On August 27, 1836, Georgia Militia companies commanded by Col. Henry Blair, Captain Lindsay and Capt. Levi J. Knight fought a skirmish with Creek Indians near Cow Creek and routed them, killing two and taking several prisoners. During that summer, the Indians had committed many raids and massacres as they traversed the border counties on their way to Florida to join the Seminoles. Georgia troops had been following them for weeks and overtook this band in the cypress swamp on the edge of Cow Creek.