Creek Indian collection, 1798-1837.

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Creek Indian collection, 1798-1837.

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The collection consists of documents relating mainly to the Creek Indians in the Indian territory of Georgia from 1798-1837. Includes the deposition of William Cavanah, dated January 28, 1798, Jefferson County, Georgia regarding Indian disorders at his plantation in Montgomery County (Ga.); deposition of Brig. Gen. David Blackshear of the Georgia Militia dated Sept. 29, 1813 regarding protection of the Indian frontier and the erection of three forts--Adams, Clark, and McIntosh; letter from Samuel Jackson, Nov. 8, 1813 to Jack F. Cock ordering Cock's company of Georgia Militia to proceed to Smith's fort for protection of the frontier; a declaration signed by Little Prince and twenty-eight Creek town chiefs, dated Aug. 24, 1826, Broken Arrow, Creek Nation regarding laws; another declaration signed by Chilly McIntosh and eight others dated Aug. 28, 1826 disputing the laws cited by Little Prince under which General William McIntosh had been executed and his property confiscated; and a statement, dated Sept. 28, 1836 signed by J.A. Chambers made by prisoners brought in from Thomas County (Ga.) regarding attacks by whites upon Creek Indians crossing the Chattahoochee River, the capture of Eneah Mathla, and the escape of a party of Uchus.

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cavanah, William.

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Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860

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Quartermaster-general of the U.S. army, 1818-1860. Appointed commander of U.S., Georgia, and Alabama troops fighting the Creeks in Alabama, May 19, 1836, and of the army in Florida during the Second Seminole War, Dec. 6, 1836. From the description of Letter : Tampa Bay, [Fla.], to C.C. Clay, Governor of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1836 Nov. 17. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38110737 Thomas Sidney Jesup was a soldier in the U.S. Army. He rose to the rank of Major Gen...

Blackshear, David, 1764-1837.

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Chambers, J. A.

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McIntosh, William, ca. 1775-1825.

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Jackson, Samuel, fl. 1813.

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McIntosh, Chilly, 1800-1875

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Little Prince.

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Georgia. Militia

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