Rice Hope

Rice Hope is a Georgia historical marker in McIntosh County, dedicated 1957.

Located on Ocean Highway (US 17) in Eulonia.

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Famous Rice and Indigo Plantation of Colonial and Revolutionary times, Rice Hope was the home of George McIntosh, son of John McIntosh Mor of Darien, and brother of General Lachlan McIntosh. George McIntosh was Official Surveyor for St. Andrew's Parish, Member of the Commons House of Assembly, Member of the First Provincial Congress of Georgia, Member of the Council of Safety. During the Revolution, the home of George McIntosh at Rice Hope was burned and his slaves and stock run off by the British.

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Historical maps covering this location

1764 · Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1778 · Parte Orientale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale. Fogl. XI (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1920 · Sapelo River, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1943 · Sapelo River, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1945 · Sapelo River, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Sapelo River, Georgia, 1945, covering the location of Rice Hope, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Sapelo River, Georgia, 1945, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Rice Hope

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