In the summer of 1836, a company of militia under Capt. Levi J. Knight from near Ray City was sent to protect settlers from marauding Indians on their way to join the Seminoles in Florida. After a party of Indians plundered the plantation of William Parker near Milltown, the militia pursued them northeast across the county and overtook them near Gaskins Pond, not far from the Alapaha River. Several were killed and some injured as the Indians fled across the river. A few days later, the militia encountered more Indians at Brushy Creek and drove them off. This was the last real battle with the Indians in this section.