That tribe you are talking about is not officially recognized by the
Cherokee. My family lines go back to Amherst County Virginia, and that line
was Wicomicos from Northumberland County Virginia. When the Cherokee were
negotiating with the US government, they stayed in the homes of some my
Amherst County ancestors. One of my ancestors, Rawley Pinn, was a Baptist
Preacher, and had served in the Revolutionary War. He was born in
Indiantown, in Lancaster County Virginia, and his brother married a Cherokee
woman. I believe that is where the Amherst County group get their Cherokee
connections from. Some of those lines did own slaves (mostly those who were
assimilating), but not nearly to the degree as white Plantation owners. My
ancestors who owned slaves gave them their freedom, and they were allowed to
intermarry in the tribe.
Anita
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>Subject: Re: Cherokee Election March 3rd Q&A
>Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 10:42:54 EST
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>There is a United Cherokee Tribe of Virginia that celebrates their ancestry
>in the state. They were mostly located in the mountains in the SW part of
>the state.
>
>The Cherokees were slaveowners and while they banned the ownership of
>Indian
>slaves in the early 18th century as a tribal matter, they collected and
>kept
>Black slaves up until 1866 when that ended via treaty with the US. See,
>Theda Perdue, Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society. The Cherokee
>were
>notoriously cruel slave owners and developed great skill in tracking down
>runaway slaves for white owners; however some had a habit of killing the
>Black
>slaves once they found them and so the Cherokee fell out of favor as slave
>catchers. Seems like this dislike for their Black brothers goes a ways
>back.
>76% is a pretty telling indication of how the tribal members still feel.
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