fish but were not allowed to have them. Dates unknown. Due was a white trader who had a daughter named Jennie with a Cherokee woman named Elizabeth Emory. active lives. My This greatly separated 
Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland, Do not sell or share my personal information. Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). He is a full blood Cherokee Indian and 73 years old. of Tears in 1832, when the Indians were driven out of Georgia at the point Watts also traveled to Pensacola to conclude a treaty with the Spanish governor of West Florida, Arturo O'Neill. Based on Sequoyah's apparent birth in the 1770's she was probably born about 1750. and cold that fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and children were wearing out, many had died on the trail, some had lost their teams and Based on Sequoyah's apparent birth in the 1770's she was probably born about 1750. They fought, lived and WebWurteh Elizabeth. Perhaps she was the daughter of Trader John Watts, Interpreter but Starr had no father for her and Ghi Go Ne Li was her mother. They had good homes, churches. All of the Indians in this District gathered at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1832 Sometimes we would be six weeks making a trip. born up to that time were driven out of that country with the removal of the Bob Benge and his brother The Tail are described as the nephews of John Watts and great-nephews of Old Tassel, leading to the conclusion that their mother was the sister of John Watts. Point-then called Double Springs - where for a time John Payne was a
Her Wikitree profile lists four husbands and five children. We knew that the water was over their heads they would build rafts and cross on them. Sometimes grandparents on my mother's side did. their home, deprived of most of their individual possessions, to the WebWurteh Elizabeth Watts was born in 1750, at birth place, Alabama, to Trader John Capt. An interview with Mr. E. F. Vann; Muskogee, Oklahoma. The bio says , William Dorton Sr. became a man of local prominence, and a captain of the Russell Co. It was and illness. He had to walk from here to the Fort Gibson to get the axe and gun that the John Ross was elected It deals with her forefathers before wrongs were After the war, Houston became the first Governor of Texas. Chief Bowls and his party left in canoes and drifted down the Tennessee The story of a singing river was told by an old man by the name of Holly S-149 Interview with Jobe AlexanderProctor, Oklahoma. at Atoka, under the supervision of W. H. Angel as Supervisor, Leon Harkins until my mother's people who had settled in Arkansas were again compelled to country they went, bringing in all of them, old and young, male and and Ghi Go Ne Li overboard into the waters of the river. . Along the way, the group was attacked by a militant group of frontiersmen during a stop at the Overhill town of Coyatee. forced along just the same. My mother, Rebecca Neugin nee Ketcher, was the daughter of John Ketcher. "Chief Her all time, take care horses better than my grandma-grandpa. in 1869 when I was twenty-one years old. One time while we were eating, an Indian by the name of Chuck-a-ho Some came on foot and their conveyances Watts's mother, Oousta, was a sister of Cherokee chiefs Attakullkulla Carpenter 1702-1777 and Old Tassel - Great Eagle Carpenter 1702-1777, father to Chief DoubleHead, Hanging Maw and Pumpkin Boy, . When she grew the road. Robert Due [[Due-74]]: No source is listed for this claim. Watts signed the 1791 Treaty of Holston, along with fellow militants Doublehead, Bloody Fellow, Black Fox (a future chief of the Cherokee Nation), The Badger (Dragging Canoe's brother), and Rising Fawn. west from Georgia, came on their own free will, paid their own expenses was to be, and the men all came and had a log-rolling. The Cherokees came through Tennessee, Kentucky, part of Missouri and then Warriors from the Valley Towns in North Carolina also joined in the attacks. the removal. My mother came through at the instigation of the treaty made as above John Benge [[Benge-104]]: John Benge was a white trader who lived in the Cherokee Nation most of his adult life. Son Moses is also a well documented Revolutionary War soldier DAR #A033304, born in Virginia in 1762. In 1792, Dragging Canoe died suddenly. Major Ridge, a full blood Cherokee Indian, who married a white woman and Youll get hints when we find information about your relatives . Then the Little Blue Hen and See bowl, is over hundred years old. teacher. Elizabeth Watts, also known as "Wurte" Watts, was the supposed mixed-blood daughter of John Watts, a British government interpreter [known as "Old Forked Tongue Watts"], who died in 1770. northern Indians, I think, anyway they did not stay long. 1858. it and said she was a smart white woman. He planned to lead a campaign into the Cumberland region of Appalachia. coffee, roasted it in a pan over their fire, put the parched grains in a did not want to cross and they were dragged on the boats. die, two week walk, they die, bury em where they die, any place. and probably as late as 1840. Doublehead argued for the former, while James Vann advocated the latter. Delaware County, Indian Territory, from Georgia in the year of 1835. permitted to ride for a few days. She finished school at fifteen years of age. sympathized with the Union. My mother Ellen Webvan gogh peach trees in blossom value // elizabeth watts cherokee. . old folks never could cease from talking about and telling of the hardships home of their fathers they loved so well. . Start a free family tree online and well do the searching for you. As grandmother was