I had always thought of the Trail of Tears as a single route. Not so. Here is a link to a map showing several routes. http://ngeorgia.com/history/trailoftearsmap2.html My mother's family was from Madison Co., NC. Our family tradition was that she had Cherokee heritage, and she certainly looked as if she did. However, I have always known that it would be impossible to prove. Sara Binkley Tarpley Nashville, TN On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:12 PM, <JENKINSRAWHIDE@aol.com> wrote: > Donna, I noticed you said the trail of tears was also in Illinois and this > makes me wonder just how wide or how many trails there were as my hometown > of > Lebanon, Tennessee which is 28 miles east of Nashville has historical > markers > indicating that the Trail of Tears ran through here. > > Logan Jenkins > _Jenkinsrawhide@aol.com_ (mailto:Jenkinsrawhide@aol.com) > > > > **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > ( > http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016 > ) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Each route was a different group... On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Sara Binkley Tarpley <sarabtarpley@gmail.com> wrote: > I had always thought of the Trail of Tears as a single route. Not so. Here > is a link to a map showing several routes. > > http://ngeorgia.com/history/trailoftearsmap2.html > > My mother's family was from Madison Co., NC. Our family tradition was that > she had Cherokee heritage, and she certainly looked as if she did. However, > I have always known that it would be impossible to prove. > > Sara Binkley Tarpley > Nashville, TN > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:12 PM, <JENKINSRAWHIDE@aol.com> wrote: > > > Donna, I noticed you said the trail of tears was also in Illinois and this > > makes me wonder just how wide or how many trails there were as my hometown > > of > > Lebanon, Tennessee which is 28 miles east of Nashville has historical > > markers > > indicating that the Trail of Tears ran through here. > > > > Logan Jenkins > > _Jenkinsrawhide@aol.com_ (mailto:Jenkinsrawhide@aol.com) > > > > > > > > **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > > ( > > http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016 > > ) > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- A shameless plug for my web activities: Support Authentic Cherokee Art - ask for the Artist's Tribal registration number before you buy!! Cherokee Style, Cherokee Heritage and Cherokee Descent all mean non Indian! Indian Arts and Craft Act: http://nativeamericanlawus.blogspot.com Cherokee Basket Weaver's Association: http://www.cherokeebasketweaversassociation.org Cherokee Basketweaving Books: http://www.lulu.com/groups/indianbasketweaving Cherokee Artists Association http://www.cherokeeartistsassociation.org Cherokees of Orange County http://www.cherokeesoforangecounty.org Visit the Family History Store at LuLu: http://stores.lulu.com/pagesthroughtime or http://www.pagesthroughtime.us Can't find the records you need and you're a male surnamed Coats or varitation, order a DNA kit to join our DNA project: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=A59642&special=True Coats Archive http://www.coatsarchive.us