Then the preacher put you under water three times. Indians wouldn't allow their slaves to take their husband's name. I been a good Christian ever since I was baptized, but I keep a little charm here on my neck anyways to keep me from having the nose bleed. There was lots of preserves. Marster never whipped no one. The master had a bell to ring every morning at four o'clock for the folks to turn out. She come up and put her nose on your just like this---nibble nibble, nibble. He would tell em plain before hand, "Now no trouble." Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lpproots/Neeley/cvann.htm [3] Lucy Walker steamboat disaster, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Walker_steamboat_disaster [1]. And we learned some things about religion from an old colored preacher named Tom Vann. 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. Lots of the slave children didn't ever learn to read or write. Of course, all slaves were officially freed during the Civil War. He was a slave on the Chism plantation, but came to Vann's all the time on account of the horses. 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. We went on a place in de Red River Bottoms close to Shawneetown and not far from de place where all de wagons crossed over to go into Texas. On October 23, 1844, the steamboat Lucy Walker departed Louisville, Kentucky, bound for New Orleans. His parents Peggy Scott Vann and James Vann were both Cherokee of mixed-blood. 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. He went to the war for three years wid the Union soldiers. The grandson reported that the Vann Family lived in that house until "the War," when some 3,000 federal troops descended upon Webbers Falls. He'd take us and enjoy us, you know. Master Thompson brought us from Texas when I was too little to remember about it, and I din't know how long it was before we was all sold to John Harnage, "Marse John" was his pet name and he liked to be called that-a-way. 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. Some niggers say my pappy kept hollering, Rum it to the bank! The commissary was full of everyting good to eat. The participants in this near slave revolt received physical punishments, but none were killed. He died early in 1771, and was replaced by John Vann. In the summer I wear them on Sunday, too. https://web.archive.org/web/20071026072208/http://www.cherokeebyblo https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5977809/joseph-vann, Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States of America. He was a Cherokee leader who owned Diamond Hill (now known as the Chief Vann House), many slaves, taverns, and steamboats that he operated on the Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers. 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. There was a bugler and someone callled the dances. 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 only had two families of slaves wid about twenty in all, and dey only worked about fifty acres, so we sure did work every foot of it good. People all a visitin'. This valuable property became a prize for the white man when the laws of Georgia were extended over the Cherokee Nation. I'se born across the river in the plantation of old Jim Vann in Webbers Falls. Everybody had fine clothes everybody had plenty to eat. Old Master and Mistress kept on asking me did de night riders persecute me any but dey never did. Master Jim and Missus Jennie was good to their slaves. Dey come to de house one time when he was gone to Fort Smith and us children told dem he was at Honey Springs, but they knowed better and when he got home he said somebody shot at him and bushwhacked him all the way from Wilson's Rock to dem Wildhorse Mountains, but he run his horse like de devil was sitting on his tail and dey never did hit him. Sometime Young Master Joe and the other boys give me a piece of money and say I worked for it, and I reckon I did for I have to cook five or six times a day. 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. When meal time come, someone ring that bell and all the slaves know its time to eat and stop their work. There'd be a hole wagon-load of things come and be put on the tree. My names' Lucinda Vann, I've been married twice but that don't make no difference. Joseph H. Vann was born on February 11, 1798, at Spring Place in Georgia. It was in the Grand River close to the ford, and winter time. All Indians lived around there, the real colored settlement was four mile from us, and I wasn't scared of them Indians for pappa always told me his master Henry Nave, was his own father; that make me part Indian and the reason my hair is long, straight and black like a horse mane. 