Indian Removal
Days after removal
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kitusmk
What happen to the indian land after removal? the one what they were relocated from.
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syoliver
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Removed. See below.
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syoliver
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It was sold to settlers. The land was surveyed in 1834 and sold by 1836. Each Chickasaw was assigned an land allotment number, which may have been a quarter section, full or half section. Then it was sold to a settler who paid %5.75 cent an acre.

The deeds can be found at the land office at Pontotoc, Mississippi and/or the county courthouse where the land was sold. On each deed are the name of the Indian selling the land, the white buyer, the estimated amount of land, the location (township and range)of the land, the price paid, the signatures (X mark usually) of the seller and buyer, the three certifying commissioners, and the Indian agent.

By 1839, most of 6 million acres had all been sold. About a third of the land was not sold but went into a general trust fund pay overhead and for the Chickasaw nation.
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