The battle was a pivotal fight in the a war of resistance launched by Coweta, Yuchi, Hitchiti, and other tribal warriors trying to prevent the forced removal of their people from their traditional lands along the Chattahoochee River.

His first formal job was a legal career as a Clerk of the Superior Court of Fayette County, Georgia, Fall of 1836–1840.

His brother, Superior Court Judge Thomas Heflin had become a wealthy and powerful individual in Alabama politics.

Once the Civil War began, Robert Stell was viewed as a threat was arrested and carried to Andersonville, Georgia.

The Union soldiers were routed by General Joseph Wheeler and some made it to the home of Robert Stell Heflin.

He was best noted for introducing a bill that was passed and signed into law that provided an annual pension to wounded survivors and widows of militia members who served in the Creek Indian Wars.