Pappy worked around the farms and fiddled for the Cherokee dances. Some Negroes say my pappy kept hollering, "Run it to the bank! They didn't go away, they stayed, but they tell us colored folks to go if we wanted to. Sometimes I eat my bread this morning none this evening. Nov 1773 Joseph Vann from SC received 500 acres in Wilkes County, Georgia listing a wife, three sons and four daughters ages 7-16. Everybody laugh and was happy. There was five hundred slaves on that plantation and nobdy ever lacked for nothing. Of course I hear about Abraham Lincoln and he was a great man, but I was told mostly by my children when dey come home from school about him. We had seven horses and a litle buffalo we'd raised from when its little. He and Master took race horses down the river, away off and they'd come back with sacks of money that them horses won in the races. He used to take us to where Hyge Park is and we'd all go fishin'. The land was timbered and the oldest children clear the land, or start to do the work while Pappa go back to Tahlequah to get my sick mamma and the rest of the family. One day Missus Jennie say to Marster Jim, she says, "Mr. Vann, you come here. We had a good song I remember. I remember Chief John Ross. Born 11 February 1798 - Spring Place, Cherokee Nation-East, IT., GA. Deceased 23 October 1844 - Aboard the Lucy Walker,aged 46 years old Parents James Vann, Chief 1809 Nancy Ann Timberlake Brown 1780-1850 Spouses and children Married, Georgia., USA, to Elizabeth Catherine Rowe 1798- with Living Vann Clarinda Rebecca Vann ca 1817- Delia Vann 1834- They had one son: Isaac Vann. TRI Train Rental GmbH. Don't know what they ever did with that arm. Everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to throw away. Joseph Vann inherited the "Diamond Hill" estate from his father and from him he also inherited the ability for trading by which he increased his fortune to a fabulous size. He was the father of Nancy Vann Mackey; and Delilah Amelia, wife of Oliver H. Perry Brewer (Brewer cemetery). My mammy was a Crossland Negro before she come to belong to Master Joe and marry my pappy, and I think she come wid old Mistress and belong to her. Joseph married Wah Wli Vann (born Otterlifter). She had belonged to Joe Hildebrand and he was kin to old Steve Hildebrand dat owned de mill on Flint Creek up in de Going Snake District. He had run off after he was sold and joined de North army and discharged at Fort Scoot in Kansas, and he said lots of freedmen was living close to each other up by Coffeyville in the Coo-ee-scoo-wee District. Husband of Polly Vann and Jennie Vann You know just what day you have to be back too. We had bonnets that had long silk tassels for ties. on the Ohio River. Below New Albany, the vessel blew up when one or more boilers blew up, killing the majority of the passengers and among them the owner and captain. All my children was from the first marriage: Thomas, Dora, Charley, Marie, Opal, William, Arthur, Margaret, Thadral and Hubbard. Yes Lord Yes. I never did have much of a job, jest tending de calves mostly. De clothes wasn't no worry neither. Sometimes I eat my bread this morning none this evening. Old Master bought de cotton in Ft. Smith, because he didn't raise no cotton, but he had a few sheep and we had wool mix for winter. I never forget when they sold off some more negroes at de same time, too and put dem all in a pen for de trader to come and look at. Coming out of the army for the last time, Pappa took all the family and moved to Fort Scott, Kansas, but I guess he feel more at home wid the Indians for pretty soon we all move back, this time to a farm near Fort Gibson. "We'd say "Come on buffalo", and it would come to us. We didn't suffer, we had plenty to eat. My mother died when I'se small and my father married Delia Vann. Oh Lord, no. They tell us what was happening and what to do. Husband of Da-Ni;parents of Jesse Vann. Them Pins was after Master all de time for a while at de first of de War, and he was afraid to ride into Ft. Smith much. Tree removal and tree service companies can help with pruning, tree trimming, cable bracing and other residential tree care services in your Monheim am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany backyard. There was a bugler and someone callled the dances. Right after the War, de Cherokees that had been wid the South kind of pestered the freedmen some, but I was so small dey never bothered me; jest de grown ones. You know just what day you have to be back too. relatives of chief james vann By jerry l. clark December 12, 2001 at 10:21:03. My pappy was a kind of a boss of the Negroes that run the boat, and they all belong to old Master Joe. Marster had a little race horse called "Black Hock" She was all jet black, excepting three white feet and her stump of a tail. Although Lucinda Vann was owned by Jim Vann, she told about the death of "Rich Joe" Vann and the recovery of one of his arms, following the deadly explosion on his steamboat, the Lucy Walker. There wasn't nothing left. Everything we had was made by my folks. I always think of my old Master as de one dat freed me, and anyways Abraham Lincoln and none of his North people didn't look after me and buy my crop right after I was free like old Master did. Sometimes Joe bring other wife to visit Missus Jennie. Some officers stayed in de house for a while and tore everything up or took it off. Dat was de time dat was the hardest and everything was dark and confusion. Dey would come in de night and hamstring de horses and maybe set fire to de barn, and two of em named Joab Scarrel, and Tom Starr killed my pappy one night just before the War broke out. I had one brother and one sister sold when I was little and I dont remember the names. He located at Webbers Falls on the Arkansas River and operated a line of steamboats on the Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. I'se born right in my master and missus bed. One day young Master come to the cabins and say we all free and cant stay there lessn we want to go on working for him just like wed been, for our feed and clothes. Single girls waited on the tables in the big house. They wasnt very big either, but one day two Cherokees rode up and talked a long time, then young Master came to the cabin and said they were sold because mammy couldnt make them mind him. We had to have a pass to go any place to have signing or praying, and den they was always a bunch of patrollers around to watch everything we done. We was married at my home in Coffeyville, and she bore me eleven children right. My missus name was Doublehead before she married Jim Vann. Everybody had a good time. My father was a carpenter and blacksmith as well as race-horse man and he wanted to make money. She was raised up at dat mill, but she was borned in Tennessee before dey come out to de nation. Seneca Chism was my father. Up at five o'clock and back in sometimes about de middle of de evening long before sundown, unless they was a crop to git in before it rain or something like dat. We all come back to de old place and find de negro cabins and barns burned down and de fences all gone and de field in crab grass and cockleburs. Born on February 11, 1789, he was also a planter, and businessman who owned slaves, and steamboats among others. I don't know what dey done it for, only to be mean, and I guess they was drunk. Vann and several other Cherokees faced eviction during the US government's Indian Removal policy. [Note from curator: these slave narratives are not under copyright]. Joseph H. Vann, (11 February 1798 - 23 October 1844). Chief Joseph David VANNfamily tree Parents John Joseph 'Indian Trader' Cherokee Vann 1735- 1815 Waw Li Otterlifter 1750- 1835 Wrong Chief Joseph David VANN? One of the Six Killer women was mighty good to us and we called her "mammy", that a long time after my mammy die though. Because I'se so little, Missus Jennie took me into the Big house and raised me. We take a big pot to fry fish in and we'd all eat till we nearly bust. Some had been in a big run-away and had been brung back, and wasnt so good, so he keep them on the boat all the time mostly. Then I had clean ward clothes and I had to keep them clean, too! In winter white folks danced in the parlor of the big house; in summer they danced on a platform under a great big brush arbor. We went down to the river for baptizings. That house was on the place my papa said he bought from Billy Jones in 1895. I lost my land trying to live honest and pay my debts. He never come until the next day, so dey had to sleep in dat pen in a pile like hogs. We settled down a little ways above Fort Gibson. Us slaves lived in log cabins dat only had one room and no windows so we kept de doors open most of de time. There was a house yonder where was dry clothes, blankets, everything. The following oral history narrative is from the The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives in the Library of Congress, edited by T. Lindsay Baker, Julie Philips Baker: Yes Sa. Old Mistress cried jest like any of de rest of us when de boat pull out with dem on it. I'se born across the river in the plantation of old Jim Vann in Webbers Falls. He had to work on the boat, though, and never got to come home but once in a long while. He was a Native American Cherokee leader, businessman, slave owner, and planter. I've seen em. The engineer's name was Jim Vann. She come up and put her nose on your just like this---nibble nibble, nibble. Half brother of James Fields; Lucy Hicks; Isabel Wolf; Delila Fields; Charles Timberlake and 8 others; Jesse Vann; Delilah Amelia McNair; Joseph Vann; James Vann; Sarah 'Sally' Nicholson (Vann); John Hon John Vann; Robert B. Old Master had some kind of business in Fort Smith, I think cause he used to ride into dat town about every day on his horse. After being evicted from his father's