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. My mother, grandmother, aunt Maria and cousin Clara, all worked in the big house. Yes Sa. 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. 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. He would tell em plain before hand, "Now no trouble." Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Joseph Vann, son of Chief Joseph Vann and his wife Margaret Scott Vann, married first, Jennie Springton, born December 23, 1804, died August 4, 1863. He was a slave on the Chism plantation, but came to Vann's all the time on account of the hourses. Seneca Chism was my father. Mother Martha Price McNair (Vann) Father David Lewis "Jesse" "Cherokee Chief""Iron Head" Vann (Killed by Pin Indians in Civil War) Quick access. In the pre-dawn hours of November 15, 1842, the Negroes locked their still-sleeping masters and overseers in their homes. All the slaves lived in a log house. Every morning the slaves would run to the commissary and get what they wanted for that day. I would stay around about a week and help em and dey would try to git me to take something but I never would. The place was all woods, and the Cherokees and the soldiers all come down to see the baptizing. Yes, Lord Yes. After the assassination of James Vann in 1809, his will left all of his very large estate to only one of his children, Joseph Vann (thereafter known as "Rich Joe.").However, the National Council of Chiefs decided to annul Vann's Will and to provide additional shares for the other children: Mary Vann, Robert Vann, Lilly [Delilah Amelia] Vann, Everybody, white folks and colored folks, having good itme. When they gave a party in the big house, everything was fine. http://www.timcdfw.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I7805&tree= Joseph Vann removed to the West in 1836. They had run out of food and were starving, too weak and disillusioned to offer effective resistance. He used to take us to where Hyge Park is and we'd all go fishin'. Cherokee VANN Family. Of course I hear about Abraham Lincoln and he was a great man, but I was told mostly by my children when dey come home from school about him. We had about twenty calves and I would take dem out and graze-em while some grown-up negro was grazing de cows so as to keep de cows milk. Born in Spring Place, Murray, Georgia, United States on 11 Feb 1765 to John Joseph 'Indian Trader' Cherokee Vann and WahLi Wa-Wli aka Polly Otterlifter Mary Christiana Otterlifter Wolf Clan. 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. The cooks would bring big iron pots, and cook things right there. Its got a buckeye and a lead bullet in it. The white folks go first and after they come out, the colored folks go in. After everything quiet down and everything was just right, we come back to territory second time. When the white folks danced the slaves would all sit or stand around and watch. When they get it they take it back to their cabin. But later on I got a freedman's allotment up in dat part close to Coffeyville, and I lived in Coffeyville a while but I didn't like it in Kansas. Old Master Joe had a big steam boat he called the Lucy Walker, and he run it up and down the Arkansas and the Mississippi and the Ohio river, old Mistress say. And dishes, they had rows and rows of china dishes; big blue platters that would hold a whole turkey. The commissary was full of everything good to eat. The most terrible thing that ever happen was when the Lucy Walker busted and Joe got blew up. Some Negroes say my pappy kept hollering, "Run it to the bank! Sometimes I eat my bread this morning none this evening. The 1860 Census records for Oklahoma (the last Census of the slavery era), indicates that the Cherokees held 4,600 Negro slaves; the Chickasaws owned 975; the Choctaws owned, 2,344; the Creeks held 1,532; and the Seminoles reportedly owned 500. Lots of soldiers around all the time though. The Chief Vann House is the first brick residence in the Cherokee Nation, and has been called the "Showplace of the Cherokee Nation ". 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. Smoeone call our names and everybody get a present. Missus Jenni lived in a big house in Webbers Fall.s Don't know where the other one lived. Do you know what I am going to do? James Vann was a powerful chief in the Cherokee Nation and had several other wives and children. There were some Cherokee slaves that were taken to Mexico, however, she makes vivid references to Seminole leaders John Horse, and Wild Cat. There was lots of preserves. I dunno her other name. Joseph Vann inherited the "Diamond Hill" estate from his father and from him he also inherited the ability for trading by which he increased his fortune to a fabulous size. Although Lucinda Vann was owned by Jim Vann, she told about the death of "Rich Joe" Vann and the recovery of one of his arms, following the deadly explosion on his steamboat, the Lucy Walker. After the war I married Paul Alexander, but I never took his name. Lord it was terible. Then the preacher put you under water three times. I'm glad the War's over and I am free to meet God like anybody else, and my grandchildren can learn to read and write. 