William McIntosh, the son of a British soldier and a Creek woman as well as a cousin of Georgia Governor George M. Troup, was a leading Creek ally of the United States during the Creek War. He commanded Creek troops in support of U.S. forces on several occasions, including the Battle of Autossee and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. He was murdered in 1825 by a band of Creeks angered by his signing of the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded to the U.S. government all remaining Creek lands in Georgia.

Part of his post-war plantation home is today located in McIntosh Reserve Park along the Chattahoochee River near Carrollton, Georgia. The facility features McIntosh’s gravesite and a reproduction of his home.