In the Fall of 1833 , Hodsden moved to Maryville , Tennessee , where he began practicing medicine in partnership with Dr. James Gillespie . In 1838 , Hodsden worked as a government physician on the Trail of Tears , the operation in which the Cherokee were removed from their homelands in the southeastern United States to Oklahoma . Hodsden made two trips during the operation , the first from Ross Landing ( Chattanooga ) to Arkansas , and the second from Charleston , Tennessee , to Arkansas
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Robert H. Hodsden