Tishomingo is named after the Chickasaw chief , who signed the '' Treaty of Pontotoc '' in 1832 . He served with General Anthony Wayne against the Shawnees in the Northwest Territory and received a silver medal from President George Washington . During the War of 1812 , he served under Andrew Jackson . After his service in the military , he retired to become a farmer until white settlers came onto his land . In 1837 , a final treaty forced the Chickasaws to move to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma . Tishomingo died of smallpox on the '' Trail of Tears '' and is buried in Arkansas somewhere near Little Rock . His son , Iuka , is the namesake of the county seat of Tishomingo County , Mississippi
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Tishomingo, Mississippi