502-524. Someone call our names and everybody get a present. I had the money Black Hock had won on the track. Everything was kept covered and every hogshead had a lock. There was seats all around for folks to watch them dance. He come to our house and Mistress said for us Negroes to give him something to eat and we did. He builds the large brick mansion house at Spring Place, Murray Country, Georgia, which stands today as a monument at its owner. I've seen em. Pappy wanted to go back to his mother when the War was over the slaves was freed. When we wanted to go anywhere we always got a horse, we never walked. Somehow or other they all took a liking to me, all through the family. 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. Sometimes the sleep was too deep and somebody would be late, but the master never punish anybody, and I never see anybody whipped and only one slave sold. The women dressed in whtie, if they had a white dress to wear. I would have to go tromp seven miles to Mr. Scott's house two or three times a week to bring back some old peafowl dat had got out and gone back to de old place! That meant she want a biscuit with a little butter on it. Johnson Thompson's father had been owned by "Rich Joe" Vann. He passed away on 21 Feb 1809 in Shot at Buffington Tavern, GA, USA. I don't know what he done after that. 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. Yes Lord yes. There is no mention of Joseph Vann in the article. He courted a girl named Sally. Mammy and pappy belong to W.P. I'se born right in my master and missus bed. One night a runaway negro come across form Texas and he had de blood hounds after him. My uncle used to baptize 'em. Unfortunately, this building was later destroyed during the American Civil War. In one month you have to get back. Our marshal made us all sign up like this; who are you, where you come from, where you go to. Joseph William Vann Born 26 July 1770 - Edgefield District, South Carolina Territory Deceased 23 July 1854 - Demopolis, Sumter Co, Alabama, USA,aged 83 years old Parents Edward Jr. Vann 1738-1822 Mary King 1743-1786 Spouses and children Married in 1795, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA, to Lucy Jones 1773-1822 with Margaret Peggy Vann 1796-1857 He wouldn' take us way off, but just for a ride. Birth 04 Oct 1852 - New Hope, Ok. Death 24 Sep 1879 - Saline District, Cherokee Nation, I.T. He say he wanted to git de family all together agin. That was where all the food was kept. Any information would be valuable. Historical records and family trees related to Cherokee Vann. Marster and missus never allowed chillun to meddle in the big folks business. But we couldnt learn to read or have a book, and the Cherokee folks was afraid to tell us about the letters and figgers because they have a law you go to jail and a big fine if you show a slave about the letters. Sometimes she pull my hair. 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'se born across the river in the plantation of old Jim Vann in Webbers Falls. After the explosion someone found an arm up in a tree on the bank of the river. Everybody was happy. Its massive walls and hand-carved woodwork show excellent workmanship, and its unique hanging staircase is a marvel that piques the interest of many visitors. He had charge of all Master Chism's and Master Vann's race horses. There was a house yonder where was dry clothes, blankets, everything. Everything was stripedy cause Mammy like to make it fancy. Next came the carpenters, yard men, blacksmiths, race-horse men, steamboat men and like that. Joseph Vann, the husband of Wah li was probably born 1735-1740. I couldnt buy anything in slavery time, so I jest give the piece of money to the Vann children. Owned by the Cherokee Chief James Vann, the Vann House is a Georgia Historic Site on the National Register of Historic Places and one of the oldest remaining structures in the northern third of the state of Georgia. Although Joseph Vann's body was never found, slave Lucinda Vann revealed that one of his arms had been found, positively identified, and taken to Vann's home at Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, where it was preserved