mansion home "Diamond Hill" in 1834, Joseph moved his large family (he had two wives) and business operations to Tennessee, where he established a large plantation on the Tennessee River near the mouth of Ooltewah Creek that became the center of a settlement called Vann's Town (later the site of Harrison, Tennessee). One day young Master come to the cabins and say we all free and cant' stay there lessn we want to go on working for him just like we'd been for our feed, an clothes. Master's name was Joe Sheppard, and he was a Cherokee Indian. My brothers was name Sone and Frank. The preacher took his candidate into the water. In ever did see no money neither, until time of de War or a little before. Sometimes Joe bring other wife to visit Missus Jennie. They get something they need too. Everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to throw away. Meanwhile, the Cherokees had presented their news of the slave revolt to the Cherokee National Council at the capital, Tahlequah, and gained approval for a Cherokee Militia unit to pursue, arrest, and deliver the fugitive slaves to Fort Gibson. Some 70 years after "the War," during America's Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration assigned numerous people to interview former slaves and record their recollections of slavery. Master give me over to de National Freedmen's bureau and I was bound out to a Cherokee woman name Lizzie McGee. Don't know much about him. James Vann had several other wives and children. They'd sell 'em to folks at picnics and barbecues. Didn't you never see one of them slidin' beds? 33, No. The colored folks did most of the fiddlin'. Run it to the bank! but it sunk and him and old Master died. His pappy was old Captain "Rich Joe" Vann, and he had been dead ever since long before de War. I would stay around about a week and help em and dey would try to git me to take something but I never would. Yes Lord yes. Everything was kept covered and every hogshead had a lock. The place was all woods, and the Cherokees and the soldiers all come down to see the baptising. But we couldn't learn to read or have a book, and the Cherokee folks was afraid to tell us about the letters because they have a law you go to jail and a big fine if you show a slave about the letters. All Indians lived around there, the real colored settlement was four mile from us, and I wasn't scared of them Indians for pappa always told me his master Henry Nave, was his own father; that make me part Indian and the reason my hair is long, straight and black like a horse mane. To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Locationeven a guess will help. My mother was seamstress. Indians made us keep our master's name. He passed away on 21 Feb 1809 in Shot at Buffington Tavern, GA, USA. He was a Cherokee leader who owned Diamond Hill (now known as the Chief Vann House), many slaves, taverns, and steamboats that he operated on the Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers. Historical records and family trees related to Joseph Vann Chief. Mistress say old Master and my pappy on the boat somewhere close to Louisville and the boiler bust and tear the boat up. My mother, grandmother, aunt Maria and cousin Clara, all worked in the big house. I had on my old clothes for the wedding, and I aint had any good clothes since I was a little slave girl. Those included in this collection all mention the Vanns. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. She come up and put her nose on your just like this---nibble nibble, nibble. Betty was born May 21,1943 to A.R. A doctor put it in alcohol and they kept it a long time. Everything was stripedy cause Mammy like to make it fancy. The big house was made of log and stone and had big mud fireplaces. Joseph H. Vann, (11 February 1798 - 23 October 1844). As a result, they had to settle in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Joseph jenkins funeral home obituaries. World War I began in 1914. The second time I married a cousin, Rela Brewer. Our marshal made us all sign up like this; who are you, where you come from, where you go to. Master Jim and Missus Jennie was good to their slaves. Old Mistress had a good cookin stove, but most Cherokees had only a big fireplace and pot hooks. A bunch of us who was part Indian and part colored, we got our bed clothes together some hams and a lot of coffee and flour and started to Mexico. I've heard em tell of rich Joe Vann. There was Mr. Jim Collins, and Mr. Bell, and Mr. Dave Franklin, and Mr. Jim Sutton and Mr. Blackburn that lived around close to us and dey all had slaves. He born at Spring Place, Georgia on February 11, 1798. Robin Vann and Unknown 14 year old in 1809 Vann less. By and by I married Nancy Holdebrand what lived on Greenleaf Creek, bout four miles northwest of Gore. Its inception resulted from many trends in European society, culture, and diplomacy during the late 19th century. Built circa 