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By Tom Bosse, July 30, 2021
Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site Marker
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| | Here on September 27, 1830 was signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. The Choctaw Nation of Indians surrendered their lands to the U.S. and removed west of the Miss.
Commissioners – John Coffee, John H. Easton
Choctaw Chiefs – Greenwood . . . — — Map (db m179034) HM |
| | West 15 miles is the site which gave name to last treaty with the Choctaws, Sept. 7, 1830, whereby the remaining tribal lands in the state were opened to white settlement. — — Map (db m92655) HM |
| | About 5 miles north of here on September 7, 1830, the Choctaw Indians signed their last treaty with the United States, yielding most of their remaining tribal lands in Miss. to white settlement. — — Map (db m140663) HM |
| | On Yockanookany, 1/2 mi. S., was built in 1836 water mill of W.R. Coleman of Fairfield Co. S.C., first white settler after Choctaw cession in Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. — — Map (db m51198) HM |
| | The road to your left, running to Canton, Mississippi, was opened in 1834 and named for Choctaw Indian Chief Ofahoma or Red Dog. Like other Choctaw, he had accepted the way of his European neighbors and had become a farmer.
Chief Ofahoma . . . — — Map (db m87488) HM |
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The Town of Gainesville, a designated Tree City USA, was founded in 1832. The land on which the town is located was originally owned by John Coleman, husband to a Choctaw Indian of the area. He sold the land to Colonel Moses Lewis, who had the . . . — — Map (db m69709) HM |
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1736: First settlement by French at Ft. Tombecbee.
1830: U.S. got Choctaw Indian lands by Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
1832: County created by Act of State Legislature -- named for Gen. Thomas Sumter, "The Gamecock," South . . . — — Map (db m92663) HM |
Jun. 15, 2024