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[Overton Keel]
Identified Tintype Portrait of a Sheriff of Chickasaw Nation, Pickens County, Oklahoma Territory, 1870s
Tintype
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches
With affixed paper label bearing subject identification verso.
With affixed paper label bearing subject identification verso.
A rare and important tintype portrait of Overton Keel, identified on the verso as the “Sheriff of Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, 2 Miles from Guthrie.” Overton Keel was a prominent...
A rare and important tintype portrait of Overton Keel, identified on the verso as the “Sheriff of Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, 2 Miles from Guthrie.”
Overton Keel was a prominent member of the Chickasaw Nation. He was born in Mississippi in 1831, and was forcibly relocated to Oklahoma Territory during the Trail of Tears. At the outbreak of the Civil War the Chickasaws signed an alliance with the South and raised troops to fight with the Confederacy. This was for a number of reasons including economic interests, cultural and family ties to the south, and the litany of broken promises, treaties, and abuse suffered at the hands of the U.S. government. Keel served as a 2nd Lieutenant with Schecoe's Chickasaw Battalion, Mounted Volunteers, which fought in some of the last battles of the War.
After the war, Keel held several different positions in wit Chickasaw Government. He is identified as the Sergeant-in-Arms in the “General Laws of the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation 1867, 1868, 1869 & 1870.” In 1876, he was elected as a Senator for the Chickasaw Nation. He died before 1898.
Overton Keel was a prominent member of the Chickasaw Nation. He was born in Mississippi in 1831, and was forcibly relocated to Oklahoma Territory during the Trail of Tears. At the outbreak of the Civil War the Chickasaws signed an alliance with the South and raised troops to fight with the Confederacy. This was for a number of reasons including economic interests, cultural and family ties to the south, and the litany of broken promises, treaties, and abuse suffered at the hands of the U.S. government. Keel served as a 2nd Lieutenant with Schecoe's Chickasaw Battalion, Mounted Volunteers, which fought in some of the last battles of the War.
After the war, Keel held several different positions in wit Chickasaw Government. He is identified as the Sergeant-in-Arms in the “General Laws of the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation 1867, 1868, 1869 & 1870.” In 1876, he was elected as a Senator for the Chickasaw Nation. He died before 1898.