Hi, I have been trying to find my greatgrandparents in Bradley Co. Henry Williams who married Mary Beard. My grandmother Clara Elizabeth Williams was born in Cleveland in 1889. This is all I have been able to find out about them for twenty-five years. Has anyone run across any of these names? Carlie-Saulsbury,TN ----------------------------------------------------- At 03:47 PM 8/7/98 -0400, you wrote: >Ladies: the following is found on the TNGenWeb site. >http://www.tngenweb.usit.com >Click on TN County Home pages >Click on Bradley > >((Bradley Co., TN was formed in 1836 form Cherokee Indian Cessation. The land >east of the TN River, Hamilton/Bradley/Meigs, was the Cherokee Nation of Tn. >After the Cherokee Removal, the area was known as the Ocoee District. People >were coming in and getting the land at very cheap prices. - ah)) > >Bradley County lies in the southeastern part of the state, in the fertile >Tennessee >Valley. It is bounded on the north by Meigs and McMinn Counties, and the >Hiwassee River, on the east by Polk County, on the west by Hamilton County, and >on the south by the Georgia state line. > >The county was formed in 1836 from lands ceded by the Cherokee Indians under the >Treaty of New Echota. It is named for Col. Edward Bradley, who served in the War >of 1812 and was a friend of Andrew Jackson. Cleveland, the county seat, is named >for Col. Benjamin Cleveland, one of the heroes of King's Mountain (1780). > >The land that was to become Bradley County was chosen as the site for the >Cherokee Indian Agency. It was established at Charleston in 1819. Return J. >Meigs >, known as White Eagle to the Indians, was the first agent to serve at this >location. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------------ >The sale of the Cherokee land in the Ocoee District started approx. 1839. > >Barbara, I don't find a Wilson Thomas on the listings for the land sold in the >Ocoee District. Thomas listings: >Thomas, Abraham >Thomas, Enock >Thomas, John > >Roberta, no Tomlins, or George Longs. Longs listed: >Long, Alexander >Long, Harry >Long, Henry >Long, Isaac >Long, Jno. P. >Long, John >Long, John P. > >Audrey, no Romines on the Ocoee District list. > >If you all think your ancestors were in the area before 1840, look at Rhea, >Marion, Bledsoe or one of the surrounding counties of Hamilton/Bradley that >were formed >before 1836. Most were coming in from those areas at the time of the >Cherokee Removal. > >Anita Hinson > > > > >