Pallantides
02-01-2010, 02:17 PM
William Penn Adair
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Colonel William Penn Adair was the son of George Washington Adair and Martha "Patsy" Martin. Martha Martin was the daughter of Judge John Martin and a sister of Annie Martin-Thompson, wife of Benjamin Franklin Thompson. George Washington Adair was the son of Walter "Black Watt" Adair and Rachel Thompson the sister of Benjamin Franklin Thompson and second cousins of Henry Butt Thompson. William Adair rose to prominence during the Civil War as one of the primary officers of the Cherokee Mounted Rifles under Confederate General Stand Watie. After the death of Watie in 1871, Adair took over as the primary leader of the Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands, including the Mount Tabor Community along with Clement Neely Vann the son of David Vann. In 1871, Adair and Vann began a serious of lawsuits aimed at getting the 1.5 million acres guaranteed to the Cherokees and Choctaws by the Treaty of 1836 with the Republic of Texas. These suits eventually went before the United States Supreme Court in 1920, and the Indian Claims Commission in 1948. The State of Texas offered 15 million acres of Texas panhandle land to settle the suit, but Adair declined as his eyes were always on the Texas Cherokee lands in the Piney Woods. William Penn Adair died in Washington, D.C. on October 21, 1880 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Lewis Downing
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Lewis Downing served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1867 to 1872.
Elias C. Boudinot Jr
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Elias Cornelius Boudinot was a member of the Arkansas secession convention, a Colonel in the in the Civil War (Confederate), and a representative in the Confederate Congress. During the Civil War, he fought for the Confederate Army, under his uncle, Indian General Stand Watie. Boudinot reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1863, he was a member of the Confederate Congress, representing the Cherokee Indians. After the Civil War, Boudinot started a tobacco factory, hoping to take advantage of tax immunities promised in the 1866 treaty between the United States and the Cherokees. Later regulators denied that the treaty provided tax relief, and seized the factory for nonpayment of taxes. In 1871, the United States Supreme Court ruled against Boudinot.
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Colonel William Penn Adair was the son of George Washington Adair and Martha "Patsy" Martin. Martha Martin was the daughter of Judge John Martin and a sister of Annie Martin-Thompson, wife of Benjamin Franklin Thompson. George Washington Adair was the son of Walter "Black Watt" Adair and Rachel Thompson the sister of Benjamin Franklin Thompson and second cousins of Henry Butt Thompson. William Adair rose to prominence during the Civil War as one of the primary officers of the Cherokee Mounted Rifles under Confederate General Stand Watie. After the death of Watie in 1871, Adair took over as the primary leader of the Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands, including the Mount Tabor Community along with Clement Neely Vann the son of David Vann. In 1871, Adair and Vann began a serious of lawsuits aimed at getting the 1.5 million acres guaranteed to the Cherokees and Choctaws by the Treaty of 1836 with the Republic of Texas. These suits eventually went before the United States Supreme Court in 1920, and the Indian Claims Commission in 1948. The State of Texas offered 15 million acres of Texas panhandle land to settle the suit, but Adair declined as his eyes were always on the Texas Cherokee lands in the Piney Woods. William Penn Adair died in Washington, D.C. on October 21, 1880 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Lewis Downing
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Lewis Downing served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1867 to 1872.
Elias C. Boudinot Jr
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Elias Cornelius Boudinot was a member of the Arkansas secession convention, a Colonel in the in the Civil War (Confederate), and a representative in the Confederate Congress. During the Civil War, he fought for the Confederate Army, under his uncle, Indian General Stand Watie. Boudinot reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1863, he was a member of the Confederate Congress, representing the Cherokee Indians. After the Civil War, Boudinot started a tobacco factory, hoping to take advantage of tax immunities promised in the 1866 treaty between the United States and the Cherokees. Later regulators denied that the treaty provided tax relief, and seized the factory for nonpayment of taxes. In 1871, the United States Supreme Court ruled against Boudinot.