You won't find it on their website...you'll need to take a Cherokee History Class ....:) The Catawaba Indians were in SC as were the Cherokee...there were no Cherokee in that Wolf Creek area in the 1700s...the only Cherokee Villages during that time period were in SC and when ALL their towns were burned, Echota/Chota, they moved to GA and started New Echota/Chota.....there were some in TN around the Holston area...but never any in VA.... The Cherokee Nation by the way is familiar with that Wolf Creek group and they are not considered legit....there's another in IL or IN as well but there were never any Cherokees in those states either...they may have family stories as to being Indian, but no Indians by Blood.... The Cherokee only recognize the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, the Eastern Band of Cherokee in NC and the UKB band in Oklahoma... Are you a member of this Wolf Creek group? or associated with them? Char On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Donna Fischer <donna_fischer2003@yahoo.com> wrote: > Well I'd like to hear what the official Cherokee > Nation both OK & NC have to say about this. We should > wirte to them and post their response. > > That www.indianvillage.org is supposed to be a > Cherokee village. Everything with the name Wolf Creek > is supposed to be associated with the Cherokee who > they said populated that area in the 1700's and > before. > > That man Lederer who did exploration in the 1600's > came across Cherokee's and Catawa. > > With all these white historians/researchers saying > that the Cherokee were in Virginia during the 1700's > and before then I would tend to believe them. > > That is unless the official tribes, NC & OK, make some > sort of a public statement that they, the Cherokees, > never resided in SW Virginia. I would have to read > that on their website. > > Good nite for now. > > Donna > > > --- Coats Family History <coats.genealogy@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > This says *valued hunting ground* the Cherokees had > > no villages or > > towns in VA...they never lived there... > > > > The Cherokees that went to AR are the old > > settlers....who eventually > > ended up in OK... > > > > "Prior to the American Revolution, the Southwest > > Virginia area was a fruitful and valued hunting > > ground > > for the Cherokee Indian tribes, to the south," > > > > What you'll find in a lot of these old histories, > > is: this is a white > > version of things...you'll find the Indian version > > much much > > different... > > > > No Cherokees *lived* in VA before, during or after > > the Rev...after the > > Rev they were all packed up and shipped off to OK > > Indian > > Territory...anything to the contrary is just white > > history...my own > > great gggggrandmother has so much mis info about her > > in the white > > literature it makes me cringe to read some of it...I > > mean everything > > from she was white but adopted by a Cherokee family, > > to her father was > > white and tons more misinfo....to her mother was > > Cherokee and she was > > raised by a White family...I mean it just goes on > > and on and on...so > > you really need to be careful... > > > > Believe me, VA and Cherokees is a big topic among > > the Cherokee and > > there just wasn't any Cherokee in VA... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Donna Fischer > > <donna_fischer2003@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Contains rare plate of Cherokee Indians in > > Virginia > > > and. North Carolina. Acquired by purchase-exchange > > > with William Reese Company. ... > > > > > > > > > [PDF] > > > Annual Report for 2003 > > > File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML > > > Contains rare plate of Cherokee Indians in > > Virginia > > > and. North Carolina. Acquired by purchase-exchange > > > with William Reese Company. ... > > > www.vahistorical.org/about/annualreport03.pdf > > > > > > ********************************************************************************* > > > Contains rare plate of Cherokee Indians in > > Virginia > > > and. North Carolina. Acquired by purchase-exchange > > > with William Reese Company. ... > > > > > > Lesson plan: Archaeology - Its Methods and Use - > > > Becoming a ...Slusser, M. Catherine, and others, > > > Teacher's Guide: Virginia Archaeology. .... an > > Indian > > > rights activist who is a member of the Cherokee > > tribe, > > > ... > > > www.vahistorical.org/sva2003/lparch1.htm - 33k - > > > Cached > > > > > > > > > > > > Extended History > > > > > > > > > This Southwestern Virginia County lies on the > > > Alleghany Plateau and is characterized by its > > > mountainous terrain. A secondary continental > > divide > > > seperates the watersheds to the New River Valley > > and > > > the Tennessee River Valley. The Clinch River's > > > headwater source and the beginning of the Clinch > > River > > > Valley is located a few miles east of Tazewell, > > the > > > county seat. Flowing west and south from Tazewell, > > the > > > Clinch joins the Holston River and forms the > > Tennesse > > > River near Knoxville, TN. > > > The source of the Bluestone River, which runs east > > and > > > north, is located a few hundred yards east of the > > > Clinch River source. The Bluestone winds its way > > > through Tazewell County and Mercer County, WV and > > > joins the New River just north of Athens, WV. The > > > fertile valleys of these rivers and their > > tributaries > > > became the sites of original settlement within the > > > County. > > > A primary route through the mountains for the > > early > > > pioneers was the game and Indian trails along the > > > Clearfork branch of Wolf Creek, from its juncture > > with > > > the New River, into the Clinch River Valley and on > > to > > > Cumberland Gap and Kentucky. > > > Historical Perspectives > > > Prior to the American Revolution, the Southwest > > > Virginia area was a fruitful and valued hunting > > ground > > > for the Cherokee Indian tribes, to the south, and > > the > > > Shawnee tribes along the Ohio River. The area's > > > abundance of wild game, which was the source of > > > frequent skirmishes among these Indian tribes , > > also > > > drew trappers from Eastern Virginia. > > > Original surveys and land grants were made in 1748 > > and > > > the original County settlers established > > homesteads in > > > the late1760's. Tazewell County was formed in 1799 > > > from Russell and Wythe Counties. At the time of > > > formation, the County included all or portions of > > the > > > current counties of Bland County, VA, Giles > > County, > > > VA, Buchanan County, VA, Mercer County, WV, > > McDowell > > > County, WV, Wyoming County, WV and Logan County, > > WV. > > > The county was named after Henry Tazewell, member > > of > > > the Virginia House of Burgesses and later a U.S. > > > Senator. The first Tazewell County Court was held > > in > > > the house of Henry Harman, Jr. on June 12, 1800. > > > Early County Settlements and Settlers 1769 -1773 > > > • Abb's Valley: Iaaac BLANGY Absalom LOONEY > > Capt. > > > James MOORE, Robert POAGUE > > > • Baptist Valley: John DESKINS, Thomas > > MARTIN, Richard > > > PEMBERTON, Charles and James SCAGGS > > > • Bluestone: Samuel FERGUSON, John HARMAN, > > Benjamin > > > JOSLIN, Thomas MAXWELL, James OGLETON > > > • Burke's Garden: Thomas INGLES Clear Fork > > of Wolf > > > Creek John RIDGEL > > > • The Cove: John CRAVEN, David WARD > > > • Crab Apple: Orchard Samuel CECIL, John > > GREENUP, > > > Thonas WITTEN > > > • Deskins Valley: Richard ONEY, Obadiah > > PAYNE > > > • Head of the Clinch River: Henry, Mathias > > and Jacob > > > HARMAN > > > • Jeffersonville Area (Tazewell): John > > BRADSHAW, > > > Elisha CARY, Benjamin, Chrisley and Thomas > > HOUSLEY, > > > John, Thomas and William PEERY Locust Hill William > > > WYNN > > > • Morris Knob: William GARRISON > > > • North Fork of the Clinch: William BUTLER, > > Jesse > > > EVANS, John TAYLOR > > > • Thompson Valley: John HENRY, James KING, > > Samuel > > > MARRS, Joseph MARTIN, John and Archibald THOMPSON > > > > > > http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=404 > > > > > http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_county/taz.htm > > > > > > 1http://www.tolatsga.org/Cherokee1.html > > > Page 2 > > > > > > In 1828 the Western Cherokee agreed to exchange > > their > > > Arkansas lands for a new location in Oklahoma. The > > > boundaries were finally determined in 1833, > > although > > > it took until 1835 to get the Osage to agree. > > > > > > The arrival of General Braddock with an English > > army > > > in 1755 raised the spirits of the people, for they > > > === message truncated === > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com > > ------------------------------- > 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! 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