Fines Creek

FINES CREEK

"An incident illustrative of the times is associated with the naming of Fine's creek in Haywood county. The Indians were in the habit of making sallies down the Pigeon [river] into the Tennessee settlements, then returning to their mountain fastnesses. On one of these expeditions they were routed and followed by Peter Fine and a company of plucky militia. The Indians were overtaken in camp beyond the mountains, one killed and the property recovered. The whites were in turn followed by the Indians, and, while sustaining a night attack, Vinet Fine, the major's brother, was killed [at twelve mile creek]. A hole was cut in the ice, and, to conceal the body from the savages, it was dropped into the creek. It is appropriate, therefore, that the stream should be called Fine's creek." (1883, Ziegler, Wilbur and Ben Grosscup. In the Heart of the Alleghanies... p.30; Also 1914, Arthur, John. Western North Carolina: A History from 1730 to 1913, p. 111),