The Cherokees and The Mount Tabor Indian Community
Thompson's family had ties to the Cherokee Ridge Party, who supported the removal treaty known as the Treaty of New Echota. In 1844, Thompson's family left the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory along with other Ridge Party supporters to settle in Rusk County, Texas. B.F. Thompson initially purchased 10,000 acres (40 km2) near present day Laird Hill, Texas on which the family made its home. The community later became known as the Mount Tabor Indian Community, the name given the area by John Adair Bell as recorded in the book Cherokee Cavaliers, (pg 80).
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