Battle of Echowanotchaway Swamp
![During the Creek Indian uprising in 1836, after the burning of Roanoke (Stewart Co.) 300 Indians came this way to join the Seminoles in Florida. Pursued 132[?] Stewart County Militia under Major...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/39cySu9dsQM1xU8EZk1gW0_ujFkEgp6LMa7ZO6P8eqCUUDIOu1Y8vd7P-zSZuk5dCo86dNck206S_tjsho4RhuuCaJQQ)
During the Creek Indian uprising in 1836, after the burning of Roanoke (Stewart Co.) 300 Indians came this way to join the Seminoles in Florida. Pursued 132[?] Stewart County Militia under Major R.W. Jernigan, they were overtaken here. After a sharp battle, three white men were killed and buried in the Stapleton family cemetery, 2-1/2 miles west of Dawson. The 13 wounded were cared for by neighboring families. Bodies of 18 Indians were found after the skirmish, several 3 miles away.
GHM 135-4 Georgia Historical Commission 1958
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.