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Hi Fields relatives, I was in the Oklahoma Historical Library yesterday doing some research for a column I write and looking up some of my surnames in Tennessee. I ran across something accidentally that sheds a bit more light on our Chief Richard Fields. This material was in a book: RHEA COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEED BOOKS A,B,C,D,E, Abstracted By, David Gray and Bettye J. Broyles. Published by The Rhea County Historical and Genealogical Society, Dayton, Tennessee, 1987. This is condensed into most interesting information: "This land extended to the Indian Boundary line and, in fact, a few acres were south of that line. The land begins at the old mouth of McGill Creek on Sale Creek, down Sale Creek and passing mouth of Russell Branch, now known as Hutcheson Branch.... On the tract is located McDonald Cemetery, built around a small Indian Mound and surrounded by an old Indian Village. Capt. Richard Fields, a half-breed [he was less than half] Cherokee, lived in 1808 just south of the Russell estate in a large two-story frame house, with peach and apple orchards...and many cleared and tilled fields. He had served as an interpreter for the government in its negotiations with the Cherokees. When the commission issued to run the east-west line in 1805 to mark the boundary between the whites and the Cherokees, specific instructions were provided that in case that line should interfere with the Improvements of Richard Fields, that said line would be altered to avoid such interference. A short time later Capt. Fields migrated to the Texas Terrotory, where he obtained large grants of land from the Mexican government. He was murdered by his own tribe in 1827. The area from the Russell Farm to Mouth of Sale Creek was known as Fields Settlement. Richard Fields in 1803 was instrumental in persuading Dr. Gideon Blackburn to locate one of his early missionary schools within the Fields Settlement." ### Comments: This shows that Chief/Capt. Richard was in Rhea Co., TN, as early as 1803. I lost a copy of an article out of the Chronicles of Oklahoma, put out by the OK Historical Society, around 1938, about Chief Richard serving in the Revolutionary war. Unfortunately, we lost several things in a move and that was one. I have been trying to find a copy of that article ever since. He served as a liason between the Indians and the Colonial troops. According to a story handed down in my family, the Chief actually got land for the tribe in grants from the Spanish. However, these grants were located in his home and the house was set on fire by someone. This occurred shortly before there was an uprising by whites in the area which became the Fredonian Rebellion. Chief Richard tried to get the copies of the grants replaced but couldn't. That is when he and others joined with the white settlers in the Fredonian Rebellion. He was determined to obtain a permanent settlement for the Cherokees and other Indians. One of the "heroes?" of the Texas War for Independence wrote to Chief Bowles (the tribe in Texas has 3 chiefs) and told him to stop Fields anyway he could. He did, he ordered him assassinated. Then this same individual enlisted the help of Bowles and the other Cherokees to help fight the Spanish just a year or two later. The Cherokees did help, and for their trouble, they were later run out of Texas. Chief/Capt. Richard was well known to whites and well respected for his diplomatic ability. This is documented in articles. There are two places where there is a great deal of material about Chief Richard, but you do have to hunt, and that is the Oklahoma Historical Society Library and the Archives at the University of Texas. Hope this provides a little more information for those of you who are descendants. Dorothy Welsh

Hello, I am looking for info on my grandmother Margaret Mary Fields . I believe she was from Pennsylvania... Danville ...possibly. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 4:43 PM Subject: FIELDS-D Digest V99 #24

MORE FROM "Culpeper Co Va. cmpld. by R.T.Green": WILLS notes. Benj. Roberts. Feb 14, 1782, ch: Benj., Jos., Hannah, m. Daniel Field, Mary, Dulany, and Anne, m. Field. Mar 18, 1782. . and this INTERESTING Will of Edward Watkins-- intersting, because H.W.S.Field married 1793 neighbor Sarah Watkins and was hung for killing her 1799:-- does that year Census show Henry Wm.S. as E. Watkins' neighbor? his age, nearby relatives: therefore which Henry [if Henry] he is son of? Will of Edward Watkins 1787. wf Sarah; nieces were Sarah Watkins Cowne, Elizabeth Tutt, and nephew, James Broaddus.........did Ed die unnatural causes? ..betty...

