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102 to 106
Perrot, Jonathan. Another name for Weiss
62
Perry, John K. Explained "Split Bullet" 86
Perry, Simeon. Boundary line commissioner 48
Person, J. A. Commissioner to lay off lots.
200
Pewter Platters. Facts about.
257
Phillips, Arthur. Got share of Old Fields. 109 299
Phillips, (Prof.) W. B. Superintended erection of monument ..
Phoenix Mountain. No reason known for name
164
Pickens, (Gen.) Andrew. Facts about surveying line. .52,
53
Denied Cherokee title to Henderson purchase.
85
Pickens, Israel. Sketch of. 382,
644
Piercy, James W. C. Sketch of. 187
Pigeons. Came in flocks, etc. .524,
Pinchot, (Hon.) Gifford. First forester of Pisgah Forest
Pinckney, Minister. His "masterly diplomacy"
Pioneer Days. Description of. 76,
Pioneers. Roosevelt's eulogies of. .13, 14
Who they were and whence they came 65 to 67, 248
Allison and Bancroft eulogizes them 75 77
Dress habits, homes, etc. 76,
249
Their wanderlust
275
Pisgah Forest. Facts about. Formerly called Davidson's River
506 204
526 Plant Lice. Facts about. 527
Platt, Henry and (Rev.) J. T. Facts about. 207
Plemmons Family. Early settlers of Madison. 196
"Pleasant Gardens." Home of "Hunting John" McDowell 71
Plott Dogs. Facts about 254
Pool, John P. Stage-coach contractor 242
Pools, The. Described. 538
Population. Of mountain counties. 658
Posey, (Rev.) Humphrey. Established Mission School. 187
Sketch of 224
525 506 26 77
Their spirit still persists.
694
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Posey, (Rev.) Humphrey. Quarrel with Brownlow 226
Mission work with Cherokees 574
Pottery. Facts about. 257
Powers, Riley. A hero of the Merrimac. 603
Presbyterians. Roosevelt's description of. 13,
14
Why Methodists and Baptists got ahead of. 215
Priber, Christian. Became influential among Cherokees 568
Price, Aaron. Gun named for 336
Price, James. Died of milk sick 336
Primogeniture. Reversal of 252
Prisoners, escaping Union. Aided through mountains. .613,
614
Prisons and Jails. Laws as to violated. 631
Pritchard, (Judge) J. C. Appointed Judge, etc. 400 Products. Principal staples. 284
Prohibition. Adoption of amendment making it State-wide 641
Prophet, David. Commissioner to select county site 200
Prophet, James. Prominent in Yancey. 180
Prout, (Rev.) Henry H. His connection with Valle Crucis 430
Prudden, (Miss) Emily C. Established Skyland Institute 433
Public Schools. Beginning of. 420
Puritans. What early settlers were. 13
Quakers. Early settlers had no kinship with. 13
Met flercer Indians in South than before. 65, 66
Took charge of education of Cherokees 632
Quaker Meadows. Described, as visited by Spangenberg. 62 Derivation of name and settlement of. 70
Qually Boundary. Map by M. S. Temple in 1876 52
Qually Town. Facts about. 52, 598
Quarry, R. S. Howard operated one. 486
Quilting parties. Facts about. 270
Rabun. See Rayburn, and Rayborne.
Rabun Gap. Railroad to Franklin passes through 484
Race-track Was one in West Asheville. 509
Railroads. The great need of the mountains. 489
First railroad project and death of Hayne. 469
Crop failure started western railroad building. 469
N. C. and Western name of first railroad chartered 469
Asheville Street Railway. Built by. 509
Western North Carolina Railroad chartered 469 Legislative history of latter road. 469 to 472 Change from original route. 472 Contract for part of construction 472
Change of location on Blue Ridge. 473
Engineers on mountain construction 473
Col. Wilson rejected bond proposition 473
Election of new officers. 474
John Malone & Co. Sketch of. 474
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Railroads. Western Division abolished. PAGE
474
Early litigation 474,
475
Western N. C. Railroad Co., No. 2, takes over property 475 Organization of new corporation 476 W. J. Best & Co. buy railroad from State 476 Clyde, Logan & Buford get Best & Co.'s interest. 477
Richmond & Danville got control of railroad 477
Richmond Terminal Company. Sketch of. 477
State sells railroad to Clyde, Logan & Buford. 477,
478
Completion of railroad to Asheville. 478
Completion of railroad to various points.