1805 by Chief James Vann and his son Joseph, the home is a remarkable reminder of an interesting chapter in Georgia's past. We stayed here till everything got fixed up, then we went back to Mexico. I remember that home after the war brought my pappa back home. Next came the carpenters, yard men, blacksmiths, race-horse men, steamboat men and like that. I'm glad the War's over and I am free to meet God like anybody else, and my grandchildren can learn to read and write. Chief Joseph Vann Family Tree Check All Members List, June Carter Family Tree Check All Members List. I slept on a sliding bed. Nearly a century later (in 1932), Joseph Vann's grandson, R. P. Vann, told author Grant Foreman that Joseph Vann had built a house about a mile south of Webbers Falls (Oklahoma) "a handsome homebuilt just like the old Joe Vann home in Georgia." Some 3,500 interviews were conducted. The slaves had a pretty easy time I think. Marr. The participants in this near slave revolt received physical punishments, but none were killed. Our clothes was home-made---cotton in the summer, mostly just a long-tailed shirt and no shoes, and wood goods in the winter. Elizabeth Scott; parents of Delilah Vann; married Nancy Brown; parents of Mary b. Oh they was good. Dat just about lasted em through until dey died, I reckon. I was born after the War, about 1868, and what I know 'bout slave times is what my pappa told me, and maybe that not be very much. 502-524. When de War come old Master seen he was going into trouble and he sold off most of de slaves. There was seats all around for folks to watch them dance. I joined the Catholic church after the war. Sometimes us children would try to follow her, but she'd turn us around pretty quick and chase us back with: "Go on back to the house or the wolves get you.". We put all the bed clothes on its back. We went by Webber's Falls and filled de wagons. Everything was cheap. National Express. Trusted by millions of genealogists since 2003. . He owned 110 slaves and on his plantation there were thirty-five houses, a mill and a ferry boat. Joseph Vann took the rebel slaves belonging to him out of the Cherokee Nation and permanently assigned them to work on his steamboats. Everybody a hollerin' and a cryin'. Hams cakes, pies, dresses, beads, everything. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Missus Jenni lived in a big house in Webbers Falls. The spring time give us plenty of green corn and beans too. My parents are both dead now--seems like fifty, maybe sixty year ago. Chief Joseph David VANN passed awayon 1844in in boat race on Ohio River, Indiana. He builds the large brick mansion house at Spring Place, Murray Country, Georgia, which stands today as a monument at its owner. Unfortunately, this building was later destroyed during the American Civil War. She bossed all the other colored women and see that they sew it right. Every morning the slaves would run to the commissary and get what they wanted for that day. Marster Jim and Missus Jennie wouldn't let his house slaves go with no common dress out. Lots of the slave children didn't ever learn to read or write. The impressive house reportedly stood on a plantation of nearly 600 acres which was tended by some 400 black slaves "Rich Joe" Vann owned. His Uncle John Vann was the son in law of Terrepin and grandson-in-law of Oconastota; Oconastota was. I wore loom cloth clothes, dyed in copperas what the old Negro women and the old Cherokee women made. Mammy and pappy belong to W.P. Revolution and the growth of industrial society, 1789- 1914 Developments in 19th-century Europe are bounded by two great events. We got letters all the time form Indians back in the territory. Marster never whipped no one. Young Master Vann never very hard on us and he never whupped us, and old Mistress was a widow woman and a good Christian and always kind. A town was laid out on his Hamilton Country farm which was called, Vanntown. I raised eleven children just on de sweat of my hands and none of dem ever tasted anything dat was stole. Do you know what I am going to do? When the white folks danced the slaves would all sit or stand around and watch. De hog killing mean we gots lots of spare-ribs and chitlings and somebody always git sick eating to much of dat fresh pork. The women dressed in white, if they had a white dress to wear. is anything else your are looking? The Vanns later relocated to Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. They spun the cottons and wool, weaved it and made cloth. Old Mistress had inherited some property from her pappy and dey had de slave money and when dey turned everything into good money after de War dat stuff only come to about six thousand dollars in good money, she told me. Sometims just white folks danced; sometimes just the black folks. I don't know what he done after that. Dey didn't let us have much enjoyment. 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