Horseshoe Bend
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\nations\United States\states\Alabama\counties\Jackson\capes\
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927
Item — Box 1, Folder: 65
Identifier: 4027.5291
Description
Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65
Dates:
circa 1927
Unsigned Certification by John Brown Appling for United States Pension for Crawling Snake, July 1837
Item — Folder 230: [Barcode: 187.230]
Identifier: 4026.450
Description
Unsigned certification by the late Captain of Cherokee Warriors John Brown stating that Crawling Snake was wounded in action at the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend and is applying for United States Pension. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 230
Dates:
July 1837