478,
479
The Andrews Geyser.
478
Spartanburg & Asheville R. R. completed to Saluda
479
Buncombe County's subscription thereto. 479
Pearson's bill forces completion to Asheville. 480
South & Western Railroad completed to Huntdale. 480
Southern Railway tries to stop latter road. 480 481
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio.
South and Western. 481
Snowbird Valley Railroad. 482
East Tennessee and Western N. C. Railroad. 482
Linville River Railroad. 482
Hendersonville & Brevard Railroad.
483
Transylvania Railroad.
483
Elkin & Alleghany Railroad.
483 484
Georgia and North Carolina Railroad.
484
Appalachian Railroad
484
Tallulah Falls and Franklin Railroad
484
Damascus Railroad 485
Tennessee and North Carolina. 485
Asheville & Craggy Mountain Railroad. 485, 509
Asheville Loop Line Railroad. 486
Asheville Rapid Transit Railroad. 487
East Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad. 488
Sunset Mountain Railroad Co. 488
Hiwassee Valley Railroad 488
Other railroads .. 489,
490
Sunset Mountain Railway. When operated. 509
490
Blatherskite Railroad
490
Regulating passenger rates
641
Ransom, (Miss) Esther. Quoted.
79
Rattlebugs. Met by boundary line party.
40
Ravenel, Messrs. Helped build Linville country 246
Ravens. Facts about. 522
Rawls, (Hon.) Charles T. Services as mayor of Asheville 510 Ray, (Col.) James M. His Lyceum articles quoted from 421
Virginia & Carolina
Ramseur, Daniel F. Among first citizens of Murphy
186
Pigeon River Railroad.
696
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Ray and Anderson. Career and escape of.
305
Ray, Mont. His flight and return for trial. 335
Rayburn, Deputy Sheriff. Killed by White. 335
Rayborne, Hodge. Sketch of. 129
"A most noted man" 170
Had part in formation of Henderson County 181
Rayner, Kenneth. Gen. Clingman's second in duel. 367
Reaping Hooks. Facts about.
280
Reconstruction. Outrages of Holden's administration
640
"Red Banks of Chucky." Near Greasy Cove, a landmark
45
Redmond, Lewis. His career as an outlaw
304
Reeves Family. Lived on border of Ashe County. 198
Reeves, Jackson and John. Early settlers of Jackson
196
Regiments in Civil War. Facts about.
636
Register, The Asheville Saturday. Dr Baird's sketches in 146
91
Regulators' War. New matter concerning it and Henderson, 88, Regulators were not cowed. 97
Removal of Cherokees. Facts about treaties, etc. 576
Why Eastern Band remained. .577 580
Removal Forts. Names and location of. 576,
577
Revolutionary Soldiers. Among first to cross Blue Ridge. 98
Descendants of 101
Revolutionary War. Our part in. 96, 97
Haywood County in. 111, 112
Mountain heroes of.
101
Beginning and progress of.
630
Rhinehart, W. W. Died of milk-sick 49,
209
Rhodes, Jesse. Chain bearer
182 65
Rhodes, Standapher. Lived in Asheville
149
Riddle. Used in threshing grain. 281
Riddle, (Capt.) Wm. Facts about capture of Cleveland, 101 to
106
"Rifle Guns." Facts about 280
Riot. Persons indicted for, etc. 299,
300
Ripley, (Col.) Valentine. Stage-coach contractor, etc. . 244, 497
Rivers and Creeks. Boone Fork, erroneously stated to rise in Linville Gap on page .. 8
Cheoah, once a part of Nantahala. 529
Cumberland, found and named by Dr. Walker 11
French Broad. Fifth river to break through mountains 9
Origin of English name of. 10, No Indian towns in valley of.
