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 Cherokee Nation

Cherokee Nation

The Cherokee Nation is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It was established in the 20th century, and includes people descended from members of the old Cherokee Nation who relocated voluntarily from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokees who...

 on the one part and Lieutenant General Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

, General David Meriwether

David Meriwether (representative)

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 and Jesse Franklin

Jesse Franklin

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, Esquire, who served as agents of the United States in the capacity of "commissioners plenipotentiary", on the other part. Conducted following the Creek War

Creek War

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, the initial meeting was held at the Chickasaw Council House and stipulated a further meeting on 28 September 1816, to be conducted at "Turkey's Town", on the Coosa River

Coosa River

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, near the present day town of Centre

Centre, Alabama

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, in Etowah County, Alabama

Etowah County, Alabama

Etowah County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is from the Cherokee language, which means "edible tree". It is the center of the Gadsden Metropolitan Area which includes Etowah and Cherokee Counties. As of 2010 the population was 104,430. Its county seat is Gadsden...

. The treaty was ratified by the Cherokee Nation at Turkeytown¹ on 4 October 1816, and signed by Pathkiller

Pathkiller

Pathkiller, , fought in the Revolutionary War for Britain, then in the Chickamauga Wars against American frontiersmen . He was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1811-1827. Pathkiller, a fullblood, "unacculturated" Cherokee, was the last individual from a conservative background to...

, then Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

The Treaty of Turkeytown ceded certain Cherokee lands² to the United States and provided for a one-time payment of $5,000.00 for improvements made to the land as well as an annuity of $6,000.00 per year for a term of ten years.