Chickasaw Indian Agency

Chickasaw Indian Agency

Colbert County, Alabama; Cherokee, Alabama; Chickasaw Indian Agency; Native American history

The Chickasaw Indian Agency oversaw the removal of Native Americans during the forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears. The agency specifically dealt with the removal of the Chickasaw Nation in both Alabama and Mississippi. This agency was originally located in Mississippi. In 1825, a man named Benjamin Smith moved the agency from Mississippi to Cherokee, Alabama. Benjamin Reynolds would later take over for Benjamin Smith and run the agency. Reynolds was responsible for negotiating the removal of the Native American tribes from their lands during the Trail of Tears.

Sam Keiser, University of North Alabama

Curott, David. Colbert & Lauderdale County History Written on Signs of the Past. Bluewater Publishing, 2011. 20

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

December 1, 2015

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