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Meigs, Timothy (b. 28 SEP 1782, d. DEC 1815)

Note: Note:
Timothy Meigs son of Col. Return Jonathan and Grace Starr Meigs were the only ones to come to Tennessee to make their home. Timothy is mentioned in the Hildreths Pioneer History of Ohio as an early settler of Camp Martin, Marietta, Ohio.After coming to Tennessee he acted as a confidential secretary and clerk for his father, Return Jonathan, at south West Point. In July of 1807, the Cherokee Agency was moved from South West Point (Kingston) to Hiwassee Garrison, at the mouth of the Hiwassee River. Shortly thereafter Timothy Meigs opened a store at the garrison which did a flourishing business in the frontier settlement and with the neighboring Cherokees. During the Creek War much of the equipment and provisions for the Cherokee Regiment (which was raised by Col. Gidion Morgan) was furnished by Timothy Meigs. When the store was closed Timothy went into partnership with John Ross, who later became a great chief of the Cherokees. The firm did business under the name of Ross and Meigs. The partnership was a short duration as Timothy Meigs died December 1815. He is buried beside his mother in the graveyard adjacent to the garrison. Their graves are marked with boxlike tombs of grey limestone.The old Gazette paper which recorded the death of Return Jonathan Meigs said he was buried beside his wife and son Timothy, at the Old Garrison Cemetery on Old Henry Road near Dayton, TN on highway 58 in lower Meigs county near Sale Creek.

Note: Concerning Rhea and Meigs Counties
Meigs County, TN is located on the eastern bank of the Tennessee River in East Tennessee and was one of the three "grand divisions". It was formed in 1836 from Rhea County so any records before 1836 will be probably found in Rhea County records.
Meigs County was named for Col. Return Jonathan Meigs from Connecticut who served in the Revolutionary War and was head of the Cherokee Agency from 1801 until his death in 1823.
Rhea County was established in 1807 and included land on the northwest side of the Tennessee River. In 1819, Rhea County was almost doubled in size when the legislature took over part of the Cherokee Nation which was located on the south east bank of the Tennessee River. This land was designated as the Hiwassee District and this is the portion of land that became Meigs County in 1836 and was made up of seven districts.

Given Name: Timothy

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Holt, Elizabeth Jane (b. 1784, d. 1851)

Note: CENSUS:
1850 McMinn County, TN p. 447
E J Hawk male age 40 TN
E J Meigs female age 66 VA
Mary E Hawk female age 15 TN
Timothy Hawk male age 13 TN
Robt J Hawk male age 11 TN
Sarah G Hawk female age 8 TN
Fanny Hawk female age 3 TN
Madison H Hawk male age 1 TN *Mistake in census, actually a female

Note: Daughter of a wealthy farmer from Redford Co. Virginia, who lived in Blunt Co., TN.

Given Name: Elizabeth Jane

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Meigs, Grace Starr (b. 25 OCT 1807, d. ?)

Note: Note: According to the Indians claim of July 28, 1909, said that buried in the line with Elizabeth Ross were the following graves. Madison Crother Hawk and Chief Bushy Head, and Grace Calloway.

Given Name: Grace Starr

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Calloway, Marshall (b. , d. ?)

Given Name: Marshall

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Calloway, Marshall (b. , d. ?)

Given Name: Marshall

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Calloway, Farrar (b. , d. ?)

Given Name: Farrar

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Meigs, Emily Stanfield (b. 23 NOV 1808, d. 20 JUN 1888)

Given Name: Emily Stanfield

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Walker, John (b. 1798, d. 10 SEP 1834)

