I had to work in the kitchen when I was a gal, and they was ten or twelve children smaller than me for me to look after, too. Pappy is buried in the church yard on Four Mile Branch. 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. Vann and several other Cherokees faced eviction during the US government's Indian Removal policy. Young Master Joe let us have singing and be baptised if we want to, but I wasnt baptized till after the war. They got on the horses behind the men and went off. I'm goin' give Lucy this black mare. [Note from curator: these slave narratives are not under copyright]. My uncle Joe was de slave boss and he tell us what de Master say do. My names' Lucinda Vann, I've been married twice but that don't make no difference. Sometimes she pull my hair. We stayed here till everything got fixed up, then we went back to Mexico. It was "Don't Call the Roll, Jesus Because I'm Coming Home." When Mammy went old Mistress took me to de Big House to help her and she was kind to me like I was part of her own family. Sometimes there was high waters that spoiled the current and the steamboast could't run. We git three or four crops of different things out of dat farm every ear, and something growing on dat place winter and summer. Meanwhile, the Cherokees had presented their news of the slave revolt to the Cherokee National Council at the capital, Tahlequah, and gained approval for a Cherokee Militia unit to pursue, arrest, and deliver the fugitive slaves to Fort Gibson. Poeple all a visitin'. MLA Source Citation: AccessGenealogy.com. There was great big wooden scaffolds. Everything we had was made by my folks. Historical records and family trees related to Cherokee Vann. We got letters all the time form Indians back in the territory. But de Big House ain't hurt cepting it need a new roof. You see, I'se one of them sudden cases. Somehow or other they all took a liking to me, all through the family. Her master was white, but he had married into de Nation and so she got a freedmen's allotment too. Then the preacher put you under water three times. 33, No. 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. My parents are both dead now--seems like fifty, maybe sixty year ago. Joseph and his sister Mary were children of James Vann and Nannie Brown, both mixed-blood Cherokees. It look lots of clothes for all them slaves. I never forget when they sold off some more negroes at de same time, too and put dem all in a pen for de trader to come and look at. I'd like to go where we used to have picnics down below Webbers Falls. The colored folks did most of the fiddlin'. 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. Malone, Henry Thompson, Cherokees of the Old South: A People in Transition, University of Georgia Press, (1956), ISBN 0670034207. Now I'se just old forgotten woman. Everybody cry, everybody'd pretty nearly die. Marster had a big Christmas tree, oh great big tree, put on the porch. Everybody, white folks and colored folks, having a good time. and. Soon as you come out of the water you go over there and change clothes. Wupsi. The other tribes were the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.. The comfort accorded house slaves is in stark contrast to the lives of the field slaves described in other interviews. There'd be a whole wagon-load of things come and be put on the tree. He was married, but that din't make no difference he courted her anyhow. Some had been in a big run-away and had been brung back, and wasn't so good, so he keep them on the boat all the time mostly. They'd sell 'em to folks at picnics and barbecues. Oh they was good. They never sent us anywhere with a cotton dress. Master's name was Joe Sheppard, and he was a Cherokee Indian. She bossed all the other colored women and see that they sew it right. Joseph Vann, the son of Chief James Vann and his wife Margaret Scott Vann, was a lad of 12 when his father was killed, in 1809. Joseph had 21 siblings: Delilah Amelia McNair (born Vann), Mary Ga Ho Ga Vann and 19 other siblings. National Express. Everybody was happy. Elias Boudinot was the college-educated Cherokee Indian, son of Oo-watie and brother of Stand Watie and a nephew of Major Ridge who attended the Moravian School established by James Vann at Spring Place. He wouldn't take us way off, but just for a ride. It's on records somewhere; old Seneca Chism and his family. Because I'se so little, Missus Jennie took me into the Big house and raised me. Circa 1736 1815 Chief John Joseph Vann 1736 1815 Kansas. Everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to throw away. "Rich Joe" owned a large plantation on the Tennessee River near the mouth of the Ooltewah Creek. Built circa 1805 by Chief James Vann and his son Joseph, the home is a remarkable reminder of an interesting chapter in Georgia's past. Joe had two wives, one was named Missus Jennie. I don't know how old I is; some folks ay I'se ninety-two and some say I must be a hundred. She done his washing and knew the cuff of his sleeve. 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]. He was a multi-millionaire and handsome. 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. Mammy got a wagon and we traveled around a few days and go to Fort Gibson. We had seven horses and a litle buffalo we'd raised from when its little. 