Flashcards: People of the Creek War

Samuel Bunch (December 4, 1786 – December 4, 1849) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837.

Julius Caesar Alford (May 10, 1799 – January 1, 1863) was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.

Samuel "Sam" Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing Texas into the United States as a constituent state.

William Weatherford, also known as Lamochattee (Red Eagle) (c. 1780 or 1781 – March 24, 1824), was a Creek chief of the Upper Creek towns who led the Red Sticks' offensive in the Creek War (1813–1814) against the United States.

William Carroll (March 3, 1788 – March 22, 1844) was an American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee twice, from 1821 to 1827 and again from 1829 to 1835.

William Hall (February 11, 1775 – October 7, 1856) was an American politician who served as the seventh Governor of the state of Tennessee from April to October 1829.

John Alexander Cocke (1772 – February 16, 1854) was an American politician and soldier who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 to 1827.

John Williams (January 29, 1778 – August 10, 1837) was an American lawyer, soldier, and statesman, operating primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the first part of the 19th century.

John Ker (1789–1850) was an American surgeon, plantation owner and politician.

Alexander Calvit (also known as Sandy Calvit) (1784–1836) was an early settler in colonial Texas and a sugar planter.

John R. Coffee (June 2, 1772 – July 7, 1833) was an American planter and state militia general in Tennessee.

William Cocke (1748 – August 22, 1828) was an American lawyer, pioneer, and statesman.

James Meriwether (1789–1854) was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia.

George Rockingham Gilmer (April 11, 1790 – November 16, 1859) was an American statesman and politician.

Daniel Newnan (1780 – January 16, 1851) was an American politician and military commander in North Carolina and Georgia.

George Mayfield (1779−1848) was an interpreter and spy for General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War of 1813 – 1814.

John Floyd (October 3, 1769 – June 24, 1839) was an American politician and brigadier general in the First Brigade of Georgia Militia.

Major Ridge, The Ridge (and sometimes Pathkiller II) (c. 1771 – June 22, 1839) (also known as Nunnehidihi, and later Ganundalegi) was a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker.

Newton Cannon (May 22, 1781 – September 16, 1841) was an American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1835 to 1839.

William Trousdale (September 23, 1790 – March 27, 1872) was an American soldier and politician.

Richard Keith Call (October 24, 1792 – September 14, 1862) was an American attorney and politician, the third and fifth territorial governor of Florida.

Ephraim Hubbard Foster (September 17, 1794 – September 6, 1854) twice served as a United States Senator from Tennessee.

Joel Crawford (June 15, 1783 – April 5, 1858) was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.

Benjamin Hawkins (August 15, 1754 – June 6, 1816) was an American planter, statesman, and U.

Menawa, first called Hothlepoya (c. 1765 – c. 1835), was a Muscogee (Creek) chief and military leader.

William Barton Wade Dent (September 8, 1806 – September 7, 1855) was an American politician, educator, soldier and businessman from Georgia.

James White (1747 – August 14, 1821) was an American pioneer and soldier who founded Knoxville, Tennessee, in the early 1790s.