![]() President Andrew Jackson gained Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, to authorize forced removal of tribes to new lands west of the Mississippi River, in exchange for cession of their lands in the Southeast, to allow development by European-American planters. Joseph also inherited his father's gold and deposited over $200,000 in gold in a bank in Tennessee. James Vann had tried to plan to have Joseph to inherit his wealth, but Cherokee law stipulated that the home go to his wife Peggy, while his possessions and property were to be divided among his children.Įventually the Cherokee Council granted Joseph the inheritance in line with his father's wish this included 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of land, trading posts, river ferries, and the Vann House in Spring Place, Georgia. Young Joseph was his father's favorite child and was the major heir of his estate and wealth.Īt age 11, Joseph was in the room when his father James was murdered in Buffington's Tavern in 1809 in present-day Forsyth County, GA, about 70 miles from the family home, Diamond Hill, at Spring Place, Murray County. Joseph's paternal grandparents were Joseph Vann, a Scottish trader who came from the Province of South Carolina, and Mary Christiana (Wah-Li or Wa-wli Vann), a Cherokee. The people were considered one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the American Southeast, because they had adopted some European-American ways, often from traders who intermarried with the Cherokee. James Vann was a powerful chief in the Cherokee Nation and had several other wives and children. Joseph and his sister Mary were children of James Vann and Nannie Brown, both Cherokee of mixed-blood, with partial European ancestry. Vann was born at Spring Place, Georgia on February 11, 1798. He built up his businesses along the major waterways, operating his steamboats on the Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, and Arkansas rivers. ![]() In 1837, he moved with several hundred Cherokee to Indian Territory, as he realized they had no choice under the government's Indian Removal policy. He owned plantations, many slaves, taverns, and steamboats. Vann (11 February 1798 – 23 October 1844) was a Cherokee leader of mixed-race ancestry, a businessman and planter in Georgia, Tennessee and Indian Territory.
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