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Cachets - Kingdom of Callaway Compromise

The exact details of the Callaway Compromise are lost to history. What is known is that during the Civil War, Union General John Henderson assembled his troops in nearby Montgomery County, and rumors grew that Henderson planned to invade Callaway County. Jefferson Jones (called Colonel, but with no military affiliation) assembled a group of "rebels" to prevent the supposed invasion. The leaders of the two groups sent envoys to their opponents, ostensibly to determine an outcome if a conflict were to occur. "Colonel" Jones then sent an envoy to General Henderson offering to disband his group in exchange for Henderson's word that Henderson would not invade Callaway County. The proposed terms were agreed upon, and legend suggests that General Henderson negotiated as if Callaway were a sovereign nation rather than a county. There is no surviving written account of these terms, but legend suggests this was the beginning of the Kingdom of Callaway, and the title "Kingdom of Callaway" was attributed to Jefferson Jones. Other historians suggest that the first written mention of the Kingdom of Callaway was attributed to John Sampson, later elected as a County Representative.

The Kingdom Philatelic Association devised a cachet for the 150th anniversary of the Kingdom of Callaway Compromise, issued 27 October 2011.