Person Page - 1881

     Charles Dana Harnage was born circa 1891. He was the son of William Wilson Harnage and Jennie Vann. Charles Dana Harnage married Virginia May Throckmorton.
     His data record was Updated on 14 February 2000 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     James Woods married Mary Pauline Starr, daughter of Caleb Starr and Nannie Harlin.
     His data record was Updated on 14 September 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Mary Agnes Spencer was born in 1889 at Brighton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. She married Joseph Harold Gore, son of Forrest David Gore and Carrie Isabelle Bird. Mary Agnes Spencer died in 1971 at Carlinville, Illinois, USA. She was buried at Carlinville, Illinois, USA.
     Her married name was Gore. Her data record was Updated on 30 August 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Archie Drinnen was born on 26 March 1901 at Jefferson County, Missouri, USA. He was the son of Walter Drinnen and Delliah Olivia Mayfield.
     His data record was Updated on 29 January 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Jerome Drinnen was born on 10 May 1903 at Jefferson County, Missouri, USA. He was the son of Walter Drinnen and Delliah Olivia Mayfield.
     His data record was Updated on 29 January 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Elroy Drinnen was born on 17 October 1904 at Jefferson County, Missouri, USA. He was the son of Walter Drinnen and Delliah Olivia Mayfield.
     His data record was Updated on 29 June 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     John Gunter married Catherine Lowery, daughter of Ghi-Go-Ne-Li Oolootas Clan. John Gunter died on 28 August 1835. He was buried circa 31 August 1835 at Guntersville, Alabama, USA.
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JOHN GUNTER WAS A WELCH MAN AND OPERATED A POWDER MILL IN THE Cherokee COUNTRY IN 1814. He was John operated a powder mill in 1814 at Cherokee County, USA. His data record was Updated on 7 December 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Catherine Lowery was born at Cherokee Nation East, USA. She was the daughter of Ghi-Go-Ne-Li Oolootas Clan. Catherine Lowery married John Gunter. Catherine Lowery was buried at Guntersville, Alabama, USA.
     Her married name was Gunter. Her data record was Updated on 7 December 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Ruth Starr was born on 25 December 1799 at Ocal River, Tennessee, USA. She was born on 1 December 1799 at McMinn, Tennessee, USA. She was the daughter of Caleb Starr and Nannie Harlin. Ruth Starr married Capt. John Bean, son of Elisha Bean and Olive Shepard. Ruth Starr died on 1 May 1895 at Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, USA, at age 95. She died on 25 December 1799 at Tennessee, USA. She was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, USA.
     Ruth Starr was also known as Ruth Loocy Too Ya Starr. Her married name was Bean. Her data record was Updated on 23 March 1998 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Capt. John Bean was born on 1 May 1790. He was born on 1 May 1790 at Tennessee, USA. He was the son of Elisha Bean and Olive Shepard. Capt. John Bean married Ruth Starr, daughter of Caleb Starr and Nannie Harlin. Capt. John Bean married Elizabeth McNair, daughter of Capt. David McNair and Delilah Amelia Vann. Capt. John Bean died on 28 June 1857 at age 67. He died on 28 June 1857 at Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA, at age 67. He was buried at Academy Cemetery, Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA.
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JOHN BEAN CAME ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS WITH HIS WIFE, CHILDREN AND NINE SLAVES THEY ARRIVED 16 MAY 1834 AND SETTLED IN FLINT DISTRICT, Oklahoma TERRITORY. He was (an unknown value). Capt. John Bean was also known as Jack. Capt. John Bean was also known as John Shepard Bean. His data record was Updated on 7 September 2001 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Caleb Starr was born circa 1754 at Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was the son of Alexander Starr and Deborah Bryant. Caleb Starr married Nannie Harlin, daughter of Ellis Harlan and Catherine 'Ka-Ti' Kingfisher, at Tennessee, USA. Caleb Starr died in 1844 at Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA.
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CALEB STAR EMIGRATED TO TENN. WITH JOSEPH McMINN ABOUT 1775
CALEB STARR LIVED ON THE Cherokee RESERVATION IN EASTERN TENN. NEAR ETOWAH WHICH IS NOW IN McMINN County, TENN. AFTER HE MARRIED NANCY WHO WAS A 1/2 Cherokee INDIAN.
