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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