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Tracing my loved ones and my elders across the deep south.
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Our early Pioneers traveled through Indian Territories, and even lived among them or intermarried. Some were Indian Traders, or agents and the history of that time is really fascinating.
The old maps help us realize what their journey was like. For a long time South Carolina was part of North Carolina as only the coast was being settled by the whites. Before Mississippi Territory included Alabama, all of that area was previously called Louisiana and was home to several tribes.
Many were forced to leave for Oklahoma in the 1830's but many were hidden in the hills or protected by their white spouses.
While mine were never traced to any Indian Roll, some of their relatives were.
They were excellent farmers until the Civil War and Wilson's Raiders destroyed much of the south and our elders had to start all over again.
Today when we ride through Wetumpka, down Red Land Road or visit the indian mound at Fort Toulouse, and then pass by Pickett Springs after crossing the Tallapoosa River, and passing Red Eagle Farm, or play in Line Creek, then travel the old Meriweather Trail through Montgomery, or perhaps Coosada, Tallassee, Tuskegee, we can only imagine what the area was like 200 years ago for our ancestors.
I am standing in those old footprints.
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