Over 10 acres were dedicated to the house and the first legal brewery on the island. It was a gift granted by the trustees of the colony of Georgia for his outstanding military loyalty. This tabby constructed on Jekyll island was built in the 1700s for William Horton. It remains a fascinating physical reminder hundreds of years later after all other structures of that time have disintegrated into dust. Like almost all buildings of the early 1800s, the sugar mill fell into disrepair but somehow withstood over 200 years of neglect. With a more than ample slave labor force, Mcintosh’s hefty fortune grew at the expense of at least two different races, native indigenous people and African slaves. McIntosh owned not one but two plantations of slaves to accomplish this extremely lucrative endeavor of large-scale sugar production. A place where sugar would be grown, picked, masticated, steamed, extrapolated, and dried to crystals all under one roof. It became the first multi-level oxen-powered “sugar works” in the state. The McIntosh sugar mill was created by John McIntosh’s labor force of two slave plantations in the 1820s. Of all the abandoned places in Georgia, the McIntosh Sugarmill Ruins is a combination of beautiful, fascinating, and disturbing all at the same time. McIntosh Sugarmill Ruinsģ9.2966, -76.6038 Photo Credit: Abroad – Check It Out Abandoned Places In Georgia 1.

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