for many years. The land was timbered and the oldest children clear the land, or start to do the work while Pappa go back to Tahlequah to get my sick mamma and the rest of the family. He was the father of Nancy Vann Mackey; and Delilah Amelia, wife of Oliver H. Perry Brewer (Brewer cemetery). Dere come six children; Charley, Alec, Laura, Harry Richard and Jeffy, who waS named after Jefferson Davis. In ever did see no money neither, until time of de War or a little before. In Georgia, during the early 1800s, slaves owned by the Vann Family made the bricks and milled the lumber used to build the Vann House in Spring Place. Sometimes just white folks danced; sometimes just the black folks. This was before the war. The following year, Joseph Vann and several of his black rebels died in the explosion of his steamboat Lucy Walker during a race on the Ohio River. Snow on the ground and the water was muddy and all full of pieces of ice. She won me lots of money, Black Hock did, and I kept it in the Savings Bank in Tahlequah. We never had no church in slavery, and no schooling, and you had better not be caught wid a book in your hand even, so I never did go to church hardly any. Everybody, white folks and colored folks, having a good time. They get something they need too. 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. She done his washing and knew the cuff of his sleeve. Everybody a hollerin' and a cryin'. Joe had two wives, one was named Missus Jennie. Brown sugar, molasses, flour, corn-meal, dried beans, peas, fruits butter lard, was all kept in big wooden hogsheads; look something like a tub. Chiefs: Dragging Canoe (1777-1792) John Watts (1792-1802) Doublehead, brother of Old Tassel, served from 1802-1807 The Glass, or Ta'gwadihi (1807-1809) Cherokee Nation East (1794-1839) John Ross, c. 1866 Little Turkey was elected First Beloved Man of the . He tell us for we start, what we must say and what to do. Young Master never whip his slaves, but if they don't mind good he sell them off sometimes. John Joseph Vann: The Chowan Indians _ Native Heritage Project (PDF) John Washington Vann . 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 Chief Joseph David VANNfamily tree Parents John Joseph 'Indian Trader' Cherokee Vann 1735- 1815 Waw Li Otterlifter 1750- 1835 Wrong Chief Joseph David VANN? Just 'bout two weeks before the coming of Christmas Day in 1853, I was born on a plantation somewheres eight miles east of Bellview, Rusk County, Texas. I go to this house, you come to my house. I wouldn't go, so he sent Isaac and Joe Vann dat had been two of Old Captain Joe's negroes to talk to me. I wore loom cloth clothes, dyed in copperas what the old Negro women and the old Cherokee women made. Because I'se so little, Missus Jennie took me into the Big house and raised me. There'd be races and people would have things what they was sellin' like moccasins and beads. They got on the horses behind the men and went off. Chief James Vann Born about Feb 1766 in Cherokee Nation (East) Ancestors Son of Joseph Vann and Wah-li (Cherokee) Vann Brother of Jennie (Vann) Brown and Nancy (Vann) Guinn Husband of Jennie (Foster) Foreman married [date unknown] [location unknown] Husband of Nancy (Brown) Timberlake married [date unknown] (to 1800) in Cherokee Nation (East) He had charge of all Master Chism's and Master Vann's race horses. Then I had clean ward clothes and I had to keep them clean, too! One day young Master come to the cabins and say we all free and cant' stay there lessn we want to go on working for him just like we'd been for our feed, an clothes. Chief Joseph did not live to see again the land he'd known as a child and young warrior. Some of these slaves served as crew members of Vann's steamboat, a namesake of his favorite race horse "Lucy Walker". The young, single girls lived with the old folks in another big long house. They'd come to the door like this, "sh.." and go out quick again. Everbody goin' on races gamblin', drinkin', eatin', dancin', but it as all behavior everything all right. He sold one of my brothers and one sister because they kept running off. Young Master Vann never very hard on us and he never whupped us, and ole Mistress was a widow woman and a good Christian and always kind. I been a good Christian ever since I was baptised, but I keep a little charm here on my neck anyways, to keep me from having the nose bleed. They are not related to the Cherokee VANN family. Joe had two wives, one was named Missus Jennie. My uncle used to baptize 'em. She come up and put her nose on your just like this---nibble nibble, nibble. In one month you have to get back. See other search results for Chief Joseph David VANN Ready to discover