BOOKS I OWN
In print, on cd and in microfilm
JOYCE G. REECE
· American Descendents of Jean (John) Gaston by Max Perry - A Gaston must have.
Arkansas Missionaries to the Cherokee (Old Settlers)
Baily, Britton Genealogy and History
Cherokee Memorial to Return J. Meigs (White petition to stop removal of whites from Cherokee land)
Cherokee Springplace Moravian Mission
Mayflower Descendents
Harlan Family History and Genealogy
Shelton's by Mildred Whittaker
Hiwassee Land Grants
Those Who Cried Tennessee section
· American State Papers Vol I & II, India Affairs*
· Ancestry Magazine: 1994-1999, Ancestry.com
· Ancestry Reference Library 2000
· Ancestry Reference Library, ’98 Edition
· Annals of Tennessee by JGM Ramsey - Tennessee History
· Battle of Athens, The, by Byrum - McMinn County Tennessee
· Cades Cove a Southern Appalachain Community - Sevier County, Tennessee
· Cherokee and Their Chiefs, The, In the Wake of Empire by Dr. Stanley Hoig* - Cherokee History
· Cherokee Blood Vol 1 & 2 by Bob Blankenship (Cherokee Census Rolls) Eastern and Western* - census rolls
· Cherokee by Blood by Jerri Wright Jordan - Vol I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII Abstracts of payment applications.
· Cherokee Mixed Bloods, Additions and Corrections to Family Genealogies of Dr. Emmet Starr, Volume One, by David Keith Hampton
· Cherokee Women in Crisis by Johnston
· Cherokee Studies, The Journal of (17 copies?)* - many Cherokee biographies and history---for a detailed index of these publications see below or visit www.rootsweb.com/~tnmcmin2
· Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-western Virginia: and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that Section of the State; with Reflections, Anecdotes, &c. by Alexander s. Withers.* - A book written in 1830 telling about Indian depredations
· Coghill Church Records (copy) McMinn County, Tennessee
· Conquest of the Old Southwest, The Romantic Story of the Early Pioneers into Virginia, The Carolinas, Tennessee and Kentucky, 1740-1790 by Archibald Henderson The Old Southwest is territory south of the Ohio River during the late 1700's
· Cumberland Decade State of Franklin*Southwest Territory by Pat Alderman
· Dockery’s of Dixie (has many names of families that were in southwest NC and se TN)
· Early East Tennessee Marriages (Brides) by Byron - Sistler
· Early East Tennessee Marriages (Grooms) by Byron - Sistler
· Early South Carolina Settlers, 1600 – 1800’s , FTM, CD #517
· First Tennessee Settlers and Soldiers by McAmis
· Footsteps of the Cherokee, A Guide to the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation by Rozema*
· Franklin, History of the State of by Samuel Cole Williams, Revised Editions, 1933
· Gaston County Heritage, (NC) Vol 1 North Carolina
· Gaston’s of Chester by Chalmers Gaston Davidson (Chester Dist SC) the Alexander Gaston lineage
· Gastons, The, by Max Perry
· Georgia Land Lotteries of 1832 by James Brown (land given to whites after the Removal)
· Guion Miller Roll Plus of Eastern Cherokee, east and West of Mississippi. 1909, by Bob Blankenship* The accepted and rejected applications
· Hembree Newsletters volume I, Issue 1-47
· Hembree's by Fred Hembree (the descendents of Old John Hembree)
· History of the Cherokee Indian by Emmett Starr*
· History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee by James Mooney*
· Kentucky, Genealogical Records: Early Ky Settlers, 1700-1800s, FTM CD#519
· Kings Mtn and its Heroes, by Lyman Draper
· Lawson (News) Letters, 1979 - 1998
· Lewis and Kindred Genealogies
· Lewis Family of Whales and America by Edward S. Lewis, 1928
· Lewis, General Henry, Genealogies
· Lewis, Meriweather genealogy, largely concerns the Meriweather family
· Lewis, the Barnstable, MA branch, with collateral lines, 1910
· Lewis, William Terrell, Lewis Family Genealogies
· Life and Adventures of Daniel Boone
· Lyttleton, Governor Letters From Fort Loudon, 1756-1760, a transcript* (A must have for Fort Loudon History.)
