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Indian traders: Southeast American Indian Nations

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  • Thomas "Trader" Payne, Sr. (c.1721 - 1811)
    This is a direct quote from "The History of Fanklin County, Georgia". No source is offered. Page 34: Payne's Creek - in Old King's Bench of original Franklin County was one of the first streams to be...
  • Nathaniel Hicks, Sr. (1743 - 1829)
  • Timothy Demonbreun (c.1746 - 1826)
    Test of the Historical Marker in Nashville: "Jacques-Timothe’ De Montbrun, born on Mar. 23, 1747, in Boucherville, Quebec, was the first white man to live in the Nashville area. Beginning in 1769, he s...
  • William Sherrill, "The Indian Trader" (1666 - 1719)
    He was known as the "Indian Trader" and the "Conestoga Trader". William Sherrill Sr. and his sons are said to have opened up the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia in the 1740's. They went to the Catawba Ri...
  • John (Trader) Watts (1724 - 1775)
    John Watts entered the original Cherokee county about the middle of the 18th century (prior to 1750). As an interpreter, he accompanied Ammonscossitte, Young Emperor of the Cherokees, on a trip from Te...

Traders in Some Southeast Indian Nations 1750 ~ 1754



Traders to the Catawbas

  • Robert Steel
  • Robert Tool
  • Mathew Toole

Licensed Traders to the Cherokee from Carolina

  • James Adair
  • The Augusta Company
  • James Baldridg
  • Charles Banks
  • William Bates
  • James and Thomas Beamer
  • Samuel Benn
  • Robert Bunning
  • John Butler
  • Cornelius Daugherty
  • Anthony Dean
  • David Dowey
  • John Downing
  • John Elliott
  • Robert Emory
  • Robert Goudy
  • Ludowick Grant
  • ----- Haines
  • John Hatton
  • John Hook
  • Bernard Hughs
  • Bob and John Kelly
  • Anthony L'Antignac
  • John McCord
  • David McDaniel
  • David McDonald
  • William McDowel
  • James Mackie
  • William McTeer
  • James Maxwell
  • James May
  • Daniel Murphy
  • Joseph Oliver
  • Bryan Sallamon
  • Abraham Smith
  • Richard Smith
  • John Williams

Carolina Traders to the Chickasaw

  • John Buckles
  • John Campbell
  • Cambell and Maccartan
  • Jeromy Courtonne
  • Courtonne and Brown
  • John Highrider
  • Robert Vaughan

Carolina Traders to the Choctaw

  • John Buckles
  • John Nellson

Licensed Traders to the Creeks from Carolina

  • Ephraim Alexander
  • The Augusta Company
  • Isaac Barksdale
  • ----- Brown
  • Patrick Brown
  • Rae Brown and Company
  • Nicholas Chinery
  • Daniel Clark
  • John Coller
  • ----- Cossens
  • Samuel Elsinore
  • John Eycott
  • ----- Fitz
  • Stephen Forrest
  • George Galphin
  • James Hewitt
  • George Johnston
  • John Kennard
  • John Ladson
  • ----- McCay
  • Lachland McGillvery
  • George McKay
  • Lachlan Mackintosh
  • Alexander McQueen
  • Timothy Millin
  • ----- Nowley
  • Moses Nunes
  • John Pettycrew
  • John Rae
  • Peter Randle
  • Walter Rode
  • Acton Rowley
  • William Sludders
  • John Spencer
  • Joseph Wright

Traders to the Savannahs

  • Enoch Anderson
  • Richard Anderson
  • William Anderson
  • John Anderson
  • ----- McKinnie

Interpreters of Various Indian Groups (1750-1754)

  • Mary Bosomworth, a Creek woman married to a colonist.
  • ----- Brannan
  • Edward Broadway
  • Robert Bunning
  • James Gaddes
  • James Germany
  • Mr. ----- Kelloch
  • Joseph O'Connor
  • Aaron Stevens
  • Samuel Thomas
  • William Thompson
  • ----- Wiggan

Sources

  1. William McDowell, "Colonial Records of South Carolina: Documents Relating to Indian Affairs 1750-1754." Compiled by Linda Eaton.