William WEATHERFORD^[1]

Abt 1781 - 1824  (~ 43 years)

• Name	William WEATHERFORD
  Birth	Abt 1781	, , Alabama
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Mar 1824	, Baldwin, Alabama
  Person ID	I1675	Ingram
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles WEATHERFORD,   b. 1752, , Lunenburg, Virginia d. Jan 1799, Fort Benning, Muscogee, Georgia (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Sehoy III MCPHERSON,   b. 1759, Little Tulsa, Elmore, Alabama d. 1811, , Baldwin, Alabama (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	1780	Creek Nation, Baldwin, Alabama   [1]
  Family ID	F087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary STIGGINS,   b. Abt 1783, , , Alabama d. 1832 (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	1816	, , Alabama
  Children	1. Major WEATHERFORD   2. John WEATHERFORD   3. Alexander McGillivray WEATHERFORD,   b. Abt 1820   d. 1897 (Age ~ 77 years)   4. Mary Levitia WEATHERFORD,   b. Abt 1822, Little River, Baldwin, Alabama d. 1859, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana (Age ~ 37 years)
  Family ID	F490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Polly MONIAC,   b. Abt 1783   d. 1804 (Age ~ 21 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1801	, , Alabama
  Children	1. Charles WEATHERFORD,   b. 1795, , , Alabama d. 1894, , , Alabama (Age 99 years)
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family 3	Supalamy MONIAC   d. Abt 1824
  Marriage	1813	, , Alabama
  Children	1. William II WEATHERFORD,   b. 1816, , , Alabama
  Family ID	F120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S02962] Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.). Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc.