Blountstown in Calhoun County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Cochranetown - Corakko Talofv
Inscription.
Apalachicola Creek Indians permanently settled Calhoun County in 1815; wars forced them out of Alabama. A new Tribal Town was built by Chief Tuskie Hajo Cochrane between Old River and Noble Lake. Cochrane is an anglisized version of his Creek name Corakko pronounced "Cho'thlakko" which means Horse. The 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek recognized Cochranetown with its 100 families as part of the Blunt-Tuskie Hajo Reservation now called Blountstown.
Meske 1815 mahen, Estecate Ocesvlke Vpvlvcekola fullvt. Tepokv empefatkvtet eyicet tacko Kvlhun vpoketv hatyakvtes. Mimvm, Tvske Hacoketatet talofv empvtakvn hayvtes. Tvske Haco Corakko "Cochrane" Wacenv ehocefkvt toyvtes. 1823 opunvkv-cokv (Motle Temfvtcetv) oc-ofvn, Corakko Talofv "Cochranetown", Plvnt-Tvske Haco ekvntacko hahoyvtes. Mucv nettv, Plvnt-en-Talofv tos.
The 1832 Treaty of Payne's Landing compelled local Creeks to emigrate to Texas with Chief John Blunt. Tuskie Hajo Cochrane's daughter, Polly Parrot, refused to go. Her clan fled northward to a Calhoun County wilderness called Boska Bokga, "the last fasting place." The Bokga's people became known as the Boggs family. Many Calhoun County citizens descend from Polly's clan.
1832 opunvkv-cokv (Lucuwv Temfvtcetv) oc-ofvn, Teksvke min vpeyvnonstkes kihocen. Vyepofvn Tvske Haco echuste vyetvn eyacekot. Polly em-estvlken vtelohyet kvn posketv pokkon sohletkvtes. Mucv, Kvlhun Tacko ofvn, Polly enrohonvpvlke fulle emunks.
Ohrolope 1986, Kvnfvske, Vhakv-hayvlke em-nakaftetv oc-ofvn Ocesvlket Florida Tribe kerkueckv emhoyet omvtes. Hiyomat, Kvlhun Tacko estecate Mvskokvlket fulle emunks. Emmekkvlket Tvske Haco Corakko 1832, Polly 1833-1898, Tvske Haco Can Cems Welev Cose Pokkvs 1900, Tvske Haco Cems Tvnel Pokkvs 1920, Vles Mvklelan Pokkvs 1933-1961. Tvske Mvhayv Haco Vntolv Pokkvs Lvmes 1962, hocefkvlket omvts. Pommekkvlke Pollyketate Rohonvpvlketomes. Mvttol!
Erected
1989 by Calhoun County Historical Society and the Boggs Family in cooperation with the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-324.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1815.
Location. 30° 26.583′ N, 85° 2.583′ W. Marker is in Blountstown, Florida, in Calhoun County. It is at the intersection of East Central Avenue (State Road 20) and Main Street (State Road 71), on the right when traveling west on East Central Avenue. Marker is on the grounds of the Old Calhoun County Courthouse, Blountstown, Florida. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 314 East Central Avenue, Blountstown FL 32424, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Florida Panhandle. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Blunt Reservation and Fields (here, next to this marker); Calhoun County War Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Apalachicola Tribal Town Mekko John Blount (about 400 feet away); M & B Railroad (approx. Ό mile away); "Old Blountstown" Courthouse (approx. 1.3 miles away); Governor Fuller Warren (approx. 2.4 miles away); Liberty County Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away); Abe Springs Bluff Courthouse (approx. 7.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blountstown.
Additional keywords.
Treaty, Muskogge, Creek, The Old Calhoun County courthouse, Romanesque Revival architecture, U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 2, 2010
6. Blunt Reservation And Fields Marker and Old Calhoun County Courthouse in the background
Historical markers on grounds of the Old Calhoun County Courthouse, Blountstown, Florida. This historic building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 1980.
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