Near Alexandria in Calhoun County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Lincoyer
and The Battle of Tallasehatchee
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, October 2, 2010
1. Lincoyer Marker Side A
Inscription.
Lincoyer. and The Battle of Tallasehatchee.
At this site, on Nov. 3, 1813, after the Battle of Tallasehatchee, known then as Talluschatches, during the Creek Indian War, Gen. Andrew Jackson found a dead Creek Indian woman embracing her living infant son. Gen. Jackson, upon hearing that the other Creek Indian women were planning to kill the infant, as was their custom when all relations were dead, became himself the protector and guardian of the child. , Because of his compassion, Gen. Jackson took the infant to Fort Struther, in present day Ohatchee, where he nursed him back to health. Gen. Jackson then took the baby to his family home, the Hermitage, in Nashville, Tenn., where he and his wife Rachel named the child Lincoyer and adopted, raised, loved and educated him as their son. , Lincoyer fell ill and died of Tuberculosis at home with his family, when he was 16 years old. The General and his wife mourned the loss of their son for the rest of their lives. , Dedicated August 2000. (Back):
This memorial marks the site where Lincoyer was found and saved by Gen. Andrew Jackson after the Battle of Talluschatches, during the Creek Indian War. , Through the special efforts of and by Commissioner Eli Henderson and the Calhoun County Commission, to preserve, save and commemorate the History of Calhoun County, this monument was erected. , Calhoun County Commission , James Eli Henderson - Chairman James A. “Pappy” Dunn Robert W. Downing Randy Wood Lea Fite.
At this site, on Nov. 3, 1813, after the Battle of
Tallasehatchee, known then as Talluschatches,
during the Creek Indian War,
Gen. Andrew Jackson found a dead
Creek Indian woman embracing her living
infant son. Gen. Jackson, upon hearing that the
other Creek Indian women were planning to kill
the infant, as was their custom when all relations
were dead, became himself the protector
and guardian of the child.
Because of his compassion, Gen. Jackson took
the infant to Fort Struther, in present day
Ohatchee, where he nursed him back to health.
Gen. Jackson then took the baby to his family
home, the Hermitage, in Nashville, Tenn., where
he and his wife Rachel named the child Lincoyer
and adopted, raised, loved and educated him as
their son.
Lincoyer fell ill and died of Tuberculosis
at home with his family, when he was 16 years old.
The General and his wife mourned the loss of
their son for the rest of their lives.
Dedicated August 2000
(Back):
This memorial marks the site
where Lincoyer was found and
saved by Gen. Andrew Jackson
after the Battle of
Talluschatches, during the
Creek Indian War.
Through the special efforts
of and by Commissioner Eli
Henderson and the Calhoun
County Commission, to preserve,
save and commemorate
Click or scan to see this page online
the
History of Calhoun County,
this monument was erected.
Calhoun County Commission
James Eli Henderson - Chairman
James A. “Pappy” Dunn
Robert W. Downing
Randy Wood
Lea Fite
Location. 33° 47.007′ N, 85° 55.576′ W. Marker is near Alexandria, Alabama, in Calhoun County. Marker is on McCullars Lane west of County Road 73, on the left when traveling west. McCullars Lane located about 1.5 miles east of U.S. Highway 431. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Alexandria AL 36250, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Lincoyer Marker and The Battle of Tallasehatchee Memorial Site
Tennessee State Library and Archives
4. Adoption of Lincoyer
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, October 2, 2010
5. Junction of McCullars Lane and County Road 73
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, October 2, 2010
6. Purported image of Lincoyer
Photographed By John Trumbull, July 1790
7. Fus-hatchee Miko of the Kasihta
Unfortunately the engraving on the marker does not appear to be Lincoyer (who died at 16) but is similar to this sketch of Tuskatche Mico, or, The Birdtail King of the Cusitah Creeks, taken from John Trumbull's, "Autobiography, Reminiscences and Letters of John Trumbull, from 1756 to 1841."
Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,582 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 4, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. 4. submitted on May 15, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. 5, 6. submitted on October 4, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. 7. submitted on May 15, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.