Henry Field Sr is the father of Diana Field, who married William Stanton. Ive seen where Henry Field deed Henry Field Sr. gift to daughter Dianna Stanton 1790 Culpeper Co., VA DB P pages 546-547 To all people to whom these presents come, I Henry Field do send greetings. Know ye that I the said Henry Field of the Parish of St. Marks in the County of Culpeper in the state of Virginia for & in consideration of the natural love, good will & affection which I have & do Bear towards my loving Daughter Dianna Stanton. I give unto my Daughter Diana all my Land and Plantation whereon I now do live. Together with Eight negroes namely Bob, Joe, Caleb, Jude, Katy, Price, Jane, Bett & her child Francis, six Horses, kind, Buck, Emry, young Emry, Black, a sorrel mare & her Colt also forty Hoggsheads of Corn in the Ears of the present years Crop & one thousand weight of Tobacco for her present supply, also fourteen Head of Choice Sheep from my Flock, all my stock of Cattle & Hoggs belonging [to] the said Plantation as above given, I give unto her all my Household Furniture in ever particular whatever, Except a Trundle Bedstead & Bed & Boulster, Kitchen Dairy & milk house Furniture with the appurtenances of the Cellar (Viz) Casks & Scather Together with the necessary Tools belonging to the Field such as Hoes, ploughs, Traces, axes & The lands negroes Personal Estate in every particular whatsoever, I hereby freely & graciously give unto her the said Dianna Stanton her Heirs & assigns forever from the Date of these presents. Also I give unto her Grandson Stanton Slaughter (whom she raised in Infancy with me) my Negroe boy Harry - after my Decease. In Witness hereof that I do freely give the above mentioned negroes with their future Increases & the Land aforesaid to the Intent above mentioned without any manner of Condition, I have hereunto set my Name & seal this the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety. Singed, sealed & Deliver In the presence of H. Field (LS) William Stanton Henry Field, Jun'r Benjamin Field At a Court held for Culpeper County the 18th day of October 1790 This Deed of Gift from Henry Field to Dianna Stanton & Stanton Slaughter was proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. This Diana Stanton had a Son William who married Lucy Blackwell, and a daughter Sarah Stanton who married Col Robert Slaughter.... (Stanton Slaughters parents) Ive also seen that Diana Stanton died : Diana (Field) Stanton Died Dec 16, 1811 Culpeper Co Va...In her will she names her son William and his children .Ive never Seen Diana Stanton or Henry Field Sr on the 1790 or 1800 census or 1810 For that matters....But to make a long story Short... William Stanton son of William and Diana Field Stanton, I found William Stanton to a Feby Powell ... Dec 25th 1794 in Madison Co Va. Madison Co Va was created from Culpeper Co Va in 1793. Ive not viewed 1790,1800,1810 Census of Madison Co For Fields or Stantons But I did run across this ....A will for a Henry Field Dated Jan 23 1800 Madison Co Va. Now is it possible that Henry Field Sr died in Madison 10 yrs after deeding his land in 1790? Is it possible 3 years later when Henry Field Sr deed that property to his children in Culpeper Co that the same property was now in 1793 in Madison Co Va when the new County was created? I have not seen this will but who is the Henry Field in Madison Co, where the grandson of Diana Field Stanton married? Anyone working on Henry Field Sr have any thoughts on this idea? Brenda [email protected]

In a message dated 99-01-31 18:05:05 EST, [email protected] writes: << I would like to know the proof that Robert Nelson Field was the father to Ambrose who married Ann and that he wasn't the father of Ambrose who married Elizabeth. >> I have book Fields-Whitesell-Dodd by Ruth Fields Lewis. In there it says "according to Bible record in possession of Rena Norman,,,, Robert Nelson P Fields b 26 Febr 1768.. d 11 Febr 1839 Mary Dodd b 14 Aug 1769 d 29 May 1836. They md Dec 9 1790. NC names of children.. Ambrose Fields b Oct 8 1792 and other children Fairly sure Ambrose b in NC Nelson's will has an Ambrose. I have some copies of Nelson's papers here, but have never questioned that my Ambrose was his son, so will have to check for better "proof"

Looking for info on: FIELDS, Green born Feb. 11, 1810 in Tennessee and died Jan. 21, 1891 in Porum, Okla. First wife was Matilda, last name unknown Children of Green & Matilda: FIELDS, Nancy born 1833, in Tennessee FIELDS, Barton born 1837, Tn. FIELDS, Leavine, born 1839, Tn. FIELDS, Malinda, born 1841, Tn. FIELDS, Sarah, born 1846, Tn. FIELDS, Joseph born 1849, Tn., d. 1897 m. TABOR, Matilda Green's brother was Davis FIELDS, born 1799, m. UPSHAW, Cynthia Their children: FIELDS, Joel, born 1826 in Tn. FIELDS, Antha born July 7, 1828, Tn. d. Aug. 29, 1896, Newburg, Phelphs Co., Missouri Thank you, Judy

