It was Georgia Indian Territory to start with. My 6th great
grandparents lived down there on a plantation (Cothams).
My 6th great grandmother was a snob. Their son (my 5th great
grandfather) married a Cherokee girl and his mother had a
fit. (Yes. They had several slaves.) The father gave them
their inheritance in gold and put them on a ship going up
the Tennessee River. They landed in Perryville, TN on the
river & settled there. - My second great grandfather got a
job (much later) working as a lightskeeper on the river.
It was a rough crowd that hung around there and they would
just as soon kill you and leave you on the river bank as to
look at you. He carried a Smith & Wesson revolver in his
job. - I now have that revolver in my possession and
Hitler-y & Hussein can kiss my ass! IF they intend to “take”
my S&W, they’ll have to clear more hurdles than Hitler-y or
Hussein are physically able to clear AND take my
grandfather’s revolver from my cold dead hands!
That was one of the topics I knew nothing about. Thanks.