11
Indian names of several portions of. 10
Fines Creek, origin of name of. 197
Hiwassee, last river to break through mountains 9
New Indian territory covering valley of. 48
Boundary line party reached. .50, 51
Holston, Boundary line of 1749 stopped near. 22
Bledsoe extended line from 23
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10
Rhodes, John. Hunted for Spangenberg
697
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Rivers and Creeks. Johns River named for John Perkins 65
Linville, rises east of Blue Ridge. 8
Gorge of Linville River one of finest 536 Little Tennessee, seventh to break through mountains 9
Immense water power on. 211
North Carolina and Tennessee line crosses. 48
Crossed by boundary line party.
50
Matrimony Creek, crossed by boundary line party 20
New. Blowing Rock springs flow into. 8
Governor Johnston never dreamed of it.
22
Nantahala. Once part of Cheoah
529
Meaning of name of 598
Nollechucky, crossed by boundary line party. 44
Pigeon. First North Carolina and Tennessee boundary line survey stopped at. 47, 48
Pee Dee, latitude of taken in 1835 24,
25
Pacolet. De Soto may have reached head of in 1540 12
Peters Creek. Virginia boundary line stopped there 20 Paint Creek. Boundary line party got off track near. 46
Roans Creek, Boone's trail followed. 82 Santeetla, large spring on bank of Little. 529
Savannah, to be boundary line of a third Carolina province, 23 Scott's Creek, early history of. 194
St. Johns. Grant to Carolina started at mouth of 22
Swannanoa. No Indian towns in valley of 10, 598 Tallulah Creek. Indian relics at head of. 211
Rivers, R. C. Editor Watauga Democrat 452
Roads. Rivers disputes right of way with 9
Salisbury, Charleston and Pee Dee Roads. First across
mountains
25
Thomas's road across Smoky Mountains 49
Crossed by Gen. Vance's troops in 1864. 49
A wagon road at the 101st mile of Tennessee line. 51
Buffalo trails the only roads in 1752 62, 229
Solomon Jones known as "Builder of" 184
Old military road to Robbinsville. 211
Yonahlossee turnpike. Built by whom and when 214,
246
Great road activity. 241
When Buncombe turnpike was fine. 288 How roads were laid off. 274
How rocks were "blasted" in old days. 230,
231 Watauga River road, when built, etc 352 Stages used to run over part of this. 348
William Patton built trail to Mitchell's peak. 297, 531 Road to Mitchell's peak started by R. S. Howland. 531 Other trails and roads to that peak. 531
Trail to Craggy mountains built by Dr. Amber 531
Crest of Blue Ridge highway 532
To Grandfather Mountain.
532
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Roads. To Roan Mountain 532
Road Houses. Facts about those of old days 286
Robbinsville. Early history of .210 to 212 Rocks. Noted ones described 534 to 536
Roberts, Joshua. Home of
149
Sketch of himself and family 391,
392
Roberts, Philetus W. Sketch of 392 Roberts, R. B. Edited newspaper 451
Robertson, James. Removed to Watauga River .69,
74
Settled French Licks on Cumberland 93
Planned and enforced government of that colony. 93
Richard connection with his career 93 Had no part in defection of State of Franklin 115
"The greatest of pioneers" and notes 123
Founded Middle Tennessee and educated settlers in
elements of self-government 123
Robinson, F. E. Edited The Citizen. 451
Robinson, (Hon.) James L. Sketch of 650
Rogers, (Dr.) C. T. Leading physician of Cherokee 186
Rogers, Hughey. Veteran of the Revolution 112
Rolen, John. Lawyer of Murphy 186
Rollins, Pinckney. Stage coach contractor 243
Rollins, (Major) W. W. Defeated for senate by belated returns 449
Appointed commissioner to settle with Swepson & Little- field 462
Attached railroad iron in Detroit 465,
466
Elected president W. N. C. R. R. 467 Lost suit started in Florida to reimburse State 467 Roots and Herbs. See "Herbs and Roots."