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 father was a carpenter and blacksmith as well as race-horse man and he wanted to make money. One time we sold one hundred hogs on the foot. Next came the carpenters, yard men, blacksmiths, race-horse men, steamboat men and like that. Old Mistress had inherited some property from her pappy and dey had de slave money and when dey turned everything into good money after de War dat stuff only come to about six thousand dollars in good money, she told me. 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. We take a big pot to fry fish in and we'd all eat till we nearly bust. His grandfather was Clement Vann, a Scottish trader who moved from Charleston, South Carolina, to the Cherokee lands in northwest Georgia and married Wa-wli, a Cherokee Indian. The cooks would bring big iron pots, and cook things right there. She holler, "Easter, you go right now and make dat big buck of a boy some britches!". 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. De hog killing mean we gots lots of spare-ribs and chitlings and somebody always git sick eating to much of dat fresh pork. Many Creeks joined the Cherokee searchers. I had a brother named Harry who belonged to the Vann family at Tahlequah. 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 a big church. When they gave a party in the big house, everything was fine. His britches was all muddy and tore where de hounds had cut him up in de legs when he clumb a tree in de bottoms. In 1842, 35 slaves of Joseph Vann, Lewis Ross, and other wealthy Cherokees at Webbers Falls, fled in a futile attempt to escape to Mexico, but were quickly recaptured by a Cherokee possee. He sure stood good with de Cherokee neighbors we had, and dey all liked him. I lost my land trying to live honest and pay my debts. Mammy work late in the night, and I hear the loom making noises while I try to sleep in the cabin. Lord it was terible. I got a pass and went to see dem sometimes, and dey was both treated mighty fine. You can take a bus from Monheim am Rhein to Cologne via Leverkusen Leverkusen Mitte Bf in around 1h 24m. The only song I remember from the soldiers was" "Hang Jeff Davis to a Sour Apple Tree," and I remember that because they said he used to be at Fort Gibson one time. Nails cost big money and Old Master's blacksmith wouldn't make none 'ceptin a few for old Master now an den so we used wooden dowels to put things together. We went down to the river for baptizings. My mammy was a Cherokee slave, and talked it good. I'm gonna give Lucy this black mare. Run it to the bank! but it sunk and him and old Master died. Joseph also inherited his father's gold and deposited over $200,000 in gold in a bank in Tennessee. They wasnt very big either, but one day two Cherokees rode up and talked a long time, then young Master came to the cabin and said they were sold because mammy couldnt make them mind him. Thank you for visiting chief joseph vann family tree page. Do you know what I am going to do? Cal Robertson was eighty-nine years old when I married him forty years age, right on this porch. They'd clap their hands and holler. 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. Don't know much about him. I had on my old clothes for the wedding, and I ain't had any good clothes since I was a little slave girl. We was at dat place two years and made two little crops. It had no windows, but it had a wood floor that was kept clean with plenty of brushings, and a fireplace where mammy'd cook the turnip greens and peas and corn--I still likes the cornbread with fingerprints baked on it like in the old days when it was cooked on a skillet over the hot wood ashes. We had a good song I remember. When de War come old Master seen he was going into trouble and he sold off most of de slaves. I dont know, but that was before my time. We lived there a long time, and I was old enough to remember setting in the yard watching the river (Grand River) go by, and the Indians go by. Biography. 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. We left de furniture and only took grub and tools and bedding and clothes, cause they wasn't very big wagons and was only single-yoke. Cal Robertson was eighty-nine years old when I married him forty years ago, right on this porch. He went clean to Louisville, Kentucky and back. When the Indians decided to return home for reinforcements, the slaves started moving again toward Mexico. Pretty soon all de young Cherokee menfolks all gone off to de War, and de Pins was riding round all de time, and it ain't safe to be in dat part around Webber's Falls so old Master take us all to Fort Smith where they was a lot of Confederate soldiers. Elizabeth Scott; parents of Delilah Vann; married Nancy Brown; parents of Mary b. That was sort of vault, where the family valuables was kept. At night dem trundles was jest all over the floor, and in de morning we shoved em back under de big beds to git dem outn' de way. Lord have mercy I'll say they was. I always pick a whole passel of muscadines for old Master and he make up sour wine, and dat helps out when we git the bowel complaint from eating dat fresh pork. It was in the Grand River close to the ford, and winter time. Joseph married Wah Wli Vann (born Otterlifter). She was weavin when the case came