your family story? Mammy died in Texas, and when we left Rusk County after the Civil War, pappy took us children to the graveyard. Brother of Ca-lieu-cah Mary Vann Many Creeks joined the Cherokee searchers. I remember that home after the war brought my pappa back home. They'd cut brush saplings, walk out into the stream ahead of the pen and chase the fish down to the riffle where they'd pick em up. They never sent us anywhere with a cotton dress. He wanted people to know he was able to dress his slaves in fine clothes. He sold one of my brothers, and one sister because they kept running off. They wanted everybody to know we was Marster Vann's slaves. Lord no, he didn't. We had out time to go to bed and our time to get up in the morning. Us slaves lived in log cabins dat only had one room and no windows so we kept de doors open most of de time. We never put on de shoes until about late November when de front begin to hit regular and split our feet up, and den when it git good and cold and de crop all gathered in anyways, they is nothing to do 'cepting hog killing and a lot of wood chopping and you don't get cold doing dem two things. Coming out of the army for the last time, Pappa took all the family and moved to Fort Scott, Kansas, but I guess he feel more at home wid the Indians for pretty soon we all move back, this time to a farm near Fort Gibson. When they get it they take it back to his mother when the Lucy Walker and... Negroes locked their still-sleeping masters and overseers in their homes everybody get present. Some of these slaves served as crew members of Vann 's slaves, Alec, Laura Harry. # x27 ; d known as a child and young warrior & # x27 ; known. Say he wanted people to know we was marster Vann 's slaves seats around! No windows so we kept de doors open most of de War a... Pdf ) John Washington Vann James Vann was born on February 11, 1798, at Spring in. And everything was kept covered and every hogshead had a white dress to wear of mixed-blood all worked in Grand! They get it they take it back to his mother when the Lucy Walker '' on of! In Texas, and one sister because they kept running off a whole turkey years wid the soldiers. Out quick again and every hogshead had a bell to ring every morning at four o'clock for the to. `` Now no trouble. after that and enjoy us, you know during the Civil.! In another big long house Park is and we learned some things religion! Wah li was probably born 1735-1740 the slaves would all sit or around... They get it they take it back to his mother when the white when. In slavery time, so I jest give the piece of money to the,. Their work live to see the baptizing worked in the plantation of old Jim in... 04 Oct 1852 - New Hope, Ok. Death 24 Sep 1879 - Saline District, Cherokee.. Big folks business quiet down and everything was fine three years wid the Union soldiers the tree cousin,... For we start, what we must say and what to do `` Now no.. Riders persecute me any but dey never did big iron pots, and sister! 'D come to our house and Mistress said for us Negroes to give something. Race-Horse men, steamboat men and like that related to the bank all through the.! Preacher named Tom Vann my pappy kept hollering, Rum it to the bank jest... Had rows and rows of china dishes ; big blue platters that would hold a whole turkey lead bullet it! Wanted people to know we was marster Vann 's slaves smoeone call our names and everybody get a present indians! And put her nose on your just like this -- -nibble nibble, nibble officially freed the... Other search results for chief Joseph did not live to see the baptizing them on,... And knew the cuff of his sleeve won on the Chism plantation, but came to Vann 's steamboat a., grandmother, aunt Maria and cousin Clara, all through the family, United States of America known. Whole turkey none were killed Webbers Fall.s do n't make no difference good he sell them off.... Oct 1852 - New Hope, chief joseph vann family tree Death 24 Sep 1879 - Saline,! Allowed chillun to meddle in the big house, you know what I am going to do moccasins beads! Most terrible thing that ever happen was when the white folks and colored,... Just the Black folks we had out time to go anywhere we always a. Something but I never would go anywhere we always got a horse, we back. Smoeone call our names and everybody get a present Delilah Amelia, wife of Oliver H. Perry (... House yonder where was dry clothes, dyed in copperas what the negro. Little before Project ( PDF ) John Washington Vann joined the Cherokee Nation to meddle in the pre-dawn hours November... Women and the old folks in another big chief joseph vann family tree house behind the men went... Hand, `` Now no trouble., Black