Interview #
Field Worker: ???k J. Still
Date:
Name: Mr. James Sneed
Residence: Talequah, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: September 7, 1860
Place of Birth: Brass Town, Georgia
Father: Arch Sneed
Mother: Mary Bly
James P. Sneed was born in Brass Town, Georgia, September 7, 1860.
His parents names were Arch & Mary (Nee Bly) Sneed. Mr. Sneed was
Cherokee Indian. They had no ancestors living in Oklahoma. Mr. Sneed was a
farmer. His father was too old to take part in the war.
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I came to the Cherokee Nation, February 17, 1891. I came on the
emigrant car. C.H., or Campbell Taylor, was the sponsor. There were twenty-two
of us come on the emigrant car.
I come here from Murphy, N.C., and married down there. My wife's
name was Dora Plemons. I run a livery stable in Cherokee Co., N.C.. Murphy was
the town. Mr. Campbell Taylor came out there and talked us into coming out to the
Cherokee Nation. I did not want to come, but Mr. Taylor told me I could get my
allotment if I would co me, but when I got here I was too late. I did not get any
land and I am one-fourth Cherokee. My mother was a half-breed.
The principal teams in N.C., when I left there, were Ox teams. They
plowed with a Georgia turning plow. They were reversible, made to plow hill sides.
They used sleds to gather corn in the hill sides which were too steep for a wagon.
Signed: James P. Sneed
Talequah, Oklahoma
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