Cherokee people were called to meeting at Running Waters 1835 bef Trail of Tears
July 19, 1835.
The Cherokee people were called to a meeting at Running Waters, Council Ground, Floyd County, Georgia for how they wanted their annual government annuity of $6,666.97 to be paid and to whom. Over 2,000 Cherokees voted.
JOHN ROSS spoke first, commenting on personal remarks made by the agent.
JOHN RIDGE then spoke stating his readiness to acknowledge J(John) Ross as his principal chief, then went on to question why Ross had sent home large bodies of his Indians and their chiefs who then were then, not present to vote.
MAJOR RIDGE, JOHN RIDGE and ARCHILLA SMITH supported a resolution made by SMITH that the money be divided equally amongst the people and the poor.
EDWARD GUNTER then offered another resolution that the money be paid to JOHN MARTIN, the treasurer of the Cherokee Nation as the Cherokee tribe had a great need for the money.
A delegation was then asked for and a general call of the vote from those Cherokees present was made and the election to take the vote on SMITH'S resolution was opened. Each Cherokee voting was given a number followed by the name of the voter, where he lived and whether his vote was Ayes or Noes.
Many voters were from Chattouga (probably Chattooga Old Town, then in Floyd County, Georgia, now in Chattooga Co, GA) located on the north side of the Chattooga River almost where it flows south into Alabama. Almost all of who resided in Chattouga voted Noes (no).
Gunter's voting: (all from Chattouga)
No. 1,252 Edward Gunter voted Noes
No. 1,270 Sam'l Gunter voted Noes
No. 1,344 James Gunter voted Noes
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No. 1,274 CHUIL Chattooga voted Noes
No. 1,275 JACKSON Chattooga voted Noes
No. 1,276 FIFE Chattooga voted Noes
No. 1,277 CASITY from Chattooga voted Noes
No. 1,390 CASODODY from Chattooga voted Noes
There were other voters from Chatowga toward the end of the list of with the last voter:
No. 2,273 JOHN ELIOT from Hightower voted Ayes.
Source: United States Senate Document 120, 25th Congress, Second Session from pages 396 to 447.
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December 1835 the treaty was signed and immediately steps began by the government for the final removal of the Cherokees to Indian Territories.
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I am looking for proofs of any Indian CASADA'S or any variants of the spellings of CASADA, particularly in GEORGIA 1750-1775, SC, NC (and including present TN), and KY of any tribe.
Does anyone know who these Casada's who voted were and where they went?
I first posted this on the Casada forum some years ago when I was Dotterer, not Clark. John Casada/Cassada, son of Abraham Casada and Rhoda Hall (my line) of Buncombe Co, NC and later of Fannin Co, GA had an Indian, wife when David Jackson Casada was born in 1815.John's Indian wife died and he md2 Nancy Davenport in Wayne Co, KY, then moved back to Buncombe County, NC before purchasing land in what was Union Co, GA in 1845 that was in a part taken to form Fannin Co, GA in 1854.His son James M. Cassada was in Gilmer Co, GA in 1850 and a part of it was also used to form Fannin. 1860 Fannin had both of them in the census surrounded by Davenport's.
William Casada/Cassada of Buncombe Co, NC was probably related.There was a very early William Cassada of what was then NC/now TN (living as a squatter) on lands given by Cherokee treaty called The Wautauga Purchase.
John Cassada had a land plat in what is now Washington Co/Carter Co TN line of the Waugauga Purchaseadjoining Robert Young.
I am looking for any information regarding any of them. Mildred Clark.