Note: Note: John Walker was also married to Nancy Bushyhead, the daughter of Chief Bushyhead. John Walker is the son of John Walker Jr. and the grandson of John Walker and Ka-ti. Ka-ti is the daughter of Kingfisher and Nanye'hi. All the above mentioned were born in the Cherokee Nation, which is present day TN. ***************** Cherokee Ferry Crossings by Tony Holmes (Excerpts from article in Journal of East Tennessee History, No. 62, 1990) Ferries played an important role in the development of Tennessee's early frontier. Not only were they the most reliable and convenient method of stream and river crossing on main routes, but they also served as foci for commercial activity between river and wagon transportation. Inns, blacksmith shops, taverns, tanneries, country stores, and even entire communities sprang up near or around them. Ferry crossings functioned as vital transportation conduits, facilitating westward expansion and sometimes stimulating economic growth. Where streams were too large, too swift, too wide, too deep, and too unpredictable to be safely forded, ferries were all the more needed. Given the critical demand for river crossings in East Tennessee during the 1790's and early statehood period, ferry ownership was a potentially profitable, not to mention competitive, enterprise. Although subject to regulation by the county courts, ferries were owned and operated by individuals and families, many of whom were Cherokees and so-called "white Indians" who had married into the tribe and lived as tribal members. Among those in McMinn and adjacent counties, were several located along the Tennessee, Hiwassee, and Ocoee Rivers. Blythe's ferry was located on the Tennessee River at the mouth of the Hiwasse River. John, Michael, and Peter Hildebrand owned ferries on the Ocoee and Hiwassee Rivers near their confluence. Lewis Ross operated a ferry in the present day Calhoun community and at Chattanooga. Most notable among those in McMinn County was the ferry owned by John Walker, Jr. located on the Hiwassee River at present day Calhoun. John Walker, Jr. and John Ross had a good deal in common. Both were Cherokee chiefs who sided with the whites during the Creek War. Both were rich ferry owners who had white fathers and Indian mothers. But their strong disagreement on the Removal question divided them and created a gap that could not be bridged. The two men clearly did not like each other. So strong was the enmity between them that Walker tried in 1819 to kill Ross with a knife in Washington, DC, where several of the tribe's most influential chiefs had assembled for treaty discussions. When Walkers son, John Walker III, was assassinated in 1834 by Ross's political supporters, the murder so intensified a tribal feud that it spanned several generations and states. Young Walker's assassination fueled the ongoing conflict and disintegration of the Cherokee Nation, driving a wedge between those supporting and those opposing removal to Arkansas. In some respects, John Walker, Jr. was symbolic of the transition, which the Chickamaugans experience between the 1780's and 1830's. Although he had fought against the Americans when he was only fourteen years old, he later assimilated white customs. In his early years he was a follower of Dragging Canoe. He took white scalps during a raid on Buchanan Station in 1792. After the end of the Indian wars, however, he became a respectable trader, a licensed blacksmith, and an accomplished businessman. In 1819, the United States government granted Walker two 640-acre reservations; one included his home and ferry, the other included his grist and saw mills. He laid out the town of Calhoun on one of his tracts and retained several valuable lots. He may have served in the Lighthorse Guard before McMinn County was organized and he was a member of the prestigious National Council of Thirteen. During the War of 1812, he received a major's commission and he was decorated for his bravery. He was among the most influential chiefs representing tribal delegations to Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and elsewhere. The popular Walker was also one of the county's first justice of the peace and the county's first elected coroner. The organizational meeting of the circuit court which organized McMinn County was held in his home. Perhaps one reason for his success, was his family tie. Walker's wife, Elizabeth Lowrey Sevier, was the daughter of Assistant Principal Chief George Lowrey and a former wife of one of Jon Sevier's sons. His grandmother was the famed Nancy Ward and his son's wife was the granddaughter of Indian Agent Return Jonathan Meigs. Walker was related directly or by marriage to some of the most prominent families, both white and Indian. His family was educated, wealthy, and influential and undoubtedly much of their wealth originated from the family ferry. Known to have been operating as early as 1806, the busy crossing was on the Old Black Hawk trail that passed through present downtown Charleston, Tennessee. When several years later the Indian Agency headquarters moved from the mouth of the Hiwassee to Charleston, Lewis Ross, John's brother, opened a store and ferry nearby. The Walker family lived, in many respects, a privileged life of glory, fame, riches, and political power. By the late 1830's, however, the family, like so many others in the Eastern Cherokee nation, had been torn apart by tensions arising from the Removal crisis. The area near the old Walker home was converted in 1838 into a relocation camp. One of the points of departure was the Indian Agency near Walker's ferry.