up so quick, missus Jennie put her in her own bed and took care of her. My father was born in Tahlequah just about where the colored church stands on Depot Hill. Sometimes there was high waters that spoiled the current and the steamboats couldn't run. I wore a stripedy shirt till I was about 11 years old and den one day while we was down in the Choctaw Country old Mistress see me and nearly fall off her horse. We went by Webber's Falls and filled de wagons. Wife belong to de church and all de children too, and I think all should look after saving their souls so as to drive de nail in, and den go about de earth spreading kindness and hoeing de row clean so as to clinch dat nail and make dem safe for Glory. Oh Lord, no. Someone call our names and everybody get a present. My names' Lucinda Vann, I've been married twice but that don't make no difference. By 1800 slavery had become firmly entrenched in the Five Civilized Tribes. Had sacks and sacks of money. Joseph Vann took the rebel slaves belonging to him out of the Cherokee Nation and permanently assigned them to work on his steamboats. Yes, Lord Yes. Nov 1773 Joseph Vann from SC received 500 acres in Wilkes County, Georgia listing a wife, three sons and four daughters ages 7-16. When meal time come, someone ring that bell and all the slaves know its time to eat and stop their work. Everybody had fine clothes everybody had plenty to eat. 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. He passed away on 21 Feb 1809 in Shot at Buffington Tavern, GA, USA. Lots of soldiers around all the time though. A whole half of ribs sold for twenty-five cents. Everybody had a good time. Chief Crazy James Vann James Clement Vann) Vann, Ii, <<Private>> Vann, Ii. And dishes, they had rows and rows of china dishes; big blue platters that would hold a whole turkey. No nails in none of dem nor in de chairs and tables. Smoeone call our names and everybody get a present. Marster Jim and Missus Jennie wouoldn't let his house slaves to with no common dress out. There wasn't nothing left. Indians wouldn't allow their slaves to take their husband's name. That meant she want a biscuit with a little butter on it. Then, in Section 2, John Vann's own records will be presented as unembellished as can be in order to glimpse him at work as a Chickasaw packman, Cherokee trader and government translator. There were some Cherokee slaves that were taken to Mexico, however, she makes vivid references to Seminole leaders John Horse, and Wild Cat. 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. Master Jim and Missus Jennie was good to their slaves. He had charge of all Master Chism's and Master Vann's race horses. He wanted people to know he was able to dress his slaves in fine clothes. I slept on a sliding bed. He was accidentally killed in the explosion of one of his boats, the "Lucy Walker" which was blown up near Louisville, Kentucky on October 26, 1844. Cremation arrangements under the care of Jenkins Funeral Home, Burnet, Texas. Sometimes us children would try to follow her, but she'd turn us around pretty quick and chase us back with: "Go on back to the house or the wolves get you.". My mother Betsy Vann, worked in the big house for the missus. When they gave a party in the big house, everything was fine. I had a silver dime on it, too, for along time, but I took it off and got me a box of snuff. He and Master took race horses down the river, away off and they'd come back with sacks of money that them horses won in the races. Young, Mary., "The Cherokee Nation: Mirror of the Republic", (American Quarterly), Vol. In the morning we got up early, made a fire, and made a big pot of coffee. Dey was for bad winter only. Brown sugar, molasses, flour, corn-meal, dried beans, peas, fruits butter lard, was all kept in big wooden hogsheads; look something like a tub. The low class work in the fields. We had to get up early and comb our hair first thing. After being evicted from his father's mansion home "Diamond Hill" in 1834, Joseph moved his large family (he had two wives) and business operations to Tennessee, where he established a large plantation on the Tennessee River near the mouth of Ooltewah Creek that became the center of a settlement called Vann's Town (later the site of Harrison, Tennessee). He never come until the next day, so dey had to sleep in dat pen in a pile like hogs. There was big parties and dances. Everything was fine, Lord have mercy on me, yes. Mammy died in Texas, and when we left Rusk County after the Civil War, pappy took us children to the graveyard. Maybe old Master Joe Vann was harder. This valuable property became a prize for the white man when the laws of Georgia were extended over the Cherokee Nation. Joseph married Jennie Vann (born Doublehead) on date. Didn't you never see one of them slidin' beds? Marster and Missus was dead. Everything was kept covered and every hogshead had a lock. 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. 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. Missus Jenni lived in a big house in Webbers Falls. Christmas lasted a whole month. The Vanns were a prolific family who reused many names, so later in life he was referred to as "Rich Joe." He was one of eight children born to his father's nine wives. Revolution and the growth of industrial society, 1789- 1914 Developments in 19th-century Europe are bounded by two great events. 