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Early life and education

One of six sons of James Logan Colbert (1721 - 1784), a North Carolinian settler of Scots descent, and his second wife Sopha Minta Hoye, a Chickasaw, Levi Colbert was born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He and his mixed-race siblings grew up bilingual and were educated in both Chickasaw and European-American traditions. According to the entry in the Chickasaw Hall of Fame, he was born in the Chickasaw Nation, in what is now Alabama, in 1759. He and his siblings grew up bilingual, educated in both Chickasaw and European-American traditions.

As the Chickasaw had a matrilineal kinship system of descent and inheritance, children were considered to belong to the mother's clan. They gained their status through her, and hereditary leadership for males was passed through the maternal line.

Removal

Levi Colbert and his brother George Colbert were prominent among the negotiators of the Chickasaw when meeting with US government officials related to treaties and removal.[10] Although opposed to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, [11] in a treaty meeting with General John Coffee and other United States representatives in November 1832, to keep peace, the Chickasaw chiefs of the council signed a treaty based on the tribe's removal west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory. This treaty gave them only 25 cents per acre for their land, less than half that which was first promised.

In a long letter to President Andrew Jackson that November, Colbert noted the many complaints the chiefs had with the resulting treaty. He restated their position, and noted their belief that General Coffee had ignored their comments and viewpoints. They had wanted the tribe to keep control of money resulting from sale of their lands, they were not ready to choose land in Indian Territory, they did not want to share a reservation in Indian Territory with "half-breeds", and were dismayed at the way they had been treated by General Coffee. More than 40 chiefs who had attended the treaty council signed the letter with Colbert. They were chiefs of the clans and leading villages.

Colbert had been ill during the meeting and was unable to attend all the sessions. He died in 1834, years before his people finally agreed to a treaty and removed to Indian Territory.

Intra-tribal conflict

Colbert did not want conflict; he wanted peace with the US government, even if it meant giving up his people's land. He wanted to try to preserve his people's rights during negotiations, as they were pressured by increasing conflict with encroaching European-American settlers and governments. He was very concerned that the federal government was treating equally with mixed-race men he called "half-breeds." Although Colbert was of mixed descent, he had grown up identifying with the Chickasaw culture and his mother's clan.
He believed some white men were marrying into the tribe just to try to get control of land. By the 1830s, he felt such men were ignoring traditional practices and the tribe's recognized chiefs in seeking personal gain.

Family

"He married three times. He married Ishtimmarharlechar. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. He married Temusharhoctay 'Dollie' (Schtimmarshashoctay) before 1795. Temusharhoctay was born before 1780. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. He married Mintahoyo House of Imatapo before 1799. Mintahoyo was born before 1799. Mintahoyo died after 1839." Most of the younger children were educated at Charity Hall school, a mile and a half from their home, (also called Bell Indian Mission). It has been described as "a mission school ... established in 1820, near Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi, by Rev. Robert Bell, under the auspices of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, for the education of Chickasaw children."

Death

Colbert died June 2, 1834, at Buzzard Roost, Alabama, His brother George Colbert succeeded him as leader of the Chickasaw.

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Adoptive Father of Winchester Colbert

Maj. Levi "Itawamba Minco" Colbert was born 1759. Levi died 2 JUN 1834 in Buzzard Roost, Colbert Co., AL, at 74 years of age. His body was interred JUN 1834 in Buzzard Roost, Colbert Co., AL.

He married three times. He married Ishtimmarharlechar. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. He married Temusharhoctay 'Dollie' (Schtimmarshashoctay) before 1795. Temusharhoctay was born before 1780. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. He married Mintahoyo House of Imatapo before 1799. Mintahoyo was born before 1799. Mintahoyo died after 1839. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Nation, MS, 24 MAY 1834. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Census, Chickasaw Nation, IT, 1839.

He was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. Levi's occupation: Chickasaw Chief in Chickasaw Nation, MS, before 1834. Levi's will was probated in Monroe Co., MS, 24 NOV 1835. Levi Colbert died soon after the Chickasaw Treaty of 1834 was signed. He had served with the United States troops under General Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans and had long been recognized as a councilor by his people, the Chickasaw.

"Levi Colbert had 12 sons and 8 daughters." This statement is now known to be untrue, as it appears there were more children, and the possibility that there were more than three wives.

src: http://www.chickasawhistory.com/colbert/i0001073.htm#i1073

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Levi Colbert had two wives, both Chickasaw, and it is not recorded which children were by which wife. All the children were born in Chickasaw country and died in Indian Territory. Lewis was listed as an heir of Levi on an 1841 deed. After establishing one of the first stands on the Natchez Trace in 1801, Levi left it to his son-in-law Kilpatrick Carter. He negotiated many treaties but resisted removal until his death.[Early VA MS Territory .FTW] I had forgot to Inform Your Excellency in My last letter of the Death of Capt. James Colbert of the Chickesaw Nation who had been at St. Augustine, concerning demands that was made on him by the Governor of New Orleans for damages he did on the Mississippi: he got full powers to Clear up that Complaint, & on his Way to the Chickesaw Nation three days after he left my house his horse threw him down and Killd him before his Servant could assist him.... Alex. McGillivray Governor ONeil
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