Six Indians Hanged
Near this spot in 1836, six Creek and Yuchi men were hanged — the end of a last, doomed uprising on the Chattahoochee.
The Marker
In November 1836, six Creek and Yuchi Indians were hanged near this spot for their role in a last desperate uprising against the frontier whites of Georgia and Alabama. Following decades of provocation from whites anxious to gain control of their lands, a small band of Indians attacked and burned the little hamlet of Roanoke in Stewart County, Georgia, killing many of its inhabitants. They also killed several whites in a raid on a stagecoach a few miles south of here, near the bridge over Yuchi Creek. Eyewitnesses said the Indians died bravely.
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Phenix City–Russell County Chamber of Commerce, 2004.
Erected by Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Phenix City–Russell County Chamber of Commerce, 2004.
Where it is
Street View, oriented toward the marker.
Sources
- Creek Indian Removal — Encyclopedia of Alabama
- Second Creek War — Encyclopedia of Alabama
- The Battle of Roanoke — Stewart County, Georgia — ExploreSouthernHistory.com
- Roanoke (Georgia Historical Marker) — Georgia Historical Society
- Six Indians Hanged (Historical Marker) — The Historical Marker Database (HMdb.org), marker no. 69065
- Six Indians Hanged · Marker text is public factual information; the photograph is © the project owner.
- The Removal of the Creek Indians from the Southeast, 1825–1838 (C. Haveman) — National Park Service / NPS History
- Creek War of 1836 — Wikipedia
About this film
The cinematic period scenes are AI-generated — a dramatized visualization, not real historical footage.
The narration is an AI-generated voice, not a human recording.