On This Day In Alabama History: Abraham Mordecai Was Born

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Abraham Mordecai was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 24, 1755. It is believed he took part in the American Revolution before settling in Georgia and establishing a trading business.

Mordecai was a liaison for the Creek Indians, trading furs, medicinal plants and other items for European goods acquired along the southeastern seaboard. He married a Creek woman and became known among that tribe as Muccose, or Little Chief.

In 1785, Mordecai moved his family to a Creek town on the banks of the Alabama River. He set up a trading business between the Creeks and Choctaws in the area, which is present-day Montgomery.

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