Battle of Breakfast Branch-156-5-Wilcox Co
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N 31° 56.284 W 083° 16.409
17R E 285088 N 3535827
US 129 at County Rd 70 south of Abbeville, GA
Waymark Code: WMAA7R
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2010
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Near this spot on March 9, 1818, 34 men of the Telfair County Militia, commanded by Major Josiah D. Cawthon, engaged about 60 Creek Indians in combat. Four Indians and five whites, including Capt. Benjamin Mitchell Griffin were killed. Three whites, including Mark Willcox (later Major General), were wounded. Willcox was saved by Nat Statham and Wiley Ellison who carried him back to the Ocmulgee river while under fire. This was the last battle between Indians and whites in this vicinity.
GHM 156-5 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1987
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 156-5
Date: 1987
Sponsor: Georgia Historic Marker
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