William Weatherford Gravesite
Half Scottish and half Creek, William Weatherford reluctantly joined the Red Stick cause yet went on to
become one of its most famous and influential leaders. He helped plan the attacks on Fort Mims and the
American encampment at Calabee Creek, and famously escaped capture at the Battle of the Holy Ground
by leaping his horse into the Alabama River. In the aftermath of the devastating Red Stick defeat at
Horseshoe Bend, he entered Fort Jackson alone and voluntarily surrendered himself to General Andrew
Jackson. Though his capture had been one of the top goals of the American military, Jackson pardoned him
out of respect for his display of bravery on the condition that he use his influence to persuade remaining
bands of Red Sticks to lay down their arms. He spent his final years on his plantation in southern Alabama,
where he died in 1824.
The William Weatherford Monument, which contains the graves of Weatherford and his mother, is located
on County Road 84 in northern Baldwin County, Alabama.
become one of its most famous and influential leaders. He helped plan the attacks on Fort Mims and the
American encampment at Calabee Creek, and famously escaped capture at the Battle of the Holy Ground
by leaping his horse into the Alabama River. In the aftermath of the devastating Red Stick defeat at
Horseshoe Bend, he entered Fort Jackson alone and voluntarily surrendered himself to General Andrew
Jackson. Though his capture had been one of the top goals of the American military, Jackson pardoned him
out of respect for his display of bravery on the condition that he use his influence to persuade remaining
bands of Red Sticks to lay down their arms. He spent his final years on his plantation in southern Alabama,
where he died in 1824.
The William Weatherford Monument, which contains the graves of Weatherford and his mother, is located
on County Road 84 in northern Baldwin County, Alabama.