When# ST Name fam Location Status - TNGenWeb Project

1 Text transcribed from National Archives and Records Administration microfilm ID #A21, Register of Cherokees who wished to remain in the east, annotated by Glen Davis. All annotations copyrighted 2004, Glen Davis. 1817 Cherokee Reservation List The 1817 Cherokee Land Cession included an option for those Cherokees wishing to remain east of the Mississippi River to obtain a 640 acre land grant. This marked the beginning of the Americans' ultimately successful removal of the southeastern Indians by changing the manner in which the Cherokee perceived land ownership.

2 Before this time all Cherokee land was owned in common by the tribe as a whole. Now, individuals became land owners. The grant constituted a life estate to the reservee, dependent on the reservee maintaining possession of the land, with a right of passing the reserve on to the reservee's heirs in fee simple. In the transcription below, spelling is as in the documents from which the microfilm was made. Added data is in blue Abbreviations used: IRW = In Right of Wife IRC = In Right of Children IRD = in right of daughter s & l = surveyed and laid off A = acre(s).

3 REGISTER OF PERSONS WHO WISH RESERVATIONS UNDER THE TREATY OF JULY 8, 1817.. Rsvr .. # in .. Individ When .. # .. ST .. name .. fam .. Location .. Status .. Other 1817 .. 22 .. GA .. Adair, Walter .. 6.. 100 A. east side of Chatahoochee + lime kiln + 540.. A. where he lives .. 1818 .. 39 .. GA .. Alberty, Moses .. 4 .. Hightower .. IRW.. 67 .. AL .. A-ha-mah .. 2 .. Wills Creek .. enrolled for Arkansas .. 96 .. GA .. Adair, Edward .. 5 .. Socquee .. 97 .. GA .. Adair, Samuel .. 5 .. Ches ta tee .. 1819.

4 63 .. GA .. Au-gu-ee (a widow) .. - .. near the boundary line above Highwassee Old Town to include the place .. 177 .. NC .. Au lo weh [An to weh] . - .. Cowee town on the river .. 178 .. NC .. Ah-nee-nee .. - .. below Cowee town also on the river .. 179 .. NC .. Axe .. - .. below Cowee town also on the river .. 227 .. NC? .. An-lee-ha-le, John .. 2 .. Oo-coo-ne-luss-la [? O-co-na-lus-tee ? If so, NC near Birdtown].. 229 .. ? .. Ai-ka-loo-ke .. 2 .. on Big Head Creek .. 277 .. TN .. Ah-leach .. 3.

5 On the headwaters of Tennessee [near Knoxville].. 291 .. TN? .. Ammacher .. 5 .. on Tennessee .. 1817 .. 8 .. ? .. Blythe, William .. 5 .. south side of Tennessee .. IRW.. 13 .. TN .. Bigby, James .. 9 .. on the road from McNair's to Knoxville .. 26 .. GA* .. Burgess, William .. 5 .. Connasauga River [* or southern TN] .. 33 .. TN .. Barnet, William .. 5 .. Long Savannah .. IRW.. 45 .. NC .. Buffington .. 6 .. head of Highwassee .. 1818 .. 56 .. AL .. Brown, Alexander .. 2 .. Creek Path, Sour Mush Old Place.

6 Native .. enrolled for Arkansas .. 57 .. ? .. Brown, John, Jr .. 7 .. late residence of his father Col. Richard Brown .. 63 .. GA .. Beans, John .. 4 .. Highwassee .. IRW.. 91 .. ? .. Briant, Lucy, widow .. 7 .. Chu-nan-nee .. entered proxy for B. R. Rogers .. 105 .. AL .. Brown, Polly .. 2 .. Crow Path town on the road from Gunter's .. native .. Landing .. 119 .. AL .. Brown, John, Sr.. 4 .. Creek Path .. Page 1 of 9. When .. Rsvr .. ST .. name .. # in .. Individ .. # .. fam Location .. Status .. Other.

7 126 .. NC .. the Bird, native .. 6 .. Shooting town .. 1818 .. 150 .. ? .. Brady, Owen .. 5 .. head of Brown's Creek .. 1819 .. 1?2 .. NC .. Bold Hunter, jr .. 2 .. on Little Tellico at the mouth of Little Natcha Cr.. s & l 17 Aug 1820, TN, #8.. 171 .. ?? .. Burns, Arthurn .. - .. at Sawta Cove .. s & l to heirs of A Burns, 6 Dec 1820, .. TN, #78.. 186 .. ?? .. Bellegui, Anthony .. 3 .. 2 or 3 miles above A. B. Grubb's place on .. Spaniard in right of his Cherokee children .. Walker's Mill Creek .. 233.

8 NC .. Bear going in .. - .. on a creek above Cowe Old Town .. 239 .. TN .. Ben, John .. on Cany fork of Tuckaseedge .. s & l 9 Oct 1820, TN, #59.. 244 .. NC .. Bryson, Andrew .. - .. near the War Ford on Tuckaseedge .. IRW.. 255 .. TN .. Biddy, Shedrick .. 5 .. on Ball Play Creek off Tennessee R.. 259 .. NC .. Bear going in the hole . 5 . near Cowee Town House .. 265 .. NC? .. Buffalow .. 2 .. at the mouth of Tessenty [? Tessuntee in NC?] .. 273 .. TN .. Betsey, widow .. 18 . head waters of Tennessee.

9 279 .. TN .. Yellow bear .. 9 .. Burning Town creek .. s & l 23 Sep 1820, TN, #28.. 294 .. ?? .. Back water .. 6 .. on Deep Creek .. s & l 19 Sep 1820, TN, #26? .. 298 .. ?? .. Beaver toter .. 9 .. at a place called the Peach Orchard .. s & l 25 Sep 1820, TN, #32.. 300 .. ?? .. Big George .. 4 .. on the Water of Tennsee .. 307 .. TN .. Little Betty, widow .. - .. at Eastertoy .. 1817 .. 4 .. GA? .. Collin, Parker .. 5 .. west of Chatahoochee (maybe AL) .. IRW.. 5 .. GA? .. Cordery, Thomas .. 4 .. west of Chatahoochee (maybe AL).

10 IRW.. 6 .. GA? .. Cordery, David, IRW .. 1 .. west of Chatahoochee (maybe AL).. 16 .. GA .. Mrs Coody .. 6 .. Look-out Mountain .. 1818 .. 84 .. NC .. Ches quah or the Bird . - .. Nottlee .. 98 .. GA? .. Cooper, Ben .. 4 .. west of Chatahoochee (? maybe AL) .. IRW.. 102 .. AL .. Coody, Charles .. 5 .. near south west point of Paint Rock creek .. native .. enrolled for Arkansas .. 118 .. AL .. Cheeks, Catherine .. 7 .. Creek Path above Paint Rock Creek .. 125 .. ?? .. Candy, Samuel .. 6 .. Little Kiuke Creek west side of Highwassee.