CALEB STARR WITH A HALF BLOODED Cherokee WIFE, BECAME A LAWFUL MEMBER OF THE Cherokee Nation AND HAD RIGHTS TO HOLD AND BE GRANTED TRACTS OF LAND FOR HIS AND HIS FAMILY'S USE
HE WAS WELL RESPECTED BY THE CherokeeS WHO SOUGHT HIS COUNSEL,HE ALSO OWNED ONE OF THE FIRST GRIST MILLS IN THAT AREA. HE WAS VERY PROSPEROUS, OWNED MANY SLAVES AND EVEN CARRIED ON OTHER PURSUITS, WHICH INCLUDED THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN THE COURTS.
HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO THE Cherokee Nation PRIOR TO 1838. His data record was Updated on 5 December 1998 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Nannie Harlin was born circa 1787 at Cherokee Nation, Tennessee, USA. She was the daughter of Ellis Harlan and Catherine 'Ka-Ti' Kingfisher. Nannie Harlin married Caleb Starr, son of Alexander Starr and Deborah Bryant, at Tennessee, USA. Nannie Harlin died in 1841 at Probably Near Evansville, Arkansas, USA.
     Her married name was Starr. Her data record was Updated on 9 April 1998 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     John Sr Walker married Catherine 'Ka-Ti' Kingfisher, daughter of Tsu-La Red Fox Chutlow Kingfisher Deer Clan and Nancy Chi-Ga-U Ward.
     His data record was Updated on 2 August 2001 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Ellis Harlan was born circa 1731. He was the son of Ezakial Harlan and Hanna Osborn. Ellis Harlan married Catherine 'Ka-Ti' Kingfisher, daughter of Tsu-La Red Fox Chutlow Kingfisher Deer Clan and Nancy Chi-Ga-U Ward.
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ELLIS HARLAN HAD FORMERLY BEEN A QUAKER BUT HAD NOT LIVED UP TO THE VOWS OF THE CHURCH AND HAD BEEN EXCOMMUNICATED FROM THE CHURCH. HE EMIGRATED TO THE CAROLINAS WHERE HE MARRIED A FULL-BLOOD Cherokee WIDOW. WHO HAD THREE CHILDREN. His data record was Updated on 26 May 1998 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Nancy Chi-Ga-U Ward was born in 1731 at Chota, Tennessee, USA; Cherokee Captial. She was the daughter of Chief Amatoya Moytoy Of Chota and Tame Doe Delaware Indian Of The Wolf Clan. Nancy Chi-Ga-U Ward married Bryan Ward, son of John Ward and Catherine McDaniel, on 18 September 1756 at Chota, Tennessee, USA. Nancy Chi-Ga-U Ward married Tsu-La Red Fox Chutlow Kingfisher Deer Clan circa 1750. Nancy Chi-Ga-U Ward died at Womankiller Ford Of Ocowee River, Benton, Tennessee, USA. She was buried at Sh 411 South Of, Benton, Tennessee, USA.
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NANCY WAS A FULL-BLOOD Cherokee OF THE WOLF CLAN, WHOSE NAME MAY HAVE BEEN NA-NI.
HER FIRST HUSBAND, KINGFISHER, OF THE DEER CLAN, WAS THE FATHER OF HER FIRST TWO CHILDREN; CATHERINR AND FIVEKILLER.
IN A BATTLE WITH THE MUSKOGEES, KINGFISHER WAS KILLED AND HIS WIFE, WHO HAD BEEN LAYING BEHIND A LOG, CHEWING THE BULLET SO THAT THEY WOULD LACERATE THE MORE; PICKED UP HIS RIFLE AND FOUGHT AS A WARRIOR THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SKIRMISH. THE
MUSKOGEES WERE DEFEATED AND ACCORDING TO CUSTOM THE CAPTURED SPOILS WERE DIVIDED AMONG THE VICTORS. KINGFISHER'S WIDOW WAS GIVEN A NEGRO THAT HAD BEEN CAPTURED FROM THE VANQUISHED AND IN THIS MANNER BECAME THE FIRST SLAVE OWNER AMONG THE
CherokeeS AND BY COMMON CONSENT SHE BECAME THE Ghi-ga-u, OR BELOVED WOMEN OF THE CherokeeS, THIS LIFE TIME DISTINCTION WAS ONLY GRANTED AS AN EXTREME MARK OF VALOROUS MERIT AND CARRIED WITH IT THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, VOTE AND ACT IN ALL OF THE PEACE
AND WAR COUNCILS OF THE TRIBE, A PREROGATIVE THAT WAS NOT GRANTED TO ANY OTHER, NOT EVEN THE POWERFUL PEACE OR WAR CHIEFS.
