New Echota was the place where the treaty was signed - there is a museum type area there now, it is off I-75 out of Atlanta towards TN - also there is a band of Cherokee known as New Echota - delilah evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Crilley" <varcsix@hot.rr.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:42 AM Subject: [GEORGIA] Capt Elihu King - New Echota 1838 > I don't know as much about the Cherokee War 1838 -- so need some help on > identifying this location. Is "New Echota" different from "Echota" in > Gordon County. (Pass this along to any surname or county lists that might > be able to help. Some of these men eventually probably settled in > Alabama and also Florida) > > Linda has typed this, but we're trying to figure out more about where this > company was raised from...and about the individuals involved. If we could > place all the officers in a county vicinity that would help. > > I really appreciate those of you who have shared something about your > ancestor in these wars of this time period. We're gradually getting more > and more on-line thanks to all of you! > > Also if any of you are able to get copies of rosters while you're at the > Georgia Archives, that would help us so much. Both Linda and I live out of > state, so have to depend on others to get the data copied for us. > > King's Company of the 2nd Georgia Militia Cherokee War > Muster Roll dated May 21, 1838 New Echota GA > > King, Elihu Captain > > Crumbly, William Lieutenant > > Merritt, James Lieutenant > > Allen, John C Sergeant > > Ferguson, William Sergeant > > Higgins, James Sergeant > > Higgins, John H Sergeant > > Elliott, Ebon T Corporal > > Gipson, Hopkins Corporal > > Kinsey, Thomas Corporal > > Watkins, Benjamin W Corporal > > > > Privates: > > Adams, Early > > Anderson, George > > Allison, James > > Black, George W > > Black, James > > Blackburn, Jesse > > Bradberry, Ambrose > > Brown, Cornelius > > Bruce, George G > > Camp, David > > Corbin, Richard > > Cox, Eli > > Cox, John L > > Ford, Franklin > > Foster, James > > Free, Simpson > > Franklin, James E > > Franklin, Michael > > Gibby, Samuel > > Harden, Thomas > > Heath, Thomas M > > Henderson, Galesburg > > Hicks, Isaac > > Hill, Hubbard > > Holcombe, Isaiah > > Horton, David M > > Gibbs, Cornelius > > Gipson, Wilson > > Lockaby, Jesse > > King, Hiram > > Kirkland, Moses > > McKay, Daniel S > > Morrison, John > > Mote, Levi > [Born 1816, died 1900 Lumpkin County GA] > > Owen, Joseph > > Owen, Wiley > > Quarles, John > > Parr, Arthur > > Pitchford, William G > > Redden, Jesse > > Roach, Alfred > > Sampson, John > > Stephens, Mathew > > Standridge, Eli > > Standridge, Samuel > > Strain, Adolphus > > Sutton, Benjamin F > > Sutton, Joseph > > Tealey, Andrew > > Turner, Hiram > > Vandriver, George V > > Walters, Obadiah > > Wilkins, Hezekiah > > Wilson, James A > > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Georgia list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to GEORGIA-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to GEORGIA-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >