Peter Perkins Pitchlynn

Peter Perkins Pitchlynn (HM2KRG)

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N 38° 52.773', W 76° 58.805'

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(Ha-tchoo-tuc-knee)

Choctaw Chief—Diplomat—Education Leader
Born January 30, 1896
Died January 17, 1881

· Principal Chief, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 1864-1866
· Tribal Commissioner for land claims against the U.S. Government
(1853-61 — 1865-81)

· Led two groups of his tribe from Mississippi to Oklahoma during the removal (1831-32)
· Established Choctaw Educational System
· Advocated for Choctaw Constitution and Government in Oklahoma (1834)
· Speaker Choctaw Tribal Council
· Loyal to the Union during the Civil War
· Negotiated the surrender of the Choctaw Confederate Military Forces (1865), and the treaty of peace between the Tribe and the U.S. (1866)
· Faithful Member of the Lutheran Memorial Church and the Masonic Order
· Son of Major John Pitchlynn and Sophia Folsom
· Husband of Rhoda Folsom and Caroline Lombardy

"He was a remarkably handsome man, as stately and complete a gentleman of Nature's
making as I ever beheld; he moved among people like another kind of being"
Charles Dickens (American Notes, 1842)
Upon meeting Pitchlynn during his journey through America

Placed here in remembrance by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
1998
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HM NumberHM2KRG
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Placed By 1998 by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
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Date Added Friday, September 13th, 2019 at 8:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 328243 N 4305273
Decimal Degrees38.87955000, -76.98008333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 52.773', W 76° 58.805'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 52' 46.38" N, 76° 58' 48.3" W
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