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The Cherokee of Lawrence County, TN is a 501 (c) 4, nonprofit Educational Organization and exists for the sole purpose of of saving and protecting our Cherokee Heritage.
After learning from Tony Mac McClure, PhD at a seminar held at the Lawrence County Library about his book, "Cherokee Proud" that the U.S. Government passed a law back in the 1950's, that forced six million disenfranchised Cherokee to be a race that they are not, that of white/Caucasian without informing us. Pure, simple, intentional GENOCIDE. The local clans of Cherokee officially banded together to fight the GENOCIDE at the hands of the U.S. Government, the Eastern and Western Band of Cherokee.
There are two main settlements in Lawrence County, TN that were here before “The Trail of Tears”. There was no gold known in this area, thus the U.S. Army did not bother to round us up for the “Death March” to Oklahoma.
The Pennington’s (Wind Clan) were the first legal settlers in Lawrence County with land grants. These decedents of Chief Tuttle and “Poker Hunter” set the roots in Heneryville, TN pronounced (Hen-er-vull) and still reside and prosper in the area.
The other Main Group are decedents of Chief Van Glass and his tribe that fled Muscle Shoals, AL to Steadman Ridge in Lawrence County. The U.S. Army based in Nashville, TN went through the Blue Water Area to kill all of the Cherokee at Muscle Shoals. The Cherokee did an excellent flanking movement to save all of the children, women and elderly.
As a result, many other Cherokee friends and family found Lawrence County to be a good place to live and raise their families. The Cherokee have been in Lawrence County, TN for over 200 years.
