> My families Cherokee blood line > > James Grant Born 1483 Cromarty Scotland. Died 1553 Freuchie, Castle Grant > Scotland. Married Elizabeth Forbes Born ukn. Died ukn. > > John Grant Born 1507 Freuchie Scotland Died 1585 > Married Margaret Stewart Born ukn Died ukn > > Duncan Grant Born 1527 Died 1581 Dunhill Scotland > Married Margaret Macintosh Born ukn Died ukn > > John Grant Born 1572 Freuchie Scotland died 1622 Dunhill Scotland > Married Lilias Murray born ukn died ukn > > John Grant Born 1596 Freuchie Scotland Died 1637 Edinburgh Scotland. > Married Mary Olgivie Born ukn Died ukn. > > James Grant Born 1616 died 1663 Edinburgh Scotland. > Married Mary Stewart Born ukn died ukn. > > Ludovic Grant Born 1652 (Of Grant) died 1717 Edinburgh Scotland. > Married Janet Brodie born ukn died ukn. > > John Grant born 1679 pluscardine Scotland died 1747 death place ukn. > Married Kathrin Dick born ukn died ukn. > > (Source Emmet Starr, Grant 1.) > > Ludovic Grant was born circa 1698 in Scotland, and died 1755 in Charleston > South Carolina. He married (1) Elizabeth (Tassel) Coody in Cherokee Nation > East daughter if KAHYUN TECHEA. > > Ludovic Grant married (2) Unknown Cherokee woman if the Wolf Clan circa 1726 > . She was born circa 1700 ( source Emmet Starr,305,466,561,563 ) > Notes for Ludovic Grant: > On page 466, Starr states that Ludovic Grant married a woman of the Long Hair > Clan; However, on page 561 and 563 it states that he married a member if the > Wolf Clan . (Two wifes, or a typo?) > The name Eughiootie was found in the booklet called Cherokee Blood > Newsletter-Spring 1983-Vol.1 Her "white mans" name was elizabeth Coody (This > name is found in Geneaology of Old & New Cherokee indian family by George > Morrison bell. SR.) > Elizabeth was the daughter of KAN-YAN-TEE-HEE the son of Corn Tassel Born > circa 1670 at Chota City Of Refuge. She also had a brother named Chief Old > Tassel who was killed under a flag of truce in 1788 and was noted for an > eloquent speech he gave at Long Island. > > Ludovic was the Clan Chief of the Grant holdings in Scotland ( Note: There is > controversy as to his being Clan Chief at such a Young age; around 18 years > old. There is also controversy as to The line, Some believe he was son of > Ludovic not John.) > After losing the war in the Jacobite Rebellion ludovic was captured by the > British at Preston and banished to the " New World" . Ludovic arrived in the > Carolinas and moved in with the Cherokee. His cousins all went to Boston and > The Caribbian area. > > Sir Alexander Cuming, in his brief Journal which appeared in the Historical > Register of London for 1731, described his adventures in the Cherokee nation > in 1730 when, with the aid of Ludovic grant, he convinced seven young > Cherokees ( Including future Chief , ATTAKULLAKULLA, the "Little Carpenter" ) > to visit England and King George II. This was an attempt by the King to > recruit the Cherokee to fight the French. > > In a statement recorded on page 301 of the Charleston ,South Carolina probate > Court in the book of "1754-1758" in a sworn statement of january 12, 1756 > says, "It is about thirty years since I went into the Cherokee Country where > I have resided ever since" "I speak their language". > > Ludovic Grant Blood Scottish > Christened: April 12, 1702, Irvine Scotland > Emigration 1: May 07, 1716, from Scotland to the "New World" > > Emigration 2: circa 1726, To Cherokee Nation as an Indian Trader. > Note: "Indian Countryman" of Cheoah. > Occupation: Fur Trader > Starr's Notes: B657 > > Child of Ludovic Grant and Elizabeth Coody was Mary Grant Born circa 1727 in > Cherokee Nation East, Tennesee and died Circa 1765 in Cherokee Nation East, > Tennesee > Mary Grant (Long Hair Clan) married William Emory circa 1746. He was born > Circa 1720 in England, and died in Cherokee Nation East, Tenessee (Source: > Emmet Starr,305,561,563.) > > Children of Mary Grant and William Emory are: > i. Mary Emory, b. 1747 Cherokee Nat.East > ii. Elizabeth Emory, b. c.1748 > iii. Susanna Emory, b. c. 1749 > iv. William Emory JR, b. c.1750 died Will's > Knob PA. > Note: Will Emory, was the Renagade Cherokee who ran with the Shawnees and > became known as Captain Will. The name is somewhat infamous in frontier > kentucky annals because of Captain Will's relationship to Daniel Boone and > an attack on Boonesboro. > > Child of Mary grant and William Emory Elizabeth Emory Married her second > husband John Rogers SR. > born 1755 died ukn. Blood English. Occupation Trader. > > Note: John Rogers (arguably) started the Rogers Surname which include Chief > William Charles Rogers, Diana (Tiana) (Rogers) Houston (General Sam > Houstons wife) and Will Rogers.According to the Chronicles Of Oklahoma "The > interesting Old White Trader John Rogers SR. departed the East with a party > of emigrants on Oct, 17 1817 arriving among the Cherokees settled on the > White River on April, 18, 1818". John Rogers lived and traded with the > Indians since pre Revolutionary War times. He first married Elizabeth Due > Grandaughter of Ludovic Grant first known White trader among the Cherokee. > After her death he He married Elizabeth's daughter from a previous marriage > Jennie Due they had two daughters Tiana and Martha. Tiana Rogers Married > General Sam Houston and Martha Rogers was the mother of Jessie Chisolm > Chisolm Trail ). > > Children of John Rogers SR. and Elizabeth Emory: > i. Charles Rogers SR, b. c. 1774 > ii. Aky Rogers, b. c. 1776 > iii. John Rogers JR. Captain b.1778 d.1846 > iv. James Rogers, b c. 1780 > v. Nannie Rogers, b. c. 1782 d. bef. 1819. > > Charles Rogers SR. married (1) Nannie Downing, (2) He married Rachel Hughes > born Circa 1790 and died after 1851.she was the daughter of Daniel Hughes and > Elizabeth Ward. > Note: Rachel Hughes is descended fron a long line of famous Cherokees > including Nancy Ward A.K.A. NANYE-HI-FIVEKILLER Born 1738 in Chota City Of > Refuge North Carolina Cherokee nation, Now Tennesee. She died at Womankiller > Ford, Cherokee Nation, ( Now Polk County Tennesee ). > > There was a tremendous amount of information written about Nancy Ward. She is > mentioned in Teddy Roosevelt's Book On The West, The Virginia State Papers, > The South Carolina State Papers, In Mooneys Book and The Draper > Collection.There is a Chapter of The American Daughters Of the Revolution > named after her in Tennesee., and there is a Descendants Of Nancy Ward > Association on Oklahoma. > > As a child Nancy ward was called "Wild Rose" Later after having been lost and > having a vision of the spirit people helping her find her way home she was > named "Nanye'hi" which means "One who is with the Spirit People". Later > During the Battle of Taliwa against the Creeks she was Chewing the bullets > her husband Kingfisher was using. He was shot and killed. She then took up > his Rifle and joined the fight. For her heroics in Battle she was named > "Ghi'hau" or Beloved Woman". In her teens and a widowed mother of two > daughters she was given the title of Chieftainess. As "Beloved Woman" she was > a Peace Negotiator and Ambassador for her people. She became a strong > advocate of human rights for both red and white men.She had a strong voice > for peace and attended many meetings between the white settlers the > government and her people. She was involved in many of the treaties. Nancy > ward brought the first cows th the Cherokee Nation. She wrote the "White > father" President saying "Our people would have more hoes, plows, seed, > Cotton carding and looms for weaving. They would learn your way of > Cultivation. If you would send these things we will put them to good use". > And he did. He also sent agents to administer and help. Nancy was a > Revolutionary war patriot in that she gave aid (Cattle and Clothing) to > Colonel Seiver and his men during the Revolution. > > Nancy ward had a vision where she saw " A great line of our people marching > on foot. Mothers with babies in their