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⚫ | The '''Path Grant''' deed <ref> Hawkins County Tennessee Registrar of Deeds, “Book 1”, pages 147-151</ref>is an indenture conveying a tract of property known as the Path Grant from/by the whole [[Cherokee Nation]] to nine individuals collectively known as Richard Henderson and company.{{where}} The indenture was drawn on an unstated day in March 1775 and recorded on November 15, 1775. The document is said to be the Path Deed because it represents the sale of land that is a route to an even larger tract of ground known as the Great Grant or the [[Transylvania Purchase]]. Were it not for the Path, it would not be possible to travel to the Great Grant without passing or trespassing on Cherokee land. In the [[Hawkins County]] Office of the Registrar of Deede, it is referred to as "The Indian Deed" |
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⚫ | The negotiations and transaction took place in March 1775 at the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga river known as the [[Fort Watauga]]. The date of the signing and conveyance of the Great Grant is thought to be March 17, 1775. In addition to the great Grant, three other grants were made by the Cherokee to the Richard Henderson & company purchasers noted on the deeds. These were the Path Grant, the Watauga Grant and the Nolichucky Grant<ref> Hamer,Philip M. Phd ''Tennessee A History 1675- 1932'' , The American Historical Society 1935, vol I page 71 </ref> |
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The Path Grant Deed |
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⚫ | The Path Grant was recorded on November 15, 1775 at the Hawkins county registrar but the date was omitted. It was filled in as 17 by another hand at a later date. In the absence of the deeds for the Watauga and [[Nolichucky grants\\, the persons to whom the property was conveyed is not known. There is evidence (10){{what}} that the three minor grants were made on days immediately subsequent to the Great Grant date. The 17th of March 1775 might be a day or so early. For record purposes, the actual date is now fixed as March 17. |
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⚫ | The Path Grant deed <ref> Hawkins County Tennessee Registrar of Deeds, “Book 1”, pages 147-151</ref>is an indenture conveying a tract of property known as the Path Grant from/by the whole Cherokee Nation to nine individuals collectively known as Richard Henderson and company. The indenture was drawn on an unstated day in March 1775 and recorded on November 15, 1775. The document is said to be the Path Deed because it represents the sale of land that is a route to an even larger tract of ground known as the Great Grant or the Transylvania Purchase. Were it not for the Path, it would not be possible to travel to the Great Grant without passing or trespassing on Cherokee land. In the Hawkins County Office of the Registrar of Deede, it is referred to as "The Indian Deed" |
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⚫ | The negotiations and transaction took place in March 1775 at the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga river known as the Fort Watauga. The date of the signing and conveyance of the Great Grant is thought to be March 17, 1775. In addition to the great Grant, three other grants were made by the Cherokee to the Richard Henderson & company purchasers noted on the deeds. These were the Path Grant, the Watauga Grant and the Nolichucky Grant<ref> Hamer,Philip M. Phd ''Tennessee A History 1675- 1932'' , The American Historical Society 1935, vol I page 71 </ref> |
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== Notes on the Path Deed Elements and Structure == |
== Notes on the Path Deed Elements and Structure == |
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=== The Parties Clause === |
=== The Parties Clause === |
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The grantors, the conveying parties, were represented by three chiefs of the Cherokee’s being Alla Cullocullah, Oconistoto, and Savanooko, being the representatives appointed by the warriors and other head men on behalf of the whole nation. |
The grantors, the conveying parties, were represented by three chiefs of the Cherokee’s being [[Alla Cullocullah]], [[Oconistoto]], and [[Savanooko]], being the representatives appointed by the warriors and other head men on behalf of the whole nation. |
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The grantees were Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathan Hart, John Williams, John Lutterell, William Johnson, James Hagg (Hogg), David Hart and Leonard Bullock, all said to be of the province of North Carolina. |
The grantees were Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathan Hart, John Williams, John Lutterell, William Johnson, James Hagg (Hogg), David Hart and Leonard Bullock, all said to be of the province of North Carolina. |
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=== The Recital Clause === |
=== The Recital Clause === |
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⚫ | The grantors are said to be in accordance with current law, to hold the [[aboriginal title]] and sole owners since the beginning of time. That is, the Cherokee nation owns the property and has the right to sell it. The property owned is described as all that south of the Ohio River from the mouth of the Tennessee River north and east to the mouth of the [[Canaway River]]. The south eastern boundary is the treaty point that lies [[Holston River]] six miles east of the Long Island. |
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⚫ | The grantors are said to be in accordance with current law, to hold the aboriginal title |
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=== The Testatum or Consideration === |
=== The Testatum or Consideration === |
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The Cherokee received ten thousand pounds lawful money of Great Britain in consideration for the sale of the lands. |
The Cherokee received ten thousand pounds lawful money of Great Britain in consideration for the sale of the lands. |
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=== The Habenum or Tenants in Common clause === |
=== The Habenum or Tenants in Common clause === |
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The afore mentioned Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathan Hart, John Williams, John Lutterell, William Johnson, James Hagg (Hogg), David Hart and Leonard Bullock are spelled out and their respective ownership shares are defined. They are Tenants in Common and not Joint Tenants. The joint tenancy title passes to heirs and assigns on the death of the person noted. |
The afore mentioned Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathan Hart, John Williams, John Lutterell, William Johnson, James Hagg (Hogg), David Hart and Leonard Bullock are spelled out and their respective ownership shares are defined. They are Tenants in Common and not Joint Tenants. The joint tenancy title passes to heirs and assigns on the death of the person noted. |
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=== The Parcels Clause === |
=== The Parcels Clause === |
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The parcel being granted/conveyed is described in accordance with North Carolina law current at the time<ref>Price, Henry R “Melungeons: The Vanishing Colony of Newman’s Ridge” American Studies of Association 1966 citing Overton’s Supreme Court records Volume II 1814, page 412 </ref> |
The parcel being granted/conveyed is described in accordance with North Carolina law current at the time<ref>Price, Henry R “Melungeons: The Vanishing Colony of Newman’s Ridge” American Studies of Association 1966 citing Overton’s Supreme Court records Volume II 1814, page 412 </ref> |
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The South Eastern corner is the only corner point of the Path Grant that can be established with certainty. That point is on the Donaldson survey line on the Holston river six miles east of the Long Island. It can be positively located as being the point where the Holston River intersects with the parallel of latitude at 36° 30’<ref>Tennessee Valley Authority “Navigation Map Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir South Fork Holston River 1953 “</ref> |
The South Eastern corner is the only corner point of the Path Grant that can be established with certainty. That point is on the Donaldson survey line on the Holston river six miles east of the Long Island. It can be positively located as being the point where the Holston River intersects with the parallel of latitude at 36° 30’.<ref>Tennessee Valley Authority “Navigation Map Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir South Fork Holston River 1953 “</ref> |
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⚫ | The parcel boundary then follows the treaty line northeasterly until it meets the line of Powell’s Mountain curving easterly from the High Knob. The boundary then trends southwesterly until the end of the Powell’s Mountain ridge line. The course then extends southerly to the south west corner on the Holston River. The point where it intersects the river is not defined. The boundary then follows the Holston river northeasterly to the point where the river meets the Virginia line of 36° 30’ and along that line to the starting point on the treaty line. |
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=== The Tenetum === |
=== The Tenetum === |
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The Cherokee give up the right to the grant and all are transferred to have and to hold by Richard Henderson and Co. |
The Cherokee give up the right to the grant and all are transferred to have and to hold by Richard Henderson and Co. |
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=== The Redendum === |
=== The Redendum === |
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Curiously the grant was in effect a sale of the described lands but the Cherokee were to receive a yearly rent of 4 pence. The deed format at the time provides for the redendum and the rent was apparently set at a very low amount. |
Curiously the grant was in effect a sale of the described lands but the Cherokee were to receive a yearly rent of 4 pence. The deed format at the time provides for the redendum and the rent was apparently set at a very low amount. |
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=== The Warranty === |
=== The Warranty === |
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The sale is made in fee simple with no conditions mortgage or limit on the use or water course. |
The sale is made in fee simple with no conditions mortgage or limit on the use or water course. |
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=== The Covenants === |
=== The Covenants === |
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The grantees shall have peaceable use of the grant with no molestation or hindrance by the Cherokee. The Cherokee will have no claims on the grant. |
The grantees shall have peaceable use of the grant with no molestation or hindrance by the Cherokee. The Cherokee will have no claims on the grant. |
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=== The Testimonium === |
=== The Testimonium === |
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The indenture states that the Cherokee have true and lawful attorneys being Joseph Martin and John Farror who are presumed to have approved the language of the deed. |
The indenture states that the Cherokee have true and lawful attorneys being Joseph Martin and John Farror who are presumed to have approved the language of the deed. |
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The document is signed, sealed and delivered as marked by the three chiefs noted as Alla Cullocullah, Oconistoto, and Savanooko otherwise Coronok. |
The document is signed, sealed and delivered as marked by the three chiefs noted as Alla Cullocullah, Oconistoto, and Savanooko otherwise Coronok. |
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The marks are witnessed by Wm. Bailey Smith, George Lumpkin, Thos Houghton, Caselton Brooks, John Bacon, Tilman Dixon, Valentine Servy, and Thomas Price. |
The marks are witnessed by Wm. Bailey Smith, George Lumpkin, Thos Houghton, Caselton Brooks, John Bacon, Tilman Dixon, Valentine Servy, and Thomas Price. |
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The deed was shown to be drawn by one Joseph Vann Linqestar |
The deed was shown to be drawn by one Joseph Vann Linqestar |
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== Analysis |
== Analysis == |
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=== Thoughts on the description of the grant === |
=== Thoughts on the description of the grant === |
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The signer Alla Cullocullah is known in modern times as Attakullakulla , Little Carpenter<ref> Geni “Attakullakulla "Little Carpenter" Onacona, Ukwaniequa Moytoy (Uku of Tanasi), Cherokee Emissary to England”,http://www.geni.com/people/Attakullakulla-Onacona/6000000011727533816 </ref> |
The signer Alla Cullocullah is known in modern times as Attakullakulla , Little Carpenter<ref> Geni “Attakullakulla "Little Carpenter" Onacona, Ukwaniequa Moytoy (Uku of Tanasi), Cherokee Emissary to England”,http://www.geni.com/people/Attakullakulla-Onacona/6000000011727533816 </ref> |
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The signer Oconistoto is known in modern times as Oconostota |
The signer Oconistoto is known in modern times as Oconostota |
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Oconostota and Attakullakulla were cousins and principle chiefs. Oconostota was also Attakullakulla’s father in law<ref> Geni “Oconastota / Aganstata (Cunne Shote) a.k.a. James Beaver Moytoy (Uku of Chota), First Beloved Man of the Cherokee”,</ref>, |
Oconostota and Attakullakulla were cousins and principle chiefs. Oconostota was also Attakullakulla’s father in law<ref> Geni “Oconastota / Aganstata (Cunne Shote) a.k.a. James Beaver Moytoy (Uku of Chota), First Beloved Man of the Cherokee”,</ref>, |
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The signer Savanooko otherwise Coronok is known in modern times as Kalanah Savanukah of Chota, the Raven of Chota. “Some historians believe be was Oconostota's nephew, while others stated he married Oconostota's sister. He served as Oconostota's advisor in the second half of the eighteenth-century..”<ref>(16) Geni” Kalanah Savanukah of Chota, the Raven of Chota” http://www.geni.com/people/Kalanah-of-Chota/6000000001629217797</ref> |
