To William Witherington, Jr. researchers... Take a look at this Timeline. Also read Chapter 7, providing further details of the Creek Indian War in Monroe/Conecuh County, Alabama. The following additional facts & dates lead me to strongly believe that our William Witherington, Jr. actually served during the War of 1812 over in Alabama, likely at Fort Claiborne, fighting the Creek Indians..... then later decided to migrate from Feliciana Parish, Miss Territory (now Louisiana) to Conecuh County, AL in 1819. Bill King See Dates/Timeline detailed below.... .....On July 7, 1813, Governor David Holmes (Mississippi Territory) signs Ensign's Certificate of William Witherington, Jr., who was then living in Feliciana Parish, Mississippi Territory (now Louisiana). Witherington would have been 40 years of age at the time. .....On August 13, 1813, the surprise attack on Fort Mims, AL by the Creek Indians. ....Governor David Holmes (Mississippi Territory) immediately calls for militia troops from M.T. to fight against the Creek Indians in Monroe County, AL; which was then a part of the Mississippi Territory. ......On 4 Sept. 1813, Wm Witherington, Jr. was sworn as Ensign, 17th Regiment, Miss Territory Militia at Washington (Capitol of the M.T.) by Captain James Ware. ......In October 1813 General Claiborne and his Mississippi Militia entered the Choctaw Nation to confer with the Choctaw leaders. Together they planned a joint campaign against the Creeks. After a week of preparation the militia, some regular troops and 700 Choctaw men crossed the Alabama River and established Fort Claiborne (in Monroe County, M.T.) about 25 miles upstream of the ruins of Fort Mims." _________________________ Below Copied from Chapter 7 - The Creek War 1811-1815 http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter07.htm "When the news of the massacre reached Mississippi both the Americans and the Choctaw responded immediately. The governor called up the territorial militia and placed it under the command of General Ferdinand Claiborne. The Choctaw felt that they had been betrayed by the Creek "primitives". The Creeks intended to begin a war to the death between the USA and the Indian nations. The Choctaw still felt that if they could only prove to the whites that they were a sensible and friendly people then the long period of bickering and land-grabbing would end and the two races could live side by side as friends. Pushmataha accordingly urged his people to support the US in the war. The Choctaw condemned the attack by the Creeks and offered the military power of the Choctaw nation to the US government. By November 1813 General Claiborne and his Mississippi militia entered the Choctaw Nation to confer with the Choctaw leaders. Together they planned a joint campaign against the Creeks. After a week of preparation the militia, some regular troops and 700 Choctaw men crossed the Alabama River and established Fort Claiborne about 25 miles upstream of the ruins of Fort Mims." ----- Original Message ----- From: canebrakesociety To: canebrakesocietygroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: [canebrakesocietygroup] The Creek War, 1811-1815 Chapter 7 - The Creek War 1811-1815 Shortcut to: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter07.htm