Clay County and the Creek Indian Confederacy - Ashland, AL
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hoteltwo
N 33° 16.444 W 085° 50.153
16S E 608412 N 3682275
Located on the lawn of the Clay County Courthouse explains the importance of Clay County area on the Creek Indian confederacy, the trails and lands used by the Creeks and the treaties involved.
Waymark Code: WMRD8Z
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2016
Views: 5
Marker text:
The loss of 22.5 million acres of Creek Indian lands in the surrender treaty of Fort Jackson in August 1814 left the Creeks with only 5.2 million acres. The future Clay County would be near the center of this downsized Creek Confederacy. Several important Creek Indian trails passed through the future county. Among the Creek Indian towns in the area where the mother town of Hillabee (near Pinckneyville) and its four satellite villages of Enitachopko (at Bluff Springs), Lanudshi Apala (at Millerville), Echoise Ligua (north of Hackneyville) and Oktasassi (south of Hackneyville). Co-located with the Hillabee mother town was Scotsman Robert Grierson's trading post and factory, which also played prominently in Creek Indian history. President George Washington's invitation letter to the Creek leadership was delivered to Chief Alexander McGillivray while he was visiting at the Grierson complex in 1790. This invitation led to America's initial contact and treaty with the Alabama Creeks. Other noted Red Stick Creeks , such as William Weatherford, Menawa, Peter McQueen, and Opithle Yahola, also left their footprints in the red soil of Clay County.
Written by Don East
Marker Name: Clay County and the Creek Indian Confederacy
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Tourism Department and the County of Clay.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2013
Marker Number: Not listed
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