Raised by Creek Indians: The Legend of John and Clarissa
Raised by Creek Indians:The Legend of John and ClarissaUpdated January 13, 2003 | Alexia Bailey Scott [email protected] |
A Joiner family legend says that Nathaniel Joiner was traveling from his "Homeplace" plantation in Louisiana back to South Carolina to pick up more settlers.While they were camping in the Mississippi Territory (now Alabama), his daughter Clarissa wandered away from camp and became lost.Creek Indians took her in. About ten years later, my great-great-great-grandfather, John Bailey, was riding his horse from Georgia to Nathan Joiner's plantation in Louisiana.John camped in the Indian settlement in Alabama, where he saw a blonde, blue-eyed girl, Clarissa, 18 years old.Realizing who she was, he bought her from the Creeks and took her back to her father, Nathan Joiner. We do not know whether any or all of this is true, but it is a wonderful story!We do know that both John and Nathan defended our young country in the War of 1812.And we know that John and Clarissa married in 1818, and that they settled on land adjacent to Nathan's "Home Place" in Louisiana. The names I am researching include BAILEY (South Carolina 1700's, Georgia and Louisiana 1800's), JOINER/JOYNER (South Carolina 1700's, Georgia and Louisiana 1800's), NEILSEN (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1800's) OLSEN (Copenhagen, Denmark to Mississippi and Louisiana) and WENNEBERG/VENNEBERG (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1800's). John Bailey was an early settler of Louisiana. According to census records, he was born about 1788 in South Carolina.If you have any information to share, please contact me. Our pioneer ancestors, and our immigrant ancestors, were truly remarkable.I hope you will find this page helpful. |
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