TLNEALY@aol.com wrote: > > The Cherokee gave up their last lands in AR by a treaty made in 1828. > Any settlement would have been before that date. > A copy of a document I have shows that May 10, 1866, the Cherokee sold 3400 acres in Township 7, Range 21, AR, the former agency land and residue of tract disposed of by the Cherokee in the treaty of 1828, to John Brown Wright, of Washington, D.C. for $5,000. Perhaps there were settlements on this land? Document does not say. Just a tidbit, FYI Ethel Taylor <bandony@ucinet.com>