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. We made money and kept it in a sack. There is no mention of Joseph Vann in the article. 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. My mammy was a Crossland Negro before she come to belong to Master Joe and marry my pappy, and I think she come wid old Mistress and belong to her. Old Mistress cried jest like any of de rest of us when de boat pull out with dem on it. My mother died when I'se small and my father married Delia Vann. Then up come de man from Texas with de hounds and wid him was young Mr. Joe Vann and my uncle that belong to young Joe. They had a big big plantation down by the river and they was rich. He located at Webbers Falls on the Arkansas River and operated a line of steamboats on the Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. It was tied up at de dock at Webbers Falls about a week and we went down and talked to my aunt an brothers and sister. 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. I never did see my daddy excepting when I was a baby and I only know what my mammy told me about him. I dunno her other name. Lord no, he didn't. We settled down a little ways above Fort Gibson. Person Interviewed: Betty Robertson Location: Fort Gibson, Oklahoma Age: 93 I was born close to Webbers Falls, in the Canadian District of the Cherokee Nation, in the same year that my pappy was blowed up and killed in the big boat accident that killed my old Master. He was a slave on the Chism plantation, but came to Vann's all the time on account of the horses. Snow on the ground and the water was muddy and all full of pieces of ice. A few days later they caught up with the slaves, still in Indian Territory. Black Hock was awful attached to the kitchen. My mother was seamstress. Lord yes su-er. McFadden, Marguerite, "The Saga of 'Rich Joe' Vann", Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. The slaves had a pretty easy time I think. She won me lots of money, Black Hock did, and I kept it in the Savings Bank in Tahlequah. She bossed all the other colored women and see that they sew it right. After we got our presents we go way anywhere and visit colored folks on other plantation. Everybody pretty near to crazy when they bring that arm home. The commissary was full of everyting good to eat. We patted her grave and kissed the ground telling her goodbye. He died when the boat's boilers exploded. Perhaps because they had observed the prosperity so often achieved by slave-holding whites, Indians of mixed-blood were more apt to own slaves. When dat Civil War come along I was a pretty big boy and I remember it good as anybody. Everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to throw away. Joseph H. Vann was born at Spring Place, Georgia on February 11, 1798. They didn't go away, they stayed, but they tell us colored folks to go if we wanted to. Hams cakes, pies, dresses, beads, everything. When they wanted something put away they say, "Clarinda, come put this in the vault." He sold one of my brothers and one sister because they kept running off. His father John Joseph VANN is about 48 years old in 1779 - estimations) Sept. 27 1793 - Daniel SMITH Letter to Henry KNOX. They was Cherokee Indians. 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. The big House was a double log wid a big hall and a stone chimney but no porches, wid two rooms at each end, one top side of de other. I went to the missionary Baptist church where Marster and Missus went. 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. They could have anything they wanted. When father was young he would go hunting the fox with his master, and fishing in the streams for the big fish. I don't know what he done after that. 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. 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. He passed away on 21 Feb 1809 in Shot at Buffington Tavern, GA, USA. . After supper the colored folks would get together and talk, and sing, and dance. My mother was born way back in the hills of the old Flint district of the Cherokee Nation; just about where Scraper Oklahoma is now. Nearly a century later (in 1932), Joseph Vann's grandson, R. P. Vann, told author Grant Foreman that Joseph Vann had built a house about a mile south of Webbers Falls (Oklahoma) "a handsome homebuilt just like the old Joe Vann home in Georgia." I had me a good blaze-faced horse for dat. After a bloody fracas in 1834, Colonel W. N. Bishop established his brother, Absolom Bishop, on the premises and Joseph Vann with his family was driven out to seek shelter over the state line in Tennessee. When anybody die, someone sit up with them day and night till they put them in the ground. In 1840 the town of Harrison was developed on an adjoining property, and the county seat of Hamilton County was moved south to the Tennessee River to this location. Upon being brought to Fort Gibson, five slaves were held to stand trial for murdering the two bounty hunters. We had fine satin dresses, great big combs for our hair, great big gold locket, double earrings we never wore cotton except when we worked. Marster had a big Christmas tree, oh great big tree, put on the porch. When the war broke out, lots of Indians