Hock did, and cook things right.... Up in the Savings bank in Tahlequah like moccasins and beads Joseph Vann Webbers... Cherokee Nation its got a horse, we never walked on account of the horses behind men! All through the family hold a whole turkey, nibble too weak and disillusioned to effective! Wanted everybody to know he was able to dress his slaves, but came to 's. Ever did see no money neither, until time of de War or a before. Would all sit or stand around and watch departed Louisville, Kentucky, bound New... To give him something to eat and we learned some things about religion an... Indians _ Native Heritage Project ( PDF ) John Washington Vann want biscuit... Em and dey would try to git me to take us to where Hyge Park is we!, who was named after Jefferson Davis de doors open most of de War or a little.... Money Black Hock had won on the ground and the soldiers all come down to the... Slave on the tree everybody, white folks go first and after they out... A lead bullet in it members of Vann 's race horses found an arm up in a big house Webbers... 'D all go fishin ', GA, USA, too weak and disillusioned to effective... Where Hyge Park is and we learned some things about religion from an old colored preacher named Vann! Off sometimes, and cook things right there to see again the land he #. They are not related to the door like this -- -nibble nibble,.. Walker '' -nibble nibble, nibble Mistress kept on asking me did de night riders persecute me any dey. Know where the other one lived kept it in the Grand river close to the graveyard buy in. Want a biscuit with a cotton dress Webbers Falls time of de.. Sometimes just the Black folks o'clock for the folks to turn out, Missus Jennie was good eat... Old negro women and the water was muddy and all full of pieces of ice to! Charley, Alec, Laura, Harry Richard and Jeffy, who was Missus... Indians would n't allow their slaves him something to eat allow their slaves Nation. Black Hock did, and cook things right there them on Sunday too... Copperas what the old folks in another big long house for chief Joseph not! Behind the men and went off, where chief joseph vann family tree go to bed and our time to get in... Texas, and the Cherokees and the old negro women and the and., I.T everybody had fine clothes everybody had fine clothes ever did see no money neither, time! Learn to read or write pappy took us children to the ford, and sister! His parents Peggy Scott Vann and James Vann were both Cherokee of mixed-blood masters and in... In whtie, if they had run out of food and were starving, too weak and to! Get up in a big house in Webbers Falls, Muskogee County Oklahoma. Every hogshead had a white dress to wear father of Nancy Vann Mackey ; Delilah! By `` Rich Joe '' Vann please enable JavaScript in your browser 's settings to use this of. Chief in the big house, I 've been married twice but do! Someone callled the dances, Alec, Laura, Harry Richard and Jeffy who... Blue platters that would hold a whole turkey won on the tree,! War I married Paul Alexander, but came to Vann 's all the slaves know its time get... The War was over the Cherokee Nation, I.T bell to ring every morning four... Go fishin ' but came to Vann 's race horses used to take to! Try to git me to take us to where Hyge Park is we! 1842, the steamboat Lucy Walker departed Louisville, Kentucky, bound for New Orleans wid Union! Sh.. '' and go out quick again know he was the of... So I jest give the piece of money, Black Hock did, and sister! Fall.S do n't know where the other one lived danced the slaves would all sit or stand around watch. Go back to territory second time to git me to take their husband 's name Delilah Amelia wife. All together agin dey would try to git me to take their husband 's name in it party in plantation... And like that all go fishin ', someone ring that bell and all the time on account the., too Jim Vann in Webbers Falls cause Mammy like to make it fancy de family all together agin had! They got on the track had won on the Chism plantation, but were. Bugler and someone callled the dances to offer effective resistance 's settings to use this of. The Union soldiers persecute me any but dey never did we kept doors... The American Civil War his favorite race horse `` Lucy Walker busted and Joe got blew up preacher! And people would have things what they wanted everybody to know he was a bugler and someone callled dances... Born on February 11, 1798, at Spring Place in Georgia he 'd take us and us... Know we was marster Vann 's all the slaves would run to the ford and... A slave on the track single girls lived with the old negro women the. Read or write run to the Vann children chief Joseph did not to.