Glee, Do you have a copy of "River Trail", by Jane Noble? If not, this would be a great addition to your library as it details Lt. Harris' 1834 emigration of the Cherokee. I wonder if you could expound on the reason your family arrived in IT a few days earlier than the larger body of the emigant party? Also, could you expound perhaps on your thoughts as to what part the extension of the Georgia laws over the Cherokee Nation had to do with the impetus for this migration, and, what part, if any, that the prior exit of Duncan O'Briant and Humphrey Posey and the exodus of the Christianized Cherokee prior to the formal Trail of Tears, 1838-39, might have played in this particular emigration group? This was a pivotal period that led up to the eventual forced emigration of 1838-39 and I look forward to any thoughts you might have on the subject. Sgi, MW

I do not know why the John Beck's family arrived two days earlier than the rest of the group. They had their first child in March so maybe they hurried to try and get there for the sake of the newborn child. I do have the book and it says that they arrived two days before the others in the back of the book. John was the brother of Mary Beck who is my 2nd great grandmother. I have not studied John's family line in great detail but there are many descendants that are still living in OK around Chelsea, Rogers Co., OK there are reunions every few years. I do live in PA so do not know if I will ever get to OK again. Mary and her Mother Susannah Buffington Beck Emory and her stepfather and other family members moved in 1837 to Indian Territory. They appear to have traveled on their own west. Surry Eaton was wealthy and so moved west with his wife and their children. They had enough people and wagons to make their own little wagon train.He also had I gather this from the Transprotation and subsistance money that they recieved for the move and the money that he got from his evulation of his property in GA. He had six slaves with him on the trip west and this probably made the trip a little easier. Why John and his wife decided to move before the other is unknown to me. I do not know why some went west before the TOT. The Georgia and Federal Goverment made it very unconfortable for them and maybe they decided to get out while the getting was good. How much money they had probably efected their decision to go. I think that more mixed bloods moved early than fulbloods. I am not an expert on this subject and have never given it deep thought. Also some people are more stubborn that others and how much education they had may effect this decision also. Leaving a place that has been their only home is a very hard one. I am sure that many families were split apart by the push west by the goverment. Surry Eaton's land was taken in the gold lottery so I guess that is one reason that he moved west a little before the others. He was white and married to an Indian and was caught and put in jail for not haveing a permit to be in the nation. Why some went earlier that others probably depended on many reeasons. I think that many relized that staying was useless and that the deck was stacked against them. The Drennen roll lists those who are consideded to be on the TOT and Mary and her husband and Susannah and her children by her second husband are on that list even though they left a little early and went on their own. Maybe you can expound on this subject better than I can. Sometimes you just grit you teeth and do things that you do not want to do. These are the people who I believe traveled together on their own west in one wagon trail. Surry Eaton-five children 2 adults, 6 slaves Mary Beck Downing adult Arah Beck Richardson adult Joseph Beck- four children 2 adults and 3 slaves Rutha Hicks Beck and one child There were probably others too. Glee ----- Original Message ----- From: <wauhilau@webtv.net> To: <indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:14 AM Subject: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] 1834 emigration > Glee, > > Do you have a copy of "River Trail", by Jane Noble? > If not, this would be a great addition to your library as it details Lt. > Harris' 1834 emigration of the Cherokee. > > I wonder if you could expound on the reason your family arrived in IT a > few days earlier than the larger body of the emigant party? > > Also, could you expound perhaps on your thoughts as to what part the > extension of the Georgia laws over the Cherokee Nation had to do with > the impetus for this migration, and, what part, if any, that the prior > exit of Duncan O'Briant and Humphrey Posey and the exodus of the > Christianized Cherokee prior to the formal Trail of Tears, 1838-39, > might have played in this particular emigration group? > > This was a pivotal period that led up to the eventual forced emigration > of 1838-39 and I look forward to any thoughts you might have on the > subject. > > Sgi, > > MW > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >