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In 1832 the Cherokee moved their seat of government to the Red Clay Council Grounds in southern Bradley County, now Red Clay State Park, where it remained until their removal. The Treaty of New Echota of December 29, 1835, signed although most Cherokee leaders had not approved it, began the removal. In the spring of 1838 the Army set up headquarters at Fort Cass in Charleston and held thousands of Cherokee in internment camps between Cleveland and Charleston, the largest at Rattlesnake Springs, before they were forced west on the Trail of Tears. The act of February 10, 1836, that created Bradley County, named for Colonel Edward Bradley, called for a county seat named Cleveland, for Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, a commander at the Battle of Kings Mountain. By a one-vote majority on May 2, 1836, the commissioners chose Taylor's Place, the home of Andrew Taylor, largely for its excellent water. Sources Wikipedia: Cleveland, Tennessee