George Fields Company of Col. Gideon Morgan's Regiment of Cherokee Warriors under General Andrew Jackson.
John Looney fought at the Battle of Emuckfaw in January 1814 and was severely wounded by a gunshot which went through his left shoulder blade, disabling him.
Looney had placed his reservation at Creekpath in the care of his two sisters, Peggy Mink and Susannah, who were forced off of the property by whites.
It was about this time that the Eastern Cherokee were arriving from the west due to their forced removal from North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
John Ross, Principal Chief of the Eastern Cherokee, denied any involvement in or knowledge of the murders.
He appointed a committee to draft a new Constitution and made Sequoyah (also known as George Guess or Gist) President of the Old Settlers.