Urbandale Nations in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Chickasaw Treaty

Photographed by Shane Oliver, April 20, 2021

1. Chickasaw Treaty Marker

Inscription. In 1783, Chickasaw chiefs met with white settlers at a spring 100 yards north and agreed on land rights — the Cumberland country for the settlers, the Tennessee River lands beyond the Duck River ridge for the Chickasaw. This tribe became firm friends of James Robertson and his people, but the settlement suffered many more raids by Cherokees and Creeks.

Erected 1969 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 17.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1783.

Location. 36° 9.81′ N, 86° 51.792′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Urbandale Nations. It is on Morrow Road just south of Terry Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6105 Morrow Road, Nashville TN 37209, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: “Travelers' Rest” (approx. half a mile away); Cockrill Bend (approx. half a mile away); Tennessee State Penitentiary (approx. 0.6 miles away); England Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); Battle of Nashville (approx. one mile away); Robertson Avenue (approx. one mile away); Cockrill School (approx. 1.1 miles away); St. Ann Catholic Church and School (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 5, 2020

2. Chickasaw Treaty Marker

A piece of the “treaty oak” under which the treaty was signed. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 5, 2022

3. A piece of the “treaty oak” under which the treaty was signed.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 665 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 28, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. 2. submitted on April 8, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on September 11, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.