Columbus, Lowndes County, part of the Choctaw Indian tribal lands of Chief Peter Pitchelynn, on the Tombigbee River was part of the Choctaw Cession signed at the 1831 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, Mississippi. James & Nellie Eckford & 3 children at Choctaw Reservation Neshoba County, Miss are listed as Choctaw on the 1904 Dawes Commission Report (MCR 7142) Application for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes . James Eckford (1800-1872) is buried at Friendship Cemetery, Lowndes County, Mississippi. An original US Presidential Land Grant issued for James Eckford of Lowndes County, Mississippi, by the Land Office at Columbus, for 159 acres of land granted in the District of Columbus, State of Mississippi, February 27, 1841 to James Eckford by President Martin Van Buren, with the Presidential Secretarial signature of NN Causin, Jr, and also sgd by Land Office Recorder JA Williamson. The 16 x 10" parchment land grant bears an applied US seat. Fold and age spots, Overall VG.
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