Dale Cox is historian and author for Old Kitchen Media, a publishing and documentary firm based in Northwest Florida. He is the author of 16 books on the history of the southeastern U.S., with topics ranging from the War of 1812 and First Seminole War to the Trail of Tears, Civil War and the notorious Claude Neal lynching of 1934. Address: Two Egg, Florida
Born in ca. 1803, Milly Francis was the daughter of the noted Creek prophet Josiah Francis (Hilli... more Born in ca. 1803, Milly Francis was the daughter of the noted Creek prophet Josiah Francis (Hillis Hadjo). She survived the Creek War of 1813-1814, the flight of the Red Stick Creeks from Alabama to Florida, the War of 1812, the First Seminole War of 1817-1818 and eventually the Creek or Muscogee Trail of Tears. During the Spring of 1818, Milly Francis saved the life of a young Georgia militiaman named Duncan McRimmon. This selfless act took place shortly before the hanging of her father by order of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson and sparked the beginning of a national reconsideration of attitudes regarding Native American humanity and character.
This volume interprets the history of the military confrontation between the United States and an... more This volume interprets the history of the military confrontation between the United States and an alliance of Creek, Seminole and Black Seminole warriors that developed along the border dividing Spanish Florida from Alabama and Georgia in 1816-1821. It examines a wealth of new source material to expand upon the flight of the Red Stick Creeks to Florida at the end of the Creek War of 1813-1814, the arrival and activities of the British in the region during the closing days of the War of 1812, the destruction of the Fort at Prospect Bluff (also called the "Negro Fort") and the First Seminole War of 1817-1818.
Born in ca. 1803, Milly Francis was the daughter of the noted Creek prophet Josiah Francis (Hilli... more Born in ca. 1803, Milly Francis was the daughter of the noted Creek prophet Josiah Francis (Hillis Hadjo). She survived the Creek War of 1813-1814, the flight of the Red Stick Creeks from Alabama to Florida, the War of 1812, the First Seminole War of 1817-1818 and eventually the Creek or Muscogee Trail of Tears. During the Spring of 1818, Milly Francis saved the life of a young Georgia militiaman named Duncan McRimmon. This selfless act took place shortly before the hanging of her father by order of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson and sparked the beginning of a national reconsideration of attitudes regarding Native American humanity and character.
This volume interprets the history of the military confrontation between the United States and an... more This volume interprets the history of the military confrontation between the United States and an alliance of Creek, Seminole and Black Seminole warriors that developed along the border dividing Spanish Florida from Alabama and Georgia in 1816-1821. It examines a wealth of new source material to expand upon the flight of the Red Stick Creeks to Florida at the end of the Creek War of 1813-1814, the arrival and activities of the British in the region during the closing days of the War of 1812, the destruction of the Fort at Prospect Bluff (also called the "Negro Fort") and the First Seminole War of 1817-1818.
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