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The Cherokee Trail of Tears


Cherokee-owned black slaves and 68 intermarried whites — living in North Georgia

Treaty of New Echota

Story location: GeorgiaStory date: December 30, 1835

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Removal as described by witnesses

Stolen Land!

Story location: Munford, TennesseeStory date: 1800 ?

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Help finding Cherokee ancestor

Story location: Columbia, TNStory date: July 2012

Added by: coachrudd2284

Further degradation when "applying" for enrollment - Dawes

Story location: Indian Territory - OklahomaStory date: 1909-...

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John McDonald and Cherokee wife of Jefferson County, Georgia

Story location: Jefferson County, GeorgiaStory date: ca 1810-before 1840

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Quote from "The Trail Of Tears: The Story Of The American Indian Removals 1813-1855"

Story location: GeorgiaStory date: ca 1840

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Cherokee Ancestors Trail of Tears (possibly taken the name Hottinger)

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