He served with Major-General Anthony Wayne against the Shawnees in the Northwest Territory and received a silver medal from President George Washington.

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.

Andrew Jackson also camped at the site of Tishomingo, on his way to visit the Creek nation.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all land.