Ropetwister, John A. Cherokee living in Graham 212
Rose, "Quil." Innocent moonshiner, convicted of feeding "hawgs" 340
"Roughs" described 531
"Roundheads of the South." First settlers to declare for American Independence 13, 14
Russeau, Adolphus. Had share in Old Fields
109
Rumbough, (Col.) J. H. Sketch of 242
Rush, (Dr.) G. N. Sketch of 175
Saddle Mountain Baptist Church. Built on water divide. 9 Sailing, John. Carried prisoner through Tennessee .11, 12
Saint John-in-the-Wilderness. Facts about 494, 496
Saint John the Baptist. Building and removal of 432 Saint Matthew. Gospel by translation into Cherokee 574 Salali. A born mechanic. 583 Sams Edmund. Sketch of 154
Sapphire Country. Facts about 506
Saturday, The Cold. Account of 295 Savanookoo. Signed treaty 87
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Saw Mills. Facts about. 514,
515
Sawyer, Isaac B. Sketch of
152
Sawyer, John. Commissioner of Graham 210
Sawyer, John M. Awarded prize for corn 519
Sawyer, Wm. Faithful dog tells wife of his death 339
Sawyer, Zachariah. Disappearance of 331
Schools. See Chapter XVII.
Lack of great drawback 283
Hayesville High School. Facts about 208
Cherokee Indian Schools .589, 590
"School Butter." Penalty for "hollering" 271
Sectionalism. Seeds of Rampant 634
630
Schoolmasters. Robert Henry first in Buncombe. 421
Rev. Samuel Doak first in Tennessee 421
Scotch-Irish. Before the Revolution 75
Scotch Settlers. Including Celts, Highlanders, Irish, Saxons, etc. 13 Eulogized by historians 75
Scythes. Facts about 280
Secession. N. C. reluctant to leave Union 636
Sequoya. Invented syllabary, description of 574, 575
Career of Sequoya
575
Great Trees of California named for
575
Sevier, (Gov.) John.
Followed Robertson to Watauga 74
The Harry Percy of Pioneers 110
His route to Kings Mountain 110 to 123
Placed in command of brigade, and governor, etc. 113
His clashes with Tipton 117
Permitted murder of friendly Cherokees 117
Arrested for treason 118
Sent prisoner to Morganton 119
Escaped secretly, not defiantly 120
His second act of treason 120
Pleaded his loyalty to friends as excuse 122
Sent to N. C. legislature 122
Member first U. S. congress 122
Elected first governor of Tennessee 122
Spring at Bakersville called for him 123
Camping places along route
123
Shad Law's Oak. Here called "a stately oak"
106
Shearer, Robert. Sketch of
100
Sheep. Dogs obstacle to raising of
524
Kept in
243
Shipp, Bartlett. Residence of 183
Shipp's "Fraud Commission." See Chapter XIX.
Shirley, John. Helped rescue Cleveland 103
Shook, Vader. Visited by Asbury 222
Sherrill, Bedford. Stage coach contractor, etc.