The signer Savanooko otherwise Coronok is known in modern times as Kalanah Savanukah of Chota, the Raven of Chota. “Some historians believe be was Oconostota's nephew, while others stated he married Oconostota's sister. He served as Oconostota's advisor in the second half of the eighteenth-century..”<ref>(16) Geni” Kalanah Savanukah of Chota, the Raven of Chota” http://www.geni.com/people/Kalanah-of-Chota/6000000001629217797</ref> |
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Although not a signer, Dragging Canoe, aka Tsi'yu-gunsini, played an important historical role in Path Deed related events. He was the son of Attakillakulla and nephew of Oconostota. He was cousin to Nancy Ward who also played a part in events resulting from the granting of the Path deed.<ref>(17) Geni “ http:/ Tai Ya Gansi Ni (Tsí-yu-gûnsí-ní) "Dragging Canoe" (Tatsi), Principal Chief”, /www.geni.com/people/Chief-Dragging-Canoe/6000000004086094219</ref> |
Although not a signer, Dragging Canoe, aka Tsi'yu-gunsini, played an important historical role in Path Deed related events. He was the son of Attakillakulla and nephew of Oconostota. He was cousin to Nancy Ward who also played a part in events resulting from the granting of the Path deed.<ref>(17) Geni “ http:/ Tai Ya Gansi Ni (Tsí-yu-gûnsí-ní) "Dragging Canoe" (Tatsi), Principal Chief”, /www.geni.com/people/Chief-Dragging-Canoe/6000000004086094219</ref> |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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The Path Grant deed [1]is an indenture conveying a tract of property known as the Path Grant from/by the whole Cherokee Nation to nine individuals collectively known as Richard Henderson and company.[where?] The indenture was drawn on an unstated day in March 1775 and recorded on November 15, 1775. The document is said to be the Path Deed because it represents the sale of land that is a route to an even larger tract of ground known as the Great Grant or the Transylvania Purchase. Were it not for the Path, it would not be possible to travel to the Great Grant without passing or trespassing on Cherokee land. In the Hawkins County Office of the Registrar of Deede, it is referred to as "The Indian Deed"
The negotiations and transaction took place in March 1775 at the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga river known as the Fort Watauga. The date of the signing and conveyance of the Great Grant is thought to be March 17, 1775. In addition to the great Grant, three other grants were made by the Cherokee to the Richard Henderson & company purchasers noted on the deeds. These were the Path Grant, the Watauga Grant and the Nolichucky Grant[2]
The Path Grant was recorded on November 15, 1775 at the Hawkins county registrar but the date was omitted. It was filled in as 17 by another hand at a later date. In the absence of the deeds for the Watauga and [[Nolichucky grants\\, the persons to whom the property was conveyed is not known. There is evidence (10)[clarification needed] that the three minor grants were made on days immediately subsequent to the Great Grant date. The 17th of March 1775 might be a day or so early. For record purposes, the actual date is now fixed as March 17.
Notes on the Path Deed Elements and Structure
The Parties Clause
The grantors, the conveying parties, were represented by three chiefs of the Cherokee’s being Alla Cullocullah, Oconistoto, and Savanooko, being the representatives appointed by the warriors and other head men on behalf of the whole nation.
The grantees were Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathan Hart, John Williams, John Lutterell, William Johnson, James Hagg (Hogg), David Hart and Leonard Bullock, all said to be of the province of North Carolina.
The Recital Clause
The grantors are said to be in accordance with current law, to hold the aboriginal title and sole owners since the beginning of time. That is, the Cherokee nation owns the property and has the right to sell it. The property owned is described as all that south of the Ohio River from the mouth of the Tennessee River north and east to the mouth of the Canaway River. The south eastern boundary is the treaty point that lies Holston River six miles east of the Long Island.
The Testatum or Consideration
The Cherokee received ten thousand pounds lawful money of Great Britain in consideration for the sale of the lands.
The Habenum or Tenants in Common clause
The afore mentioned Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathan Hart, John Williams, John Lutterell, William Johnson, James Hagg (Hogg), David Hart and Leonard Bullock are spelled out and their respective ownership shares are defined. They are Tenants in Common and not Joint Tenants. The joint tenancy title passes to heirs and assigns on the death of the person noted.
