Ardoch Plantation Cemetery
Ardick, McIntosh County, Georgia, USA
Location: US Hwy 17 North, go 6.7 miles and turn left on Rosa Jenkins Rd. go to the dead end. The Cemetery is c.500 ft. to the right by the I-95 fence in a grove of oak trees.
History: Ardoch Plantation was a Crown Grant in 1758 to Norman McDonald, one of the 1741 Scottish settlers. After his death his elder son, John, who had inherited Ardoch deeded it to Charles in 1768. (source 11) Charles and Margaret Forsyth McDonald and their children lived there until the time of the Revolutionary War. Charles tried to remain neutral but he was killed by some renegade patriot troops in the presence of his family. (source 2). Ardoch was confiscated but returned to his widow who continued to operte the plantation. Their daughter, Mary McDonald, married Gilbert Gignilliat in 1806 and they lived on and planted the plantation until her death in 1814 and his in 1815. Family papers say that Jane McLeod, servant to Margaret McDonald, cared for the children after Mary's death when William Robert Gignilliat was born. Jane had married Robert McDonald, another Scotsman. Mary and Gilbert's son, Norman Page Gignilliat, under very difficult circumstances, continued to cultivate rice and cotton on Ardoch Plantation until the War Between The States. After the War, it is said, he told his former slaves that if they would work hard and produce 100 bushels of rice that he would give them 100 acres of land from the plantation. (source 2). Very few people had money at this time. He kept his word and for their 100 bushels of rice he gave them 100 acres of land.
The headstone which N.P. Gignilliat had erected at his parents' graves in Ardoch Plantation Cemetery was moved to St. Andrews Cemetery in 1952. Time and timbering have obliterated any grave markers. There were at least, twelve Unmarked Graves located. One of these is on the I-95 side of the fence. The following are from Evy White's 1958 McIntosh County Cemetery record and family histories:
(source 2) Sullivan, Buddy, EARLY DAYS ON THE GEORGIA TIDEWATER, THE STORY OF MCINTOSH COUNTY AND SAPELO. 4th Edition, 1995. The Darien News, Darien, GA.
(source 11) Various Newspaper articles, unpublished personal journals and family histories.
Location: US Hwy 17 North, go 6.7 miles and turn left on Rosa Jenkins Rd. go to the dead end. The Cemetery is c.500 ft. to the right by the I-95 fence in a grove of oak trees.
History: Ardoch Plantation was a Crown Grant in 1758 to Norman McDonald, one of the 1741 Scottish settlers. After his death his elder son, John, who had inherited Ardoch deeded it to Charles in 1768. (source 11) Charles and Margaret Forsyth McDonald and their children lived there until the time of the Revolutionary War. Charles tried to remain neutral but he was killed by some renegade patriot troops in the presence of his family. (source 2). Ardoch was confiscated but returned to his widow who continued to operte the plantation. Their daughter, Mary McDonald, married Gilbert Gignilliat in 1806 and they lived on and planted the plantation until her death in 1814 and his in 1815. Family papers say that Jane McLeod, servant to Margaret McDonald, cared for the children after Mary's death when William Robert Gignilliat was born. Jane had married Robert McDonald, another Scotsman. Mary and Gilbert's son, Norman Page Gignilliat, under very difficult circumstances, continued to cultivate rice and cotton on Ardoch Plantation until the War Between The States. After the War, it is said, he told his former slaves that if they would work hard and produce 100 bushels of rice that he would give them 100 acres of land from the plantation. (source 2). Very few people had money at this time. He kept his word and for their 100 bushels of rice he gave them 100 acres of land.
The headstone which N.P. Gignilliat had erected at his parents' graves in Ardoch Plantation Cemetery was moved to St. Andrews Cemetery in 1952. Time and timbering have obliterated any grave markers. There were at least, twelve Unmarked Graves located. One of these is on the I-95 side of the fence. The following are from Evy White's 1958 McIntosh County Cemetery record and family histories:
(source 2) Sullivan, Buddy, EARLY DAYS ON THE GEORGIA TIDEWATER, THE STORY OF MCINTOSH COUNTY AND SAPELO. 4th Edition, 1995. The Darien News, Darien, GA.
(source 11) Various Newspaper articles, unpublished personal journals and family histories.
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- Added: 16 Jun 2012
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2453521
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