I tell this story in hopes that someone else may be doing a search like mine. I am reading the book "The Trail of Tears" The Story of the American Indian Removals 1813-1855 by Gloria Jahoda. I highly recommend this book. While very hard to read because of emotions, the book explains the situations. Their are a lot of names in the book, and a good Bibliography. As I said it slow and hard reading because of the emotion (for me). The stories of my Great Grandfather Amos Amerson told by his children and grandchildren always refer to his anger about how THEY treated the Indians and would he would tell them never to tell about having Indian blood because their land would be taken from them. Amos was born (we believe) 1 June 1840 in either Blount Co., Alabama or somewhere in Georgia. Records say different places. So if he was, it was too late for the actual Trail of Tears. He implied that he was in a round up. He would tell his family stories that all Indians and part Indians were forced to leave their homes in Georgia and go to an Indian Reservation in Oklahoma. They were rounded up and driven like cattle. They wore out their shoes and had to wrap their feet in animal skins. This was like the "Tail of Tears", only smaller. They may have even traveled the same roads. What ever property they had was left behind except what they cold carry on their backs. (statement of grand daughter) " It is say to see why Grandpa didn't claim his Indian blood. He said, "Some one may come in and take everything you have." His children believed that Amos Mother and some of his family were on a Reservation in Oklahoma during the Civil War but I found that to be untrue. I believe there are two different stories and in being past down they became one. I find Amos with his parents (?) in Sumter Co., Alabama in 1850 on the Census and then on the 1860 with his Mother Elizabeth , a brother W. Barton his wife and younger sister Frances in Pike, Montgomery Co., Arkansas. Older siblings (if they are really his siblings) are in Marion Co. and Blount Co., Alabama on both census. In Jan 1 1860 his sister Frances Amerson and brother in law William W. Salyers (also on the 1860 Montgomery Co., Ark census) are married in Blount Co., Alabama. His mother Elizabeth McDonald Amerson is known to be in Blount Co., Alabama also in 1861 to get her inheritance from her father William McDonald. Amos's sister Frances (Fanny) Amerson Salyers and her children applied for Indian Claim in 1906 They were refused. But in reading the information she gave, she made many mistakes. She was one of the younger children in the family. Amos had refused to give her information per family tales. Maybe by reading the book "The Trail of Tears" I can unravel this mystery. The families that may be involved are Benjamin Amerson (Amason) Jasper Amerson (maybe be the same as Benjamin) and William McDonald b. 17 March 1781 d. 13 April 1860 and Frances Lewelling (Lewellan), Rachel Holder b. 15 March 1753 d. 12 October 1839 buried McDonald Chitwood Cemetery and allied families ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lamisu@aol.com> To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] ALBLOUNT Digest, Vol 1, Issue 41 > Susan, there are several "Trail of Tears" lists. Search for "Cherokee" or > "Trail of Tears" and you should find them among lots of other information. > If you > have trouble, let me know and I will be more specific. I think they are > referred to as "The Rolls". They are described in the book "Cherokee Roots > Vol. I > and II". I see at least 15 Rolls. You must read the description of each > Roll > carefully. You will find a Roll that they plan on sending west but some of > them > may have never actually gone. Look for the Rolls that show those that > actually > arrived in Ok or at least left for the journey. Some that left escaped > during > the trip and returned home or elsewhere. Some, of course, died during the > trip. These numbers are discussed in some of the Rolls. > > Dean > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message