The Parcels Clause
The parcel being granted/conveyed is described in accordance with North Carolina law current at the time[3]
The South Eastern corner is the only corner point of the Path Grant that can be established with certainty. That point is on the Donaldson survey line on the Holston river six miles east of the Long Island. It can be positively located as being the point where the Holston River intersects with the parallel of latitude at 36° 30’.[4]
The parcel boundary then follows the treaty line northeasterly until it meets the line of Powell’s Mountain curving easterly from the High Knob. The boundary then trends southwesterly until the end of the Powell’s Mountain ridge line. The course then extends southerly to the south west corner on the Holston River. The point where it intersects the river is not defined. The boundary then follows the Holston river northeasterly to the point where the river meets the Virginia line of 36° 30’ and along that line to the starting point on the treaty line.
The messuage[clarification needed] includes the not only the land described but all buildings and improvements
The Tenetum
The Cherokee give up the right to the grant and all are transferred to have and to hold by Richard Henderson and Co.
The Redendum
Curiously the grant was in effect a sale of the described lands but the Cherokee were to receive a yearly rent of 4 pence. The deed format at the time provides for the redendum and the rent was apparently set at a very low amount.
The Warranty
The sale is made in fee simple with no conditions mortgage or limit on the use or water course.
The Covenants
The grantees shall have peaceable use of the grant with no molestation or hindrance by the Cherokee. The Cherokee will have no claims on the grant.
The Testimonium
The indenture states that the Cherokee have true and lawful attorneys being Joseph Martin and John Farror who are presumed to have approved the language of the deed.
The document is signed, sealed and delivered as marked by the three chiefs noted as Alla Cullocullah, Oconistoto, and Savanooko otherwise Coronok.
The marks are witnessed by Wm. Bailey Smith, George Lumpkin, Thos Houghton, Caselton Brooks, John Bacon, Tilman Dixon, Valentine Servy, and Thomas Price.
The deed was shown to be drawn by one Joseph Vann Linqestar
Analysis
Thoughts on the description of the grant
To grasp the scope of the Path Grant, it can be considered as a four sided irregular polygon lying along the valleys of the Clinch and Holston Rivers. The long southerly boundary is the Holston River. The long northerly boundary is Powell’s Mountain ridge line that lies adjacent to a section of the Great Grant boundary[5] and the Powell’s River valley leading to Cumberland Gap. That is to say, a portion of the Path grant long Powell's mountain boundary is contiguous with the Great Grant boundary.
The Wilderness Road envisioned by Daniel Boone began at the Holston River settlements at the present day Kingsport Tennessee, traversed up into Virginia through the Moccasin Gap of Clinch Mountain and thence across Powell’s Mountain to the Powell’s River valley. The Path Grant provided ownership transfer of the contested Holston River settlements and the Cherokee lands that must be crossed to reach the Powell’s River valley and the Great Grant lands.
When the description of the Path Grant is considered it seems somewhat vague except for one point specifically described. That point is on the Holston River six miles east of the Long Island, where Holston River crosses the Virginia line..
The Treaty of Lochaber in 1771[6][7] established the point in question and was made as part of the Donaldson survey establishing a revised western border for the Virginia Colony. A survey was made by Col. Donaldson including Cherokee members of the survey party, that established the survey line from the point on the North Carolina/ Virginia border to a point at Point Pleasant where the Kanawha river meets the Ohio river. That is the same set of points and the line noted in the Path deed recital.
The point six miles from the Long Island is thus not dependent on how to measure six miles on a meandering river but is fixed by the river and the Latitude 36° 30’. Today that point is fixed as 36° 30‘ north latitude 82° 29’ west longitude. The point is the center of the Holston River that is now Fort Patrick Henry Lake within the boundary of Warriors Path State Park. [8] There is no structure or other man made feature marking the point. The present day Virginia/Tennessee line is north of this point and no longer 36° 30’ north latitude.
Additionally, the Lochaber Treaty point is not to be confused with a second intersection of the Holston river and the parallel of latitude 36° 30’ further down stream and also noted in the Path Grant.
