Transylvania Treaty

ID: 2605
This file appears in: Cherokees in Kentucky

This engraved plaque depicts the land transfer between the Cherokees and the Transylvania Company at Sycamore Shoals. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Cherokees in Kentucky

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2410 in Stanford notes the role that Cherokee Indians played in the settlement of Kentucky, and thus the westward expansion of the United States. Cherokee Indians are believed to…