Benjamin Hawkins

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Benjamin Hawkins was an American statesman and Indian agent who played a key role in U.S. relations with Southeastern Native American tribes in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American statesman
Indian agent
human
burialPlace Crawford County, Georgia NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1754-08-15
dateOfDeath 1816-06-06
educatedAt College of New Jersey
Princeton University
era early 19th century
late 18th century
ethnicGroup European American
hadPartner Creek woman (common-law wife)
knownFor long-term service as U.S. Indian agent to the Creek
mediating relations between the United States and Southeastern tribes
role in early U.S. Indian policy in the Southeast
languageSpoken Creek
English
French
memberOf Second Continental Congress
surface form: Continental Congress

United States Senate
notableEvent establishment of Fort Hawkins in Georgia
notableWork Letters, Journals, and Writings on the Creek Indians
Letters, Journals, and Writings on the Creek Indians
surface form: Report on the Creek Indians
occupation Indian agent
diplomat
interpreter
politician
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
partOf early United States Indian affairs administration
placeOfBirth Granville County, North Carolina
surface form: Granville County, Province of North Carolina
placeOfDeath near Fort Hawkins, Georgia
positionHeld United States Senator
surface form: United States Senator from North Carolina

delegate to the Continental Congress from North Carolina
general superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern Department
principal Indian agent for the Creek Nation
regionOfActivity Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Nation

Georgia
North Carolina
servedIn Continental Army
spouse Lavinia Downs
tribeInteractedWith Cherokee
Chickasaw people
surface form: Chickasaw

Choctaw people
surface form: Choctaw

Creek
Seminole
workedFor George Washington
United States government

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Fort Hawkins namedAfter Benjamin Hawkins
Hawkins County, Tennessee namedFor Benjamin Hawkins