It is considered not possible to determine the polygon’s short southwestern boundary line with certainty. A precise description was finessed by the negotiators with 14 words. “beginning on the Holston River where the courses of Powell Mountain crosses the same”
The line is said to follow the course of Powell’s mountain to the Holston river. The course of Powells mountain however does not intersect the Holston river.. The south west corner point location entails some speculation. For purposes of this description analysis, the point includes what was to be known as Bean’s Station. That point is the intersection of trails providing an alternate pathway route to Boone’s Wilderness Trail down the Powell’s River Valley to Cumberland Gap.
A major route, referred to often as the Great War Path, traverses northeasterly through the Holston River Valley. At Bean Station junction, a trail extends northward across Clinch Mountain at Bean’s Gap and onward to the Cumberland Gap. . The short southwestern line can be assumed to include the route of the current US 25 From Morristown via Tazewell and Harrogate to the Cumberland Gap. It includes the important way point and junction Bean’s Station. That route is an alternate Path into the Cumberland Gap and Great Grant lands.
Similarly, the short Northern polygon boundary is not described with certainty. The line northward is on the Lochaber treaty line to the top ridge of Powell’s Mountain. The top ridge is presumed to be the ridge line of High Knob that curves eastward over to the Lochaber Treaty line and the north east grant corner.
Although some of the description is somewhat vague, some is quite specific. The course of Holston river as it meanders is the polygon’s long southern line until it strikes the extension of the Lochaber Treaty survey line. The line then follows that 36° 30’ Donaldson's survey line to the point 6 miles from Long Island. By ceasing to follow the Holston river to the treaty line point some land south of the river was included in the Path Grant. Until March 1775 deed date, land south of the Holston river in the vicinity was unsettled and was Cherokee. The most immediate land that comes to view on the map today is The Long Island of The Holston River. The Long Island was important, even sacred to the Cherokee. This very specific line included in a deed with other very long and nonspecific lines makes it a very important departure from the geographically defined borders. If that is the reason, then Dragging Canoe’s opposition justification takes on merit
The long northern boundary of the polygon is the ridge line of Powell’s Mountain from it’s beginning on the south end to the high point at High Knob.
Events at the Watauga Treaty Gathering
The parties, 1,200 Cherokee and more than 600 whites, gathered at Sycamore Shoals in March 1775 to negotiate the sale of much of the land that is now Kentucky. It was necessary to hold a second negotiation for land from the Watauga leases to Cumberland gap to permit unmolested access to the Great Grant lands. That negotiation resulted in the Path Grant.[9] On march 19, 1775, after the negotiations with the Henderson Co, the lease holders for the Watauga settlements around Sycamore Shoals purchased forever from the Cherokee Nation their leaseholds and Jacob Brown purchased his leasehold for the Nolichucky settlements. John Carter and Robert Lucas purchased the recently acquired Carter’s Valley from the Richard Henderson Co. [10]Others say the Carter property was awarded as payment for damages resulting from the Cherokee attack and burning of his Carter’s valley store[11] The result of this series of transactions transferred most of upper east Tennessee from Cherokee ownership to the settlers.
Thoughts on the deed map
The line of 36° 30’ north latitude was established as the Virginia/Carolina border by the king of England in the Carolina Charter of 1655. (12)[12] Generally, the Path Grant boundaries include the land laying between Powell’s Mountain on the north and the Holston river on the south. The land includes the Clinch River valley and the Holston River Valley. The various corner points and lines can be easily located on Google Earth.
Thoughts on the consideration for the grant
The payment in valuation of 10,000 British Pounds was made in both silver and goods. Prior to the gathering and negotiations, a delegation of Cherokee men and women journeyed to North Carolina to view the goods. Their report was favorable and perhaps exaggerated the wealth to be gained from the sale.[13][14] The potential acquisition of such abundance of unavailable goods proved to be adequate motivation for the chiefs and their people to overcome the opposition of those opposed to the sale of their lands.
Thoughts on Dragging canoe, his opposition and ownership of the grants
The Cherokee did not own the lands,[15][16] the Richard Henderson Co did not have authority to buy them. [12]
When Dragging Canoe made his speech(9)Cite error: A <ref>
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(see the help page). Old Abram led a second force to attack the near by Watauga settlement. One wonders if had they not split their force in a two pronged attack if history would have taken a different course. Had their combined forces prevailed in two engagements, there would have been no force to d feat Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain and change the course of the Revolution.
