James Colbert (trader)

{{Infobox person

| name = James Colbert

| image = File:Sidney E. King - Counterattack! (cropped).jpg

| caption = Counterattack! by Sidney E. King shows Colbert (centre) at the battle of Arkansas Post.

| birth_date = {{circa|1720}}

| birth_place = Scotland

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|7 January 1784|1720}}

| death_place = West Florida

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Army officer
interpreter
trader

}}

| children = 8, including George and Levi

| module = {{Infobox military person

| embed = yes

| embed_title = Military service

| allegiance = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| branch = British Army

| branch_label = Branch

| rank = Captain

| unit = 16th Regiment of Foot

| battles = {{tree list}}

American Revolutionary War
Battle of Pensacola
Battle of Fort Jefferson{{WIA}}
Colbert Raid

| battles_label = Battles

}}

James Logan Colbert ({{circa|1720}}{{spaced ndash}}7 January 1784) was a British trader who lived much of his life among the Chickasaw. He also served as an officer of the British Army who commanded an independent company in the Western Theater of the American Revolutionary War. In 1783, Colbert led an unsuccessful raid on the Franco-Spanish village of Arkansas Post, Louisiana (present-day U.S. state of Arkansas) in an attempt to capture Fort Carlos III.

Early life and career

Colbert was born about 1720 in Scotland. He immigrated to Georgia in January 1736.{{sfn|Bearss|pp=18–19|1974}} He was married to three Chickasaw women: Nahettaly, sophia, and Mary (all sisters) and among them had nine children; including George, Levi, and William, who became notable 19th-century tribal leaders. Fluent in Chickasaw, he served as an interpreter at the 1763 Augusta and the 1765 and 1771 Mobile Indian conferences.{{sfn|Pate|p=264|2017}} He fought with the British during the American Revolutionary War; most notably at Fort Jefferson, where he was wounded in action,{{sfn|Bearss|p=29|1974}} and Arkansas Post.{{sfn|Bearss|pp=51–56|1974}} He died on 7 January 1784 in West Florida en route from St. Augustine, East Florida.{{sfn|Bearss|p=60|1974}}

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{{cite report |last=Bearss |first=Edwin C. |author-link=Ed Bearss |date=November 1974 |title=Special History Report: The Colbert Raid, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas |url=https://www.nps.gov/arpo/learn/historyculture/upload/Colberts-Raid_Special-History-Report-with-notes_reduced.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010090402/https://www.nps.gov/arpo/learn/historyculture/upload/Colberts-Raid_Special-History-Report-with-notes_reduced.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2016 |location=Denver, Colorado |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=17 March 2024}}
{{cite encyclopedia |last=Pate |first=James P. |editor1-last=Ownby |editor1-first=Ted |editor2-last=Wilson |editor2-first=Charles Reagan |encyclopedia=The Mississippi Encyclopedia |title=Colbert, William (Chooshemataha), Colbert, Levi (Itawamba Mingo), Colbert, George (Tootemastubbe) |year=2017 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |location=Jackson |isbn=9781628466928 |lccn=2016043630 |oclc=959373243 |ol=28626076M}}

James Colbert (trader)

Early life and career

References

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