Pintlala, also known as Pint Lala or Colquitt, is an

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in Montgomery County,

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, United States, located on

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, south of Montgomery.

History

Pintlala, and nearby Pintlala Creek, are named for the

Creek A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet. Creek may also refer to: * Creek people, a former name of Muscogee, Native Americans * C ...

words, ''pithlo'', meaning "canoe", and the verb form of ''halatas'', meaning "to drag". Pintlala was founded as an Upper Creek town, situated around Sam Moniac's tavern on the Old Federal Road. 50 to 60 houses were burned here by American forces during the

Creek War The Creek War (also the Red Stick War or the Creek Civil War) was a regional conflict between opposing Native American factions, European powers, and the United States during the early 19th century. The Creek War began as a conflict within th ...

. Sam Moniac was the brother in law of

William Weatherford William Weatherford, also known after his death as Red Eagle ( – March 24, 1824), was a Creek chief of the Upper Creek towns who led many of the Red Sticks actions in the Creek War (1813–1814) against Lower Creek towns and against allied f ...

and the father of

David Moniac David Moniac (December 25, 1802November 21, 1836) was a United States Army soldier of Muscogee descent. He was the first Native American and first non-white graduate of any race from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 18 ...

. General

James Wilkinson James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 – December 28, 1825) was an American army officer and politician who was associated with multiple scandals and controversies during his life, including the Burr conspiracy. He served in the Continental Army du ...

and

Benjamin Hawkins Benjamin Hawkins (August 15, 1754June 6, 1816) was an American planter, statesman and a U.S. Indian agent. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from North Carolina, having grown up among the planter elite ...

both stopped at Moniac's tavern while traveling on the Federal Road. Soon after Wilkinson stopped there, Moniac's tavern and home were burned down by members of the

Red Sticks Red Sticks (also Redsticks, Batons Rouges, or Red Clubs)—the name deriving from the red-painted war clubs of some Native American Creek—refers to an early 19th century traditionalist faction of Muscogee Creek people in the Southeastern Uni ...

. Pintlala School was founded in 1923, due to the consolidation of schools located in smaller communities such as Hope Hull, Le Grand, and Snowdoun. The last meeting of the Alabama Chapter of

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met at Grange Hall in Pintlala in July 1891. A post office operated under the name Pint Lala from 1827 to 1883, and under the name Colquitt from 1900 to 1904. Three properties in Pintlala, Bethel Cemetery, Pintlala School, and Tabernacle Methodist Church, are listed on the

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Education

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operates Pintlala Elementary School. The school opened in 1922.

Notable person

* Ray Scott, founder of

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. Former Presidents

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and

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, as well as Bill Dance and

Chuck Yeager Brigadier general (United States), Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager ( , February 13, 1923December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in his ...

have fished at his private lake in Pintlala.

References

Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama Alabama placenames of Native American origin {{MontgomeryCountyAL-geo-stub