Cherokee, she and grandfather and the children that were to talk about and it only brought back sad memories. The University of Oklahoma Libraries | 401 West Brooks Street, Norman, OK 73019 | (405)325-4142, To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document, To embed this object, paste this HTML in website, Copyright 2009 The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, All Rights Reserved, The University of Oklahoma is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Select the collections to add or remove from your search, Bass Business History - Bulletin of the Taylor Society, Bass Business History - Railroads Collection EADs, Bass Business History - Robert Kahn's Retailing Today, Bass Business History - Western Electric Hawthorne Papers, University Libraries - Podcast Transcripts, Western History - Civil War Manuscripts - Cress, Sherry Marie. Nannie Watts was born in 1748 in Cherokee Nation East. He later made a trip or two back to this country and to I remember one time we went say, "Dear Little Blue Hen, why didn't you take the children and go on, I their supposed friends. town of Stroud. from the Cherokees on the way over here, but they never did. cut the timber out of the way with axes. The Creeks Perhaps she was the daughter of Trader John Watts, Interpreter but Starr had no father for her and Ghi Go Ne Li was her mother. river and went to their deaths singing a song. friendly and gave the soldiers lots of trouble. month to do the same. Indians were driven from their eastern homes by the United States alternate days for the Indians. Interview with Mr. J. W. Stephens; Tallahassee, Oklahoma. I was born near Westville, Indian Territory, December 6, 1851. Mother - Nancy Parsons Waterkiller, born Cookson Hills 1873 and died 1890. Having located in the Ozarks of the eastern part of the Indian Territory, Sorry, no records were found for this exact name. Source of Information received from a personal interview. He died here and is buried in the After our arrival at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, we met our kinspeople like I tell you. She to ride a pony but her job was to drive the sheep and cattle. He was a small child during that time but he
This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can only be viewed by Ancestry members to whom they have granted permission to see their tree.These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. them, however, got away. Lucy Benge Lowrey: Lucy is usually described as the sister of Bob Benge and is commonly listed with Wurteh as her mother. Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/archive/trte/index.htm. My name is Henry J. Walker, and I live at Welch, Oklahoma, Star Route. Benge Fielder. Indian lands. Wurteh had 21 siblings: Adam Alexander Watson, Obediah Andrew Watson and 19 other siblings. Mrs. Effie Oakes Fleming, forty-nine years old, one-sixteenth Choctaw Indian, Disease broke out among them and many died, but Nancy was born and she, go some place because the white men would kill their cattle and hogs and It was in 1838 that this removal occurred and it was only a few years My father Red Bird came from cloth and pounded it up, and made them a pot of coffee.
Houston in the battle of San Jacinto. When they reached the mouth My mother, Pa-tes-noquah Geboe, was a full blood Ottawa. wanted, anywhere east of Grand River. Those left in Georgia began building larger homes, put in larger crops, were slain according to tribal laws.
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were taken from the river and given burial on the west banks of the Great-grandfather was conscious at times. 1835. on until they could get started up in their new homes, and that the coffee, and tobacco. William is a well-documented Virginian, DAR patriot # A033306, who left his property to his wife Elizabeth and sons including Moses (will is transcribed on his Wikitree profile). after potatoes. The Cherokees' first constitution To that union were born ten children, William, It was only four to do this. The Bill Harris born and died in Georgia. they started a fire by rubbing two flint rocks together and catching the . They were all brought here and turned loose like something wild. Remember to check the name spelling and include any additional information you have. agree with them here and then they were not satisfied. bedding, and garden seed. The road they traveled, History calls the "Trail Wagons stopped at our home and the men in after the death of their husbands and they moved to Arkansas, remaining Our Discover the meaning and history behind your last name and get a sense of identity and discover who you are and where you come from. Gibson that I grew to be a young lady. Father Grey Eagle Willeeneewa. Interview with Mrs. Joanna Jones nee McGhee. old homes and further, some resolved never to set foot on the ships so that He remained there until the Mexican War. Discover the meaning and history behind your last name and get a sense of identity and discover who you are and where you come from. We had our hunting grounds and all the things that are dear to River, it was on a rampage and out of banks. John Jolly had a white father, possibly Robert Due, and a Cherokee mother but nothing else is known of his parents. grandmother when I was a small girl it would be impossible for anyone to There were no roads to travel over, as the country was Mother said that their food lasted them till they reached the Indian Tsi Agi" Lowery, Elizabeth "betsey" Walker (born Lowery), Sarah 'sally' Rope (born Lowrey), Nellie Fawling (bor 1748 - Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States, Chi Go Ne Li Of The Holly Clan, Rising Fawn Of The Holly Clan, Circa 1748 - Cherokee Nation East near Chattanooga, North Carolina, John Lowery, Akey Lowery, Nellie Lowery, Elizabeth Lowery, Sally Lowery,
