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HISTORICAL NOTE: The McIntosh Trail was a Choctaw Indian trading path that went from Old Fort McGillvary (near McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River) to the Indian town of Chickesaka (in Mississippi) where it intersected with a trail from St Stephens to Natchez. The McIntosh trail, is said to have been used by Aaron Burr and Robert Ashley in February 1807; but probably dates much farther back in time: when the Scotsman, William McIntosh, operated a grist mill and traded with Indians near McIntosh, Alabama. Fort McGillvary was named after McIntosh's brother-in-law, Lachland McGillvary, who lived near McIntosh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.240.2.125 (talk) 20:10, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

REFERENCE: By 1769 Alexander McIntosh opened a trading business in Natchez, the following year he was granted 500 acres near Natchez. By 1773 he owned 3950 acres on the Tombigbee and Mississippi rivers. Around 1778 he and his wife moved to Natchez. Alexander McIntosh and William Williams were captured near Natchez and briefly held by American Revolutionaries in 1778. Alexander had experienced difficulty traveling by water from the Tombigbee to the Natchez District via New Orleans. So, it is probable that he founded the shorter route overland.  &  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.240.2.125 (talk) 20:55, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

MAP REFERENCE: The McIntosh Trail is shown on the map "Southern Section of the United States including Florida &C. by John Melish, 1816." The trail passed just east & north of a town now named Fruitdale (settled by the Williams family in the early 1800's); then north from Fruitdale to a nearby community known as Yellow Pine; and then west to Chickesaka and then Natchez.

MAP REFERENCE: The State of Alabama Hwy Dept. map "Historic Roads and Trails, April 1975" shows a route named "Mobile and Hobuckintopa Trail"  the upper segment of which appears to follow the McIntosh Trail going northeast from Fort McGillvary toward Fruitdale. "Hobuckintopia" was the Indian name for the bluff that Fort Stephens (St Stephens) was located upon. In the 1800s one could travel from Fort McGillvary to Fort Stephens via the McIntosh Trail (if one wanted a longer, dryer route for some reason).