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5. JOHN3 PARKS (JOSEPH2, JOHN1)45 was born 14 Jan 1782 in VA46, and died 22 Aug 1845 in Jackson Co., AL. He married (1) MARY MILLS DELANEY47 12 Mar 1811 in TN48. She was born 1788 in VA, and died 10 Feb 1812 in TN49. He married (2) ROUTH BROWN50 13 Aug 1816 in Blount Co., TN51. She was born 18 Oct 1796 in TN52,53, and died 1855 in AL54.

More About JOHN PARKS:
Occupation: Minister
     
Child of JOHN PARKS and MARY DELANEY is:
25. i.   WILLIAM D.4 PARKS, b. 22 Jan 1812, TN; d. 05 Mar 1888, Jackson Co., AL.
     
Children of JOHN PARKS and ROUTH BROWN are:
26. ii.   ROBERT C.4 PARKS, b. 02 May 1818, TN.
27. iii.   JAMES MONROE PARKS, b. 09 Jul 1819, Valley, Lookout, TN?; d. 15 Mar 1900.
  iv.   MARY M. PARKS55, b. 12 Jan 1821, AL56.
28. v.   ELIZA BROWN PARKS, b. 09 Sep 1822, AL; d. 06 Dec 1884, Jackson Co., AL.
  vi.   REBECCA PARKS57, b. 19 Feb 182458; d. 1830, Jackson Co., AL.
  More About REBECCA PARKS:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Jackson Co., AL
  vii.   ELIZABETH PARKS59, b. Abt. 1826, AL.
29. viii.   JOHN G. PARKS, b. 19 Dec 1825, AL.
30. ix.   SAMUEL WILEY PARKS, b. Abt. 1831, AL; d. Bet. 1858 - 1860.
31. x.   THOMAS BENTON PARKS, REV., b. 27 Mar 1832, AL; d. 24 May 1918, Jackson Co., AL.
  xi.   JOSEPH F. PARKS60, b. Abt. 1834, AL.


6. ABNER3 PARKS (JOSEPH2, JOHN1)61,62,63,64 was born Abt. 1787 in VA65,66,67, and died 23 Apr 1861 in Blount Co., TN68. He married LAVINIA "VINEY" LANE69,70,71,72,73,74 25 Feb 1819 in Roane Co., TN75. She was born 1793 in TN76,77,78,79,80, and died 12 Dec 1883 in Blount Co., TN81.

More About ABNER PARKS:
Burial: Friendsville (Quaker) Cemetery, Blount Co., TN82

More About LAVINIA "VINEY" LANE:
Burial: Friendsville (Quaker) Cemetery, Blount Co., TN82
     
Children of ABNER PARKS and LAVINIA LANE are:
32. i.   ELIZA4 PARKS, b. Abt. 1821, TN.
33. ii.   EMALINE PARKS, b. 10 May 1823, TN; d. 16 Mar 1867, Blount Co., TN.
34. iii.   JOSEPH BENJAMIN PARKS, b. 25 Aug 1825, TN; d. 12 Apr 1896, Blount Co., TN.
35. iv.   CALVIN PARKS, b. Aug 1827, TN; d. 17 Sep 1899, Friendsville, Blount Co, TN.
36. v.   SALINA PARKS, b. Abt. 1831, TN.


7. SAMUEL3 PARKS (JOSEPH2, JOHN1)83 was born 12 Jan 1789 in MD?84,85, and died 03 Jun 1841 in Bradley Co., TN86. He married SUSANNAH TAYLOR87,88,89,90 Apr 1814 in Charleston, Cherokee Nation by Parson Murphy, daughter of THOMAS TAYLOR and JENNIE WALKER. She was born 15 Feb 1798 in near Cherokee Agency in Charleston, TN91,92,93,94,95, and died 12 Dec 1876 in TN96.

