Cherokee Treaties - Pre-American Revolution

Pre-American Revolution

Treaty with South Carolina, 1721

Ceded land between the Santee, Saluda, and Edisto Rivers to the Province of South Carolina.

Treaty of Nikwasi, 1730

Trade agreement with the Province of North Carolina thru Alexander Cumming.

Articles of Trade and Friendship, 1730

Established rules for trade between the Cherokee and the English colonies. Signed between seven Cherokee chiefs (including Attakullakulla) and George I of England.

Treaty with South Carolina, 1755

Ceded land between the Wateree and Santee Rivers to the Province of South Carolina.

Treaty of Long-Island-on-the-Holston, 1761

Ended the Anglo-Cherokee War with the Colony of Virginia.

Treaty of Charlestown, 1762

Ended the Anglo-Cherokee War with the Province of South Carolina.

Treaty of Johnson Hall, 1768

Guaranteed peace between the Iroquois and the Cherokee.

Treaty of Hard Labour, 1768

Ceded land in southwestern Virginia to the British Indian Superintendent, John Stuart.

Treaty of Lochaber, 1770

Ceded land in the later states of Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky to the Colony of Virginia.

Treaty with Virginia, 1772

Ceded land in Virginia and eastern Kentucky to the Colony of Virginia. This actually seems to have been an 'arrangement' made pursuant to the Treaty of Lochaber in 1771, not a bona fide treaty.

Treaty of Augusta, 1773

Ceded Cherokee claim to 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km2) to the Colony of Georgia.

Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, 1775

Ceded claims to the hunting grounds between the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers to the Transylvania Land Company.