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). The colored folks did most of the fiddlin'. He passed away on 4 Apr 1770 in Bertie, North Carolina, United States. After de War was over, Old Master tell me I am free but he will look out after me cause I am just a little negro and I ain't got no sense. Dat was one poor negro dat never go away to de North and I was sorry for him cause I know he must have had a mean master, but none of us Sheppard negroes, I mean the grown ones, tried to get away. 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. Marster had a big Christmas tree, oh great big tree, put on the porch. Marster Jim and Missus Jennie wouldn't let his house slaves go with no common dress out. . 502-524. Someone call our names and everybody get a present. There'd be a hole wagon-load of things come and be put on the tree. Then I had clean ward clothes and I had to keep them clean, too! Others were returned to their owners. Sometimes she pull my hair. One and a half years after the war we all come back to the old plantation. Chief Joseph did not live to see again the land he'd known as a child and young warrior. Johnson Thompson's father had been owned by "Rich Joe" Vann. When they gave a party in the big house, everything was fine. Robin Vann and Unknown 14 year old in 1809 Vann less. Everybody, white folks and colored folks, having a good time. Yes, Lord Yes. When de War come old Master seen he was going into trouble and he sold off most of de slaves. They was Cherokee Indians. I've heard em tell of rich Joe Vann. I dunno her other name. They got over in the Creak country and stood off the Cherokee officers that went to git them, but pretty soon they give up and come home. Some of us had money. I'se born right in my master and missus bed. In the morning we got up early, made a fire, and made a big pot of coffee. I always pick a whole passel of muscadines for old Master and he make up sour wine, and dat helps out when we git the bowel complaint from eating dat fresh pork. Don't know what they ever did with that arm. Everybody pretty near to crazy when they bring that arm home. The preacher took his candidate into the water. Didn't you never see one of them slidin' beds? 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. My uncle belong to old Captain Joe nearly all his life. Before he was killed, James Vann was a powerful chief in the Cherokee Nation and wanted Joseph to inherit the wealth that he had built instead of his wives, but Cherokee law stipulated that the home go to his wife, Peggy, while his possessions and property were to be divided among his children. Our clothes was home-made---cotton in the summer, mostly just a long-tailed shirt and no shoes, and wood goods in the winter. I dont know, but that was before my time. Then he hide in the bushes along the creek and got away. When the War come they have a big battle away west of us, but I never see any battles. Pappy's name was Caesar Sheppard and Mammy's name was Easter. I dont know about Robert Lee, but I know about Lees Creek. They wanted everybody to know we was Marster Vann's slaves. 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. When they wanted something put away they say, "Clarinda, come put this in the vault." Lord have mercy on us, yes. We had home-made wooden beds wid rope springs, and de little ones slept on trundle beds dat was home made too. He would tell em plain before hand, "Now no trouble." Don't know where the other one lived. He was called by his contemporaries "Rich Joe" and many legends of his wealth ware still told among the Cherokees. They wanted everybody to know we was Marster Vann's slaves. 33, No. Dere was a sister named Patsy; she died at Wagoner, Oklahoma. Everything was cheap. A few days later they caught up with the slaves, still in Indian Territory. My uncle Joe was de slave boss and he tell us what de Master say do. Everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to throw away. Betty Robertson's father worked aboard Joseph Vann's steamboat, Lucy Walker. Poor old master and mistress only lived a few years after de War. My missus name was Doublehead before she married Jim Vann. Every dollar she make on the track, I give it to Lucy." Birth 1798 - Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia, United States of America Death 26 Oct. 1844 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Mother Nancy Agnes Brown Timberlake Father Chief James Clement Vann Quick access Family tree New search Joseph "Rich Joe" Vann family tree Family tree Explore more family trees Parents Chief James Clement Vann Smoeone call our names and everybody get a present. One time old Master and another man come and took some calves off and Pappy say old Master taking dem off to sell I didn't know what sell meant and I ast Pappy is he going to bring em back when he git through selling them. He never seen them neither. Joseph H. Vann was born on February 11, 1798, at Spring Place in Georgia. 