Stewart County GaArchives Photo Place.....Florence Historical Marker April 7, 2006
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             Florence  Historical Marker
         Located at the Florence Marina on Ga. 39 

                        FLORENCE
Located on this site was the frontier town of Florence, 
which was incorporated on December 14, 1837 after the 
Creek Indians burned the nearby town of Roanoke in 1836. 
Florence was originally named Liverpool after the English 
port city. For many years the town flourished and could 
boast of a covered bridge linking it to Alabama, a newspaper, 
bank and hotel. Florence began to decline after the flood of 
1846 washed away the bridge and the town was later bypassed by 
the railroad. The town site is now occupied by a few scattered 
homes, farmland and Florence Marina State Park which takes its 
name from the former community.
            ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION
           GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
                         AND STEWART COUNTY 1992 


  Found this on another site about the town of Roanoke
http://tfn.net/~cdk901/2crekwar1.htm  Link to

The Creek War of 1836 on the Chattahoochee River
(part I of II, of the 2nd Creek War) 
by Christopher Kimball

Abstracted the part about the Battle and the Town of Roanoke.

Town of Roanoke Destroyed:

At dawn of May 15th, 1836 the town of Roanoke awoke to an attack 
by Creek War Leader Jim Henry and 200 to 300 Creek warriors. The 
town was taken by complete surprise, and the Georgia Militia could 
not set up a defense fast enough to save the town. The Indians burned 
plantations, carried off Negro slaves, and destroyed livestock. Over 
100 of the town's residents were forced to flee. Fifteen residents 
were killed, including four who were burned to death when the hotel was 
torched. Captain Horne of the militia was wounded, but was saved by a man 
who dragged him down into a ravine to hide until the Indians had left. 
Finally a militia force arrived to drive off Jim Henry. 

The destructive work of the Creeks continued. The hostiles attacked 
steamers on the Chattahoochee River, sinking one, and killing and 
wounding the crew and passengers on another.  Soon 2400 refugees 
flooded into Columbus. 


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