Notes for SAMUEL PARKS:
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0021050

Treaties, Acts and Agreements
Released 17 March 2004
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1819



Articles of a convention made between John C. Calhoun Secretary of War, being specially authorized therefor by the President of the United States, and the undersigned Chiefs and Head Men of the Cherokee nation of Indians, duly authorized and empowered by said nation, at the City of Washington, on the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Whereas a greater part of the Cherokee nation have expressed an earnest desire to remain on this side of the Mississippi, and being desirous, in order to commence those measures which they deem necessary to the civilization and preservation of their nation, that the treaty between the United States and them, signed the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, might, without further delay, or the trouble or expense of taking the census, as stipulated in the said treaty, be finally adjusted, have offered to cede to the United States a tract of country at least as extensive as that which they probably are entitled to under its provisions, the contracting parties have agreed to and concluded the following articles.
Article 1. The Cherokee nation cedes to the United States all of their lands lying north and east of the following line, viz: Beginning on the Tennessee river, at the point where the Cherokee boundary with Madison county, in the Alabama territory, joins the same; thence, along the main channel of said river, to the mouth of the Highwassee; thence, along its main channel, to the first hill which closes in on said river, about two miles above Highwassee Old Town; thence, along the ridge which divides the waters of the Highwassee and Little Tellico, to the Tennessee river, at Tallassee; thence, along the main channel, to the junction of the Cowee and Nanteyalee; thence, along the ridge in the fork of said river, to the top of the Blue Ridge; thence, along the Blue Ridge to the Unicoy Turnpike Road; thence, by a straight line, to the nearest main source of the Chestatee; thence, along its main channel, to the Chatahouchee; and thence to the Creek boundary; it being understood that all the islands in the Chestatee, and the parts of the Tennessee and Highwassee, (with the exception of Jolly's Island, in the Tennessee, near the mouth of the Highwassee,) which constitute a portion of the present boundary, belong to the Cherokee nation; and it is also understood, that the reservations contained in the second article of the treaty of Tellico, signed the twenty-fifth October, eighteen hundred and five, and a tract equal to twelve miles square, to be located by commencing at the point formed by the intersection of the boundary line of Madison county, already mentioned, and the north bank of the Tennessee river; thence, along the said line, and up the said river twelve miles, are ceded to the United States, in trust for the Cherokee nation as a school fund; to be sold by the United States, and the proceeds vested as is hereafter provided in the fourth article of this treaty; and, also, that the rights vested in the Unicoy Turnpike Company, by the Cherokee nation, according to certified copies of the instruments securing the rights, and herewith annexed, are not to be affected by this treaty; and it is further understood and agreed by the said parties, that the lands hereby ceded by the Cherokee nation, are in full satisfaction of all claims which the United States have on them, on account of the cession to a part of their nation who have or may hereafter emigrate to the Arkansaw; and this treaty is a final adjustment of that of the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen.
Article 2. The United States agree to pay, according to the stipulations contained in the treaty of the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, for all improvements on land lying within the country ceded by the Cherokees, which add real value to the land, and do agree to allow a reservation of six hundred and forty acres to each head of any Indian family residing within the ceded territory, those enrolled for the Arkansaw excepted, who choose to become citizens of the United States, in the manner stipulated in said treaty.
Article 3. It is also understood and agreed by the contracting parties, that a reservation, in fee simple, of six hundred and forty acres square, with the exception of Major Walker's, which is to be located as is hereafter provided, to include their improvements, and which are to be as near the centre thereof as possible, shall be made to each of the persons whose names are inscribed on the certified list annexed to this treaty, all of whom are believed to be persons of industry, and capable of managing their property with discretion, and have, with few exceptions, made considerable improvements on the tracts reserved. The reservations are made on the condition, that those for whom they are intended shall notify, in writing, to the agent for the Cherokee nation, within six months after the ratification of this treaty, that it is their intention to continue to reside permanently on the land reserved.
The reservation for Lewis Ross, so to be laid off as to include his house, and out-buildings, and ferry adjoining the Cherokee agency, reserving to the United States all the public property there, and the continuance of the said agency where it now is, during the pleasure of the government; and Major Walker's, so as to include his dwelling house and ferry: for Major Walker an additional reservation is made of six hundred and forty acres square, to include his grist and saw mill; the land is poor, and principally valuable for its timber. In addition to the above reservations, the following are made, in fee simple; the persons for whom they are intended not residing on the same: To Cabbin Smith, six hundred and forty acres, to be laid off in equal parts, on both sides of his ferry on Tellico, commonly called Blair's ferry; to John Ross, six hundred and forty acres, to be laid off so as to include the Big Island in Tennessee river, being the first below Tellico-which tracts of land were given many years since, by the Cherokee nation, to them; to Mrs. Eliza Ross, step daughter of Major Walker, six hundred and forty acres square, to be located on the river below and adjoining Major Walker's; to Margaret Morgan, six hundred and forty acres square, to be located on the west of, and adjoining, James Riley's reservation; to George Harlin, six hundred and forty acres square, to be located west of, and adjoining, the reservation of Margaret Morgan; to James Lowry, six hundred and forty acres square, to be located at Crow Mocker's old place, at the foot of Cumberland mountain; to Susannah Lowry, six hundred and forty acres, to be located at the Toll Bridge on Battle Creek; to Nicholas Byers, six hundred and forty acres, including the Toqua Island, to be located on the north bank of the Tennessee, opposite to said Island.
Article 4. The United States stipulate that the reservations, and the tract reserved for a school fund, in the first article of this treaty, shall be surveyed and sold in the same manner, and on the same terms, with the public lands of the United States, and the proceeds vested, under the direction of the President of the United States, in the stock of the United States, or such other stock as he may deem most advantageous to the Cherokee nation. The interest or dividend on said stock, shall be applied, under his direction, in the manner which he shall judge best calculated to diffuse the benefits of education among the Cherokee nation on this side of the Mississippi.
Article 5. It is agreed that such boundary lines as may be necessary to designate the lands ceded by the first article of this treaty, may be run by a commissioner or commissioners to be appointed by the President of the United States, who shall be accompanied by such commissioners as the Cherokees may appoint, due notice thereof to be given to the nation, and that the leases which have been made under the treaty of the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, of land lying within the portion of country reserved to the Cherokees, to be void; and that all white people who have intruded, or may hereafter intrude, on the lands reserved for the Cherokees, shall be removed by the United States, and proceeded against according to the provisions of the act passed thirtieth March, eighteen hundred and two, entitled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers."
Article 6. The contracting parties agree that the annuity to the Cherokee nation shall be paid, two-thirds to the Cherokees east of the Mississippi, and one-third to the Cherokees west of that river, as it is estimated that those who have emigrated, and who have enrolled for emigration, constitute one-third of the whole nation; but if the Cherokees west of the Mississippi object to this distribution, of which due notice shall be given them, before the expiration of one year after the ratification of this treaty, then the census, solely for distributing the annuity, shall be taken at such times, and in such manner, as the President of the United States may designate.
Article 7. The United States, in order to afford the Cherokees who reside on the lands ceded by this treaty, time to cultivate their crop next summer, and for those who do not choose to take reservations, to remove, bind themselves to prevent the intrusion of their citizens on the ceded land before the first of January next.
Article 8. This treaty to be binding on the contracting parties so soon as it is ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Done at the place, and on the day and year, above written.

