Maj. Gen. William Colbert

Chooshemataha, known as William Colbert, was the oldest son of the Scottish trader James Logan Colbert and a Chickasaw mother. In 1791 he led Chickasaw warriors with his brother George and the chief Piomingo under Arthur St. Clair, and in 1792 President Washington sent the three silver medals and uniforms. In 1795 Washington received him and gave him a commission as major general. Colbert fought the Creeks at the Holy Ground in December 1813 and signed Chickasaw treaties in 1801, 1816 and 1818. He died on May 30, 1824.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Chickasaw Council House — 13 mi
  A roadside exhibit on the Natchez Trace Parkway marking the Chickasaw capital of the 1820s and the council house where the 1832 treaty of Pontotoc Creek ended Chickasaw title to Mississippi.
• Chickasaw Village Site — 15 mi
  A Chickasaw village on a remnant of the Black Belt Prairie beside the Natchez Trace Parkway, with house outlines marked on the ground and signs that speak in Chickasaw voices.
• Tupelo National Battlefield — 15 mi
  A one-acre park on Main Street marking the July 1864 battle of Tupelo, a Union victory that kept Nathan Bedford Forrest away from Sherman's supply line, with Black soldiers among the defenders.
• Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center — 17 mi
  The parkway's headquarters and official visitor center near Tupelo, with a film, a small museum of the Old Trace and the surviving New Deal houses of the Tupelo Homesteads.

More markers nearby

• Jim Weatherly — steps away
• Pontotoc County Blues — 0.5 mi
• Pierre D'Artaguiette — 0.5 mi
• Lochinvar — 2.5 mi