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Inheritance of the Heart - 1987, 1988, & 1989
Yamtrahoochee was settled about 1787. It was an expansion of the settlement at Yamacutah which was founded in June, 1784. Yamacutah was located approximately one mile from Yamtrachoochee. Here a fort, grist mill, homes and a smeltering plant were constructed.
A man by the name of Dr. Henry Therrauld headed the settlement. The pioneers realized the value of education and spiritual fellowship and in 1788 erected a church building of logs and then organized a school. The first class consisted of ten pupils. Yamtrahoochee was the first settlement in Jackson County to form a church and an organized school facility. Dr. Therrauld was the first minister, physician and school teacher.
In was on May 4, 1794 that Dr. Therrauld performed the first marriage ceremony in Jackson County when Miss Bana Mar de Vedo married Johnson Josiah Strong. Miss de Vedo, known to the colonists as Bana the Beautiful, was the adopted daughter of Umasauga, a Creek Indian who lived on the opposite side of the Shoals at Tallasee. In spite of the fact that Bana was not a true blooded Indian but the orphaned daughter of Don Mar de Vedo of the royal family of Spain, she had been raised as an Indian since she was a year old. This caused problems with some of the colonists.
The drama tells the story of Dr. Therrauld and the marriage of Bana Mar de Vedo to Johnson Josiah Strong.
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