Record #:

22534

Author(s):

Quintin Ellison

Abstract:

The little community of Texana, a multi-ethnic community of whites, African Americans, and a few with Cherokee ancestry, was almost completely self-sufficient. Texana is located near the Cherokee town of Murphy, NC and is named for its founder, Texana McClelland, an African American woman who settled there in the 1850s.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 2 Issue 1, January/February 2008, p32, por

Subject(s):

African Americans--Relocation; North Carolina--History--Women; Cherokee Indians--History; North Carolina--History--Settlement; North Carolina--Towns; African American communities