Land Claim Dispute
Document 1797Pinckney spoke on behalf of the Committee of the House of Rep. on the remonstrance and petition of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee. Committee found that relief was due citizens of Tennessee who were moved from their land that was granted in a treaty to the Indian Nation of Cherokees. Citizens were found to be owed compensation regardless of the secession of North Carolina.
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Pinckney spoke on behalf of the Committee of the House of Rep. on the remonstrance and petition of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee. Committee found that relief was due citizens of Tennessee who were moved from their land that was granted in a treaty to the Indian Nation of Cherokees. Citizens were found to be owed compensation regardless of the secession of North Carolina.
Date
12/20/1797
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1797122090000
Notable persons
House of Representatives
Congress
Thomas Pinckney
Cherokee
Indian Nation
citizens
Indians
committee
Notable locations
Tennessee
House of Representatives
Congress
North Carolina
Holston
southwestern territory
Indian territory
settlement
Ohio
river
frontier
Notable items
treaty