The Jackson Purchase, a region of western…
October 1818 CE
The land is ceded after prolonged negotiations in which the United States is represented by Andrew Jackson and Isaac Shelby, while the Chickasaws are represented by their chiefs, head men, and warriors including: Levi and George Colbert, Chinubby, and Tishomingo.
On October 19, 1818, the two sides agree to the transfer by signing the Treaty of Tuscaloosa.
The United States agrees to pay the Chickasaws $300,000, at the rate of $20,000 annually for fifteen years, in return for the right to all Chickasaw land east of the Mississippi River and north of the Mississippi state line.
The treaty will be ratified by the United States Senate and confirmed by President James Monroe on January 7, 1819.
In modern geographic usage, the name "Jackson Purchase" typically refers only to the portion of the historical region in the state of Kentucky.
The Tennessee portion of the historical region is known as "West Tennessee."
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