Barney Circle in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Peter Perkins Pitchlynn
(Ha-tchoo-tuc-knee)
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 12, 2019
1. Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Marker
Born January 30, 1896
Died January 17, 1881
• Principal Chief, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 1864-1866
• Tribal Commissioner for land claims against the U.S. Government
• Established Choctaw Educational System
• Advocated for Choctaw Constitution and Government in Oklahoma (1834)
• Speaker Choctaw Tribal Council
• Loyal to the Union during the Civil War
• Negotiated the surrender of the Choctaw Confederate Military Forces (1865), and the treaty of peace between the Tribe and the U.S. (1866)
• Faithful Member of the Lutheran Memorial Church and the Masonic Order
• Son of Major John Pitchlynn and Sophia Folsom
• Husband of Rhoda Folsom and Caroline Lombardy
making as I ever beheld; he moved among people like another kind of being”
Charles Dickens (American Notes, 1842)
Upon meeting Pitchlynn during his journey through America
Placed here in remembrance by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
1998
Erected
this page online
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Native Americans • War, US Civil.
Location. 38° 52.773′ N, 76° 58.805′ W. Marker is in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Barney Circle. Marker can be reached from the intersection of E Street SE and Potomac Avenue SE, on the right when traveling east. This marker is in Congressional Cemetery - R87/S5294 on their map. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1801 E Street SE, Washington DC 20003, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. September 11 Healing Poles (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); September 11 Memorial Path (about 600 feet away); John Philip Sousa (about 600 feet away); Lee Dittman Shapiro 1949-1987 / James T. Lindelof 1957-1987 (about 600 feet away); Barney at Bladensburg (about 600 feet away); U.S. Arsenal Explosion Memorial (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named U.S. Arsenal Explosion Memorial (about 700 feet away); Congressional Cemetery Government Lots (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southeast Washington.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 12, 2019
2. Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Marker
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 12, 2019
3. Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Grave Marker
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 12, 2019
4. P. P. Pitchlynn,
Died
January 17, 1881;
Aged 75 Years.
Died
January 17, 1881;
Aged 75 Years.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 12, 2019
5. Chief and Delegate
Choctaw Nation
For Whose Advancement
Many Years of His Life
Were Devoted
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A Christian Brave
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Photographed By Allen C. Browne
6. Peter Perkins Pitchlynn
This 1834 painting by George Catlin entitled “Há-tchoo-túc-knee, Snapping Turtle, a Half-breed” hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 278 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 12, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
