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Tennessee Old and New

 

“Carolina Traders Among the Overhill Cherokees, 1690-1760

 

by Mary U. Rothrock

 

(This is an index of names showing as Traders included in this 16 page document)

{Compiled by Joyce Gaston Reece, December16, 2007,  book no longer under copyright}

 

 

NAME                                                                                    Date if given

 

Dr. Henry Woodward                                                                  Prior to 1671

James Moore (the first &

Colonel Maurice Mathews                                                         Circa 1690

 

Colonel Abraham Wood,                                                 

James Needham &

Gabriel Arthur                                                             1673

 

William Byrd                                                                          1733

 

InYadkin Co.,  North Carolina:

Joseph Hatcher,

Henry Hatcher,

Benjamin Bullington                                                      (said to be 1673)

 

Captain Thomas Welch                                                  Among the Chickasaw in 1698

 

Cornelius Daugherty                                                                  1690 or 1719 (conflicted)

 

Elezar Wigan (Wiggan)                                                         1711

 

Robert Bunning                                                                     1714

 

In South Carolina at Savannah Town or Fort Moore:

Captain Theophilus Hastings and assistants…

John Sharp

Sam Muckleroy

John Chester (at Keowee)                                                                 1716

William Hatton (at Tugaloo)

John Sharp (at Quanassee)

______  Hill (at Cowee)

James Dauge  (at Terrequa and Tennassee)

 

James Adair

 

Ludovic Grant                                                                          circa 1720

 

Anthony Deane                                                                         1751

 

Peter Arnaud (Mississippi Indians)                                                          circa 1740-1761

 

James Beamer                                                                                    circa 1740-1760

 

“French John” Latagnac (Overhills)                                          circa 1756-1760

 

Joseph Cooper (with Colonel Chicken)                                             1725

 

Sir Alexander Cuming                                                                       1730

 

In the Lower Towns (in South Carolina):

James Moore with                                                                            

Charite Hayge (Probably a Cherokee priest(ess) or medicine man)    1717

 

William Bartram                                                                                  1777

 

 

 

            (This list is, by no means,a  complete in naming all traders among the various Tennessee Native American Tribes.)