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Near Market Street NE north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
It affords me sincere pleasure to apprise the Congress of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi. The measures authorized by Congress at its last session, with a view to the . . . — — Map (db m177976) HM
Near Market Street NE north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
I have often wished to enjoy your company once more but it is very uncertain whether I shall ever again have that pleasure. If we Cherokees are to be driven to the west by the cruel hand of oppression to seek a new home in the west, . . . — — Map (db m177983) HM
On Market Street NE, 0.1 miles north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
The full moon of May is already on the wane; and before another shall have passed way, every Cherokee man, woman and child in those states [North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee] must be in motion to join their brethren in . . . — — Map (db m177955) HM
On Market Street NE, 0.1 miles north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
We are overwhelmed! Our hearts are sickened, our utterance is paralyzed, when we reflect on the condition in which we are placed, by the audacious practices of unprincipled men...
— Principal Chief John Ross to the . . . — — Map (db m177958) HM
On Worth Street Northeast at Market Street Northeast, on the left when traveling east on Worth Street Northeast.
Charleston, formerly Fort Cass during the “Trail of Tears” (Indian removal of 1838), was strategically important in the military struggle for East Tennessee. The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad bridge here, the line’s only crossing . . . — — Map (db m69343) HM
On Eureka Road NW (Tennessee Route 306) at Old Eureka Road NW, on the right when traveling north on Eureka Road NW.
John McPherson entered Cherokee territory as a miller and was an early settler in the Eureka Valley. In 1834 he was one of five founding members of Candies Creek Baptist Church. An active Unionist during the Civil War, he was imprisoned by the . . . — — Map (db m177951) HM
On Market Street NE north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
I have all necessary preparations made, having upwards of 600,000 rations on hand, and boats and wagons sufficient to my command to carry [the Cherokee] off comfortably.
— General Nathaniel Smith to C.A. Harris, . . . — — Map (db m177965) HM
On Market Street NE north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
Our situation is truly a critical one. Our whole country is full of troops and fortifications and should it be determined by the Govmt, to remove the Cherokees by force under the fraudulent Treaty by the kind of Soldiers which are . . . — — Map (db m177967) HM
On Market Street NE north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
My troops already occupy many positions in the country that you are to abandon, and thousands and thousands are approaching from every quarter, to render resistance and escape alike hopeless. All those troops, regular and militia, are . . . — — Map (db m177970) HM
On Market Street NE, 0.1 miles north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
The Cherokees are nearly all prisoners. They have been dragged from their houses, and encamped at the forts and military posts, all over the nation … Our brother [Jesse] Bushyhead and his family, Rev. Stephen Foreman, native . . . — — Map (db m177972) HM
Near Market Street NE north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
[A]s a very natural result of collecting and marching … men, women and children of all ages and conditions, changing suddenly, and very materially all their habits of life … We should feel little astonishment at finding a high grade . . . — — Map (db m177973) HM
Near Market Street NE north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
On last Friday two Cherokee men came into our camps … for the purpose of ascertaining whether any thing could be done for their relief. … They said they left their families sick and one of them said he had lost one of his children … . . . — — Map (db m177975) HM
On Market Street NE, 0.1 miles north of Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
In truth, our cause is your own; it is the cause of liberty and of justice, it is based upon your own principles … Spare our people! Spare the wreck of our prosperity! Let not our deserted homes become the monuments of our . . . — — Map (db m177961) HM
On Market Street Northeast north of Cass Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north.
During the war, Henegar House’s occupants, as in many other Tennessee homes, were divided in their loyalties. Henry Benton Henegar, the owner, was a Unionist while his wife, Margaret Lea Henegar, was a secessionist. Whenever Confederates occupied . . . — — Map (db m69346) HM
Near Hiwassee Street (U.S. 11) north of Market Street NE, on the right when traveling north.
In December 1835, a small faction of Cherokee, led by Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and others, acting on their own and without the consent of Principal Chief John Ross, signed the Treaty of New Echota, setting the conditions for the . . . — — Map (db m177914) HM
Near Worth Street NE west of Market Street NE, on the left when traveling west.
In December 1835, a small faction of Cherokee, led by Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and others, acting on their own and without the consent of Principal Chief John Ross, signed the Treaty of New Echota, setting the conditions for the . . . — — Map (db m177984) HM
On Tennessee Route 179 at Charleston Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 179.
Born the same year as American Methodism, this 1812 soldier and farmer was converted at a camp meeting and was 20 years à Methodist preacher. He came to this community in 1834, became pastor of Wesley Circuit and died the year the Memphis Conference . . . — — Map (db m200741) HM