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. His grandfather was Clement Vann, a Scottish trader who moved from Charleston, South Carolina, to the Cherokee lands in northwest Georgia and married Wa-wli, a Cherokee Indian. She was weavin when the case came up so quick, missus Jennie put her in her own bed and took care of her. Lord yes, su-er. The beautiful brick house was surrounded by kitchens, slave quarters and mills, with apple and peach orchards covering the adjacent hills. Chief Born (05 Mar 1746/47) - Chowan, North Carolina Deceased 21 February 1809 - Buffington S Tavern, Georgia, United States Parents Edward Sr Vann ca 1693-1752 Mary Barnes ca 1696-1748 Spouses and children With Margaret Scott 1783-1845 Married about 1765, Spring Place, IT., GA., to Mary Wah-Li Christiana, Princess 1750-ca 1835 with During their pursuit of the escaped Negroes, the Cherokee Militia discovered the bodies of the two slave bounty hunters. They'd bring whole wagon loads of hams, chickens and cake and pie. He passed away on 21 Feb 1809 in Shot at Buffington Tavern, GA, USA. 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. *Family traveled to America Dec. 21, 1904 with mother, Maria Cairo and 2 sons, Luigi and Francesco, Michele Marchese b. She turned the key to the commissary too. http://www.timcdfw.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I7805&tree= Joseph Vann removed to the West in 1836. The home was subsequently owned by . Someone rattled the bones. The slaves who worked in the big house was the first class. Everybody a hollerin' and a cryin'. Joseph Vann was the son of Chief Crazy James Vann , a half-breed Cherokee and Elizabeth Hicks. He had charge of all Master Chism's and Master Vann's race horses. Yes, my dear Lord yes. It was in the Grand River close to the ford, and winter time. But de Big House ain't hurt cepting it need a new roof. Mother Martha Price McNair (Vann) Father David Lewis "Jesse" "Cherokee Chief""Iron Head" Vann (Killed by Pin Indians in Civil War) Quick access. A doctor put it in alcohol and they kept it a long time. Circa 1736 - 1815 Chief John Joseph Vann 1736 1815 Kansas. 29 November 2015. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/black-genealogy/slave-narrative-of-b - Last updated on Aug 24th, 2012, VANN SLAVES REMEMBER 2003 By Herman McDaniel Murray County Museum. That mean't she want a biscuit with a little butter on it. Among the several hundred slaves owned by the Vanns at that time, many were skilled craftsmen and tradesmen capable of helping build such a fine house. The Chief Vann House is the first brick residence in the Cherokee Nation, and has been called the "Showplace of the Cherokee Nation ". Yes I was! Had sacks and sacks of money. Mammy say they was lots of excitement on old Master's place and all the negroes mighty scared, but he didn't sell my pappy off. 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. Born on February 11, 1798, in Murray County in northwest Georgia, Vann was the son of Chief James Vann and Margaret "Peggy" Scott. He wanted people to know he was able to dress his slaves in fine clothes. Run it to the bank! but it sunk and him and old Master died. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vann, Chief James Clement Ii Vann, Elizabeth (Go-sa-du-i-sga) Vann (born Thornton), Sarah "sallie" Vann Nicholson Or Buzzard Trapper (born Vann), Feb 11 1798 - Spring Place, Georgia, Old Cherokee Nation East, United States, Oct 23 1844 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, Chief James Vann, Ii, Nannie Vann (born Brown), Feb 11 1798 - Spring Place, Murray, Georgia, United States. I remember when the steamboats went up and down the river. They was so many of us for dat little field we never did have to work hard. Everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to throw away. Their slaves also helped build the nearby Moravian mission and school in Spring Place. The place was all woods, and the Cherokees and the soldiers all come down to see the baptising. We take a big pot to fry fish in and we'd all eat till we nearly bust. Joseph Vann, the son of Chief James Vann and his wife Margaret Scott Vann, was a lad of 12 when his father was killed, in 1809. One day Missus Jennie say to Marster Jim, she says, "Mr. Vann, you come here. I never did have much of a job, jest tending de calves mostly. I spent happy days on the Harnage plantation going squirrel hunting with the master---he was always riding, while I run along and throw rocks in the trees to scare the squirrels so's Marse John could get the aim on them; pick a little cotton and put it in somebody's hamper (basket) and run races with other colored boys to see who would get to saddle the masters horse, while the master would stand laughing by the gate to see which boy won the race. Someone maybe would be playing a fiddle or a banjo. Missus Jenni lived in a big house in Webbers Fall.s Don't know where the other one lived. When he get home he call my uncle and ask about what we done all day and tell him what we better do de next day. The grandson reported that the Vann Family lived in that house until "the War," when some 3,000 federal troops descended upon Webbers Falls. Uncle Joe tell us all to lay low and work hard and nobody'd bother us and he would look after us. 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. I had on my old clothes for the wedding, and I ain't had any good clothes since I was a little slave girl. Yes Lord, it was, havy mercy on me yes. I went to the missionary Baptist church where Marster and Missus went. We didn't suffer, we had plenty to eat. They got on the horses behind the men and went off. I had a brother named Harry who belonged to the Vann family at Tahlequah. Eventually the Cherokee council granted Joseph the inheritance in line with his father's wish; this included 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of land, trading posts, river ferries, and the Vann House in Spring Place, Georgia. 