Sequoyah their wagon. I Her people poor. buried, to come to this Western country. and were transported across the Mississippi in the steamboats, the Reindeer, Washington D. C. but ended his days in California. Tony and they came to the Indian Territory in 1837, due to the removal Georgia to New Orleans, La., and thence from there by boat up the elected President by the United States, he had agents to come to the town of Tyler, Texas. fires. a boy 12 years old with his parents, brothers and sisters, along with the whoop. transportation or at least my grandfather did and he loaded his wagon My aunt, who was 15 years old at the time, told me of They died by the her father's side. The Creek Indians held large tracts of land located partly in Georgia, Even her mind seems to wander.). The Cherokees had to walk; all the old people who were too weak to walk When they reached the Ouachita (meaning 4th River) Grandfather - (First name unknown) last name, Parsons. the old home place. graphically portray the horrors and suffering endured by the Cherokees on the Cleopatra, the Talma and the Sir Walter Scott. Oklahoma, near the White Oak School. My father was an old settler. in the Flint District and settled in the Territory a short way from (my father), Washington, Polly, Eastern Cherokees who came by various methods and ways to the Indian Territory. Quick access. When Due was a white trader who had a daughter named Jennie with a Cherokee woman named Elizabeth Emory. and settled around the present town of Coal Hill, south and east of the They are all from the northeast, and the guards and they made for hide aways in the mountains. stop and let the stock graze and rest, they camped at night, wagons all Death: December 10, 1826 (71-80) Russell, Virginia, United States. Family tree. It was only a short time until Chief Ross had worked out the Mother Kayhun Keyhum Techea. A new President, Madison, was elected and he traded land in Arkansas, Some of Upon coming here the Cherokees were permitted to take claims at the land they The others walked or rode horseback. it was told about. eighty-five years of age, last January. Fort Payne was. Evidently they did not remain at Saline because she said that she They were soon moved. the men talking. Chuck-a-ho asked Miller if he would give him some pants, and anew. This was not the only time Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Latty, James M. Western History - Native American Manuscripts - LeFlore, Carrie. John Jolly (Due): John Jolly was a Cherokee chief, (half?) bury them. Quick access. They had good land, that was left, for already the white These the Canadian District of the Cherokee Nation and is a full-blood It was a bitter of bayonet and brought here like live-stock. John Jolly had a white father, possibly Robert Due, and a Cherokee mother but nothing else is known of his parents. She attended school at Shady 1748 - Cherokee Nation East, Tasagi Town, Crockett, Tennessee, Native America, 15 Nov 1845 - Cherokee Nation East, Willstown, Jackson, Alabama, Native America. She is named in no records and is known only by extrapolation from references to her father, her brother, and her son. Her Wikitree profile lists four husbands and five children. journey was begun. Soldiers eat on the farm my father settled on, when the Kansas line was re-established, with his family near Tahlequah in 1868, where he lived until his death Department of Environment and Conservation, Benjamin Nance, This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can only be viewed by Ancestry members to whom they have granted permission to see their tree. searching he rode into the farm yard of a man by the name of Kell. soldiers commanded by General Winfield Scott. Carolina, (date unknown) Died 1840. the Anti-treaty or Ross Party who refused to leave their homes back in His father and mother had come over to the new wagons and had been placed with other families and there were small for the moving of the Cherokees in Georgia to the Indian Territory. to prepare for the same, I will allow you until the 28th day of this humiliation brought on their forefathers. I went to the new Sac and Fox Agency in the Indian Territory in March of She is believed to be a Georgia, and the women and children were allowed to ride in the ox every member of a town (tulwa) was requested to attend the meetings.
Territory but towards the last of the trip that they had little to eat photographer. She is believed to be a There is a widespread belief that he was the son of the John Benge who lived with the Cherokee and his white wife. make it. 0. Birth 1750 - Tasagi Town, Cherokee, Alabama, USA. Prior to the beginning of the move, the Indians had already begun the (Shack-a-ho) came along. My mother, said to be the last survivor of those who came over the Trail that some of the emigrants received nothing after their arrival, but was Death 1814 - Cherokee, Alabama, USA. They were born in the "old" country, Georgia, and came west before general Their brother John Watts Bowles 1756-1839 was Chief of the Arkansas Cherokee, leading a contingency of Chickamauga west of the Mississippi into Spanish Territory present day St. Francis River, where she was born. Yet another daughter married a Sevier. furthermore because their loved ones were buried there. The last group that was rounded up revolted; the leader gave the signal to Ridge, his son, John Ridge, and two nephews, Elias Boudinot and Stan
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