Watie, Stand, 1806-1871
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1806-12-12 - 1871-09-09
Biography
Stand Watie, also known as Standhope Uwatie, Tawkertawker, and Isaac S. Watie. v Leader of the Cherokee Nation, who, allied with the Confederacy, was the only Native American to attain a general's rank in the Civil War, Confederacy or Union.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Cherokee Papers, 1804-1871
Collection
Identifier: 28
Scope and Contents
These papers consist of a miscellaneous collection of material including some correspondence of Col. Return J. Meigs, Senator Harlan, President Grant, Col. Stand Watie; documents regarding sale of two slaves from the James Vann (1811) estate; names entitled to draw in land lottery of Gold Region in Georgia (1832); Old Settlers' Council Proceedings (1838-1865), and a list of 119 Old Settlers' names. There are Sequoyan documents and notes on his syllabary, a map of New Echota, and a Brainerd...
Dates:
1804 - 1871
Pay Order, 1869-12-23
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000023243248], Folder: 6
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.021
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed order from Stand Watie for Elias Cornelius Boudinot, 1835-1890, to pay E.W. Perry $232.00.
Dates:
1869-12-23
Filtered By
- Subject: Cherokee Indians. X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Cherokee Indians -- History. 1
- Slavery -- Indian Territory 1