243
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Shotwell, Randolph A. Established newspaper 449
Attacked Lusk
460
Convicted and pardoned of Kukluxing 450
Shuford, George. Owned Hume place and mill
Shuford, (Hon.) George A. Furnished facts for Transylvania 202
202
Shuford, (Miss) Mary Ann. Married Rev. Ben King 203 Shull Family. Sketches of 191, 351, 352
"Silent Consideration," invented by Meigs
572
Siler Family. Sketch of 173
Siler, Wimer. First settler of Macon, sons of, etc. 173
Silver, Frankie. Killed husband and was hanged 294
Sinking Spring Field. Described 529
Simmons, Joel. Settled on Blue Ridge 198 Simonton, (Judge) C. H. Judge U. S. Circuit Court, etc. 400 Six Nations. Relinquished title to lands. 89, 90
Skyles, (Rev.) Wm. West. Career at Vale Crucis. 431,
432
Slanders. Facts about 14, 15, 16, 249, 260, 261
Slaves and Slave Owners. Few in mountains
636
Smathers, (Col.) J. C. Sketch of 256
Smith, Alexander. Boundary line commissioner 48
Smith, Bacchus J. In ginseng business 170
Smith's Bridge. Account of 240
Smith, (Rev.) C. D. Wrote history of Macon county 174
Sketch of 227
Smith, (Rev.) David. Pioneer preacher 224
Smith, James. Explored Tennessee 12
Smith, James M. Many facts about 147, 148
Smith, Phillip. Jack of all trades 217
Smith, Samuel. Daring envoy to Cherokees, sketch of. .173,
174
Smith, Wm. Bailey. Boundary line commissioner 22
Smithsonian Institution. Explained making of Indian arrow- heads, etc. 597
"Smoking Mountain." Facts about
539
Smoky Mountain Roads. First built across 237
Sneed and Henry. "Judicial murder" of .147,
388
Snethin, (Rev.) N. Sermon by
218
Snow, "The Big." Account of
295
A modern big snow
296
Recent cold snaps
297 97
South Carolina Gazette. Contained Mecklenburg "Resolves" .. Sondley, (Dr.) Foster A. Author of Asheville's Centenary, 10, 11, 146
Southern Gazette, Timothy's. Contained Burrington's proc- lamation 24
South Sea. Western limits of North Carolina in 1729 23 Spain. Ally of France 26
Tried to entangle settlers 120, 121
Spangenburg, (Bishop) A. G. First to cross Blue Ridge ..
61 Wrote of many matters in this section 62 to 65
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Sparta. Early history of 197 to
199
Spear, James. Sold into slavery, "escaped" and was killed .... 349 Spirituous Liquors. Influence of on State boundaries 18
Obtained at Limestone in 1799 43
73
Gentlemen smell it thirty miles A "fricassee of rum"
74
Spottswood, Governor. Agreement with Gov. Eden. 21 Stages. See Chapter X.
Stamper, S. S. Commissioner to lay off lots 197
Standing Indian. Why so called. 598
Stanley, Jane and Nancy. Killed bear 334
Stanwix, Fort. Treaty made at 89, 90
Stars, "Falling of." Facts about 293
State Boundary Lines. See Chapter II.
"State Ridge." Where Hill killed Bryson 50
Steam Saw Mill Place. Once considered for county seat. 18
Steele, John. Boundary line commissioner in 1813 29
Boundary line commissioner in 1807 34
Stephenson, (Miss) Florence. Teacher in mountain schools .. 440
Sternbergh, Daniel. Murder of 345
Stewart Family. Came from Georgia 212
Stewart, (Rev.) E. L. Publisher of "Sword of the Lord"
Stewart, John. Visited Mississippi before 1769
Still House. On White Top
Stock-Raising. Facts about 285, 286, 519, 520
Pamphlet on
519
Stockton Brothers. Stage coach contractors
Stokes, (Gen.) Montfort. Boundary line commissioner in 1813 Boundary line commissioner in 1819
29 48
His son's quarrel with Carson
363
Stone, Governor. Refused to have second boundary line survey 36 Stone, Jordan. Edited The Citizen 451
Stradley, (Rev.) Peter. Lived at Flat Rock 184
Strange, Thomas W. Trial and acquittal of 303
Strange, Wm. Owned farm at Brasstown Creek 187
Stratton, John and Robert. Settled on "balds," sketch of. 212
Strother, John. Diary as boundary line surveyor quoted. . 38 to 48
Bought Blount lands for taxes 137
Devised unsold lands to Blount 138
His will stood test of courts 138
187
Suffrage. Under Constitution of 1835
633
Sullivan, E. E. Came to start a graveyard and did. 191
Summey, Albert T. Contributed to Asheville's Centenary 146
Story about holding many offices 345
Summey, Dan. F. Built road in Graham 211
Sun Dials. The only clocks in old days 282
Superstitions. Facts about .257, 270, 335, 336
.
.
437 81 22
Stock Stands. Facts about 285,
286 244
Sudderth, Abraham. Mentioned
702
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Supreme Court. Decision in R. R. v. Holden criticised. ... 458, Surveys and Surveyors.
