Thursday, September 30, 2010

North and West towards Chatsworth, Georgia, up Hwy 411

Chatsworth is where the "Chief James Vann" house was built in the early 1800s and still stands as a historical location. He was an early leader in the Cherokee Nation, owning a nearly 1,000 acre plantation on which the house was built. His son, Joe Vann, inherited the home and plantation after his Fathers death and became an even wealthier businessman and planter. All was lost, though, when President Andrew Jackson blatantly ignored the Supreme Court decision against the State of Georgia when the question of Cherokee Nation sovereignty and removal, and the extension of Georgia State Law over the Cherokee Nation, was handed down by Justice John Marshall. The Trail of Tears was the result.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello -

My name is Jennifer Russell.  I am a researcher with a television production company in Atlanta, Georgia.  I currently am working on a series of educational videos for air on public television in Atlanta. One of the stories concerns General William Sherman’s pre-Civil War visit to the Atlanta area.  While searching for visuals, I came across an image on this post which I would like to include in the story.  We gladly will include a notation crediting Woodster's Wreal World blog.

To view the story (including the image) go to:
http://www.barefootfilms.net/videos/stories_lieutenant-01j.mov

Thank you for your consideration.

  -  Jennifer Russell
     Researcher
     storiesofatl@gmail.com

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