· McMinn Co Census 1900
· McMinn County Tennessee Cemeteries, includes some w.p.a. records
· McMinn County Wills and Estates
McMinn County Tennessee 1939 Works Progress Administration microfilm (includes earliest loose marriage records, first 2 books of the county court minutes, wills and inventories earliest records, tombstone inscriptions and lots more) 1,400 pages
· McMinn Deed Abstracts by Reba B. Bayless
· McMinn, Lincoln 1930 census
· McMinn, Macon, Lincoln census 1910
· McMinn, McNairy, Macon, census, 1920
· Meigs, Monroe, Moore, Pickett, Polk census 1920
· Monroe Chancery Records by Bayless
· Monroe County TN Heritage, 1819 – 1997
· Monroe County, TN Records 1820-1870 by Reba Bayless Boyer, 1969 Chancery Court Records
· Monroe County, TN Records, 1820-1870, Volume 2 by Reba Bayless Boyer
· Monroe Deeds (published)
· Monroe Deeds N & O (unpublished)
· Monroe Morgan Obion census 1910
· Monroe, Meigs Maury census 1900
· Monroe, Morgan & Obion census 1910
· Monroe, Pickett, Obion census 1930
· Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 FTM #64
· Native American – Five Civilized Tribes. The Kern Clifton Rolls, Cherokee Freedmen 1897
· North Carolina, Genealogical Records: Early NC Settlers 1700-1900’s, FTM CD#524
· Ocoee and Hiwassee Cherokee Nation Forest, History of by Brad Kimbrough
· Only the Names Remain *Cherokee research tool
· Our Kin, By Miles Laban Hoffman (Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg Co in NC) Concerns many German Lutheran's of the area.
· Overmountain Men, The, Battle of King’s Mountain*
· Pennsylvania, County and Family Histories: 1740-1900, FTM CD #193 Vol I and II
· Peter Heyle and His Descendents (1,546 pages of German Lutheran data, Clemmer, Hoyle, Teffeteller, and many other surnames)
· Piece of the Fox’s Hide [a family history from NC]
· Pioneers of the Old South, Chronicles of English Colonial Beginnings
· Polk Co, TN, (Cemeteries) The Resting Places of , by Joann Finnell
· Polk Co., TN, “The Resting Places (Old families of Cherokee National Forest, Ocoee Dist).
· Polk County, TN Heritage, 1839-1997
· Printed Sources, A guide To Published Genealogical Records, Ancestry.Com
· Rachford’s I Reckon North Carolina families “
· Raper, Jesse, A Pictorial History of
· Scotch-Irish Settlers in America, 1500-1800’s, Immigration Records, FTM #276
· Sequoyah Myth by Traveller Bird*
· Sevier, John, As A Commonwealth Builder, A sequal to The Rearguard of the Revolution by James R. Gilmore, 1887, 1997
· Shelton Medical Book (Azariah Shelton info)
· Shelton, James A. of McMinn Co, Tennessee
· Smoky Mtn. Family Album, by Gladys Trentham Russell -Dedicated to the Smoky Mtn families who gave up their homes for the development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
· Social Securtiy Death Index United States, 1937-1997, Vol 1, A-L & Vol II, M-Z, FTM CD #110
· Soldiers of the Great War WWI
· Southeastern Indians by Hudson
· Source, The-- A Guidebook of American Genealogy edited by Szucs and Luebking (1997, Ancestry.com)
· Tennessee (East) census index 1930
· Tennessee 1810 Reconstructed Census by Charles Sherrill
· Tennessee 1920 Census Index
· Tennessee and Tennesseans (has biographies of about 50 or 60 men early 1900’s)
· JD Clemmer Collection on MICROFILM
· South Eastern Indians by Charles Hudson
· Sudie Clemmer Collection on MICROFILM
· The Wilderness Road ((Daniel Boone)
· Trail of Tears by John Ehle*
· U.S. Federal Census Index, 1820
· Villany Often Goes Unpunished by Byrd (North Carolina, atrocities against the Cherokee)*
