did you reas june borks bppks from wayne co ky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Reynolds" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] heritage > Good question, Joyce. I don't think it had to do with the land being > ceded by the Cherokee so much as it had to do with the bounty warrants > from the Revolution and the War of 1812. My James L. "Logan" Jones > left Wayne County in the 1820s spent a few years in Tennessee > (although I don't know where yet with James Jones being such a common > name,) then moved westward into Missouri by 1834 or 35 where he lived > out the remainder of his long life. Logan was born in Wayne County > where his grandfather, Joshua Jones, built the first ironworks in > Kentucky. Joshua was a revolutionary patriot, but I haven't yet > located any warrant for bounty land. He certainly knew about it as a > surveyor. There was ample opportunity in Wayne County early on, but by > the time Logan reached his majority, the land was mostly all claimed > due to military grants from the Revolution and headrights grants. I > had wondered about why Logan left and just never connected it until I > saw his father served in the War of 1812 (here's a roster of Wayne > county men who fought in that war, Buttram/Bertram among them: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywayne/warof1812.html) and would > have received bounty land for his service, but neither James Sr. nor > his other sons left Wayne County, only James Jr. So it hit me between > the eyes while thinking about the answer for you he was probably among > those who exited south then westward to claim bounty land in Missouri. > I haven't found a military warrant for Logan's land in MO, but he > might have claimed one in TN on a warrant transferred to him by his > father. Likewise, he may have lived on land registered by his > grandfather - Joshua was a surveyor for a time for NC and he assisted > in finding bounty land in TN for revolutionary veterans in the TN > Military District. Surveyors were paid in rights - land - in the area > and Joshua likely had a good deal of TN land because he surveyed a > great deal of it and his land in Wayne County 400 acres on Elk creek > was surveyed and registered as part of his rights. Interestingly it > is this Jones line we were told all my life was part Cherokee, then my > Grandma told us about 5 years before her death no, it was part Arapaho > and part Blackfoot. I don't believe that last at all, and only a slim > glimmer on the Cherokee. No evidence I can find at all. > > Send me the other names off list and I'll see what I have on them and > maybe we can connect the dots. Do you have access to Heritage Quest? > If so, my distant cousin Augusta Phillips wrote an interesting history > of Wayne County in the 1930s and it includes many, many biographical > notes. Interestingly, Mark Twain had connections to Wayne County. > His uncle, married one of my great aunts. All kinds of interesting > connections in this one little county! > > Susan > > > >> >> Now, SUSAN, as for Wayne County, KY. Maybe you can explain to me a >> question >> I've had floating in my mind for years. Researching as much as I do here >> in >> McMinn Co., TN I have seen the Old Nathan Lawson family, the >> Wattenbarger's, >> the Buttram's and 3 or 4 more families here in 1820's (possibly earlier) >> McMinn and all from Wayne Co. Do you think that perhaps there was a >> 'mass >> migration' from Wayne south into McMinn when the county opened for >> settlement? Some of these same Lawson's seem to be on the south side of >> the >> Hiwassee prior to Removal (which was a no - no)....meaning they were >> living >> on Cherokee land. The Buttram's and Wattenbarger's settled in the west >> part >> of the county to form the methodist churches there. I know we had a lot >> of >> area settlers move into McMinn and Monroe when the counties were formed >> but >> I've never figured out why Wayne Co., KY. The only thing I can think of >> is >> if the land was ceeded from the Cherokee in the 1805 (possibly 1795) >> Treaty >> and they were doing like so many other families and going on to Indian >> Territory. >> >> >> Joyce Gaston Reece >> >> =====*NOTICE THIS*===== >> this is a generic list; and not topic specific because certain chatting >> is required to do genealogy; and sort fact from fiction. >> >> Rude people will be moderated asap! >> List archive >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene >> Dual admin. >> Dan and Joyce >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > this is a generic list; and not topic specific because certain chatting is > required to do genealogy; and sort fact from fiction. > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > Dual admin. > Dan and Joyce > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message