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It is either a grave or monument or both to Capt. George Payne and Dempsey Whidden near where they were killed.
It reads: "In the memory of Capt. George Payne age 32 years a native of Cornwall Conn also of D. Whidden both were killed by a party of Seminole Indians on the evening of July 17, 1849. Here are the might of the fallen."
Paynes Creek Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located on Lake Branch Road one-half mile southeast of Bowling Green, Florida. On November 21, 1978, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, under the title of Payne's Creek Massacre-Fort Chokonikla Site (also known as "site of Chokonikla blockhouse and bridge" or "Military cemetery").
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