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Turkeytown (Cherokee: "Gun'-di'ga-duhun'yi"), sometimes called "Turkey's Town", was a small Cherokee village that once stretched for approximately 25 miles along both banks of the Coosa River, and became the largest of the contemporary Cherokee towns.
Jun 20, 2020 · Turkeytown, also called Turkey’s Town, was a Native American settlement found in 1788 by the Chickamauga Cherokee chief, Little Turkey. It was the largest Cherokee town in Alabama – at one time it covered 25 miles along both banks of the Coosa River.
Chickamauga, Turkeytown Valley. Sheet no. 1. Map of the battle-field of Chickamauga, September 19th, 1863 between the United States forces commanded by Maj. Gen. W.S. Rosecrans and the rebel army under Gen. Braxton Bragg.
The Treaty of Turkeytown, also known as the Treaty with the Cherokee and the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House was negotiated on 14 September 1816, between delegates of the former Cherokee Nation on the one part and Major General Andrew Jackson, General David Meriwether and Jesse Franklin, Esq., who served as agents of the United States in the ...
Turkeytown may refer to: Turkeytown (Cherokee town), a Native American settlement in what is now Tennessee; Turkeytown, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Lincoln County; Turkeytown, Pennsylvania, a village in Westmoreland County
The community grew up around the Cherokee town Turkeytown. A post office called Turkey Town was established in 1828, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1861. [3] The community was named after the village, which was named in honor of the Cherokee chief Little Turkey. [4]
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Born on October 3, 1790, at Turkeytown, Alabama, John Ross was the longest-serving Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, a businessman, and landowner who led his people through the Trail of Tears during the Indian Removal.