J.C. Calhoun.

Ch. Hicks
Jno. Ross
Lewis Ross
John Martin
James Brown
Geo. Lowry
Gideon Morgan, jr.
Cabbin Smith, his x mark
Sleeping Rabbit, his x mark
Small Wood, his x mark
John Walker, his x mark
Currohee Dick, his x mark

Witnesses:
Return J. Meigs
C. Vandeventer
Elias Earle
John Lowry

List of persons referred to in the 3d article of the annexed Treaty.

Richard Walker, within the chartered limits of North Carolina.
Yonah, alias Big Bear, within the chartered limits of North Carolina.
John Martin, within the chartered limits of Georgia.
Peter Linch, within the chartered limits of Georgia.
Daniel Davis, within the chartered limits of Georgia.
George Parris, within the chartered limits of Georgia.
Walter S. Adair, within the chartered limits of Georgia.
Thos. Wilson, within the chartered limits of Alabama Territory.
Richard Riley, within the chartered limits of Alabama Territory.
James Riley, within the chartered limits of Alabama Territory.
Edward Gunter, within the chartered limits of Alabama Territory.
Robert McLemore, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
John Baldridge, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
Lewis Ross, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
Fox Taylor, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
Rd Timberlake, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
David Fields, (to include his mill,) within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
James Brown, (to include his field by the long pond,) within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
William Brown, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
John Brown, within the chartered limits of Tennessee
Elizabeth Lowry, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
George Lowry, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
John Benge, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
Mrs. Eliz. Peck, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
John Walker, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
John Walker Jr. (unmarried,) within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
Richard Taylor, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
John McIntosh, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
James Starr, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
Samuel Parks, within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
The Old Bark, (of Chota) within the chartered limits of Tennessee.
No. of reservees within the limits of
North Carolina, 2
Georgia, 5
Alabama Terr. 4
Tennessee, 20

Total No. of reservees, 31

I hereby certify, that I am, either personally, or by information on which I can rely, acquainted with the persons before named, all of whom I believe to be persons of industry, and capable of managing their property with discretion; and who have, with few exceptions, long resided on the tracts reserved, and made considerable improvements thereon.
RETURN J. MEIGS, Agent in the Cherokee nation.



