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II SCRAPS,” 1Relating to *• *arly Hiatory of ft, 'kimaatone Cbanty. ✓■P ' ^zcrftnn n. ;f.t,In 1805 the T »i;t.;.f Siafes ('i \’- ( crnfiK'Ut s ! ;n ;. Hkif! g a |,.f|treaty with the Ohic!cus*w tiJCjby Lie terms of viiich thd indians on* ceded most of their Mfsessions in tin the Mississippi includinga strip of land north ofjhe Tenncs-•ec River, twenty-firc miles wideins j along the Tennessee State line, and anlt; running down to tW river at Ditto’s bre landing, in the form of a triangle, gto about three or four mile* wide, and'I*0 named Madron count?, with the little town of Ilu-iUviile aa the count? da! site. This county embracod all the territory ceded by tho Indians to the Government in that treaty north nai of the Tennessee River. The then MGovernor of the Mississipja 1Territo- nuj rv, Williams. issued a proclamation, »•'tat;ng the above facts, an 1 forbid- ‘ rtoj ding immigrants from settling out- t.tside of those lir^ta, ; the Chicka- do*aws stili held ull other t rrltorv,southand southwest of M idisun count?.Immigrants pour. 1 into M.idisun.,n?county from many of the Atlantic “ Jand VVes'.ern - States. diicJlv* from fiUiTennessee, Virginia a id North and , w rSouth Carolina, thou-h but few from ,a the latter »St.i!e. I?i 18!)7, a party lt;J^ camo into this county, though it was forbidden.ground, iind yet hold by ‘3 tne ( hick a saw.s. ’111 .? paitr, be-li»ved to be the fi. -t j.;/'.’, r» in the lj,‘lt; ounty of L:;ui«: .... :!ace named1 consisted of Thom j.’as, Willi..m li* llelt;«u.c, Win. Sham , James £'ium *' Junes Witty, John .V ;!os. U,- ])rsv.!CJ* w i----J ---- * r ' ^ cI tied in the county, Among these ? were the lYenehc*, (among whom’ | j : was ! neb' Amos), Lew Cummings lt;;nr ii min Murrell, ar. I r.,ic Ibidmore. :,i i They came from I:- ::r,c c.'un:y, *S'i''iiu., in fiats, lt;n i';t\ Tctiiic.-.-e ■ijwver, to the mouth of Hik Kiver, f and up E:k to Bumc I ! in'!, v.herr■ i they t od-up, :lt;nd -p~■ *«• o.].** 1 to pros-•,|cc:; and ht a few d vv. moved c-u*. t1,i ‘ I1 and Luilt cabins in tblt;_ rn,igliborho,,,d i:u- known an ojuim.' 11!t jr.'Mit. On *•’*- the tbitd (Jay of October, i-«.il, thov *'c i erecu d the first cibin, for. tin; lt;Simms Brothers, hence t!.c nnnie of ,|,r tiie ccttloment. Jn the following bn r year, t »-w:t, many others i ot-O'IKIIWm. Clreeuhaw, j homss Nichois la j'inl \\ n. Kyle. fj i ere ail, snv?• Kylo, settled on Iamehtoi.e Creek,9 nine miles east of Athens. Kyle ish! settled .-omy f,,ur miles this bide fi ; Moorcsviile. The w.ir.e year cam • P ); the Mitehriis into t!;e C' tmtv, at. i 'd *' sotiled cn Limestone c;cek, ulx ve*• tlio Just named Mib-mcnt, touio four• r t:jdlt;*Sv fi ir i.an.es ;1 ro \J: i- iooda idit. hell, Sr., and .'On.-, Kac-*;’1'- dames, doi.n, Daniel and Fio *!e da, dr. The natne T3*r John, dasn^^t ^ #n itrsd Joseph Burleson came into t} lt;- *v-t ( county, and wet tied on the fame creek, a fe v miles abjvo ih-j j-re»i'iu ■ I ^ site of Mooresville. Abouttime, to-wit, the fail of ] hOS, two ' s Lrothcrs, liobert ar. i Vi illinni Mcerf i c.ii.io iio.ii near iluMt£\lilt} and tet- ij'•t tied a lilt!© patch, ti e jroicnt titc cd Mooresvilio ; and frtun viln m the o i town derived its r.anx*. 'I'he l.? -t ^il settlers ia .Sin ms’: ett!vmentb.' oii«di'ii pro\i.sions with them to till lt;'u[).v,,ur 1 -s!Jo, and in tho spring of that tih year,they planted j K t^yexten’iivelv. or ■ the Indians ha\ing cleared up, rrc- • ^c viously, a few acres lt;f h.nd in tl.af [*:s neighborhood. I yI lUspeo’fullv, M. S. T. b, March il, ]S(»7. ja - ------- ^ Ij 1 he \\ashington c'/respondeat. r.f t!m PinrinnaIi (la/etto savs in ■lt;: i. iILSs;
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Athens Weekly Post
Athens, Alabama, US
Thu, Mar 14, 1867
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