The NPS document claims that James Colbert led a force of British, not American, partisans. Arrell Gibson writes in his book "The Chickasaws" that James Colbert was a leader of British forces during the Revolutionary War. As for James being adopted, well, I could ask his descendents since I know a couple of them. Clearly, he intermarried and had/has numerous Chickasaw descendents. I'm Kiowa and Chickasaw, and my family, though not related, had pretty close ties with some of the Colberts back in the 19th Century, although I don't say that with any particular pride since the Colberts are problematic bunch.
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