Jackson Purchase

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The so-called Jackson Purchase ( purchase: acquisition, purchase) is an area in western Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky, which is bounded in the east by the Tennessee River , in the west by the Mississippi River and in the north by the Ohio River . The name comes from the fact that the area was bought by the United States in 1818 from the Chickasaw Indians. The future President Andrew Jackson represented the United States in the negotiations.

After long discussions, the treaty was sealed on October 19, 1818, as part of the Treaty of Tuscaloosa . On the US side, Jackson and Isaac Shelby negotiated ; and on the side of the Chickasaw Levi Colbert (leader of the Chickasaw Nation), George Colbert (former leader of 350 Chickasaw warriors in the Creek War from 1813-1814), Chinubby and Tishomingo . The purchase price was $ 300,000, payable in 15 annual installments.

In today's parlance, the Jackson Purchase area usually only refers to that part of what is now Kentucky. The other part in Tennessee is called West Tennessee .

Web links

• Jackson Purchase Historical Society

literature

• David W. Miller: The taking of American Indian lands in the Southeast - a history of territorial cessions and forced relocations, 1607-1840. 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-6277-3 .