Col George Colbert
Birth: 1744 Alabama, USA
Death: 7 Nov 1839 (aged 94–95) Oklahoma, USA
Burial: Old Fort Towson CemeteryChoctaw County, Oklahoma, USA
Memorial #: 35805117
Bio: 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, Towson Co., Choctaw Nation, IT, at 95 years of age. His body was interred 7 NOV 1839 in Fort Towson, Towson Co., Choctaw Nation, IT.
He married three times. He married Shullachie (Salechie) (Saleechie) Doublehead before 1797.Shullachie was the daughter of Chief Chugitague Doublehead. Shullachie died 1 FEB 1846 in IT. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. He married sister Tuski-a-hoo-to Doublehead before 1807. Tuski-a-hoo-to was the daughter of Chief Chugitague Doublehead. Tuski-a-hoo-to died circa 1807 in Colbert Ferry, AL. Her body was interred circa 1813
in Colbert Co., AL.Conflicting evidence states that she died circa 1813.
He married Tuski-a-hoo-to in 1834.
Conflicting evidence states that George was born 1764. George was elected in Chickasaw Nation, 1800. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. On the death of his brother, Levi Colbert, leadership of the Chickasaw passed into the hands of George Colbert. He was the recognized chief at the time of removal until his death in 1839. He was buried with honors at Fort Towson, for he was a vetran of the American Revolution, having served under General Washington and having been commissioned a major in the army and awarded a sword. He also served under General Jackson by whom he had been commissioned a colonel in the Siminole Wars. He died at the age of 95.
Col. George "Tootemastubbe" Colbert and Shullachie (Salechie) (Saleechie) Doublehead had the following children:
i. John Colbert.
ii. Maj. Pitman (Samuel B.) Colbert was born circa 1797.
iii. Jane Colbert was born before 1800.
iv. Susan 'Sukey' Colbert was born 1810.
v. George Colbert Jr.was born in Chickasaw Nation before 1818. George died before 1836 in Chickasaw Nation. Thrown from a horse and killed, (before removal).
He was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818.
vi. Levica "Vicy" Colbert was born before 1818.
vii. Vina Colbert was born before 1818. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Nation, 1818.
George Colbert established Colbert's ferry near Cherokee, Alabama. Colbert accumulated land and became an powerful planter. He owned est. 150 slaves. His economic and political power, enabled he and his brothers to be among the primary negotiators of treaties between the Chickasaw people and the United States government. The Chickasaw ceded much of their land to European-American settlers in an attempt to preserve peace with the United States, but the Colberts received several valuable tracts.
In the late 1830s, Colbert and many of his fellow Chickasaw were moved to Oklahoma under the Indian Removal Act. He married three times, and fathered six sons and two daughters. Colbert family tradition states that he did not want one of his daughters to have to move to Oklahoma with Indian Removal. He married her to a white man named Hezekiah Tharp so she could stay in present-day Alabama.[citation needed] Although he had resisted removal, by 1839 Colbert moved with his family and 150 slaves to Ft. Towson, Oklahoma, where he established a sizable farm
Find A Grave contributor Erin Spiceland wrote;
"Chugitague" is a title, not the name of Saleechie's father. Would you please correct this? Also, there is some evidence that Saleechie's sister who also married George was Tuski-a-hoo-to. Would you replace the word "sister" with Tuski-a-hoo-to where she is mentioned? Thanks!
Mar.13,2013
Info. From:
vandiver_ro@yahoo.com; on 6-02-2013
I am the G G G Grandson of Nancy Colbert Tharp, daughter of Chief George Colbert of the Chickasaw. Nancy is the daughter who married Hezekiah Tharp to prevent her removal to Oklahoma. She is buried in a family cemetery in Littleville, AL. She was born in 1805 in the Eastern Nation of the Chickasaw in the state of Georgia and died in 1878 in Camp Smith (Littleville), Colbert County, AL. If you could please amend your article on Chief Colbert at findagrave.com to include her information.
Thanks,
Robert Vandiver
10-5-13
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George Colbert did not marry Tuski-a-hoo-to in 1836. You contradict your data as listing Tuski-a-hoo-to marrying George in 1836, yet dying in 1807. In 1836, George Colbert was still married to Salitsi Doublehead. Salitsi died in 1847, Chickasaw Nation West, IT & was the last wife of George Colbert.
Note: George Colbert was my 4th Great Grandfather, his son William to Salitsi was my 3rd great grandfather.
Inscription: Memorial Marker
Family Members
Parents
James Logan Colbert 1721-1784
Siblings
William Cooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert 1742-1836
Levi Itawamba Minco (Bench Chef) Colbert 1759-1834
James Colbert 1768-1842
Created by: Mary Hall Ferguson (47110606)
Added: 12 Apr 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35805117/george-colbert
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 February 2021), memorial page for Col George Colbert (1744–7 Nov 1839), Find a Grave Memorial no. 35805117, citing Old Fort Towson Cemetery, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Mary Hall Ferguson (contributor 47110606) .
