1836 - 1837 Alabama
Selected documents from the Alabama Department of Archives and History relating to the
Second Creek War:
#1 - "Creek Chief from St. Clair" to Gov. Israel Pickens, Ashville, 14 May 1825, Alabama
Governor Pickens Administrative Records, SG4161, folder 5, Alabama Department of Archives and
History, Montgomery, Alabama.
#2 - J. F. Schermerhorn "To The Chiefs Head men & Warrior of the Cherokee Indians in General
Council Assembled," Red Clay Council Ground, 14 October 1835, Governor C.C. Clay
Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 13, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#3 - "An Act Regulating Indian Affairs," January 1836, Governor C.C. Clay Administrative
Records, SG6483, folder 13, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery,
Alabama.
#4 - J. F. Schermerhorn "To The Chiefs Head men & Warrior of the Cherokee Indians in General
Council Assembled," Red Clay Council Grounds, 17 October 1835, Governor C.C. Clay
Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 13, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#5 - "the Principal chief, the assistant Principal chief, The committee and council of the Cherokee
Nation to His Excellence The Governor of the State of Alabama," Council Grounds of the Cherokee
Nation, 26 October 1835, Governor C.C. Clay Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 13,
Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
#6 - J.F. Schermerhorn to Gov. C.C. Clay, New Echota, GA, 30 December 1835, Governor C.C.
Clay Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 13, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#7 - O.K. Truman to Gov. C.C. Clay, Tuskegee, Alabama, 5 March 1836, Governor C.C. Clay
Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 7, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#8 - "Reply of the Oakfuskee tribe to the proclamation of Gov. Clay" 30 May 1836, Governor C.C.
Clay Administrative Records, SG6239, folder 5, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#9 - S. Galliher and others to Gov. C.C. Clay, Wetumpka, Alabama, 13 May 1836, Governor C.C.
Clay Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 11, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#10 - Major General Thomas J. Jesup to Gov. C.C. Clay, Washington, 19 May 1836, Governor
C.C. Clay Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 12, Alabama Department of Archives and
History, Montgomery, Alabama.
#11 - Gov. C. C. Clay to Messrs J.W.A. Sanford and Co., Montgomery, 1 June 1836, Governor
C.C. Clay Administrative Records, SG6239, folder 6, Alabama Department of Archives and
History, Montgomery, Alabama.
#12 - Jno. J. Walker to Gov. C.C. Clay, Tuskegee, 2 June 1836, Governor C.C. Clay
Administrative Records, SG6239, folder 6, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#13 - Gov. C. C. Clay to "Sir", Tuscaloosa, 21 June 1836, Governor C.C. Clay Administrative
Records, SG6239, folder 10, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery,
Alabama.
#14 - "Felix Z. M. Connell . . . Agent . . . to relieve the starving condition of the friendly Indians,"
December 1836, Governor C.C. Clay Administrative Records, SG6240, folder 8, Alabama
Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
#15 - Gov. C. C. Clay to Col. John Currie, Tuscaloosa, 21 February 1837, Governor C.C. Clay
Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 6, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#16 - Gov. C. C. Clay to Major Gen. Thomas J. Jesup, Tuscaloosa, 30 March 1837, Governor C.C.
Clay Administrative Records, SG6483, folder 8, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama.
#17 - Gov. C. C. Clay to Hon. J. R. Poinsett, Tuscaloosa, 17 April 1837, Governor C.C. Clay
Administrative Records, SG6241, folder 7, Alabama Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama