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Samuel Checote

Okmulgee County
Location: on grounds of historic Creek Council House in Okmulgee
Coordinates: 35.623072, -95.972344
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Creek Indian Memorial Association and the Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Military; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Samuel Checote spent much of his life serving as a Methodist minister. During the Civil War he was a lieutenant colonel of the First Regiment of Creek Mounted Volunteers. He was elected principal chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in 1867.

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