GaTOTA well presented at 2011
National Conference & symposium in Cherokee, North Carolina
Click on the photograph to download a PDF file with identification of GaTOTA members present at the Conference. Be patient as the file is large.
Georgia Chapter Benefits
The TOTAbase has been developed to help communications and to provide an avenue by which all members can view research conducted on behalf of the Georgia Chapter. Among other things members will be able to use a dynamic Google Earth map of The Cherokee Nation in Georgia which has been created by and will be updated frequently by our President, W. Jeff Bishop; view site inventories, photographs, documents, and resources. This is a work in progress so you'll want to visit the TOTAbase frequently.
TOTAbase is available to only Georgia Chapter members of the TOTA. Active members (dues have been paid for the current year) will be issued a username and password as soon as the webmaster receives word of payment from National. If you have have not received your login information, please contact the webmaster.
Microfilm Donated
to National Archives at Atlanta
The first fifteen reels of National Archives microfilm Series M745, "Letters Sent by the Office of the Quarter Master General, Main Series, 1818-1870" is now available at the National Archives at Atlanta. These fifteen reels contain the correspondence pertinent to Georgia from June 5th, 1818 to November 3rd, 1840. Details of the correspondence of the Quarter Master General (Record Group 92) are described in the Descriptive Pamphlet M745.
Georgia Chapter, TOTA, Meetings
- May 19, 2012
Place:McIntosh Park
Time: 10:30 am
Topic: Creeks
Presentors: Dr. Joshua S. Haynes
Additional Information
- July 14, 2012
Place: Paulinding County Historical Society, Dallas, Georgia
Time: 10:30 am
Topic: John Sevier's History in Georgia
Presentor: Mark Millican
- September 8, 2012
Place: Cobb County Library, Mariett, Georgia
Time: 10:30 am
Topic: The Creeks and Cherokees in Cobb County, Georgia
Presentor: Michael Hitt
- November 10, 2012
Place: Chattooga County Historical Society
Time: 10:30 am
Topic: TBA
Presentor:TBA
Cherokee Images
Charles O. Walker's Cherokee Images has been reprinted by the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association. Download information and order form.
FY09 State Historic Park Facts
Find Your State & Federal representatives
A good link for someone to use to find out their State & Federal representatives is http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/FindLegislator.htm
Cedartown Removal Camp site
Cedartown Removal Camp site added as a certified site on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, 9 November 2009.
Trail of Tears Association
The Trail of Tears Association (TOTA) is a non-profit, membership organization formed to support the creation, development, and interpretation of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. In 1987, Congress designated a national historic trail commemorate the forced removal of the Cherokee people from their homelands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1838 - 1839.
The Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association is one of nine state chapters which have been chartered to assist the Trail of Tears Association with its many tasks.
Each chapter has its own board of directors, including officers. This body organizes the chapter for meetings, research, and activities. Activities of the Georgia Chapter include documenting sites relating to the Cherokee people and the Trail of Tears.
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Selected Photographs from the 2011 Annual Trail of Tears Conference and Symposium in Cherokee, North Carolina
Photo Galleries
- A small photo gallery from the 2009 TOTA Conference & Symposium at Guntersville State Park, Guntersville, Alabama
- A small photo gallery from the 2008 TOTA Conference & Symposium in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Snapshots from the Georgia Chapter Meeting in Cedar Town, May 10, 2008
- A small photo gallery from the 2007 TOTA Conference & Symposium in Rome, Georgia
- Conference planning meeting at New Echota
- Snapshots from the Georgia Chapter Meeting in Rome, January 2007