· War of 1812, Military Records, Muster Rolls
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My list of printed documents - partial
Others I have and available to you are linked from the main page
· Anderson Co Revolutionary War Soldiers
· Batts and Fallam, 1640 Expedition Journal
· Bradley Co TN Petitions…early documents
· Cherokee Chiefs listing and family data
· Cherokee Co NC Milita for Cherokee Removal
· Cherokee Contentions, RJ Meigs
· Cherokee Indian Census of Eastern North Carolina, index, 1898-99,1904, 1906, 1909-1912, 1914
· Cherokee Land Intruders, two resources
· Cherokee Ration Books 1836 –1838 – New Echota near Rome GA
· Cherokee, 1835, valuations…an inventory of the Cherokee possessions by The Sec. Of War
· Cherokee, 1838 East Tennessee Census-Reservation Roll ino
· Cherokee, 1840 Ration Lists – Oklahoma
· Cherokee, Brown - Hildabrand Detachment 1838 Removal
· Cherokee, Dragging Canoe Biography from Journal of Cherokee Studies, out of print by Raymond Evans
· Cherokee, French and Indian War of the Old South 1755
· Cherokee, Indian Wars in North Carolina of 1642, Yamassee War, Tuscarora War & more
· Cherokee, List of people paid for service during 1838-39 Removal
· Cherokee, Notes from Fort Loudon
· Cherokee, Volunteer Soldiers in the Cherokee War 1836-1839, Index of surnames
· Creek War, History of, 1812, includes info on Horseshoe Bend
· Davis, Nathan research
· Dew, William, Biography – Genealogy by Steven Due
· Gist, Christopher Journal1750-1751
· Greene Co TN Early Tax Lists
· Hildabrand Research
· Ireland, A listing of Transported Jacobite Revels of 1716 (A-L)
· Kentucky, Tellico Land Grants in
· Knox Co, TN, Incidents in the Early Settlement of East TN and Knox Co
· Knox County, Excerpts from late 1700’s Knoxville Gazette
· McDaniel Research ged com
· McMinn Co Court Proceedings 1827
· McMinn Co Tax List, 1850, not found in census & Misc notes
· McMinn County 1829—1832 &1836 Tax Lists
· McReynolds, Dixon Manuscript by Benj. McReynolds
· Meigs – Rhea Misc Records
· Muskogee/Creek – Destruction of Muskogee Autonomy Before the Creek War
· Needham and Arthur, 1674 Journal
· Ocoee Land District Early Land Entries Index
· Rhea Co Family Archives
· Rhea Co Fort Hiwassee Roster
· Roane Co TN Tax Lists 1801-1870
· Roane County TN Court Record Index
· Sequatchie and Marion Co. 1819 list of white residents
· Sevier, John, Governor, documents and correspondence
· Shields, In search of Banner Sheilds by Margaret Robe Summitt
· South Carolina, Early Governmental Documents 202 pages,
· Walker, Dr. Thomas, 1749-1750 Journal
· Washington Co Tn Court Records
· Washington Co TN Marriages1787-1799
· Washington Co, Dumplin Baptist Church Minutes 1797-1860
· Watauga 1792 Petition
· Watauga Settlements, Petition to Sop the Removal of White Settlers from Cherokee Lands
· Woods Family research
I also have a large number of documents on file concerning family history research, have full subscriptions to Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest and Godfrey Memorial Library.
JOURNAL OF CHEROKEE STUDIES
The Journal of Cherokee Studies is a publication of the Cherokee Nation. It is probably one of the best resources for learning of Cherokee history and those people involved. Some copies are still in print and can be purchased via www.cherokeemuseum.org Ms. Frances Sequoyah
This is an index of these publications.
Volume I, No. 1, Summer, 1976
The Death of John Walker, Jr: Political Assassination or Personal Vengeance?
