----- Original Message ----- From: <Bob58Ojai@aol.com> Subject: [AL-MOBILEBAY] : [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] CREEK FILE Testimony : Remeve@aol.com : writes: : : << ubj: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] CREEK FILE Testimony : Date: 2/27/00 8:19:47 AM Pacific Standard Time : From: Remeve@aol.com : To: CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com : : Hi List, : Following is testimony by Dixon Bailey Reed to Guion Miller on Feb 4, 1908. : : He mentions several unrelated families in response to questions posed to : him : by Miller. D. B. Reed is the daughter of Cynthia Robinson, who was the : daughter of Peggy Bailey. Does anyone know who the REED was that Cynthia : Robinson married? : : CREEK TEST, P. 1, 2 & 3. Capt. Dixon Bailey Reed: : "I am 64 years of age and live in Pensacola, FLa. I was born in Monroe : Co., : Ala. I claim to be of Indian blood through my mother who was a daughter of : Peggy Bailey. My mother was born in Monroe Co. and I came here with her. : My : mother claims to be an Indian only through her mother, and Peggy Bailey, : her : mother, I always understood to be a Creek Indian. Peggy Bailey lived with : the Creek and moved west with them to the Indian Territory and died there. : My mother was recognized as a Creek Indian. She received three payments : with : the Creek Indians. Mrs. J. C. (Mildred) Shuttlesworth is my daughter. I : know in a general way about the Treaty spoken of as the Red Jacket Treaty. : It was signed by Chilly McIntoch - he signed it against the will of the : people - the Creeks, and he was shot by them. My mother, Cynthia Robinson, : saw him at the time he was killed. This was about the time of the removal : of : the Creeks to the Indian Territory. My mother was born in 1822. I know : Mary : E. Haggarty (17901.) Her grandmother, I also knew. She was a Choctaw : Indian. She always claimed to be a Choctaw. Her name was Vaughn. She : married a Negro. Richard Touart married a Vaughn who was a sister of Mary : Haggarty. I do not know who Richard Touart's mother was, but I am : acquainted with the Hollinger family and am related to them on my mother's : side. The Hollingers were Creek Indians. I knew Jeff Hollinger - he lived : down on the Little River in Alabama with the Creeks. The Sizemores are : cousins of mine. : My grandmother's sister married a Sizemore. The Sizemores were Creeks. : The Sizemores that I am acquainted with lived in Little River, Ala. I knew : William Sizemore, who would be 80 or 90 years old now, if living. He had a : brother named Alex." (D. B. Reed goes on to tell the story of how Peggy : Bailey's heroism at the time of the massacre resulted in her being given : the : tract of land that was called "Bailey's Bluff.") : Signed: D. B. Reed, Feb. 4, 1908, Pensacola, FL : : Evelyn >> : : Evelyn: : I believe Richard Tourat is the son of Josephine Peppeo Hollinger and ?? : Tourat. Other Tourat siblings are Gill, Emma and Emile Bell. Josephine : Peppeo Hollinger's second family came from Elisha or Ignatius Clara; : daughter : was Clara Clara and all of the children lived in the Pensacola, Milton area. : : I have not found a tie as of yet for Josephine back to the Adam Hollinger : family but she was from Baldwin County, AL. I have Clara Clara-Shields', : (Married Isaac Shields in Milton, FL, 1871), Miller application and have : sent : for Richard Tourat's. I have been stuck at this generation for a while. : Anyone? Can you help me push back from Josephine Peppeo Hollinger, Elisha : Clara or Isaac Shields? Thanks and I hope this helps you. : Robert Shields, Bob58Ojai@aol.com >> : : : --: Hi List, : Following is testimony by Dixon Bailey Reed to Guion Miller on Feb 4, 1908. : He mentions several unrelated families in response to questions posed to him : by Miller. D. B. Reed is the daughter of Cynthia Robinson, who was the : daughter of Peggy Bailey. Does anyone know who the REED was that Cynthia : Robinson married? : : CREEK TEST, P. 1, 2 & 3. Capt. Dixon Bailey Reed: : "I am 64 years of age and live in Pensacola, FLa. I was born in Monroe Co., : Ala. I claim to be of Indian blood through my mother who was a daughter of : Peggy Bailey. My mother was born in Monroe Co. and I came here with her. : My : mother claims to be an Indian only through her mother, and Peggy Bailey, her : mother, I always understood to be a Creek Indian. Peggy Bailey lived with : the Creek and moved west with them to the Indian Territory and died there. : My mother was recognized as a Creek Indian. She received three payments : with : the Creek Indians. Mrs. J. C. (Mildred) Shuttlesworth is my daughter. I : know in a general way about the Treaty spoken of as the Red Jacket Treaty. : It was signed by Chilly McIntoch - he signed it against the will of the : people - the Creeks, and he was shot by them. My mother, Cynthia Robinson, : saw him at the time he was killed. This was about the time of the removal : of : the Creeks to the Indian Territory. My mother was born in 1822. I know : Mary : E. Haggarty (17901.) Her grandmother, I also knew. She was a Choctaw : Indian. She always claimed to be a Choctaw. Her name was Vaughn. She : married a Negro. Richard Touart married a Vaughn who was a sister of Mary : Haggarty. I do not know who Richard Touart's mother was, but I am : acquainted with the Hollinger family and am related to them on my mother's : side. The Hollingers were Creek Indians. I knew Jeff Hollinger - he lived : down on the Little River in Alabama with the Creeks. The Sizemores are : cousins of mine. : My grandmother's sister married a Sizemore. The Sizemores were Creeks. : The Sizemores that I am acquainted with lived in Little River, Ala. I knew : William Sizemore, who would be 80 or 90 years old now, if living. He had a : brother named Alex." (D. B. Reed goes on to tell the story of how Peggy : Bailey's heroism at the time of the massacre resulted in her being given the : tract of land that was called "Bailey's Bluff.") : Signed: D. B. Reed, Feb. 4, 1908, Pensacola, FL : : Evelyn >> : : Evelyn: : I believe Richard Tourat is the son of Josephine Peppeo Hollinger and ?? : Tourat. Other Tourat siblings are Gill, Emma and Emile Bell. Josephine : Peppeo Hollinger's second family came from Elisha or Ignatius Clara; daughter : was Clara Clara and all of the children lived in the Pensacola, Milton area. : I have not found a tie as of yet for Josephine back to the Adam Hollinger : family but she was from Baldwin County, AL. I have Clara Clara-Shields', : (Married Isaac Shields in Milton, FL, 1871), Miller application and have sent : for Richard Tourat's. I have been stuck at this generation for a while. : Anyone? Can you help me push back from Josephine Peppeo Hollinger, Elisha : Clara or Isaac Shields? Thanks and I hope this helps you. : Robert Shields, Bob58Ojai@aol.com : : : :