Record #:

11711

Author(s):

Pleasant, Paul

Abstract:

Colonel Will Thomas, a famous North Carolinian trader and Native American advocate, became the first white chief of the Eastern band of the Cherokee Tribe. Noted for assembling a legion that guarded the mountain passes against invaders from the west during the Civil War, Thomas additionally served as land owner of the Cherokee territory, preserving the area for a reservation as well as augmenting the territory through land purchases.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 32 Issue 17, Jan 1965, p17, por

Subject(s):

Thomas, William Holland 1805-1893