SHE WAS DESCRIBED EVEN AFTER SHE WAS AN OLD WOMAN AS A PERSON OF REMARKABLE BEAUTY, POISE "WITH A QUEENLY AND COMMANDING PRESENCE".
HER SECOND HUSBAND WAS BRYAN WARD, A WHITE MAN, A WIDOWER, WHO HAD LOCATED IN THE Cherokee COUNTRY AS A TRADER. WARD HAD BROUGHT HIS SON JOHN, WHOSE DECEASED MOTHER WAS A WHITE WOMAN, AND JOHN SUBSEQUENTLY MARRIED CATHERINE McDANIEL, A HALF BREED
Cherokee WOMAN AND IS THE ANCESTOR OF THE NUMEROUS WARD FAMILY, AMONG THE CherokeeS. BRYAN WARD HAD ONE DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH, BY THE GHI-GA-U; WHOSE HUSBAND WAS BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH MARTIN AND HER SECOND HUSBAND WAS --- HUGHS, A TRADER. BRYAN
WARD LIVED ONLY A FEW YEARS AFTER HIS MARRIAGE TO THE Ghi-ga-u. Nancy Chi-Ga-U Ward was also known as Na/Ni. As of circa 1750,her married name was Kingfisher Deer Clan. Her data record was Updated on 10 March 2001 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Annie Lauria Drinnen was born on 10 October 1906 at Jefferson County, Missouri, USA. She was the daughter of Walter Drinnen and Delliah Olivia Mayfield.
     Her data record was Updated on 29 January 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     John Hildebrand was born in 1755. He was the son of Michael Hildebrand and Anna Zimmerman. John Hildebrand married Anna (?). John Hildebrand married Susannah Womancatcher. John Hildebrand died in 1847.
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JOHN HILDEBRAND WAS A NATIVE OF Germany AND HIS FIRST FOUR CHILDREN WERE GERMAN, HIS LAST FOUR WERE 1\2 Cherokee. HE WAS KNOWN AS "INDIAN JOHN". HE WAS A MILL RIGHT. His data record was Updated on 10 March 2001 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Susannah Womancatcher married John Hildebrand, son of Michael Hildebrand and Anna Zimmerman.
     Her married name was Hildebrand. Her data record was Updated on 10 October 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Elizabeth McNair was the daughter of Capt. David McNair and Delilah Amelia Vann. Elizabeth McNair married John Weir. Elizabeth McNair married Capt. John Bean, son of Elisha Bean and Olive Shepard.
     Her married name was Bean. Her married name was Weir. Her data record was Updated on 23 May 1997 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Amelia Bean was the daughter of Capt. John Bean and Elizabeth McNair. Amelia Bean married John Chambers, son of Maxwell Chambers and Elsie Sanders.
     Her married name was Chambers. Her data record was Updated on 21 December 1995 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     David Bean was the son of Capt. John Bean and Elizabeth McNair.
     His data record was Updated on 21 December 1995 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Talbert Bean was the son of Capt. John Bean and Elizabeth McNair.
     His data record was Updated on 21 December 1995 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Augustus Bean was the son of Capt. John Bean and Elizabeth McNair.
     His data record was Updated on 21 December 1995 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     William E. Bean was the son of Capt. John Bean and Elizabeth McNair.
     His data record was Updated on 21 December 1995 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Almira Neely Bean was the daughter of Capt. John Bean and Elizabeth McNair. Almira Neely Bean married John Chambers, son of Maxwell Chambers and Elsie Sanders.
     Her married name was Chambers. Her data record was Updated on 21 December 1995 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Capt. David McNair was born in 1774. He married Delilah Amelia Vann, daughter of James Vann and Elizabeth (?). Capt. David McNair died on 15 August 1836.
     His data record was Updated on 25 October 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     Delilah Amelia Vann was born in 1795. She was the daughter of James Vann and Elizabeth (?). Delilah Amelia Vann married Capt. David McNair. Delilah Amelia Vann died on 30 November 1838.
     Her married name was McNair. Her data record was Updated on 25 October 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.

     James Vann McNair was the son of Capt. David McNair and Delilah Amelia Vann.
     His data record was Updated on 25 October 1996 by Glenn W Mayfield.