By Duane H. King and E. Raymond Evans page 4
The Cherokee Cause,
by John Howard Payne page 17
A Powder Horn Commemorating the Grant Expedition Against the Cherokees
By Duane H. King page 23
Notable Persons in Cherokee History:
Ostenaco,
by Raymond Evans page 41
The Cherokee Story-Teller: The Ustahli Myth,
by Laura King page 55
"On the Shortness of Human Life"
by John Ridge Page 59
History of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian
by Duane H. King page 60
Credits for Figures page 65
Volume 1, number 2, Fall, 1976
Creek Path Mission,
by Mary Alves Higginbotham page 72
A Pre-Citizenship Certificate of Educational Competency
by Dawnena Walkingstick page 87
Cherokee Bows
by Duane H. King page 107
Notable Persons in Cherokee History: Bob Benge
by E. Raymond Evans page 98
Benge's Axe
by Duane H. King page 107
The Cherokee Story-Teller: The Trickster Turtle
by Laura H. King page 110
Long Island of the Holston: Scared Cherokee Ground
by Duane H. King page 113
Cherokee Reply to the Commissioners of North Carolina and Virginia, 1777 By
Corn Tassel (Translation by William Tatum) page 128
Volume II, Number 2, Spring, 1977
Captivity Narrative
by Joseph Brown page 208
Lessons in Cherokee Ethnology from the Captivity of Joseph Brown, 1788 - 1789
By Duane H. King page 219
Notable Persons in Cherokee History:
Stephen Foreman
by E. Raymond Evan page 230
The Merger of Apaches with Eastern Cherokees: Qualla in 1893
By Walter L. Williams page 240
The Cherokee Story-Teller: The Red and Green Crayfish
By Laura H. King page 146
Cherokee Indian Use of Potherbs
By John Witthoft page 250
Fort Marr Blockhouse; Last Evidence of America's first concentration camp
By E. Raymond Evans page 256
Special Issue
"Memoirs of the Grant Expedition Against the Cherokees in 1761"
(edited by Duane H. King and E. Raymond Evans)
Volume II, No 3, Summer, 1977
Historic Documentation of the Grant Expedition Against the Cherokees, 1761
By E. Raymond Evans and Duane H. King page 272
Journal of an Expedition to South Carolina
by Captain Christopher French page 275
Order Book of the Grant Expedition by Major Alexander Monypenny page 302
Diary of March 20 - May 31, 1761
by Major Alexander Monypenny page 320
Sowing Tares of Hate
by Lieutenant Francis Marion page 332
Volume II, Number 4, Fall, 1977
The Councils at Red Clay Council Ground Bradley County, Tennesee, 1832-1837
By William R. Snell page 344
The Trial of Samuel Austin Worcester
By John Hutchins page 356
Cherokee Rhetoric: A Forceful Weapon
William Strickland page 375
Notable Persons in Cherokee History:
Sequoyah or George Gist
By Major George Lowery
With introduction and transcription by John Howard Payne page 385
Highways to Progress: Nineteenth Century Roads in the Cherokee Nation
By E. Raymond Evans page 394
Who Really Discovered the Cherokee-Iroquis Linguistic Relationship
By Duane H. King page 401
Volume III, Number 1, Winter, 1978
Notable Persons in Cherokee History: Attakullakulla
By James C. Kelley page 2
Conscience of Duty: General John E. Wool's Delemma With Cherokee Removal
By James F. Corn page 35
Cherokee Classificatory Verbs
By Duane H. King page 40
The Cherokee Sotryteller: The Deer;s Blunt Teeth
By Laura H. King page 45
The Battle of Lookout Mountain: An Eyewitness Account
By George Christian (edited by H. Raymond Evans) page 49
The Counsel of Caleb Starr
By Jim Stokley page 54
Volume II, number 4, Spring, 1979
Special Issue
History in the Making: Cherokee Events as Reported in Contemporary Newspapers
By Duane King and E. Raymond Evans page 53
Speeches From the Treaty of Hopewell
Gazette of the United States, July 25, 1789 page 54
Cherokee Delegation to England
The Salem Gazette, Feb 15, 1791 page 56
Cherokee Declaration of War
The Connecticut Courant, October 29, and December 3, 1792 page 57
Washington Attempts to Bring Justice to the Cherokees
The Connecticut Courant, January 7, 1793 page 59
Death on the Frontier
Gazette of the United States, December 20, 1794 page 60
Cherokees Assist Their Former Enemies
The Connecticut Gaette, March 12, 1795 page 63
Thomas Jefferson's Advice to the Cherokees
The National Intelligencer, March 10, 1809 page 64
Cherokee War With the Osage
Franklin Gazette, March 7, 1821 page 67
Cherokee Education
The New York Spectator, November 23, 1821 page 68
The Cherokee Settlement of Rocky Bayou
The Commonwealth, March 7, 1823 page 69
Cherokee Treaty Rights
The New York American, September 15, 1829 page 71
Cherokees Refuse to Sell Additional Land
The Woodstock Observer, October 20, 1830 page 76
Cherokees Oppressed in Georgia
The Saturday Bulletin, June 19, 1830 page 78
Volume IV, number 3, Summer, 1979
Stylistic Similarities in Cherokee and Iroquois Music
By Charlotte Heth page 128
Candy's Creek Mission Station
By William Snell page 136
Volume IV, number 1, Winter 1979
Letters from Brainerd
By Theda Perdue page 4
Sketches of Cherokee Characteristics
By J.P. Evans page 10
A Legal Digest of the North Carolina Cherokees
By Ben Oshel Bridgers page 21
Volume V, No. 1, Spring, 1980
The MacIntosh Family Among the Cherokees
By Janet and David G. Campbell page 4
The North Carolina Cherokees, 1838-1866: Traditionalism, Progressivism and the
Affirmation of State Citizenship
By John R. Finger page 17
Was the Last Battle of the American Revolution Fought on Lookout Mountain?