arms. Fathers with small children on > their back. Grandmothers and Grandfathers with large bundles on their backs. > They were marching West and the "Unaka" ( White Soldiers ) were behind them. > They left a trail of corpses the weak, the sick who could not survive the > journey". This dream proved to be prophetic. On December 29, 1835 Thirteen > years after her death, a removal treaty was signed. The Cherokee called this > journey the "Nunna-da-ult-sun-yi" The Trail Where They Cried. The Trail Of > Tears. > > Nancy ward A.K.A > Tsituna-Gus-Ke -"Wild Rose" > Nanyi'hi -"One who is with the spirit people" > Ghi'hau -"Beloved Woman/Mother" > Skiagusta - "War Woman Of Chota" > Granny ward > Nancy ward was of the Wolf Clan she lived in the overhills settlement. They > were called the Overhills People ( Cherokee ). She died in 1822. > > Nancy's husband was Bryant Ward. His father was Sir Francis Ward. Other > fanous Cherokees in this line are Chief Tame Doe born circa 1700 died circa > 1775 and The Supreme Chief of the Cherokee Nation Amatoya Moytoy born 1674 > died ukn. > > Children of Charles Rogers SR. and Rachel hughes: > i. Levi Rogers b. c. 1810 > ii. Elizabeth Rogers b. c. 1812 d. c. 1852 > iii. Richard Rogers b. c. 1810 d.ukn. > iv. Joseph Rogers b. c. 1816 d. ukn. > v. Charles Rogers JR. b. c.1818 d. c. 1844 > vi. John Rogers b. c. 1820 d. ukn. > vii. Alzira Rogers b. c. 1824 d. ukn. > viii. Catherine Rogers b. c. 1822 d. 1852 > > Levi Rogers married Margaret Fields in 1810 she was born 1810 died ukn. their > only child was: > i. James Rogers, b. c. 1835 d. c. 1876 > > James Rogers married Mary Polly Sanders born circa 1838 died circa 1877 she > was the daughter of Mitchell Sanders and Polly Overtaker. Children of James > Rogers and Mary sanders were: > i. Levi Thomas Rogers b. c. 1866 d. ukn. > ii. Cynthia Ann Rogers b. c. 1874 d. ukn. > iii. David Mitchell Rogers b. c. 1877 d. ukn. > > Note: Mary Polly Sanders's Grandfather was Alexander Saunders (Sanders), A > friend of the Rogers family from the old days. It is thought he may have > killed Doublehead in helping out Captain John Rogers the "White Trader". > > Levi Thomas Rogers Cherokee Roll# Saline District Orphan Roll# 12380 Married > (1) Emma Ida Hicks then married (2) Susan Smith Cherokee Roll # 12381 born > 1882 died ukn. she was the daughter of John Smith and Sarah (Sallie) > Whitewater Cherokee roll# 1697. Sallie's father was John Whitewater Cherokee > roll# 2117 born ukn. died ukn. > > My brick wall in this line is the Children of Levi Thomas Rogers and Susan > (Smith) Rogers. > My line are all from the Fort Smith Arkansas, Fort Gibson, Braggs and > Muscogee Oklahoma area .my line as handwritten by an aunt at the Cherokee > Nation (Talequah Oklahoma) is as follows > Next in line is Sallie Bullock roll# non citizen Thomas Cookson Cherokee > roll#316 > Thomas Cookson Married Sallie Collier . Their daughter was Delilah Cookson > Cherokee Roll# 29995. She married Amon Hale Craig roll# ukn. born 15 Feb 1859 > in Gainsboro,Jackson County Tenessee died 18 Nov. 1923 in Braggs Oklahoma. > Amon owned a General Store in Braggs . He was charged with, and later > aquitted of murder. Delilah was a very respected midwife who lived from 1886 > to 1982 in Braggs Oklahoma. Delilah had 13 children. Amon Hale Craig > apparently had a Second marriage to Nancy (Nannie) Ratliff born 21 feb 1874 > she married Amon on 3 Sept. 1891. Their child was Amon Hale Craig Jr. born 6 > June 1895 died ukn. > This line then descends as follows > John Edward Craig roll# non citizen my Great grandfather > Levi (Rogers) Craig (female) (my grandmother) roll# too late. > Thomas Jefferson Craig my (Grandfather) roll# 1294 > Thomas Dewey Craig (My father) Born April 11, 1928 died August 11. 1996 > This line traces my known Cherokee blood lines. If I can help you or you can > help me fill in any blanks please feel free to E-Mail DOTHEBOB@aol.com > > Bobby E. Craig Born March 28, 1959 died december 32nd 3001 Bobby