The Tombigbee District, also known as the Tombigbee, was one of two areas, the other being the Natchez District, that were the first in what was West Florida to be colonized by British subjects from the Thirteen Colonies and elsewhere. This later became the Mississippi Territory as part of the United States. The district was also the first area to be opened to white settlement in what would become the state of Alabama, outside of the French colonial outpost of Mobile on the Gulf Coast. The Tombigbee and Natchez districts (also originally a French settlement) were the only areas populated by whites in the Mississippi Territory when it was formed by the United States in 1798.
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| - The Tombigbee District, also known as the Tombigbee, was one of two areas, the other being the Natchez District, that were the first in what was West Florida to be colonized by British subjects from the Thirteen Colonies and elsewhere. This later became the Mississippi Territory as part of the United States. The district was also the first area to be opened to white settlement in what would become the state of Alabama, outside of the French colonial outpost of Mobile on the Gulf Coast. The Tombigbee and Natchez districts (also originally a French settlement) were the only areas populated by whites in the Mississippi Territory when it was formed by the United States in 1798. (en)
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- Battle of Burnt Corn
- Bernardo de Gálvez
- Native American history of Alabama
- United States
- United States Senate
- Creek War
- McIntosh, Alabama
- Mon Louis Island
- Clarke County, Alabama
- Ellicott's Stone
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- Presidency of George Washington
- Mobile, Alabama
- Mobile County, Alabama
- Mobile River
- Thirteen Colonies
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- Andrew Ellicott
- Leroy, Alabama
- Louisiana (New France)
- Choctaw
- Geography of Alabama
- Pascagoula River
- Patriot (American Revolution)
- Muscogee people
- East Fork Tombigbee River
- Treaty of Paris (1763)
- Treaty of Paris (1783)
- War of 1812
- Washington County, Alabama
- Wayne County, Mississippi
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- American Revolution
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- Clarke County, Alabama
- Pre-statehood history of Alabama
- Washington County, Alabama
- Fort Mims massacre
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- Pinckney's Treaty
- Spain
- St. Stephens, Alabama
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Crescent City
- Seven Years' War
- Loyalist (American Revolution)
- Natchez District
- West Florida
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| - Map of Alabama showing the general location of the Tombigbee District (en)
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| - The Tombigbee District, also known as the Tombigbee, was one of two areas, the other being the Natchez District, that were the first in what was West Florida to be colonized by British subjects from the Thirteen Colonies and elsewhere. This later became the Mississippi Territory as part of the United States. The district was also the first area to be opened to white settlement in what would become the state of Alabama, outside of the French colonial outpost of Mobile on the Gulf Coast. The Tombigbee and Natchez districts (also originally a French settlement) were the only areas populated by whites in the Mississippi Territory when it was formed by the United States in 1798. The Tombigbee District was an area mostly on the west side of the Tombigbee River in Alabama; it was first opened to settlement by British colonists under the , negotiated between the British government of West Florida and the Choctaw at a Native American congress held in Mobile in March–April 1765. The British had "acquired" this territory from France in 1763 through the Treaty of Paris, after they defeated France in the Seven Years' War. They also acquired other French territories in North America east of the Mississippi River. The boundaries of the district were roughly limited to the area within a few miles of the Tombigbee River and included portions of modern extreme southern Clarke County, northernmost Mobile County, and most of Washington County. (en)
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