Seaman, 2nd Class, U. S. N. R. F.; son of W. P. and Selina V. Creech; of Johnston County. Entered service June 1, 1918, at Richmond, Va. Sent to Camp St. Helena, Va., transferred to Opr. Base, Va., then to U. S. S. “Virginia.” Patrol the coast from Norfolk, Va., to Boston, Mass.
Private, Inf., Co. M, 30th Div., 120th Regt.; of Johnston County; son of J. I. and Mrs. Lucillea Creech. Entered service May 24, 1916, Durham, N.C. Sent to Samp Sevier, S. C. Transferred to Camp Merritt. Sailed for France May 17, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Bellicourt-Lys Offensive, Somme Canal. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S.
1st Class Private, Co. E, 107th Inf., 27th Div. Born in Johnson County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Creech. Husband of Mrs. Martha Ellen Creech. Entered the service at Pine Level, N.C., Aug. 5, 1918. Was sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., and from there to Newport News, Va. Sailed for France Sept.
Samuel Bryan Todd7, (Samuel6, Eliel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born March 2, 1814, in Enosburg, Vt., died May 30, 1870, in Cat Creek, Ga., married Martha Knight, who died in 1916, at their home in Ga. They lived for a number of years in Tampa, Florida, where their children were born, and where he was
Muskogee or Mvskoke is generally translated as “people who have herbal medicine.” It nowadays is considered synonymous with “Creek Indian,” but did not appear on any maps until very, very late in the 18th Century. The most common name for the “Creek Indians” at that time was “Coweta.”
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Creek food reserves were stored in large warehouses in the capital of the province. Subordinate villages furnished food reserves to their district administrative center’s warehouse that was known as a talula in Itsati and a talufa in Mvskoke.
The topah-sofkee was really was much more than a kitchen for banquets. It was an always-open-for-business that served free, hot food to the needy, travelers and hunters arriving home late at night.
In the late 20th century anthropologists established the names and chronological spans of Southeastern Native American cultural periods. They were based on the study of the Woodland peoples of New England and the Midwest.
Persons, who have family traditions of Creek Indian ancestry often become confused when they trace their probable Creek ancestors to either South Carolina or North Carolina.
Achese apparently became the most important town in what archaeologists label the Lamar Culture. The Lamar Culture is named after the Lamar Village, which is the name given the site by archaeologists. Lamar Culture towns built smaller mounds that previous phases of the Creek Indian culture. The mounds were oval and faced west. The principal temple mounds of earlier towns were usually pentagonal and extremely large, some of the largest built in North America. By not devoting so much labor into mound-building, the Lamar Culture people were able to grow more food and obtain more game or fish. It was a very prosperous time in the region.
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