By E. Raymond Evans page 30
Rebecca Youngbird: An Independent Cherokee Potter
By Thomas J. Blumer page 41
Volume V, Number 2, Fall, 1980
The Conjuror in Eastern Cherokee Society
By Raymond D. Fogelson page 60
Self and Other in Cherokee Booger Masks
By Raymond D. Fogelson and Amelia B. Walker page 88
Volume VI, No. 1, Spring, 1981
David Owl: Eastern Cherokee Among the New York Iroquois
By Elizabeth Duran page 4
Two Early Boundary Lines with the Cherokee Nation
By Ron Petersen page 14
Sam Houston: The Raven
By Col. James F. Corn page 35
Volume VI, number 2, Fall, 1981
Jedidiah Morse's Report to the Secretary of War on Cherokee Indian Affairs in
1822
Edited by E. Raymond Evans page 60
John Ridge on Cherokee Civilization in 1826
Edited by William C. Sturetevant page 79
Cherokee Participation in the Political Impact of the North American Indian
By Janet and David G. Campbell page 92
Volume VII, Number 1, Spring, 1982
James Mooney, Ethnologist
By Duane H. King page 4
The Cherokee Ball Play
By James Mooney page 10
Cherokee Theory and Practice of Medicine
By James Mooney page 25
The Cherokee River Cult
By James Mooney page 30
Cherokee Plant Lore
By James Mooney page 37
Improved Cherokee Alphabets
By James Mooney page 40
Evolution in Cherokee Names
By James Mooney page 41
Letters From the Field
By James Mooney page 41
The Cherokee Sacred Formulas
By Mrs. James Mooney page 47
James Mooney
By J. N. B. Hewitt page 49
Volume VII, Number 2, Fall, 1982
Remarks of Mr. Thomas, of Jackson
By George E. Frizzell page 64
Remembering Removal, 1867
By Theda Perdue page 69
Stature of Adult Cherokee Indians During the Eighteenth Centure
By Douglas W. Owsley and Helen L. o'Brien page 74
Cranial Deformation-A Cultural Practice of the Eighteenth Century Overhill
Cherokees
By Douglas W. Owsley and Bryan L. Guevin page 79
Culturally Induced Dental Alterations in a Historic Cherokee Skeletal Sample
By Douglas W. Owsley and David T. Bellande page 82
The Wolf Clan
By Janet and David G. Campbell page 85
Cherokee Little People Reconsidered
By Raymond D. Fogelson page 92
A Western Cherokee Decoration Day Song
By Willard Walker page 99
Volume VIII, number 1, Spring, 1983
Elias Boudinot, Elisha Bates and Poor Sarah: Frontier Protestantism and the
Emergence of the First Native American Fiction
By Andrew Wiget page 4
Redbird Smith and the Nighthawk Keetoowahs
By Janey B. Hendrix page 22
The "Harmony Ethic" og the Conservative Eastern Cherokees: A Religious
Interpretation
By John D. Loftin page 40
The Green Corn Ceremony of the Eastern Cherokee
By Ruth Y. Wetmore page 46
Volume VIII, number 2, Fall, 1983
Cherokee Beliefs Concerning Death
By John Witthoft page 68
Redbird Smith and the Nighthawk Keetoowahs
By Janey Hendrix page 73
Symbolic Structure and Political Change in Cherokee Society
By Duane Champagne page 87
Christian Priber-Prime Minister to the Cherokee Indians
By M. Foster Farley page 97
Volume IX, Number 1, Spring 1984
Palisot de Beauvois and Cherokee Snakebite Remedies
By William L. Anderson page 4
Williams Island: A Source of Significant Material in the Collections of the
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
