George Tootemastubbe Colbert, Chief to the Chickasaw Nation - Mother

Started by Debbie Gambrell on Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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His Overview states his parents are: The second of six mixed-race sons of James Logan Colbert, a North Carolinian settler of Scots descent and his second wife Minta Hoye, a Chickasaw,

but he is connected to a different mother.

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO017

COLBERT, GEORGE (ca. 1764–1839).
George Colbert (Tootemastubbe) was the second oldest of five mixed-blood sons of the trader James Logan Colbert and his second wife, Minta Hoya. Prospering from the mercantile trade, farming, and stock raising, Colbert and his brothers dominated the tribal affairs of the Chickasaw through removal. Colbert's military exploits gave him influence in the tribal council and brought him into contact with George Washington and Andrew Jackson. He served as a major under Arthur St. Clair in 1791 and Anthony Wayne in 1794 and was commissioned a colonel by Washington for his service. He also helped raise 350 Chickasaw auxiliaries and served under Jackson in the Creek War of 1813–14.

While operating a ferry on the Natchez Trace on the Tennessee River from 1801 through 1819, he became a wealthy planter and emerged as leader of a powerful political clique. The U.S. government was forced to negotiate first with the Colberts at every treaty council through 1834, and Colbert received several tracts of land from his shrewd treaty negotiations. Although he resisted Chickasaw land sales to the United States and removal, he emigrated west with his family and 150 slaves in 1838, establishing a sizable farming operation near Fort Towson. He died there on November 7, 1839.

James P. Pate

Does this help?

I also found this on Find a Grave:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35805117/george-colbert

Col. George Colbert Chicksaw Chief
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American Revolution
Indian Wars of 1812-14

The second of six mixed-race sons of James Logan Colbert, a North Carolinian settler of Scots descent and his second wife Minta Hoye, a Chickasaw, George Colbert was born in present-day Alabama about 1764. He was prominent in the Chickasaw nation during the Revolutionary War. He was said to serve with the colonials under Arthur St. Clair and Anthony Wayne during the Revolution. He and his brothers, and their descendants, served the Chickasaw Nation as leaders for much of a century. His nephews Winston and Holmes Colbert helped develop the constitution and government organization of the Chickasaw in Oklahoma.

Col. George "Tootemastubbe" Colbert was born 1744 and died 7 NOV 1839 in Fort Towson, …
Col. George Colbert Chicksaw Chief
Continental Line
American Revolution
Indian Wars of 1812-14

The second of six mixed-race sons of James Logan Colbert, a North Carolinian settler of Scots descent and his second wife Minta Hoye, a Chickasaw, George Colbert was born in present-day Alabama about 1764. He was prominent in the Chickasaw nation during the Revolutionary War. He was said to serve with the colonials under Arthur St. Clair and Anthony Wayne during the Revolution. He and his brothers, and their descendants, served the Chickasaw Nation as leaders for much of a century. His nephews Winston and Holmes Colbert helped develop the constitution and government organization of the Chickasaw in Oklahoma.

Col. George "Tootemastubbe" Colbert was born 1744 and died 7 NOV 1839 in Fort Towson, …

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James Logan Colbert
1721–1784

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William Cooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert
1742–1836

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Levi Itawamba Minco (Bench Chef) Colbert
1759–1834

James Holmes Colbert
1768–1842

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Left by Anastasia on 1 Feb 2022

Still remembered.

Left by Brady Warhurst on 27 Mar 2021

Thanks for that additional information. I think it's established that he and other siblings are attached to the wrong mother.

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO017 states COLBERT, GEORGE (ca. 1764–1839).

George Colbert (Tootemastubbe) was the second oldest of five mixed-blood sons of the trader James Logan Colbert and his second wife, Minta Hoya.

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