More About SAMUEL PARKS:
Burial: Henneger's Chapel, Bradley Co., TN97

More About SUSANNAH TAYLOR:
Burial: Henneger's Chapel, Bradley Co., TN97
     
Children of SAMUEL PARKS and SUSANNAH TAYLOR are:
37. i.   RUTH4 PARKS, b. 1815, TN; d. 1886, near Vinita, Oklahoma (Cherokee Nation, I.T.).
  ii.   ALMIRA PARKS98, b. 181699; d. 1855100; m. JAMES C. PRICE101,102.
  Notes for ALMIRA PARKS:
no issue

  iii.   JANE "JENNIE" PARKS103,104,105, b. 1818, TN106,107,108; d. 1881109; m. (1) JOHN LANGDON110,111; m. (2) JOSEPH COLLIER112,113, Aft. Oct 1855114; d. Bef. 1880.
  More About JANE "JENNIE" PARKS:
Burial: Elks Mills, Missouri
Cause of Death: grippe (influenza)
Medical Information: From "Memoirs of Martha Parks Trout (1855-1933)"
38. iv.   GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKS, b. 20 Mar 1820, Monroe Co., TN; d. 01 Oct 1883, Vinita, Craig Co., OK.
39. v.   THOMAS JEFFERSON PARKS, b. 18 Oct 1821, Monroe Co., TN; d. 06 May 1883, Maysville, AR.
40. vi.   RICHARD TAYLOR PARKS, b. 06 Aug 1823, Monroe Co., TN; d. Bet. 1910 - 1920, Chelsea, Rogers Co., OK.
41. vii.   CALVIN M. PARKS, b. 1825, TN; d. 05 Sep 1883, Indian Territory.
  viii.   WILLIAM PARKS115, b. Abt. 1827.
42. ix.   MARY ANN "POLLY" PARKS, b. 1830.
43. x.   ROBERT CALHOUN PARKS, b. Abt. 1832.
  xi.   JOHN ROSS PARKS116,117, b. 1833, TN118,119; d. Abt. 1851120.
  xii.   SAMUEL H. PARKS, JR.121,122,123,124,125, b. 28 Nov 1836, Bradley Co., TN126,127,128,129,130; d. 10 Mar 1874131,132; m. SARAH GREEN TAYLOR133,134, Bet. 1870 - 1874135; b. Abt. 1843, TN136; d. Aft. 1900.
  More About SAMUEL H. PARKS, JR.:
Burial: Hennegar's Chapel, Bradley Co., TN137

  Notes for SARAH GREEN TAYLOR:
http://www.tngenweb.org/bradley/gbio_ragsdale.html

A Special "Thank You!" to Sherry Pollard for Transcribing the Goodspeed Biographies!



A. A. RAGSDALE, register of Bradley County, was born August 27, 1848, in East Tennessee, a son of Gabriel and Miriam (ALEXANDER) RAGSDALE. Both parents were natives of East Tennessee. The father received a classical education, and taught school a number of years. He learned the silversmith's trade, at which he worked some time. His first wife died in 1853. She was the mother of one son and one daughter. Later Mr. RAGSDALE married Elizabeth S. RUSSELL, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. His death occurred in 1873. The son of his first marriage, our subject, was raised on a farm, receiving but limited educational advantages. After reaching manhood he learned photography. He was a merchant at Chatata ten years, and kept the first drug store in that place. He is to some extent interested in agriculture. In 1886 he was elected to his present position, the duties of which he has faithfully discharged. He is a Republican and a Mason. In 1871 he married Lucy BRYAN, who bore him one daughter, now deceased. In 1873 his wife died, and the following year he wedded Mrs. Sallie G. PARKS, nee TAYLOR. By this union are four sons. Mr. and MRs. RAGSDALE are active and consistent members of the Methodist Church.





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