General Robert Henry Kirkwood Whiteley was born in Cambridge, MD Apr 15 1809. He m. Hester Dodson on Nov 30, 1830, and died June 9 1896 in Baltimore, MD, bur. in Newark, DE. He fathered eleven children. Cherokee Connections, by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, c1995: p. 7: "The second group, numbering about 875, left 13 June. It was under the command of Lt. R. H. K. Whiteley, with five assistant conductors, two physicians, three interpreters and a hospital attendant." Refers to the removal of the Cherokees in 1838 from Alabama, Georgia, NC, and TN to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma Territory. They departed from Ross's Landing (now Chattanooga, TN), Gunter's Landing, Jackson Co. AL and Muscle Shoals, AL. R.H.K. became a Brig. Gen, but was a Lt when he headed up part of the Trail of Tears. Bvt. BG. Robert H.K. Whitely, Ordnance Dept, U.S.A. Lt R.H.K. Whiteley was involved in the Trail of Tears - 1838 In charge of the second contingent of about 875 Cherokee removed from Georgia. It consisted of 8 flatboats which left Ross Landing on June 13, 1838 by steamer. At Decatur they switched to railroad to Tuscumbia, where they transferred to a single flatboat to Little Rock. From there they travelled by wagon and foot to Indian Territory. historian Grant Foreman described the rest of this trip: "The weather was extremely hot, a drought had prevailed for months, water was scarce, suffocating clouds of dust stirred up by oxen and wagons, and the rough and rocky roads, made the condition of the sick occupants of the wagons indeed. Three, four, and five deaths occurred each day. Before the end of the month there were between two and three hundred ill" On August 1, Whiteley recorded: "Did not move this day, the party requiring rest and being more than one half sick; notwithstanding every effort used, it was impossible to prevent their eating quantities of green peaches and corn - consequently the flux raged among them and carried off some days as high as six and seven." By the time they reached Indian Territory, only 602 remained. Seventy had died and the rest simply disappeared along the way. sources: Cherokee Sunset: A Nation Betrayed by Samule Carter III, Doubleday & Co. Inc (1976); War of the Rebellion, US War Dept, Govt Printing Office (1889); Cherokee Connections by Gromley; and Wally's Whiteley Whittlin's, P. O. Box 1983, OKC OK 73101. He was a career US soldier - stayed with the South. Robert H. K. Whiteley was a Georgia ordinance officer during the civil War and was stationed in San Antonio in 1861. ___________________________________________________________________ josiebass@zxmail.com 216 Beach Park Lane Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-5003 Home of the *HARRISON* Repository http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/ My Southern Family WWW: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/ LINDSAY & HARRISON Surnames & CSA-HISTORY Roots Mail List GENCONNECT: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html Data Managed by beautiful daughter Becky Bass Bonner and me, Josephine Lindsay Bass