Home of Cherokee Chief Colbert House History Unearthed
The article recounts the home of Pittman Colbert a Cherokee chief north of Cherokee near Georgetown on the Tennessee river. It notes timber from East Tennessee used in construction and the family’s wealth including slaves and valley lands. Mrs. Colbert is described as dress differently while riding bareback. The house now belongs to Mrs. Robt Goodloe of Tuscumbia, linked to Isaac Lane and the 1836 land sale when Cherokees went west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinerre
Cherokee
Georgetown
Tennessee River
East Tennessee
Pittman Colbert
George
Robt. Goodloe
Tuscumbia
R. A. Goodloe
Isaac Lane
Colbert
Ten Dollar Reward and local notices from Bethel area
Ten Dollar reward offered for proof of the person who carried away the chair at Bethel School House. Lucius Dean reports the death of J. L. Reeves’s wife on the Carey place east of Bear Creek Alabama after a prolonged illness. Land taxes for M. A. Bell and A. A. Slack cited as paid, correction issued. Various ads for Avery Walking Cultivator, Prickly Ash Bitters, and a quip about the board of directors’ great man’s name.
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Bethel School House
Lucius Dean
J. L. Reeves
Carey Place
Bear Creek
Alabama
Notice to pay or face collection action
Notice from W W Harris Co warning all debtors that unless payment or satisfactory arrangement is made within a few days, the matter will be referred to their attorneys for collection.
Dyspepsia relief claim for Kodol remedy
An advertisement touts Kodol as a cure for indigestion and stomach upset. It claims Kodol digests all foods fully, rests the stomach, and prevents dyspepsia, with a money back guarantee and large bottle options.
For Sale Cheap Household Furniture Items
For sale cheap household furniture items including bedsteads springs mattresses dresser sewing machine clocks matting dining and center tables chairs a good cook stove utensils safe and dishes plus meat canned fruit preserves and many other articles cash only sale lasts a few days act quickly
Burnsville Art News and Local Notes Gleaned
Burnsville reports mixed health updates including a baby with pneumonia and several adults improving. Mrs F C Norman dies of consumption leaving a large family. Local editor laments stock law, recounts hog incident, and urges voters to consider grazing policies. Community updates cover new homes, cemetery cleanup at Chapel Hill, and reflections on honoring the dead.
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Burnsville
F. C. Norman
Model Drug Store Sale Promises Curio Goods
For sale by Model Drug Store a collection of oddities and items described humorously as worldly curios. A terse note notes a man who will endure rough coffee for breakfast is too good for this world, hinting at a tongue in cheek classified sale.
Local Business Closes in Tishomingo March 1 1909
To Our PR Patrons One And Any We take this method of expressing our thanks and appreciation of past favors and of announcing that are going to close our business at Tishomingo on or about March 1 1909 All our friends and customers are invited to call on us and get goods at actual cost This is no fake sale as we have already signed contract to go to Tenn March 1st and you can buy anything we have on hand at cost as we can buy more for the same money at our new quarters Don t think this is a clearing out sale for we will box and ship all we do not sell Again thanking you and hoping you will take advantage of this opportunity to supply your wants we bid you a final adieu J N BUTLER T EVERETT
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Tishomingo
Tenn
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Hla
Wat Rutland
Cherokee, Ala
M. A. Bell
A. A. Slack
BE. A. Payne
Iuka Hardware Co
J C Jourdan
Harris Co
Tilaoner
B.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Cainey
Burnsville Art
Louis Johnson
Minnie Walker Jr
Mary Lambert
Cole
Dennis
W. Forrester
de Soto County
Tishomingo County
C. W. Walker
W. J. George
Chapel Hill
Vinci
Job Jeavons
Lindstreet
Wheeling
W. Va
Model Drug Store
DeWitt
J. N. Butler, T. Everett
Ballard
J. C. Smith
Houston
Texas
Safard Snow Liniment Co
North Second Street
St. Louis, MO
Iuka
Miss
Peking
Virginia-Carolina
HQ. Lowry
Manatee County
Virginia
Carolina
Enich
Virginia Carolina Chemical Co
Richmond, Va
Norfolk, Va
Columbia
Virginia Carolina
Harria
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