Based on the name of this blog you may have realized why we were travelling back in time, to a part of history not directly tied to our area. But you see, it is! On May 10, 1838, Major General Winfield Scott issued a proclamation compelling the Cherokee to respect the...
Time seems to fly by in the summer for me. Time with the grandson and discussions family have had me searching for information and getting a perspective that helps me to understand the progress made and the lack there of also. I recently read an article on Choctaw and...
Hayesville, NC. From what is now my home in Towns County Ga., just 6 miles away. From the ancestral home of the Cherokee, a couple of centuries away. It is my understanding the first white to settle in that area was John Moore. It was certainly wild country at...
I do apologize for the lateness of this entry. I am working on some rather interesting responses to these blogs but have not secured all I want for them yet. With that being said, let’s explore some of the People that chose to walk home! Some members of the...
In the early 1800’s and late 1700’s the whites began to encroach on the Cherokee lands. They married Cherokee women and raised families. As a result of that, they were welcomed into the Cherokee Nation. Their children were considered...
