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http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/landgrant/tsfb.htm
At the above website is a list of many names of the earliest settlers on previous Cherokee lands in E Tn. Joseph Woods, an ancestor of mine, is listed. So is Gideon Blackburn, the very well known founder of the Presbyterian mission/schools to the Cherokee. I also saw a “Ward” and Nancy Ward’s people lived in that region, although I don’t know if the one mentioned is her’s or not. If it is, that’d make 2 of my ancestors that lived near her relations.
Vance
I see a couple of my family names on this list. MY families in VA and NC moved so much they are hard to track though so I’ve printed the list (lots of pages) to use it later as I get more pieces of information pulled together.
Thanks,
Cheryl
Vance, Bringing this thread forward and adding a link…was just reading the Cherokee timeline. Lots of info here…
http://members.aol.com/esarrett/na/content1.htm
Also here’s more info..
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janelle/Intruders.htm#page7
There is so much info here.
There are a lot of familiar names in here..and I would think many mixed-blood families on the move..but not part of the Cherokee nation until some marry into it..and not welcome in taking up land. ???
Seems logical…?Sue J
Vance,
I did see the Butler’s..I don’t know if they are all related or not. I don’t find Gabriel so far. I do have a Thomas and Many Johns..Thomas was in Granville co NC, father of Issac..Thomas Butler is on that list of Free persons of color-1771 petition..I posted here earlier.
But if this is the same Thomas I’m not sure. These Butlers were of Hunt-Butler marriages and in Giles Co Tn Early on. John Butler on the 1812 Giles co Tn Tax list. And, remember the Walker connection, Tandy? and the Meltons? And I still don’t know what to make of it all, but then I have to be hit in the head with a 2×4 to REALLY get it! OH! One of John Butler’s sons is Memucan Butler. Goodness.
Just began researching the Butlers…
Thanks, Sue J
Sue, I’m surprised that you didn’t mention the plethora of Allens.
This reads like a list of 1750-1770 granville land grants. ……or 1700 eastern VA.
Clack, Trotter, Coleman, Jones, Beasley, Bartley McGhee *(note to Bill… here’s our “grand master” in this group;-) Johnson, Hicks, Young, Thomas, Beass(Bass) Stewart, Moore, Allen, Cammeron, Clements, Paine, Pearce, Beaty, Black, and others I got tired of writing. …… very interesting……….. extremely interesting, in fact.
Dreaminghawk,
I was too busy concentrating on Butler but yes the names are pretty amazing.
And in reading through some of the other pages, it shows a sampling of settlers that were on both lists of Giles 1812 tax list and also on the intruder/settler list. Also it said how the government was trying to remove them and would even burn their dwellings and crops..etc. That some moved out and moved back again. The confusing thing to me is the boundary lines.
Sue J
Sue,
William Trotter (2), who is on the French Broad list in 1807 is brother to my Elizabeth, who married James Satterfield about that same time, and stayed in Person co, NC. Their father is William Trotter 1, born in Brunswick co, VA… died in Person co, NC. I’m sure we can show many of these others are siblings of surnames that stayed in Person.
This cluster from Person was by no means the complete group that converged on the French Broad shortly before it was opened for settlement. I’m sure we can find other groups with different origins……. but the group from Person, NC was a substantially sized group…… probably a hundred or more ( with all families and servants).
Dreaminghawk,
We need to see how these groups connect. Some from Granville co nc too. Or elsewhere in the same region. I guess we can input what we know and see what we come up with? There are just too many familiar names are’nt there….I probably shouldn’t have put both of the other links on here in the same post because there is too much information ..as when you said there is a “plethora” of Allens, I couldn’t find them because I was looking at a different link. I am not the great organizer……HELP! Should this be split up and better organized? Sue J
Someone told me there were Indian “Dickson’s” in Person County, NC. There are some Dickson’s in the Land Grants south of French Broad River also. There is a Hugh Dickson and one of the sons of my Mary [Dickson] Woods was named “Hugh” Woods. Maybe Hugh is Mary’s father?
I wonder if it is possible to connect these and other people South of the French Broad River in Tn to the people with the same surname in Person County, NC.
Vance
This web site is no longer active—-did any one save the info or copy it? Unfortunately I did not and have been unable to find it anywhere on the net. The names I am looking for on it is Osborne/Osborn/O Ball and Royal Ball in Cocke and Sevier Counties.
Thanks
Bev Leatherwood
vance hawkins wrote: http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/landgrant/tsfb.htm
At the above website is a list of many names of the earliest settlers on previous Cherokee lands in E Tn. Joseph Woods, an ancestor of mine, is listed. So is Gideon Blackburn, the very well known founder of the Presbyterian mission/schools to the Cherokee. I also saw a “Ward” and Nancy Ward’s people lived in that region, although I don’t know if the one mentioned is her’s or not. If it is, that’d make 2 of my ancestors that lived near her relations.
Vance
I was going to ask if you guys think that any of the Howards, Allens, Wilsons, Browns, etc are any of our families?
http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/TNeastLandGrants.htm
Somewhat mangled, but appears to point back to the original (now missing) page.
The Sevier library has reorganized their genealogy section here:
http://www.sevierlibrary.org/NewGen/Homepage.htm
I wonder if they just failed to change some of the pointers. This page
http://www.sevierlibrary.org/NewGen/Beforefire.htm
has bad links to the missing pages.
This is the very best Forum I have ever used!! The info cherosage just posted was exactly what I was looking for.
This is the area I grew up in. If any one finds an ancestor on this list I might be able to help…especially if the grant was in Cocke County or certain parts of Sevier County. I have a bit of knowledge of old family cemeteries, creeks, rivers, mountains, and communities if you are trying to pinpoint an area your ancestors once lived in. I also know a lot of the families on this list—many have remained there for 200 years.
This is very beautiful country—-a great place to visit—especially if you like to just wander through the mountains.
Thanks!!!!
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