460
Anthony Bledsoe surveys Virginia line. 23
Timothy Terrell was surveyor for Georgia 31
Robert Love was surveyor for North Carolina 31 Robert Henry and John Strother in 1799 .38. 39
W. Davenport for second North Carolina and Tennessee survey
48
Thomas Freeman, surveyor of Meigs & Freeman line. 52
Hawkins and Pickens surveys of 1791. 52 Two surveyors for line 53 W. W. Stringfield follows M. & F. line 53
Mr. Churton, surveyor with Moravian party, 1752. 61
He never ran fourth line; was stopped by Indians 62
132
Also to note springs, minerals; to make maps
132
Swain, Gov. D. L. Sketch of
150
Visited by Asbury 218
Swannanoa Gap Road. Where it used to cross Blue Ridge 235 Swan Ponds. Entered by McDowell; houses at, etc. 71
Swedes. Settlers of 1730 13
Swepson and Littlefield Frauds.
Sold bonds endorsed by State 457
Division of Western North Carolina R. R. 457
Littlefield's subscription 457
Swepson elected president 457
Election of directors at Morganton. 457
Nominal contract executed for work. 457
Littlefield and Deweese levy toll on legislation 458 Supposed decision declaring bonds unconstitutional 458
Rehearing and final decision of question 458, 459, 460
Mothods then in vogue with courts and legislature. 460
Col. Woofin's view as to intent of Swepson and Littlefield 460 Hopkins & Co. outwit commissioners 465, 466 Sweeping resolution of directors as to sale of bonds.' 461
Swepson's high position in State 461
Littlefield's election as president 462
Commissioners appointed to make final settlement. 462
Flight of Swepson and Littlefield. 462
Indictment of Swepson and Littlefield in Buncombe. 462
Commissioners settle with Swepson at Washington, D. C. 462, 463, 464
Commissioners settle with Littlefield in London 465
Florida railroads securities purchased, etc. 464
465
Florida securities pledged with brokers 464, London settlement with Littlefield 465 Railroad iron frauds 465, 466
Surveyors required to classify Cherokee lands
Swain County. Early history of .382,
208 383
Swain, George. Sketch of
703
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Swepson and Littlefield. Swepson caused bonds of Florida rail- road to be issued fraudulently 466
Governor of Florida impeached and removed. 467 Rollins elected president of Western North Carolina R. R ... 467
Litigation in Florida to recover State's money 467
Decision adverse to State 467,
468
Sword-Tilt. Between Herndon and Beverly 109
Syllabary. Invented by Sequoya, facts about 574, 575
Sylva, Town of. Moving court house to; tannic acid plant. . 193, 194
Talbott, Thomas. Elected clerk Franklin senate 113
Tallassee Ford. Boundary line party reached 50
Tallassee Old Town. Now the Hardin farm 50
Once owned by Crusoe Jack 239
Tanning Hides. Facts about 264,
265
Tate, Robert and William. Conveyed land to Morris.
145
Tate's Place. Passed by Sevier 111
Tatham, James. Sketch of
187
Tatham, John G. Clerk of Graham County
210
Tatham, Thomas. Sketch of
177
Taverns. See Chapter X.
Taxes. Of Franklin government paid in commodities 113
Taylor Family. Sketch of 352
Taylor, Wm. Lived on border of Ashe 198
Telegraph Line. Built by S. G. Weldon 508
Terrell, (Captain) James W. Sketch of 581
Telephone Line. The Asheville line incorporated. 508
Thermal Belts. Facts about 519, 525
Thomas, Micajah. Owned Buck Forest 204
Thomas, Robert. Sketch of 184 197
Thomas, Stephen. Commissioner, etc. Sketch of 165
Thomas, (Col.) Wm. Holland. Action in road matters 241
Accompanied Old Charley's party 577
Made terms for Eastern Band to remain 578
Doubts as to authority originally given 579
Did much for the mountain section 635
Related to Zachary Taylor 580
Clerk for Felix Walker, took law books in pay 580
Adopted by Yonaguska 580
Owned five trading stores 581
Drew simple form of government for Cherokees 581
Enlisted Cherokees in his legion 581
Captured Col. Bartlett 581
Experience with Union men of Tennessee 609
Thompson, Clark W. Appointed superintendent of Indians 311
Thrash, John. Owned mountain land 202
Bought and sold Lowndes Farm 203
Three Forks. Described by Spangenberg. .64, 65
.
