Encanchata - Montgomery, Alabama - U.S. Revolutionary War Memorials on Waymarking.com

This plaque, sponsored by the Gen. Richard Montgomery Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution stands on West Commerce Street near Union Station.

The Muscogee Indian village of Encanchata once occupied this site, now Union Station in downtown Montgomery AL. In 1780 the Muscogees were allied with the British, who were fighting American soldiers in the Revolutionary War. In 1780, Col. John Tate, the last British agent to the Muscogees, raised a band of Muscogee warriors to relieve Tories being besieged in Augusta, Georgia.

The marker reads as follows:

"ENCANCHATA

Here at the Indian village of Encanchata, future site of Montgomery, Col. John Tate, last British agent to the Muscogee Nation, recruited and drilled Creek warriors in 1780 to relieve Tories in Augusta, Ga. being besieged by American patriots.

Gen. Richard Montgomery Chapter Sons of the American Revolution"

Type of Memorial: Plaque

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