By E. Raymond Evans and Vicky Karhu page 10
The Mexican Cherokees and the Kickapoo of Nacimiento, Mexico: A Previously
Unreported Relationship
By William Pulte and Kathy Altom page 35
Adoption of Whites by 18th Century Cherokees
By William E. McGoun page 37
Volume IX, Number 2, Fall, 1984
Literacy Among the Cherokee in the Early Nineteenth Century
By Carmeleta L. Monteith page 56
The Sequoyah Indian Weavers Association
By Cinda K.R. Baldwin page 76
The Story of My Life as Far Back as I Can Remember
As written by Aggie Ross Lossiah (edited by Joan Greene) page 89
Humor and the Cherokee Spirit
By Janey B. Hendrix page 100
Volume X, Number 1, Spring, 1985
"An Illustrated Souvenir Catalog of the Cherokee National Female Seminary,
Tahlequah, Indian Territory,
1850 to 1906"
Volume X, Number 2, Fall, 1985
Civilize the Indian: Government Policies, Quakers, and Cherokee Education
By Joan Greene page 192
The Five Civilized Tribes and the Beginning of the Civil War
By William H. Graves page 205
Removal: A Foundation for the Formation of Federalized Indian Policy
By James R. Christianson page 215
Volume XII, 1987
John Ross Memorial
Volume XIII, 1988
Honor the Elders: Symbolic Associations with Old Age in Traditional Eastern
Cherokee Culture
By Cesare Marion page 3
Traditional Adult Cherokee Games
By Catherine Cochran page 20
The Day Tahlequah Burned
By Duane H. King page 45
Who Civilized the Cherokees?
By William G. McLoughlin page 54
Volume XIV, 1991
"Fading Voices"
A Special Edition
Fading Voices Project Introduction page 5
Alfred Welch Family Gospel Songs page 7
Solomon Bird Interview page 10
Ed and Ella Jackson Interview page 17
Bessie Jumper Interview page 24
Iva Rattler Interview page 36
Amanda Smoker Interview page 41
Caroline Teesateskie Interview page 43
Maggie Wachacha Interview page 46
Martha Wachacha Interview page 51
Mose and Callie Wachacha Interview page 58
Game and Bessie Walker Interview page 63
Fading Voices Day page 68
Volume XV, 1990
Institutional and Cultural Order in Early Cherokee Society: A Sociological
Interpretation
By Duane Champagne page 3
Nativistic Movements Among th eCherokees in the Nineteenth and Twentieth
Centuries
By Katja May {A paper read at the Eighth Annual Mid-America Conference on
History in Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 10-13,
1986} page 27
The Cherokee Gold Lottery and Georgia's Gubernatorial Campaign of 1831
By David Williams page 41
Volume XVI, 1991
The Journal of George Pawley's 1746 Agency to the Cherokee
By T.F. Brewer and J. Baillie page3
Sophia Sawyer, Native American Advocate: A Case Study in Nineteenth Century
Cherokee Education
By Kimberly C. Macenczak page 23
Mountain Politics: What Happens If the Wrong Party Wins?
By Linda Parramore Culpepper page 38
Volume XVII
(no date or edition number)
'concerns Fort Loudon'
The High Price of Trade: Anglo-Indian Trade Mistakes and the Fort Loudoun
Disaster
by Michael Morris Page 3
Notable Persons in Cherokee History: Charles Hicks page 16
Silas Dinsmoor and The Cherokees: An Examination of One Agent of Change
By Cletus F. Fortwendel, Jr. Page 28