324. (Born Ala.) DAVID MONIAC * (Ap’d. Ala.). Class Rank 39 of 40

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 18, 1817, to July 1, 1822, when be was graduated and promoted in the Army to BVT. SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 1, 1822. On authorized graduation leave of absence, July 1 to Dec. 31, 1822.
RESIGNED, DEC. 31, 1822.
Civil History. — Cotton Planter, Baldwin County, Ala., 1822
Military History. — Served in the Florida War, 1836, as
CAPTAIN, REG. MOUNTED CHEEK VOLUNTEERS, AUG. 17, 1836.
MAJOR, REG. MOUNTED CREEK VOLUNTEERS, NOV. 15, 1836,
being engaged against the Seminole Indians in the Battle of Wahoo Swamp, Nov. 21, 1836, where, while crossing a difficult morass in face of the fire of the enemy posted on the opposite bank, he was KILLED, NOV. 21, 1836 : AGED 34.
* Was a Creek Indian.
[Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduated of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, 1802-1890, Cullum ]