Skirmish at Cow Creek
Near here, on August 27, 1836, Georgia Militia companies commanded by Col Henry Blair, Captain Lindsay and Capt. Levi J. Knight, fought a skirmish with Creek Indians and routed them, kiling two and taking several prisoners. during this summer the Indians had committeed many raidsand massacres as they traversed the border counties on their way to FLorida to join the Seminoles. Georgia troops had been following them for weeks, and overtook this band in the cypress swamp on the edge of Cow Creek.
GHM 050-3 Georgia Historical Marker 2000
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: David Seibert.