- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Battle of Breakfast Branch historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Wilcox County
Creek Indians--Wars--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilcox County, 31.9729, -83.43236
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 129 at County Road 70 south of Abbeville
Text of marker: "BATTLE OF BREAKFAST BRANCH. 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. 156-5 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1987" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_battle-of-breakfast-branch
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_battle-of-breakfast-branch
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