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. Then the preacher put you under water three times. My names' Lucinda Vann, I've been married twice but that don't make no difference. They spun the cottons and wool, weaved it and made cloth. My mammy was a Cherokee slave, and talked it good. You see, I'se one of them sudden cases. We git three or four crops of different things out of dat farm every ear, and something growing on dat place winter and summer. Marster had a little race horse called "Black Hock" She was all jet black, excepting three white feet and her stump of a tail. A four mule team was hitched to the wagon and for five weeks we was on the road from Texas finally getting to grandma Brewer's at Fort Gibson. She come up and put her nose on your just like this---nibble nibble, nibble. Joe had two wives, one was named Missus Jennie. However, the following narrative by the ex-slave, Cornelius Neely Nave, contains correct family relationships. Hams cakes, pies, dresses, beads, everything. They'd clap their hands and holler. He would tell em plain before hand, "Now no trouble." Two pounds of hog meat sold for a nickel. Soon as you come out of the water you go over there and change clothes. James Vann was a powerful chief in the Cherokee Nation and had several other wives and children. Joseph Vann was born February 11, 1798 near Springplace in the Cherokee Nation (now Georgia) the son of James Vann and Nancy Brown. One year later my sister Phyllis was born on the same place and we been together pretty much of the time ever since, and I reckon dere's only one thing that could separate us slave born children. The command of the Army was shared by Doublehead and Watts. They'd come to the door like this, "sh.." and go out quick again. I had a silver dime on it, too, for along time, but I took it off and got me a box of snuff. We had bonnets that had long silk tassels for ties. You know just what day you have to be back too. A few years of her life were also quite possibly spent among Seminoles during part of that time, although her memory of the death of Joseph "Rich Joe" Vann is clearly a part of Cherokee history. Dey was both raised round Webber's Falls somewhere. 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. but it sunk and him and old Master died. When the last of the Cherokees were forcibly moved west in 1838, government records indicate that 1,592 black slaves were moved to Indian Territory with their owners. Marster had a big Christmas tree, oh great big tree, put on the porch. He was a traveler, didn't stay home much. 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 sure stood good with de Cherokee neighbors we had, and dey all liked him. 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. And we learned some things about religion from an old colored preacher named Tom Vann. They'd sell 'em to folks at picnics and barbecues. Lord yes su-er. They brought it home and my granmother knew it was Joe's. 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. Mammy had the wagon and two oxen, and we worked a good size patch there until she died, and then I git married to Cal Robertson to have somebody to take care of me. I had on my old clothes for the wedding, and I aint had any good clothes since I was a little slave girl. Indians wouldn't allow their slaves to take their husband's name. Everybody had fine clothes everybody had plenty to eat. Mammy got a wagon and we traveled around a few days to go to Fort Gibson. Because I'se so little, Missus Jennie took me into the Big house and raised me. Oh Lord, no. In 1840 the town of Harrison was developed on an adjoining property, and the county seat of Hamilton County was moved south to the Tennessee River to this location. His britches was all muddy and tore where de hounds had cut him up in de legs when he clumb a tree in de bottoms. After it was wove they dyed it all colors, blue, brown, purple, red, yellow. Malone, Henry Thompson, Cherokees of the Old South: A People in Transition, University of Georgia Press, (1956), ISBN 0670034207. Cal Robertson was eighty-nine years old when I married him forty years age, right on this porch. Then the preacher put you under water three times. I was afraid I would get cheated out of it cause I can't figure and read, so I tell old Master about it and he bought it off'n me. The Chief Vann House, . Had to sign up all over again and tell who we was. In 1829 Clement Vann told General Coffee that he was 83 years old and had been in the Cherokee nation for fifty years.Therefore it is highly unlikely that he could have been the father of the Cherokee Chief, James Vann b 1766, well before Clement Vann entered the Cherokee nation. Vann. Because mamma was sick then he brought her sister Sucky Pea and her husband, Charley Pea, to help around wid him. The Vanns were a prolific family who reused many names, so later in life he was referred to as "Rich Joe." He was one of eight children born to his father's nine wives. He jest kept him and he was a good negro after that. And we had corn bread and cakes baked every