Martha, If they went on the Trail of Tears, they were probably North GA families maybe including some from south central TN and western NC. Many of the Cherokees fled into the ancestral tribal areas in the mountains of western NC and escaped being relocated. ROSS and McINTOSH are two big names in the bunch that were relocated out west, still are...... What Andy Jackson and others wanted was their land, especially after gold was found in Dahlonega, GA area in the late 1820's. I guess Old Andy thought there was a lot of gold in "them thar hills, " something they later found not to be the case. The only gold in "them thar hills," today, is the hills, themselves. The last I heard land in the Dahlonega area was going for $40,000 an acre in two acre tracks and that was close to 10 years ago. Just goes to show what a bunch of rich Yankees and GA-400 will do for an area. <grin> John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Boggs" <lmboggs@cox.net> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 10:03 PM Subject: [DANIEL-L] FW: More on Cherokees > I just made another DANIEL connection. Moses DANIEL was one of the Cherokee > leaders who led the people on the Trail of Tears in 1838. His group began > its journey on September 30, 1838 and arrived in what is now eastern > Oklahoma/ > western Arkansas on March 2, 1839. He started out with 1035 people and the > group had diminished to 924 by arrival, with six births and 48 deaths. > Obviously, many turned back/escaped and returned to Georgia or wherever they > wanted > to go. My source for this is > > http://www.tngenweb.org/cherokee_by_blood/trail.htm > > Martha > > > > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > DO NOT FORGET: This is a Genealogical Mailing List and the posting of messages that do not relate to the DANIEL Family, its collateral families or those of a historical nature relating to genealogical research -- are not allowed on this list. > >