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George Kidd was given a 50 acre Crown Land grant before 1775.Sir Patrick Houston, father-in-law of George McIntosh, developed a 1,000 acre plantation around Cathead, west of Darien( late 1700's). Major Jacob Wood planted Sugar cane on his Potosi plantation immediately west of darien on cathead Creek Ca. 1807-30.Cathead Creek flows into the darien River. In 1820 Darien was divided into four sections: Cat Head,McIntosh Town, Darien proper, and Clapboard (a community for free Negroes ). Reuben King, a Connecticut yankee, operated his Tannery at Cathead.On lower Cathead Creek was the Upper Mill, Darien's second large sawmill. In 1845 , Robert and james Lachlison acquired the Darien Upper Mill Steam Saw Mill on cathead Cree.D.S. Sinclair, Gib Gignilliat, McDonald Dunwoody, C.O.S. Mallard had plantations at cathead Creek in 1887.
This information was obtained from the book titled Early Days on the Georgia Tidewater by Buddy Sullivan, 1990.
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