Tomo-Chi-Chi's Grave Monument

Tomochichi was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians, a small band that was around Savannah from the late 1720s to the mid-1740s. He was a major mediator between native Creek (Muscogee) and British colonists, and he worked to establish peaceful relations in early British settlement years. Tomochichi passed away on October 5, 1739, and was celebrated with a British military funeral because of his contributions to Georgia. Tomochichi was known as a political and cultural representative for British dignitary meetings. His grave site within Wright Square had "a Pyramid of Stone" collected from the area. The collection of stones was removed in the early 1880s and replaced with a large granite boulder with a copper plate during Tomochichi's dedication ceremony on April 21, 1899.

Historical Marker text: "Tomo-Chi-Chi, Mico of the Yamacraws, a tribe of the Creek Indian Nation, is buried in this Square. He has been called a co-founder, with Oglethorpe, of Georgia. He was a good friend to the English, a friendship indispensable to the establishment of the Colony as a military outpost against Spanish invasion. He negotiated with Oglethorpe the treaty formally ratified on May 21, 1733, pursuant to which Georgia was settled. Mary Musgrove, half-breed niece of Emperor Brim of the Creek Indians, acted as interpreter between Oglethorpe and Tomo-Chi-Chi and lent her great influence to the signing of that treaty and to the

In 1734, at the age of 84, with his wife Senauki, Tomo-Chi-Chi visited the English Court and was received by the King and by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was a man of fine physique, tall and of great dignity.

He died October 5, 1739 at Yamacraw Indian Village, and at his request was brought to Savannah to rest among his English friends. He was buried here with military honors."