704
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Three Forks Church. First Baptist church west of Blue Ridge 223 Threshers. Early ones 281
Threshing Floors and Flails. Facts about 281
Thurston, (Rev.) Wm. Head of Valle Crucis 430 Death and reburial of in 1846. 351,
430
Tidwell, (Captain) Wm. B. Elected captain from the ranks .. 85 Timber Lands. Advance in price of 517
Facts about distribution of 254,
516 Timber, Standing. Tables showing what still remains. 516
Timothy's Southern Gazette. Contained Burrington's proclama- tion 24
Tipton, (Col.) John. Clashed with Sevier; sketch of 115, 116
Todd, (Col.) Joseph W. Sketch of 394 Toll Gates. Facts about 245 Tolliver, Wm. Trial and acquittal of 376
Toney, Berry. Gave notice of Cleveland's capture 105
Tools. Facts about the early ones 280
Tories, Mountain. Account of some .99,
100
Track Rock. Described 535
Trading Paths. From Valley towns 50 Transylvania Colony.
Inception of. 85 Inconsistent action by North Carolina and Virginia as to title thereto 85, 92 Boone spies out land for 86
Henderson's judgment delays scheme of 86
Concludes treaty for, 1775, at Sycamore Shoals. .86, 87
Dragging Canoe dissatisfied with treaty 87
Consideration paid; conveyance unlawful 87
Failure of; expropriation of land by Virginia and North Carolina 92
Virginia and North Carolina grant 200,000 acres each in lieu of 92
Transylvania County. History of; first settlers, etc. ... 202 to 205 Treaty with Great Britain.
As to northern boundary of U. S. 25
Secret treaty as to 31st parallel 26
Land acquired from by Pinckney's diplomacy 26 Treaties with Indians.
Our western boundary fixed at head of Great River, 1761 .. 54
Of 1772, with Virginia, ran west from White Top 54
It left Watauga Settlements in Indian territory 54 Watauga settlers secure lease for eight years 54
Virginia Purchase of 1775 secured land at head of Watauga, etc. 54
54, Boundaries of purchased land 55
Of Hopewell, 1786, moved boundary west of Blue Ridge .. 55 Boundaries of new territory ' 55 Its exact location unnecessary because of treaty of 1791. 55
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Treaties with Indians. North Carolina Indian Reservation did not rest on a treaty 55 Of 1791 and 1792, of 1795 and 1798, call for Meigs and Free- man line 56
Of 1819, ceded land around Hiwassee River, etc. 56
Of New Echota, 1835, ceded land east of Mississippi 56 Consideration for, and agreement to remove 56 Of Sycamore Shoals, 1775, with Henderson, etc. 86
Of Lochaber, 1770, acknowledged Cherokee title to Ky 90 Commissioners at Hopewell deny Cherokee title to land. ... 85 Of Fort Stanwix, 1768, cedes title of six nations, etc ... .. 89, 90
Recapitulation of Indian treaties 634
Convention of State of Franklin made.
113
Triangle Tree. Described
535
Triplett, Elias. Succeeded Williamson Warlick.
150
Truet, Rev. George. Fine preacher. 208
Tryon's Boundary Line. West of white settlements, run in 1767, Disregarded by hunters and Traders; death of same 51
51
Tuckaleechee Cove. View of from Great Smoky Mountains 49
Tugman, Micajah. Finds Riddle's knife. 102
Turnbill, J. J. Man of unusual sense. 186
Turnpike. Unicoy, in Cherokee County 48
Cataloochee, near Big Pigeon. 48
. Boundary line from Cataloochee, to Georgia line. 48
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