Talk:Nickajack

Map request
I want to see a map. Thank you! -- Toytoy 16:35, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Image request
There is an image request above; I have added an image from Commons, but I do not know how to remove the image request. JourneySarah (talk) 15:38, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Infobox
I have added an Infobox, but unfortunately lack experience in correct formatting. JourneySarah (talk) 15:38, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

How Serious?
I'm still researching this. I don't know how serious or far-along the proposal actually got before the United States declaration of war made it a moot point. My guess is that individual counties would have signed articles of secession from the CSA, and since the proposal never went so far as to have a delegation, which counties would have been involved is unknown. "North Alabama and East Tennessee" appear in several references, North Georgia and Mississippi are mentioned in at least one source. If I find anything more specific, I'll try to create a map. Dystopos 17:05, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I remember from history class hearing that several North Ga counties seceded from the state after Ga seceded from the union. And of course, this process was exactly how WVa came to be.  There is definitely truth to this, but it's hard to pin down specific sources.  Also, this page should move to Nickajack secession or something similar since Nickajack apparently refers to a region, and also a cave.  Alcuin 01:40, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I am from Union County, Georgia. About 90% of Union County men fought for the Confederacy and the rest for the Union or did not fight at all.  I do not know what counties you refer to, but I have never heard of North Georgia counties seceding.
 * There is precedent for disambiguating related concepts in the same article. --Dystopos 02:07, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Swirl of info

 * Someone with a clearer head than me might be able to rewrite this. The Jack Civil stuff needs to stay, but the alternate toponym only merits a slight mention. --Dystopos 20:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I have attempted a clarification of the History section during the June 2013 copy editing blitz, as the phrasing was confusing. --JourneySarah (talk) 14:15, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Local Legend

 * I am a resident of the area of Nickajack that is in Tennessee. I can only assume that the following story is not true, it is interesting for its implications. "A local black man commonly called Nigger Jack was close friends with a white woman. One day the two were caught having sex by some of the locals. To protect her reputation she claimed that he had raped her. He was lynched and dragged to a local cave and hanged. The cave became known as Nigger Jack Cave, but the name was latter changed to Nickajack when TVA bought the property." 72.159.204.162 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:13, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

My family has lived in the area for many years and my father has seen an old black and white photograph from the 1930s of a black man hanging by Nickajack Cave. However, I surely don't believe that this was actually the source for the name of the cave. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.149.110.54 (talk) 19:17, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Actual source of the name
Nickajack is a corruption of the Cherokee "Ani-Kusati-yi", or "Koasati-people-place". (ni-KA-jack sounds exactly like ah-NEE-KOO-sa-TEE-YEE, after all). The Cherokee under Dragging Canoe established a town there during the Chickamauga wars. Natty4bumpo (talk) 07:27, 1 August 2008 (UTC)