Treaty of Tuscaloosa
The Treaty of Tuscaloosa was signed in October 1818, and
Treaty
On October 19, 1818, state senator Jackson and former Kentucky governor Shelby, as plenipotentiaries for the state of Kentucky, completed negotiations with the Chickasaw on what was to become known as the Treaty of Tuscaloosa, one of several treaties consummated in 1818 which resulted in the Jackson Purchase.[1] The treaty targeted land that had been recognized as Chickasaw territory by the 1786 Treaty of Hopewell; that is, the lands in Tennessee and Kentucky that were west of the Tennessee River, an uninhabited woodland area of about 10,700 square miles of territory that the tribe controlled.[1]
*Pink – Chickasaw – Jackson Purchase (1818)
*Yellow – Creek – Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814)
*Gray – Cherokee – Jackson and McMinn Treaty
Prior to the signing of the treaty,
Results
The Treaty of Tuscaloosa was ratified by the Congress and Senate of the United States, and confirmed by President James Monroe on January 7, 1819.[3] With the acquisition, the state of Kentucky gained about 2,000 square miles, and Tennessee was enlarged by about 6,000 square miles.[3]
Aftermath
There was an immediate rush of settlement to the area. Jackson, along with
References
- ^ a b c d e f Rolater, Fred S.; Treaties; article; Tennessee Encyclopedia, online; accessed October 2019
- ^ Pate, James C.; Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture; Chapter: "Chickasaw;" retrieved December 2012.Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Kleber, John E.; "Jackson Purchase" Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine; The Kentucky Encyclopedia; 1992; accessed October 2020
Further reading
- Treaty with the Chickasaw: 1818; "The Avalon Project – Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy"; Lillian Goldman Law Library project; Yale Law School; accessed November 2020.