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James Brown House
9521 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road
Ooletewah, TN 37363
Text and photos by Carroll Van West, 2004
Located on a prominent rise facing an Appalachian mountain valley, the James Brown Farmstead has been long recognized as a landmark of Cherokee history, settlement, and removal in Hamilton County, Tennessee. The James Brown Farmstead in Hamilton County, Tennessee, is significant due to its associations with James Brown, an important Cherokee leader from 1806 to 1863, and the theme of westward expansion, especially the relationship between that theme and the related sub themes of Cherokee nationalism, Cherokee removal, and the Trail of Tears.
I. Past Documentation of the Property’s Significance
The first statewide identification of the James Brown Farmstead as a significant landmark came in the 1930s. In the History of Homes and Gardens of Tennessee—the state’s first such compilation of historic houses—Landau identified the property as the “Yarnell Home (Indian House), Ooltewah,” and described the place as follows:
James Brown, builder of the brick house near Snow Hill which has been known for many years as Yarnell House, was a prominent Cherokee chief who fished and hunted and traded in the district that is now Hamilton County.
Under the treaty of 1819, Brown had been granted a reservation north of the Tennessee River, but the unfriendliness of white neighbors caused him to move across the river within the bounds of the Cherokee Nation. He settled in the Big Savannah neighborhood, six miles north of Ooltewah, where he built a home which he occupied until removal of the tribe in 1838.
In 1825 the Cherokees adopted a civilized form of government, and James Brown was elected Judge of the Chickamauga Distict. Being a man of superior talent and ability, he was later made Judge of the Cherokee Supreme Court.
In the year 1835 Brown had one hundred acres of land under cultivation in Hamilton County, and was the owner of twenty-eight slaves. He was considered one of the wealthiest among the Cherokees, having amassed a fortune by trading.
The daughter of Judge Brown, Jane, was educated at the Brainerd Mission, and in 1835 married Dr. John L. Yarnell, a physician who settled among the Indians. After the removal of the Cherokees, Dr. Yarnell bought the property of his father-in-law from which he carried on his practice among the white people who settled in the
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| Transcript | James Brown House 9521 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road Ooletewah, TN 37363 Text and photos by Carroll Van West, 2004 Located on a prominent rise facing an Appalachian mountain valley, the James Brown Farmstead has been long recognized as a landmark of Cherokee history, settlement, and removal in Hamilton County, Tennessee. The James Brown Farmstead in Hamilton County, Tennessee, is significant due to its associations with James Brown, an important Cherokee leader from 1806 to 1863, and the theme of westward expansion, especially the relationship between that theme and the related sub themes of Cherokee nationalism, Cherokee removal, and the Trail of Tears. I. Past Documentation of the Property’s Significance The first statewide identification of the James Brown Farmstead as a significant landmark came in the 1930s. In the History of Homes and Gardens of Tennessee—the state’s first such compilation of historic houses—Landau identified the property as the “Yarnell Home (Indian House), Ooltewah,” and described the place as follows: James Brown, builder of the brick house near Snow Hill which has been known for many years as Yarnell House, was a prominent Cherokee chief who fished and hunted and traded in the district that is now Hamilton County. Under the treaty of 1819, Brown had been granted a reservation north of the Tennessee River, but the unfriendliness of white neighbors caused him to move across the river within the bounds of the Cherokee Nation. He settled in the Big Savannah neighborhood, six miles north of Ooltewah, where he built a home which he occupied until removal of the tribe in 1838. In 1825 the Cherokees adopted a civilized form of government, and James Brown was elected Judge of the Chickamauga Distict. Being a man of superior talent and ability, he was later made Judge of the Cherokee Supreme Court. In the year 1835 Brown had one hundred acres of land under cultivation in Hamilton County, and was the owner of twenty-eight slaves. He was considered one of the wealthiest among the Cherokees, having amassed a fortune by trading. The daughter of Judge Brown, Jane, was educated at the Brainerd Mission, and in 1835 married Dr. John L. Yarnell, a physician who settled among the Indians. After the removal of the Cherokees, Dr. Yarnell bought the property of his father-in-law from which he carried on his practice among the white people who settled in the |
