James G. Thompson Papers 1807-1881

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James G. Thompson Papers 1807-1881

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A photostat of a daybook and twotypescript copies of correspondence, legal documents, deeds, and land papers composethe James G. Thompson Papers, 1807-1881. The daybook (1832-1833) describes accountsfrom Thompson’s general store in Canadian Fork in the Cherokee Nation. The twotypescript volumes (1807-1881) contain surveys, deeds, notes, notices, indentures, warrants,letters, and other legal and business documents, which concern Thompson’s career andhis family.

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Thompson, James George, 1802-1879

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Although born in South Carolina, James George Thompson (1802-1879) grew up in Cherokee County, Alabama, living with his family among the Cherokee Indians. He married Margaret McNary, a member of the Cherokee Long Hair clan, with whom he had several children, including Bettie and William. The couple relocated to Arkansas during the Trail of Tears, the forced removal of Native Americans from the southern United States to territories in the western U.S., in 1829. While in Arkansas, Tho...