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Cherokee Memorial
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In 1834, Cherokee people being relocated by the Army died of cholera and were buried at Cadron, their graves marked with native stones without inscriptions. A partial list of the dead includes ___Bird, Alex M’Toy’s Child, ___Bird’s Wife, Thigh Nave, ___Brewer’s Child, J. Peckerwood, ___Butler, ___Richardson’s Wife, Sarah Ch___k, ___Richardson’s Child, Thomas M. Daniel’s Child, Dr. Jesse Roberts, Joseph Dobson’s Child, D. Ross’ Child, William England, Spencer Shelton’s Child, Mrs. William England, Will Tucker’s Child, Black Foxes’ Wife, William Vann, Black Foxes Five Children, William Vann’s Three Children, ___Henson’s Child, ___Water’s Child, L. Holloway, T. Wilson’s Child, ___Horsefly’s Child, Robin Shelton’s Wife, Charley McDaniel, Robin Shelton’s Child, Daniel McDonald’s Child, Jackson Smith’s Child, Charley McDaniel’s Wife, Mariah Spaniard’s Child, Arch McGregs, Polly Spaniard’s Child, ___Miller’s Child, Bear Track’s Child, ___Morgan, William Wilson’s Child, ___Morgan’s Child, John Woodward’s Child, Alex M’Toy, and Ailee ___. Some had adopted Christianity and the customs of whites, and some had assumed Anglo-Saxon names. Before 1850, Cherokee children commonly were not named until after their seventh birthday, which accounts for the lack of given names for the children. There were an additional 36 unidentified deaths.
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