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George Tootemastubbe COLBERT

George Tootemastubbe COLBERT1,2

about 17641,2 - 7th Jan 18391,2

Life History

about 1764

Born in Chickasaw Nation, Alabama.1,2

7th Jan 1839

Died in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.1,2

after 7th Jan 1839

Buried in Fort Towson, Choctaw County, Oklahoma.2

Notes

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    George Colbert

    George Colbert, also known as Tootemastubbe (c. 1764-1839), was a Native American leader of the Chickasaw people in the early 19th century. He commanded 350 Chickasaw auxiliary troops, whom he had recruited, as a militia captain under Andrew Jackson during the Creek War of 1813-1814. Later he joined the US Army under Jackson for the remainder of the War of 1812.

    At the time of Indian Removal, when he had succeeded his late brother Levi Colbert as chief, he was a planter who owned significant land and more than 150 slaves in Mississippi, and a ferry in northwestern Alabama.

    The second of six mixed-race sons of James Logan Colbert, a North Carolinian settler of Scots descent and his second wife Minta Hoye, a Chickasaw, George Colbert was born in present-day Alabama about 1764.  As a youth he began to rise in prominence in the Chickasaw nation, as he gained status from his mother's clan as well as his actions. The Chickasaw had a matrilineal kinship system, in which children were considered born into their mother's clan; positions of hereditary leadership were passed through the mother's line.
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    He and his brothers Levi and James were among the primary negotiators of treaties between his people and the United States government in the early 19th century. The Chickasaw ended up ceding much of their land to the United States in an attempt to preserve peace after repeated conflicts with settlers. The Colberts received several valuable tracts for their service.

    In the late 1830s, Colbert was serving as chief of the Chickasaw, following his brother Levi Colbert. Together with most of his fellow Chickasaw, by 1839 he removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) with his family, taking 150 slaves with him, under the Indian Removal Act. In the 1850s, his nephews Winston and Holmes Colbert helped develop the constitution and government organization of the Chickasaw in Oklahoma after removal.
    --  Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colbert
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    George Tootemastubbe Colbert, Chief to the Chickasaw Nation

    Birth 1764 Muscle Shoals, Colbert, Alabama, United States
    Death January 07, 1839 (74-75) Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma, United States
    Burial Fort Towson, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States

    Immediate Family:
    Son of Capt. James Logan Colbert and Sopha Minta Hoya Nahettaly Ishtanaha

    Husband of Saleechie Doublehead and Tuskiahooto Colbert

    Father of Jane Colbert; Nancy Catherine Tharp; Susan "Sukey" McLish / Jones (Colbert); Lavinia Sarah Elizabeth Dunaway; George Colbert, Jr. and 2 others

    Brother of Maj. William Colbert, Cooshemataha Pyaheggo; Joseph Colbert; Samuel Colbert and Maj. Levi "Itawamba Minco" Colbert
    Half brother of James "Tonepia" Colbert; Maj. William Colbert, Cooshemataha Pyaheggo; Sally Love; John Colbert; James Holmes Colbert and 1 other

    Governor of Chickasaw Nation, Chief to Chickasaw Nation

    Managed by Private User, Last Updated August 20, 2019
    --  Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/George-Colbert-Chief-to-the-Chickasaw-Nation/6000000000677560926
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