Sam Houston, adopted son of Chief Oolooteka (John Jolly) of the Cherokee, negotiated the January 14, 1836, treaty between Chief Bowl The Sam Houston Memorial Museum of the Cherokee and the Republic of Texas. R. Edward Moore and Texarch Associates On December 16, 1837, the Texas Senate declared the treaty null and void, Texas State Historical Association and encroachment upon Cherokee lands continued. On October 5, 1838, Indians massacred members of the Isaac Killough family Texas State Historical Association Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC. at their farm northwest of the site of present Jacksonville, leading to the Cherokee War of 1839 and the expulsion of some to Oklahoma. Some went to Monclova in Mexico, and some to Rusk and Gregg counties (many had relatives among the Choctaw/Chickasaw/Creek community there). Later, in 1844, President Polk issued an executive order known as "The Right to return", allowing many Cherokee to return to Texas. Some came to what is now Cherokee County.
Sam Houston, adopted son of Chief Oolooteka (John Jolly) of the Cherokee, negotiated the January 14, 1836, treaty between Chief Bowl The Sam Houston Memorial Museum of the Cherokee and the Republic of Texas. R. Edward Moore and Texarch Associates On December 16, 1837, the Texas Senate declared the treaty null and void, Texas State Historical Association and encroachment upon Cherokee lands continued. On October 5, 1838, Indians massacred members of the Isaac Killough family Texas State Historical Association Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC. at their farm northwest of the site of present Jacksonville, leading to the Cherokee War of 1839 and the expulsion of some to Oklahoma. Some went to Monclova in Mexico, and some to Rusk and Gregg counties (many had relatives among the Choctaw/Chickasaw/Creek community there). Later, in 1844, President Polk issued an executive order known as "The Right to return", allowing many Cherokee to return to Texas. Some came to what is now Cherokee County.