and Daniel Irwin.

   Archibald Thompson MacIntyre, Jr., was born on a plantation in Thomas county,
June 6, 1852, and died in his home at Thomasville, July 11, 1897. In his
comparatively brief span of life he added distinction to the name he bore, and
was one of the leaders among his contemporaries of the Georgia bar and public
life. At the age of seventeen, in 1869, a graduate of the state university, he
then began the study of law and was admitted to the bar when nineteen. For a
time he was associated with his brother Hugh and later with his father, and in
his practice was early recognized as a lawyer of high attainments and successful
ability. Though very young at the time, he took an active part in the
reconstruction period, and was a bold and daring advocate of home rule. He was
later prominent in Democratic politics, and chairman of the executive committee.
He was an elector when Grover Cleveland was elected for the first time. In 1889
he was elected to the state legislature, and there as in every other position of
responsibility discharged his duties with conscientious ability. Ill health
finally compelled him to retire from law practice, and ended in his death, July
11, 1897, at the age of forty-five.

   He was married on the llth of December, 1880, to Miss Margaret Fraser
Livingston, daughter of Hon. Thomas J. and Margaret S. (Wyche) Livingston, the
history of this well known Georgia family being given in following paragraphs.
Mrs. MacIntyre lives in one of the beautiful homes of Thomasville. Her four
children are Hugh James, Archibald Thompson, Reiner Young and William Fraser.
Hugh is a successful attorney and the present mayor of the city of Thomasville.
Archibald T. was cashier for a time of the First National Bank, of Thomasville.
He died at the age of twenty-seven. Reiner Young, is an electrician, and William
F. is still pursuing his studies.


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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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