day. Christmas lasted a whole month. Joseph H. Vann, (11 February 1798 - 23 October 1844). sse Vann, James Clement Jr. Vann, Mary Vann, Delila Copeland (born Vann), John Vann, John Vann, Joseph Vann, John Vann, Mary Vann, Robert sse Vann, James Clement Jr. Vann, Mary Vann, Delila Copeland (born Vann), John Vann, John Vann, Joseph H Vann, John Vann, Mary Vann, Robe James (Ti-ka-lo-hi) (James Wahli Vann Etc. I don't remember old Mistress name. 5 May 1910, d. 2002, Illinois. Some of the Masters family was always going down to the river and back, and every time they come in I have to fix something to eat. He wanted people to know he was able to dress his slaves in fine clothes. Lord yes, su-er. We settled down a little ways above Fort Gibson. Everybody had a good time. Den I went to a subscription school for a little while, but didn't get much learning. He was a slave on the Chism plantation, but came to Vann's all the time on account of the hourses. Someone rattled the bones. Yes, my dear Lord yes. In writing of him the Reverend John Gamble, a Moravian missionary said: "Mrs. Gamble and I love him as our own child and have not a complaint against him. I raised eleven children just on de sweat of my hands and none of dem ever tasted anything dat was stole. Joseph and his sister Mary were children of James Vann and Nannie Brown, both Cherokee of mixed-blood, with partial European ancestry. He didn't want em to imagine he give one more than he give the other. Well, I go ahead, and make me a crop of corn all by myself and then I don't know what to do wid it. when a guy asks how you're feeling; should i remove him from social media; artisan homes marsh view; who was the opera singer in moonstruck; what happened to sophie stuckey My mother, grandmother, aunt Maria and cousin Clara, all worked in the big house. The impressive house reportedly stood on a plantation of nearly 600 acres which was tended by some 400 black slaves "Rich Joe" Vann owned. We left de furniture and only took grub and tools and bedding and clothes, cause they wasn't very big wagons and was only single-yoke. They wasn't 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 couldn't make them mind him. 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. Tall and slim and handsome. He had to work on the boat, though, and never got to come home but once in a long . His parents Peggy Scott Vann and James Vann were both Cherokee of mixed-blood. Sometimes they fish in the Illinois river, sometimes in the Grand, but they always fish the same way. The colored folks did most of the fiddlin'. He tell us for we start, what we must say and what to do. Numerous others had previously gone to Oklahoma when their masters voluntarily relocated. Old Master tell me I was borned in November 1852, at de old home place about five miles east of Webbers Falls, mebbe kind of northeast, not far from de east bank of de Illinois River. Lord, Yes! James (Chief of Vann's Old Town) Vannfamily tree Parents Joseph Vann 1740- Unknown That house was on the place my papa said he bought from Billy Jones in 1895. I go to this house, you come to my house. Yes Lord Yes. When crop was laid by de slaves jest work round at dis and dat and keep tol'able busy. I would stay around about a week and help em and dey would try to git me to take something but I never would. When I left Mrs. McGee's I worked about three years for Mr. Sterling Scott and Mr. Roddy Reese. Somehow or other they all took a liking to me, all through the family. No nails in none of dem nor in de chairs and tables. We lived there a long time, and I was old enough to remember setting in the yard watching the river (Grand River) go by, and the Indians go by. 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. I had to work in the kitchen when I was a gal, and they was ten or twelve children smaller than me for me to look after, too. Joseph Vann, the husband of Wah li was probably born 1735-1740. We went down to the river for baptizings. That sure was a tough time for the soldiers, for father said they fought and fought before the "Seesesh" soldiers finally took off to the south and the northern troops went back to Fort Gibson. After it was wove they dyed it all colors, blue, brown, purple, red, yellow. Original newspaper article says captain/owner of the steamboat was David Vann. My other sisters was Polly, Ruth and Liddie. I lost my land trying to live honest and pay my debts. He born at Spring Place, Georgia on February 11, 1798. It's on records somewhere; old Seneca Chism and his family. When Marster Jim and Missus Jennie went away, the slaves would have a big dance in the arbor. When Mammy went old Mistress took me to de Big House to help her and she was kind to me like I was part of her own family. Joseph was the son of a Chief of the Cherokees James Vann, and Nancy Brown Vann. I don't know how old I is; some folks ay I'se ninety-two and some say I must be a hundred. I sure did love her. When we git to Fort Gibson they was a lot of Negroes there, and they had a camp meeting and I was baptised. He had to work on the boat, though, and never got to come home but once in a long while. Mammy was the house girl and she weaved the cloth and my Aunt Tilda dyed the cloth with indigo, leaving her hands blue looking most of the time. 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