son of Jesse and Temperance Baxter
The first white men to attempt to settle in the heart of this part of the Cherokee territory are thought to be two brothers, James and Bud Baxter, arriving from Tennessee in 1825, the two young men selected a tract of land and began to clear it for cultivation. But a band of Indians, who were swimming in the creek at what is now known as Burt's Swimming hole, discovered the Baxters and immediately attacked them. During the fight the Indians stopped to tend to several of their wounded comrades and the brothers escaped in different directions, each believing the other dead.
James made his way northward, while Bud went south to Choccolocco Valley near the present site of Anniston where he lived for two years. After marrying Sally Frazier, Bud decided to return to Wills Valley and persuaded friends among the Frazier and Dobbs families to accompany him. Shortly afterwards he was reunited with James, who had also married and returned to the area from which they had earlier fled.
The first white men to attempt to settle in the heart of this part of the Cherokee territory are thought to be two brothers, James and Bud Baxter, arriving from Tennessee in 1825, the two young men selected a tract of land and began to clear it for cultivation. But a band of Indians, who were swimming in the creek at what is now known as Burt's Swimming hole, discovered the Baxters and immediately attacked them. During the fight the Indians stopped to tend to several of their wounded comrades and the brothers escaped in different directions, each believing the other dead.
James made his way northward, while Bud went south to Choccolocco Valley near the present site of Anniston where he lived for two years. After marrying Sally Frazier, Bud decided to return to Wills Valley and persuaded friends among the Frazier and Dobbs families to accompany him. Shortly afterwards he was reunited with James, who had also married and returned to the area from which they had earlier fled.
son of Jesse and Temperance Baxter
The first white men to attempt to settle in the heart of this part of the Cherokee territory are thought to be two brothers, James and Bud Baxter, arriving from Tennessee in 1825, the two young men selected a tract of land and began to clear it for cultivation. But a band of Indians, who were swimming in the creek at what is now known as Burt's Swimming hole, discovered the Baxters and immediately attacked them. During the fight the Indians stopped to tend to several of their wounded comrades and the brothers escaped in different directions, each believing the other dead.
James made his way northward, while Bud went south to Choccolocco Valley near the present site of Anniston where he lived for two years. After marrying Sally Frazier, Bud decided to return to Wills Valley and persuaded friends among the Frazier and Dobbs families to accompany him. Shortly afterwards he was reunited with James, who had also married and returned to the area from which they had earlier fled.
The first white men to attempt to settle in the heart of this part of the Cherokee territory are thought to be two brothers, James and Bud Baxter, arriving from Tennessee in 1825, the two young men selected a tract of land and began to clear it for cultivation. But a band of Indians, who were swimming in the creek at what is now known as Burt's Swimming hole, discovered the Baxters and immediately attacked them. During the fight the Indians stopped to tend to several of their wounded comrades and the brothers escaped in different directions, each believing the other dead.
James made his way northward, while Bud went south to Choccolocco Valley near the present site of Anniston where he lived for two years. After marrying Sally Frazier, Bud decided to return to Wills Valley and persuaded friends among the Frazier and Dobbs families to accompany him. Shortly afterwards he was reunited with James, who had also married and returned to the area from which they had earlier fled.
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