the cherokee sided with john sevier in the revolutionary war.
the cherokee sided with john sevier in the revolutionary war.
who did the cherokee side with in the revolutionary war?
john sevier
present-day pickens of pickens county was previously cherokee territory. during the american revolutionary war, the cherokee sided with the kingdom of great britain. when great britain was defeated in the war, the cherokee were forced to surrender their land. in 1791, the state legislature established washington district that comprises present-day greenville, anderson, oconee, and pickens county. in 1798 washington district was divided into greenville and pendleton districts. the pendleton district eventually became anderson, oconee, and pickens county. pendleton district was divided in 1828 into anderson and pickens. a courthouse was established on the banks of the keowee river where the town of pickens court house was developed. the hagood-mauldin house was built "circa" 1856 and is one of the historic structures of pickens county. in 1868, the pickens district was divided for a final time, into pickens and oconee counties. pickens court house relocated to its present-day site and was renamed to pickens.
pickens, south carolina
included in the signatures of the cherokee delegation were several from leaders of the chickamauga/lower cherokee, including two from the town of chickamauga itself and one from lookout mountain town.









































the cherokee complained at the treaty that some 3,000 white settlers of the "de facto" state of franklin were already squatting on the cherokee side of the agreed line, between the holston and french broad rivers, and they continued to dispute that region until a new border was defined by the 1791 treaty of holston.









































section::::1785 - 1786.









































section::::1785 - 1786.:cherokee.
treaty of hopewell