William Penn Adair (1830–1880) was a leader of the Cherokee Nation, an attorney who served in political office both before and after the American Civil War, and as a justice of their court. He entered the Confederate States Army on the promise that the Confederacy would support an Indian state if it won the war, and achieved the rank of colonel.
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15 April 1830 New Echota, Gordon County, Georgia, United States
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Died |
23 October 1880 (aged 50)
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