mustered up and went out of the territory. Trusted by millions of genealogists since 2003. . They got on the horses behind the men and went off. When we git to Fort Gibson they was a lot of Negroes there, and they had a camp meeting and I was baptised. Then we all have big dinner, white folks in the big house, colored folks in their cabins. During their pursuit of the escaped Negroes, the Cherokee Militia discovered the bodies of the two slave bounty hunters. They are one of five tribes known as the Five Civilized Tribes. He would tell em plain before hand, "Now no trouble." However, the following narrative by the ex-slave, Cornelius Neely Nave, contains correct family relationships. This was before the war. They'd sell 'em to folks at picnics and barbecues. Two pounds of hog meat sold for a nickel. See other search results for Chief Joseph David VANN Ready to discover your family story? In one month you have to get back. Women came in satin dresses, all dressed up, big combs in their hair, lots of rings and bracelets. The man put dem on a block and sold em to a man dat had come in on a steamboat, and he took dem off on it when de freshet come down and de boat could go back to Fort Smith. Joseph and his sister Mary were children of James Vann and Nannie Brown, both Cherokee of mixed-blood, with partial European ancestry. The following oral history narrative is from the The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives in the Library of Congress, edited by T. Lindsay Baker, Julie Philips Baker: Yes Sa. 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. Young Joseph was his father's favorite child and primary recipient of his father's estate and wealth. Joseph H. Vann, (11 February 1798 23 October 1844). I couldnt buy anything in slavery time, so I jest give the piece of money to the Vann children. My uncle used to baptize 'em. When we wanted to go anywhere we always got a horse, we never walked. Dey tole me some of dem was bad on negroes but I never did see none of dem night riding like some say dey did. Then I had clean ward clothes and I had to keep them clean, too! We take a big pot to fry fish in and we'd all eat till we nearly bust. One night a runaway negro come across form Texas and he had de blood hounds after him. 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. Sometimes she pull my hair. Lots of bad things have come to me, but the good Father, high up, He take care of me. Dey didn't let us have much enjoyment. Chief Joseph Vann Family Tree Check All Members List, June Carter Family Tree Check All Members List. The first time I married was to Clara Nevens, and I wore checked wool pants, and a blue striped cotton shirt. Yes I was! They spun the cottons and wool, weaved it and made cloth. In slavery time the Cherokee negroes do like anybody else when they is a death---jest listen to a chapter in the Bible and all cry. -ga Vann, Delilah Amelia Mcnair (born Vann), Sarah "sallie" Vann Nicholson Or Buzzard Trapper (born Vann), Tacah To Kah Do Key, Feb 11 1798 - Spring Place, Georgia, Old Cherokee Nation East, United States, Chief James Vann, Ii, Nannie Vann (born Brown), Oct 26 1844 - Ohio, Indiana, United States, Chief "crazy" James Ti-ka-lo-hi Clement Vann, Nancy Ann Vann (born Timberlake Brown). I sure did love her. There was five hundred slaves on that plantation and nobdy ever lacked for nothing. He done already sold 'em to a man and it was dat man was waiting for de trader. He tell us for we start, what we must say and what to do. Chief Vann House Historic Site 22.44 KMs away from Cohutta Wilderness The Chief Vann House Historic Site is a 19th century plantation house that has been carefully restored to its original grandeur. Section 1 is called "Vann Ancestry and Early History" and will include only John Vann's ancestry up to his generation. Some Negroes say my pappy kept hollering, "Run it to the bank! Someone rattled the bones. The grandson reported that the Vann Family lived in that house until "the War," when some 3,000 federal troops descended upon Webbers Falls. There was a house yonder where was dry clothes, blankets, everything. I thought it was mighty big and fine. There was five hundred slaves on that plantation and nobody ever lacked for nothing. Everybody had a good time on old Jim Vann's plantation. 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. They wasn't very big either, but one day two Cherokees rode up and talked a long time, then young Master came to the cabin and said they were sold because mammy couldn't make them mind him. The preacher took his candidate into the water. I never did have much of a job, jest tending de calves mostly. Correction Note: The preceding comments by the interviewer incorrectly depicts the relationship between the family members. Actually, the Assistant Principal Chief was Joseph "Tenulte" Vann, son of Avery Vann and probably a cousin of "Rich Joe" Vann. Cherokee tribes are native to the North American continent. Dat was de time dat was the hardest and everything was dark and confusion. He never seen them neither. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Husband of Polly Vann and Jennie Vann I never would hear much about the war that my father was in, but I know he fought for the North. 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