The Barry County Genealogical Society published a small book, “The Trail of Tears in Barry County, Missouri 1837-1838-1839” I won’t quote from the book, except page 13: “Late in 1837, a party numbering 356, with B.B. Cannon as conductor, left Tennessee and set out on what is now called the Northern Route, which passed through Missouri. During the forced removal in 1838, twelve of the thirteen detachments of Cherokee passed through Missouri, all but one entering the state in Cape Girardeau County.” [A portion of the Diary of B.B. Cannon is contained in the book] A map, at the center fold, shows various routes. The northern route went through Illinois and crossed the Mississippi at Cap Girardeau, then slightly north and back down to Springfield, then south, catching the southeast corner of Lawrence county, entering Barry County through McDowell (formerly McDonald-second county seat of Barry County) where Jonas Locke’s Spring is located, then along what would become the Old Wire Road to Cassville to Arkansas, all the way to Fayetteville, then west to Tahlequah, Indian Territory. The map shows Hildebrand following a route near the Northern Route while Benge ’s route veers south through Arkansas much sooner. Bell’s Route went through Memphis and through Arkansas. There is also a Water Route down the Mississippi to the Arkansas and to the Northwest. Point is, the Trail of Tears followed several routes based on the whim of their leader. It has been written that Barsheba Pannell, the widow of Victor Pannell was Cherokee. They settled early at the head of Spring River near Verona and she later married my ancestor. It is said that in later years Barsheba stated that helping feed the Indians as the passed through was difficult. Anyway, Verona would be near where the route turned south into Barry County. Bill Landers The little book is 48 pages and well worth the price of $750 from Barry Co. G & H Society, P O Box 291,Cassville, MO 65625 Or you can pick one up at Field’s Photo Archives on highway 248, Cassville. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Google has a number of links to Trail of Tears. One of them has a map sowing one of the trails going through Springfield and then on down. rosecity.net/tears/trail/tearsnht.html - 27k Barb Marsh *************************** On Mar 20, 2007, at 12:43 PM, WBLanders@aol.com wrote: > The Barry County Genealogical Society published a small book, “The > Trail of > Tears in Barry County, Missouri 1837-1838-1839” > I won’t quote from the book, except page 13: > “Late in 1837, a party numbering 356, with B.B. Cannon as > conductor, left > Tennessee and set out on what is now called the Northern Route, > which passed > through Missouri. During the forced removal in 1838, twelve of the > thirteen > detachments of Cherokee passed through Missouri, all but one > entering the state in > Cape Girardeau County.” > [A portion of the Diary of B.B. Cannon is contained in the book] > A map, at the center fold, shows various routes. The northern route > went > through Illinois and crossed the Mississippi at Cap Girardeau, then > slightly north > and back down to Springfield, then south, catching the southeast > corner of > Lawrence county, entering Barry County through McDowell (formerly > McDonald-second county seat of Barry County) where Jonas Locke’s > Spring is located, then > along what would become the Old Wire Road to Cassville to Arkansas, > all the way > to Fayetteville, then west to Tahlequah, Indian Territory. > The map shows Hildebrand following a route near the Northern Route > while Benge > ’s route veers south through Arkansas much sooner. Bell’s Route > went through > Memphis and through Arkansas. There is also a Water Route down the > Mississippi to the Arkansas and to the Northwest. > Point is, the Trail of Tears followed several routes based on the > whim of > their leader. > It has been written that Barsheba Pannell, the widow of Victor > Pannell was > Cherokee. They settled early at the head of Spring River near > Verona and she > later married my ancestor. It is said that in later years Barsheba > stated that > helping feed the Indians as the passed through was difficult. > Anyway, Verona would be near where the route turned south into > Barry County. > Bill Landers > The little book is 48 pages and well worth the price of $750 from > Barry Co. G > & H Society, P O Box 291,Cassville, MO 65625 > Or you can pick one up at Field’s Photo Archives on highway 248, > Cassville. > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOLAWREN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

In reading this, would the price of the book be $750.00 or $7.50? I would think $7.50 is the right price. Pat pat-igree-kenn@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <WBLanders@aol.com> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:43 PM Subject: [MOLAWREN] Trail of Tears > The Barry County Genealogical Society published a small book, “The Trail > of > Tears in Barry County, Missouri 1837-1838-1839” > I won’t quote from the book, except page 13: > “Late in 1837, a party numbering 356, with B.B. Cannon as conductor, left > Tennessee and set out on what is now called the Northern Route, which > passed > through Missouri. During the forced removal in 1838, twelve of the > thirteen > detachments of Cherokee passed through Missouri, all but one entering the > state in > Cape Girardeau County.” > [A portion of the Diary of B.B. Cannon is contained in the book] > A map, at the center fold, shows various routes. The northern route went > through Illinois and crossed the Mississippi at Cap Girardeau, then > slightly north > and back down to Springfield, then south, catching the southeast corner of > Lawrence county, entering Barry County through McDowell (formerly > McDonald-second county seat of Barry County) where Jonas Locke’s Spring is > located, then > along what would become the Old Wire Road to Cassville to Arkansas, all > the way > to Fayetteville, then west to Tahlequah, Indian Territory. > The map shows Hildebrand following a route near the Northern Route while > Benge > ’s route veers south through Arkansas much sooner. Bell’s Route went > through > Memphis and through Arkansas. There is also a Water Route down the > Mississippi to the Arkansas and to the Northwest. > Point is, the Trail of Tears followed several routes based on the whim of > their leader. > It has been written that Barsheba Pannell, the widow of Victor Pannell was > Cherokee. They settled early at the head of Spring River near Verona and > she > later married my ancestor. It is said that in later years Barsheba stated > that > helping feed the Indians as the passed through was difficult. > Anyway, Verona would be near where the route turned south into Barry > County. > Bill Landers > The little book is 48 pages and well worth the price of $750 from Barry > Co. G > & H Society, P O Box 291,Cassville, MO 65625 > Or you can pick one up at Field’s Photo Archives on highway 248, > Cassville. > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message