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1883 Cherokee County Pensioners (all drew $8)
- Leath, Mary of Broomtown, widow, 1812, Feb 1881
- Saulter, Elizabeth J. of Broomtown, widow, Nov 1870
- Towers, Lucinda of Centre C. H., widow 1812, Dec 1881
- Pollard, Rachel of Centre C. H., widow, 1812, Apr 1882
- Long, Susan of Centre C. H., widow, 1812, Nov 1878
- Bankson, Margaret of Gaylesville, widow, 1812, Sept. 1879
- Blackmore, Elizabeth of Gnatville, widow, 1812, Aug 1872
- Bennett, Martha of Howel's Creek Roads, widow, 1812, May 1879
- Plunket, Martha Ann of Sand Rock, widow, 1812, Sept 1878
- Brindley, Asa R. of Sand Rock, 1812, June 1878
- Woods, Nancy P. of Sand Rock, widow, 1812, Jan 1880
- Akins, Rebecca of Spring Garden, widow, 1812, June 1872
Cherokee County Genealogy Records
Cherokee County was created by an Act of the state legislature on January 9, 1836. It was named for the Cherokee Indians who controlled the territory until the early nineteenth century. The famous Cherokee chief Pathkiller, who led the Cherokee in the Creek War of 1813-1814, lived in Turkeytown near the present-day town of Centre. The Cherokee ceded the land that is now Cherokee County in the Treaty of New Echota in 1835. In 1836, newly arrived settlers founded the town of Cedar Bluff, which became the county seat, but in 1844 the county seat was moved to the town of Centre.