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War name: Hopnicafutsahia -- Straight Talker or Truth Teller
Best known as Lamochattee or Red Eagle

Died 3/24/1824, following a bear hunt and is buried next to his mother Sehoy III in a grave in Baldwin Co., AL

Leader of the Creeks. Deemed "the architect of the Massacre at Fort Mims". See the letter his grandson Charles Weatherford, Jr. wrote about William. Nephew of Alexander McGillivray and by marriage, nephew of LeClerc Milfort; received their wisdom, according to tribal custom-- the role of the uncle was considered far more importart than that of the father.

Red Eagle goes on to full participation in the Creek War. Another massacre --the Kimbell-James Massacre, the Canoe Fight with Sam Dale and his forces against the Red Sticks, the Battle of Holy Ground with Red Eagle mounted on Arrow, his black steed, the Battle of Talladega, to the climactic Battle of Horseshoe Bend where all come together -- General Andrew Jackson's forces, including Davy Crockett and Sam Houston joining with Choctaws and other tribes against the Red Sticks. This ends the war.

After the terrible defeat at Horseshoe Bend in 1814, Red Eagle goes to Ft. Jackson (formerly Ft. Toulouse), and surrendered to General Andrew Jackson. Jackson, filled with sympathy and admiration for the noble chief, takes Red Eagle home to Nashville, TN. According to Dr. Marion Elisha Tarvin, William's half brother, David Tate, (Tarvin's grandfather) was the only man in AL who knew where Weatherford was during his stay at the Hermitage.

William Weatherford lived out his days as a well-to-do and well-respected planter in Monroe Co., AL.

William married Mary STIGGINS in 1816 in , , Alabama. Mary (daughter of Joseph STIGGINS and Nancy Haw GREY) was born about 1783 in , , Alabama; died in 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Major WEATHERFORD
2. John WEATHERFORD
3. Alexander McGillivray WEATHERFORD was born about 1820; died in 1897.
4. Mary Levitia WEATHERFORD was born about 1822 in Little River, Baldwin, Alabama; died in 1859 in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.

William married Mary Polly MONIAC about 1801 in , , Alabama. Mary (daughter of Jacob MONIAC and Polly COLBERT) was born about 1783; died in 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charles WEATHERFORD was born in 1795 in , , Alabama; died in 1894 in , , Alabama.

William married Supalamy MONIAC in 1813 in , , Alabama. Supalamy died about 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William II WEATHERFORD was born in 1816 in , , Alabama.

Charles married Sehoy III MCPHERSON in 1780 in Creek Nation, Baldwin, Alabama. Sehoy (daughter of Malcolm MCPHERSON and Sehoy II MARCHAND) was born in 1759 in Little Tulsa, Elmore, Alabama; died in 1811 in , Baldwin, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malcolm married Sehoy II MARCHAND about 1757 in Creek Nation, Baldwin, Alabama. Sehoy (daughter of Louis Francois De Coursalle MARCHAND and I SEHOY) was born about 1722 in Fort Toulouse, Elmore, Alabama; died in 1814 in Little River, Montgomery, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donald married Anna MCINTOSH. Anna was born in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married I SEHOY about 1721 in Creek Nation, Baldwin, Alabama. I (daughter of Red SHOES and Muscogee Queen SEHOY) was born in 1702 in Hickory Ground, Elmore, Alabama; died in 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]