Ellen Byrne wrote: "They didn t all go on the Trail of Tears. In fact one of the Laclede Co people-cant remember which one now a Jolly or one that married into the Bolles line--marched thru Laclede Co on the Trail of Tears as a soldier--and went back later and settled there." Additional information on these Cherokee names: A John Bowles with about 63 people migrated to AR and OK in 1810 VIA THE TENNESSEE RIVER COURSE. John Jolly (whose brother Tahlenteskee migrated to AR and OK by 1809), himself migrated by 1818. These are the Old Settler Cherokees who exchanged lands east of the Mississippi for lands west of same some 30 years prior to the Trail of Tears. There were both land routes and river routes used. Their interaction with whites along the way ranged from buying liquor, being left aside due to illness, etc. Some whites, like my own John Chisholm, traveled with them both as family members and /or in some formal capacity such as interpreters, traders, etc. Sam Houston was one of these early Old Settlers. I heartily recommend a book by Stanley W. Hoig, THE CHEROKEES AND THEIR CHIEFS, which is a most recent book on the Cherokees. Stan does an especially good job of handling the involved genealogies. Many of his related articles are in the "Chronicles of Oklahoma". And, as you read some of these accounts, you too may have an opinion of Andrew Jackson. Bill Breedlove