Thanks Joy and Mary. Robert L. Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <hlm@qtm.net> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > and a lot of them settled in the Cherokee Land Tract in NW Arkansas - this > was open for white settlement about 1835, and I know several families from > LCT ended up in the southern section of Boone Co AR by about 1840.....it > was > free land, no one was there, and many of the families had one spouse with > Indian blood..... > such as my Gray line. > > Mary > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <finchums@usinternet.com> > To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:59 PM > Subject: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > > >> There would have been numerous Cherokee's on the 1820 TN Census. You >> just >> won't find them listed as "Indian". You might find a listing as "M" for >> Mulatto, if the census taker thought that their skin looked dark enough. >> Most of them will just be listed as white. >> >> Of course, this is providing that the 1820 Census of their counties has >> survived. Many of the 1820 counties are missing. >> >> Many of the Cherokee had married into the European families and had >> assimilated into the "white" culture. Especially the females. >> >> The Cherokee Rolls of the same time period were only taken in the > strictest >> of Cherokee territories. Reservation Rolls:1817 were those wishing to > stay >> in the east. They, in order to avoid the pressing encroachment on their >> lands, had applied for a 640 tract of land in the East that would revert > to >> the government upon their death. Others on the Emigration Rolls 1817: >> filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and then went on to Oklahoma after > 1828. >> >> In 1835, the Henderson Roll lists over 16,000 Cherokee residing in AL, >> GA, >> TN, and NC that were to be removed to Oklahoma after 1838-1839 "Trail of >> Tears". Many of those listed, avoided the trip. Some hid in the NC >> mountains, others claimed to be white, still others were able to aquire >> land through white friends, and never left. >> >> -Sherry >> >> >From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> >> >To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com >> >Message-ID: <000601c50659$881969b0$0200a8c0@Jackson> >> >Subject: Cherokee Indians on Early TN Census? >> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; > x-avg-checked=avg-ok-72407759 >> > >> >Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been listed >> on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? >> > >> >Robert L. Jackson >> > >> >> Jesus is my rock! >> >> If you would like to know him also, visit: >> http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html >> >> Visit my webpage! >> http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com >> >> Middle TN Cousins visit: >> http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org >> >> Our hobby: >> http://www.indiancreekproductions.com >> >> Searching East TN families: >> ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, >> COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, >> INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, >> PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN >> >> Searching Middle TN families: >> ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, >> BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, >> CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, >> GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, >> HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, >> McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, >> NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, >> SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, >> WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON >> >> >> ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== >> Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: > http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Register your first lines in LCT: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnlincol/family.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >