Category Archives: Cherokee

Women of These Hills – Amanda Swimmer, Cherokee

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Produced in 2000, three Appalachian women in their 80’s share their stories of growing up in the rural regions of the Appalachian mountains. Take a glimpse into their lives as they share their memories of growing up not only as … Continue reading →

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Cherokee Song of the Smokies

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Roberta Estes

This YouTube video just makes my heart feel good.  My people are from the Smokies,  so far up the hollers that you can see someone coming for 2 miles or so and they cross 3 county and 2 state lines … Continue reading →

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Georgia Land Lotteries – Gold Grabbing

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Georgia Cherokee lands in 1830 The Georgia Land Lotteries which spanned from 1805 to 1833 were one of the largest land grabs in eastern US, certainly the largest having to do with the 5 Civilized Tribes. In Georgia, this land belonged … Continue reading →

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Still Part Redman Deep Inside

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Do you have a persistent story of Native American heritage in your family? Mark Green’s wife did.  Her ancestor Nancy Pittman’s mother was supposed to be a Cherokee Indian.  If your family was from the south, chances are you have some … Continue reading →

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Native Study Website

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Roberta Estes

I recently came across the Native Study website. http://www.nativestudy.com/index.html This site has several books of transcribed original records.  For the most part, records deal with the following tribes: Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Creek Seminole Blackfeet Delaware Hopi Navajo Sioux However, a … Continue reading →

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Cameron’s Letter Regarding Survey of 1763 Proclamation Line

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Roberta Estes

I want to thank our friend Mavis again for finding this wonderful document.  She says she reads Documenting the American South every morning over coffee.  I, for one, am very glad that she does.  Keep up the good work Mavis. Today’s … Continue reading →

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Broken Tennessee Treaties

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Roberta Estes

One of our subscribers, Don, spotted this great site provided by the Tennessee State Museum.  Thanks Don. On the site itself, there is additional information, but what struck me was the visual representation of what happened to the Indian lands … Continue reading →

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Memoirs of Henry Timberlake – Cherokee Emissary

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Roberta Estes

I love digitization projects.  They bring history, especially long out-of-print documents to all of us.  The Memoirs of Henry Timberlake is one of these documents and it’s downloadable through the Internet Archive. Henry Timberlake (1730 – September 30, 1765) was a colonial … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Bohuron Tribe in Northeast Georgia

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Roberta Estes

One of our blog subscribers sent me info on the Bohuron Tribe.  I have never heard of them, so I contacted Richard Thornton who had penned this piece and asked his permission to reprint in there.  In addition, he was … Continue reading →

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Timberlake 1762 Cherokee Map

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Roberta Estes

This map was drawn by Henry Timberlake in March 1762 when he visited the Cherokee.  It gives the number of fighting men and the head man of each town as follows: Mialaquo or the Great Island – 24 under the Governor of … Continue reading →

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