On the day of the signing, Dragging Canoe pointed to the west and said ” A dark cloud hangs over that land known as the bloody grounds” [17] Dragging Canoe did not accept the Path Grant Covenants clause noted above.
Names of Signatory Chiefs
The Cherokee Path Grant Deed Signers.....“Alla Cullocullah, Oconistoto, and Savanooko otherwise Coronok.”
The signer Alla Cullocullah is known in modern times as Attakullakulla , Little Carpenter[18]
The signer Oconistoto is known in modern times as Oconostota Oconostota and Attakullakulla were cousins and principle chiefs. Oconostota was also Attakullakulla’s father in law[19],
The signer Savanooko otherwise Coronok is known in modern times as Kalanah Savanukah of Chota, the Raven of Chota. “Some historians believe be was Oconostota's nephew, while others stated he married Oconostota's sister. He served as Oconostota's advisor in the second half of the eighteenth-century..”[20]
Although not a signer, Dragging Canoe, aka Tsi'yu-gunsini, played an important historical role in Path Deed related events. He was the son of Attakillakulla and nephew of Oconostota. He was cousin to Nancy Ward who also played a part in events resulting from the granting of the Path deed.[21]
Notes
- ^ Hawkins County Tennessee Registrar of Deeds, “Book 1”, pages 147-151
- ^ Hamer,Philip M. Phd Tennessee A History 1675- 1932 , The American Historical Society 1935, vol I page 71
- ^ Price, Henry R “Melungeons: The Vanishing Colony of Newman’s Ridge” American Studies of Association 1966 citing Overton’s Supreme Court records Volume II 1814, page 412
- ^ Tennessee Valley Authority “Navigation Map Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir South Fork Holston River 1953 “
- ^ Library of Congress, American Memory , The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 . General Correspondence 1657-1827 .Richard Henderson, et al To Virginia Convention page 11 ( 767)
- ^ Treaty_of_Lochaber
- ^ Cherokee One Feather “The Treaty of Lochaber”, [1]
- ^ Tennessee Valley Authority "Navigation Map Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir South Fork Holston River" 1953
- ^ Alderman,Pat , The Overmountain Men, , Erwin 1958
- ^ Alderman,Pat , The Overmountain Men, Erwin 1958
- ^ Hamer, Philip M. PhD, Tennessee A History 1675- 1932 , The American Historical Society 1935, vol 1 page 71
- ^ a b TNGen Web Project “The Carolina Charter of 1655” http://www.tngenweb.org/cessions/colonial.html
- ^ Alderman,Pat The Overmountain Men, Erwin 1958 pg 24)
- ^ Henderson, Archibald, “The Conquest Of The Old Southwest”, http://www.web-books.com/Classics/ON/B0/B866/SouthwestC15.html
- ^ Annotations Relating Ramsey’s Annals of Tennessee to Present Day Knowledge. By Stanley J. Folmsbee. pp. 754, 755.
- ^ ) Anneberg Lerner Teacher Resources ” Shawnee” http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/indians5.html
- ^ Alderman,Pat The Overmountain Men, Erwin 1958 pg 25)
- ^ Geni “Attakullakulla "Little Carpenter" Onacona, Ukwaniequa Moytoy (Uku of Tanasi), Cherokee Emissary to England”,http://www.geni.com/people/Attakullakulla-Onacona/6000000011727533816
- ^ Geni “Oconastota / Aganstata (Cunne Shote) a.k.a. James Beaver Moytoy (Uku of Chota), First Beloved Man of the Cherokee”,
- ^ (16) Geni” Kalanah Savanukah of Chota, the Raven of Chota” http://www.geni.com/people/Kalanah-of-Chota/6000000001629217797
- ^ (17) Geni “ http:/ Tai Ya Gansi Ni (Tsí-yu-gûnsí-ní) "Dragging Canoe" (Tatsi), Principal Chief”, /www.geni.com/people/Chief-Dragging-Canoe/6000000004086094219
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