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Traders in Some Southeast Indian Nations 1750 ~ 1754 from First People of Tennessee Traders to the Catawbas Robert Steel Robert Tool Mathew Toole Licensed Traders to the Cherokee from Carolina James Adair The Augusta Company James Baldridg Charles Banks William Bates James and Thomas Beamer Samuel Benn Robert Bunning John Butler Cornelius Daugherty Anthony ...
The goal of this project is to develop accurate and documented genealogical and historical knowledge of the Cherokee, indigenous peoples of North America. Who are the Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ)? (from ) The Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Ir...
Cherokee Municipal Cemetery Also known as Cherokee Cemetery Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, USA
Bring your pioneer ancestors on over. Profiles must be set to public. The Territory South of the River Ohio, more commonly known as the Southwest Territory, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1790, until June 1, 1796, when it was admitted to the United States as the State of Tennessee .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George Washington Philadelphia, Novem...
Wikipedia =Northeastern State University (NSU) is a public university with its main campus located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States, at the foot of the Ozark Mountains. The university also has two other campuses in Muskogee and Broken Arrow as well as online. Northeastern is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Oklahoma as well as one of the oldest institutions of high...
This project collects the facts from the fifteen-year-long crusade (Court docket #314) pursued by Margaret J. George , in which she claims that her ancestor Andrew Miller was a Cherokee Indian by blood, who lived in the State of Tennessee among the Cherokee Nation. George and her family lived for years in Indian Territory through the 1890s, and some facts do align for her claim about her father...
This project is for those buried in Oak Hill Cemetery located on 1601 West Main Street, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa.Oak Hill Cemetery is located about a half mile west of Cherokee along County Road C38 -- the westward extension of Main Street, Cherokee. There is a regularly updated directory near the cemetery's main entrance, and a complete map and directory (through 2013) in PDF format at ...
Sources 374 IndianTreaties and associated documents digitized by National Archives (Provides links to all treaties) Royce, Charles, The Cherokee Nation of Indians . Chicago: Aldine, 1975. Vine Deloria, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie, eds. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements and Conventions, 1775-1979 , Vol. I (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press), 1999. -----------...
[ ] The 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles was a Confederate States Army regiment which fought in the Indian Territory during the American Civil War. One of its commanders was Stand Watie. Confederate officials commissioned Stand Watie a colonel in the Confederate States Army in July 1861 and authorized him to raise the First Regiment of Cherokee Mounted Volunteers. Cherokee Chief John Ross signed t...
The Indian Home Guard was a series of volunteer infantry regiments recruited from the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory to support the Union during the American Civil War. There was also a series of Confederate units of Indian Territory. The leaders of all of the Five Civilized Tribes signed treaties with the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War. Many of the tribal members, ho...
This project is to honor Native Americans who took part in the Civil War and were part of the detachments that became known as the Kansas Indian Home Guards. They were known as Cherokee Home Guards or Indian Home Guards. The battles that they were in as well from both sides of the war. Seeking to strengthen their position in Kansas and badly needing manpower, the commanders of the Union Army m...
In 1721, the Cherokee made their first land cession to the British, selling the South Carolina colony a small strip of land between the Saluda, Santee and Edisto rivers. In 1730, at Nikwasi, Moytoy of Tellico was chosen as "Emperor" by the elders of the principal Cherokee towns. Sir Alexander Cumming had requested this to gain control over the Cherokee. Moytoy agreed to recognize King George II...
==Geni Special Collections pilot project== The Five Moons are five Native American ballerinas from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who achieved international prominence during the 20th century. They are Yvonne Chouteau , Rosella Hightower , Moscelyne Larkin , and sisters Maria Tallchief and Marjorie Tallchief . "Their remarkable accomplishments showcased American dance and talent to the world when R...
Please join and bring your pioneer ancestors with you. ==Cumberland Compact==* from Westerly Journeys - COLONIAL KENTUCKY FRONTIER In the spring of 1780 despite the hazards of life at the frontier, Judge Richard Henderson initiated the Cumberland Compact and obtained the signatures of 236 would-be settlers to the land south of Kentucky called "Tennessee." Many of his own family were among the p...