Chickasaw Treaty Council

Chickasaw Treaty Council is a Tennessee historical marker in Five Council Points, Williamson County.

Williamson Co. Franklin, Five Council Points

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In the spring of 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act providing the President with means to exchange the lands of the five civilized Indian nations of the Southeast for lands west of the Mississippi. On August 20, 1830 Andrew Jackson met in Franklin with the Chiefs of the Chickasaw nation to begin a series of treaties which removed the tribe to Oklahoma. “Sharpe Knife“ as the chiefs called Jackson, was the only U.S. President ever to attend an Indian removal council.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1827 · Kentucky (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Kentucky (Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn. (Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1874) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)

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