Soon as you come out of the water you go over there and change clothes. There Vann constructed a replica of his lost Georgia mansion. Genealogy of the Cherokee Thompson Family Lord have mercy I'll say they was. Master Thompson brought us from Texas when I was too little to remember about it, and I din't know how long it was before we was all sold to John Harnage, "Marse John" was his pet name and he liked to be called that-a-way. We had about twenty calves and I would take dem out and graze-em while some grown-up negro was grazing de cows so as to keep de cows milk. My father was born in Tahlequah just about where the colored church stands on Depot Hill. The preacher took his candidate into the water. The preacher took his candidate into the water. He got that message to the captain just the same. Everything was kept covered and every hogshead had a lock. Run it to the bank! but it sunk and him and old Master died. Everybody cry, everybody'd pretty nearly die. Joe had two wives, one was named Missus Jennie. on the Ohio River. Lord yes, su-er. Joseph Vann inherited the "Diamond Hill" estate from his father and from him he also inherited the ability for trading by which he increased his fortune to a fabulous size. Vinita was the closeset town to where I was born; when I get older seem like they call it "the junction" on account the rails cross there, but I never ride on the trains, just stay at home. Chief Joseph Vann Family Tree Check All Members List Some of the Indian families was Joe Dirt Eater, Six Killer (some of the Six Killers live a few miles SE of Afton at this time, 1938), Chewey Noi, and Gus Buffington. She won me lots of money, Black Hock did, and I kept it in the Savings Bank in Tahlequah. Of course I hear about Abraham Lincoln and he was a great man, but I was told mostly by my children when dey come home from school about him. Well, I go ahead, and make me a crop of corn all by myself and then I don't know what to do wid it. We had out time to go to bed and our time to get up in the morning. John Trader U Wa Ni Vann married Mary Wa' Li' Cherokee King-Vann and had 15 children. They could have anything they wanted. He wanted people to know he was able to dress his slaves in fine clothes. Them Pins was after Master all de time for a while at de first of de War, and he was afraid to ride into Ft. Smith much. We had a smoke house full of hams and bacon. In slavery time the Cherokee negroes do like anybody else when they is a death---jest listen to a chapter in the Bible and all cry. He located at Webbers Falls on the Arkansas River and operated a line of steamboats on the Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. We lived there a long time, and I was old enough to remember setting in the yard watching the river (Grand River) go by, and the Indians go by. 29 November 2015. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/black-genealogy/slave-narrative-of-b - Last updated on Aug 24th, 2012, VANN SLAVES REMEMBER 2003 By Herman McDaniel Murray County Museum. Upon being brought to Fort Gibson, five slaves were held to stand trial for murdering the two bounty hunters. The most terrible thing that ever happen was when the Lucy Walker busted and Joe got blew up. My pappy was a kind of a boss of the Negroes that run the boat, and they all belong to old Master Joe. I had two brothers, Silas and George, dat belong to Mr. George Holt in Webber's falls town. Old Master and Mistress kept on asking me did de night riders persecute me any but dey never did. Joseph Vann (1798-abt.1844) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree Chief Vann House Courtesy of Atlanta History Center. He went clean to Louisville, Kentucky and back. It was tied up at de dock at Webbers Falls about a week and we went down and talked to my aunt an brothers and sister. I had one brother and one sister sold when I was little and I dont remember the names. 5. In slavery time the Cherokee Negroes do like anybody else when they is a death, jest listen to a chapter in the Bible and all cry. 1746, and died July 16, 1839 in Van Zant County, Texas. Lord have mercy on us, yes. Joseph H. Vann, (11 February 1798 - 23 October 1844). One and a half years after the war we all come back to the old plantation. We didn't suffer, we had plenty to eat. He didn't want em to imagine he give one more than he give the other. His master Daniel Nave, was Cherokee. When the War come they have a big battle away west of us, but I never see any battles. John Trader U Wa Ni Vann 1690-1770 - Ancestry Maybe old Master Joe Vann was harder. I dont know what he done after that. In 1840 the town of Harrison was developed on an adjoining property, and the county seat of Hamilton County was moved south to the Tennessee River to this location.
