Thompson, Charles, -1891
Dates
- Existence: 1891
Biography
Charles Thompson was born to a full-blood Cherokee father and a European-American mother in the Southeastern United States. According to one writer, the mother had been kidnapped at a young age and raised by Cherokees. She never learned the identities of her real parents nor when or where she was born. As a result, she did not speak English and could communicate only in Cherokee.[2] The family migrated west to Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears, and settled near the present-day site of Lake Spavinaw, in what is now Delaware County, Oklahoma.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
C. Thompson to E.M. Adair, 1878-03-08
Handwritten and signed letter from Charles Thompson to Ephraim Martin Adair regardomg the case of Cherokee Nation vs. Too-tah-ah-ner Bigbullet for the murder of Solomon Townsend.
Notification of Election, 1877-11-19
Official notification of Ephraim Martin Adair's election to the office of Judge of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of the Cherokee Nation.
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- Oklahoma -- Elections. 1