Charles, Boone Brown died in 1984. The rest of the Browns....I have no idea where they went. My Best, Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A. Wyly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Carters- Mitchell- Bateman-Scrimsher-Eddins-Stone clues > Thanks, Haynes- > I still remember Boone Brownand his big cigars when I was in SHS and > Marclene Brown was a classmate. I am 74- did not know Boone was still > living- may be. If so, he is past 90. > > Concerning the 'Blach Irish"- some called themselves "Dark Dutch". If the > names had a meaning in Irelend or the Netherlands, it was different than > the meaning early settlers had . The meaning varied in Georgia. > Concerning the area you speak of, we attended a Sevier Family Reunion in > Gatlainburg and came due south to Cherokee, N.C. to Hiawasse to Alpine > Helen to Clarkesville and Toccoa, then to Atlanta. Ga. Militia Gen(1812 ) > & Great Grandad's Grandad james Rutherford Wyly is buried there in > Clarkesville in old Cemetery downtown by the Episcopal Church which J.R. > and his Clevelands first cousins built for Charleston Tourists who > summered in Clarkesville and Alpine Helen. He built 2 or 3 Misionary > Baptist and 1 Episcopal church and insisted they all have a balcony for > all people, Slave, free, indentured, Indian, or whatever to share the > worship without having to be a guest of someone who owned their family > pew. Gen Ben Cleveland, is buried near him as is Sarah Hawkins Clark > Wyly, granddaughter of Governor John Sevier and Sarah Hawkins. The Inn > was sold to Wylys by Walton's son in law Gen. Joseph Martin- part > Cherokee who was also married to Betsy Ward, dau. of Beloved Woman of > Cherokee Old Echota, Nancy Ward. > > agent Gen . Martin also had 2 to 4 Cherokee Wives & 2 Anglo- Susannah > Graves at one time or another. Sister Mary Graves is on my tree. > Descendants include Grandad's cousins in Tahlequah Cherokee Government- > one printed the Cherokee Phoenix in Sequoya's alphabet. Grandad had no > Cherokee blood. The Tahlequah group included first Attorney Gen. of > Western nation, a few lawyers, an FBI agent under Hoover, and a dr. or 2. > This came through Buffington- McNair- Bushyhead- and related lines. > > He had just cleared the Tugaloo Turnpike from Tellico Plains to Toccoa, > Ga. > He and Sarah ran the Traveller's Rest inn in Toccoa, bought from Cherokee > leased land by Jesse Walton when jesse left for Georgia Gold Fields. Some > credit the Ga. Gold Fields and the Cherokee tollerance of Polygamy near > Old Echota for Andrew Jackson's removal of some soldiers and officers of > Old Echota who fought with him in War of 1812 were put on Trail of Tears. > Wylym and Cleveland , with 700 Anglos and 400 Cherokees fought British > and agitated Seminoles in Florida, 1812 > > See Ga. Dept of Natural Resources on Internet then go to Traveller's Rest > Inn. Wylys sold it to Jarrett- Lucas families - third family ownership > until Ga. made it into a State Park- and Clemson U. craftsmen hold > pioneer skills classes there on weekends. > > J.r. and sons sold their habersham Couty Iron Works- forge and foundry, > to Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, now apparently under Lake hartwell. > > Take care, > > Charles A. Wyly > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >