Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham was an American planter and slave trader. She became the wealthiest woman in Tennessee and a plantation owner in her own right after the 1846 death of her first husband, Isaac Franklin. As a successful slave trader, she had used his wealth to purchase numerous plantations, lands, and slaves in Tennessee and Louisiana.
- Occupation
- plantation owner
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 15, 1817
- Died
- May 4, 1887
