Daniel McDonald Johnson

Please write me at P.O. Box 747, Allendale, SC 29810

When I visited my grandparents Daniel and Lorena "Nina" McDonald in McIntosh County, Georgia, their neighbor Bessie Lewis inspired me to learn about the Scottish Highlanders who settled the area. I fondly remember conversations with her, and I continue to enjoy the books she wrote.

As I began doing serious research into the exploits of the McIntosh family, Brigadier William Mackintosh of Borlum's descendant Mattie Gladstone of the Ridge in McIntosh County provided me with source material and guided me to historic locations.

Later, John Mackintosh Mor's descendant Billy McIntosh of Savannah graciously shared fascinating McIntosh family stories with me.

I spent decades researching and writing Blood on the Marsh, a sprawling epic tracing families from their ancestral homes in the Scottish Highlands to colonial settlements in the Carolinas and Georgia. These families witnessed the Jacobite Risings in Scotland and the War of the Revolution in America.

I realized that Blood on the Marsh is too long for most readers, so I broke it down into parts in the following books:

Mr. McIntosh's Family deals with the Mackintosh Clan and the McIntosh family in the Jacobite Risings, the settlement of Darien, Georgia, and the struggle for the colonial American southern frontier.

This Cursed War describes the tribulations of General Lachlan McIntosh’s family during the American Revolution.

The 71st Highlanders in the American Revolution includes information on Captain Aeneas Mackintosh of Scotland.

Fighting the Battles of America follows the exploits of John McIntosh in the American Revolution, the East Florida Rebellions, and the War of 1812.

Savannah, Augusta & Brier Creek focuses on the battle where John McIntosh and Aeneas Mackintosh fought on opposing sides.

I began my research on the Battle of Brier Creek while serving as associate publisher of The Telephone in Sylvania, Georgia, from 1995 to 1997. I later served as editor of The Allendale County Citizen Leader in Allendale, South Carolina, and The People-Sentinel in Barnwell, South Carolina. I have also worked at newspapers in Charleston, Walterboro and Ridgeland, South Carolina.