George W. Harkins

George W. Harkins
Chief of the Choctaw Nation
In office
February 24, 1831 – November 6, 1834
Preceded byGreenwood Leflore
Succeeded byThomas LeFlore
Chief of the Apukshunnubbee District
In office
1850–1857
Preceded byThomas LeFlore
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Alfred Wade (as Chief)
Personal details
Born1810 (1810), exact date unknown
Choctaw Nation, present day Mississippi
DiedOctober 23, 1861(1861-10-23) (aged 50–51)
Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
NationalityChoctaw
Spouse
Lily Folsom
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(m. 1830; died 1855)​
Children13
Parent(s)Willis J. Harkins
Louisa Leflore
EducationCentre College
Cumberland School of Law
OccupationLawyer, statesman, tribal chief

George Washington Harkins (1810 – October 23, 1861) was an attorney and prominent chief of the Choctaw tribe during Indian removal.[1]

Elected as principal chief after the national council deposed his maternal uncle, Greenwood LeFlore, Harkins was elected judge of the Red River District in Indian Territory in 1834. In 1850, he was chosen as chief of the Apukshunnubbee District (one of three) of the Choctaw Nation and served until 1857.[2]

  1. ^ Oklahoma Historical Society, Archives Division, Choctaw – Principal Chief, No. 19457
  2. ^ Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory (Chicago: American Publishers’ Association, 1891).