In a message dated 1/30/99 5:34:43 PM US Eastern Standard Time, FIELDS-D- [email protected] writes: << [email protected] >> With all the messages out there on Ambrose Field from Bracken Co. KY. My Ambrose Field, B. 1795 in either VA or KY, married Elizabeth Reeder, daughter of Thomas A. Reeder in Bracken Co. KY September 8, 1820 in Bracken Co. Ky. In the 1820 census Ambrose is listed as living in the same household as William Field. Prior to the marriage of Ambrose and Elizabeth, William (a constable in Bracken Co. at the time) was made guarding of Elizabeth and her brother Samuel. At the time on the 1820 census there were 2 Ambrose Field's 1 in Mason Co. and the other in Bracken Co. My Ambrose was still listed on the tax rolls of Bracken Co. in 1830, shortly thereafter the family moved to Edgar Co. Illinois. Ambrose and Elizabeth were both buried in Effingham Co. Illinois. The names of their 12 children were Lewis J, Margaret, Henry Robert, Frances, Elizabeth, Samuel Miller, Nancy, William, Nelson, Thomas D, John W, and Wilford. These are some of the same names given to the Ambrose who married Ann Nower and then moved to OR. I would like to know the proof that Robert Nelson Field was the father to Ambrose who married Ann and that he wasn't the father of Ambrose who married Elizabeth. Searching for Ambrose Field who married Elizabeth has hit a dead end street. Thanks for any help

RE: Coroners Record Information below Dear Fields cousins, At "genweb<http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgenweb/county.html> Greene County, Missouri, I was trying to find my William Russell Fields and wife Mary Delawder & family. They moved from Lawrence County, Ohio to Springfield, Missouri in 1886. I was excited to find a list of volunteers willing to do "look-ups"! You can find other counties in other states at Genweb too! Thru the Genweb I just this weekend had a terriffic breakthru on my COLE surname in Whiteside Illinois! Michelle <[email protected]>on Genweb, looked up info for me in the Land Sales book, Hunters license index and the Coroners list. My William Fields might be the William who died there 11 Jan 1902. Here are some more FIELDS Michelle found listed in the Coroners book in Springfield, Missouri, just in case anyone else recognizes a name here!! Good luck, "cousins" Mary Kay COLE Ward<[email protected]>Richmond, VA "Michelle Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote: >In the Coroner's records, I have: >FIELDS: >Ed, book 18, pg. 8, 18 june 1955 (death date) >Earnest Leslie, bk. 10, pg. 205, 23 Jan 1937 >Herbert, bk. 20, pg. 69, 10 sep 1961 age 56 >Ida E., bk. 18, pg. 137, 13 june 1956, 78 >Juanita, bk. 6, pg. 155, 5 feb 1925 >Marshall F., bk. 14, pg. 75, 9 sep 1946,68 >O. B., 9, 153, 16 Mar 1934 >William, 1, 167, 11 Jan 1902 > > >Michelle >KCMO > >Most Wanted----Great-grandfather Joseph Glenn Turner, b. abt 1883, >disappeared from Springfield, Missouri in 1910. >*Gurley, McKee, Dowdy, Edwards, Day, Carlton, Elrod, Mullings, Estes, >Rice, Payne, Laws, Turner, Anderson, Lewis, Toland >**Mass, NY, PN, OH, VA, NC, SC, AL, MO >-----Original Message----- >From: Mary K Ward [[email protected]] >To: [email protected] >Dear Michelle, > My Fields family moved from Lawrence County, Ohio to >Springfield, Missouri in 1886. Could you see if William "Russell" Fields >purchased land? Or if one of he or a son are in the Hunter License list? >Here he is with his wife and their children on the 1880 census: > >William R. Fields 35 [b. 1845] OH > wife Mary Delawder Fields 34 [b. 1846] OH > Isaac Fields 13 yr [b. 1867] OH > Cora Jane Fields 11 yr [1869] OH > Elizabeth 8 yr. b. 24 Oct 1871, OH > Emma 8 yr, b. 24 Oct 1871, OH > William 5yr, b. 1875 OH > John F. 2 yr b. 1878, OH > >Many thanks for your help! >Sincerely, Mary Kay Ward <[email protected]> "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remember with pride by remote generations." MACAULAY.

Aloha. Does anyone have any info on the Fields family from Sackets Harbor, (Houndsfield) Jefferson Co. NY. Looking for a female Fields that married a Nichols (Nicol/Nicoll/Nicolls) bef: 1921. A child was born 19 Jan 1821 in Sackets Harbor, NY named Nelson Elijah to this couple. Mahalo & Aloha for your help. Bob Nichols

I need information on Davis Fields-Jenny. Parents of George W. Fields who married Kiziah Hoover in 1861, Lee Co. Va. Who were Davis Fields's parents, siblings, and children? Need same info on Jenny Ann Fields

>From: Dorothy Welsh <[email protected]> To all you Chief Richard descendants: > > >Another source that I found that had my George, son of Chief Richard as >the son of the Chief and Jennie Buffington also had the following children >listed as children of Jennie Buffington and the Chief. The source was the >Ancestral File on a CD in the Mormon Library in Rogers, AR. I spent a lot >of time digging. (Sorry I didn't have this when I wrote you the first time. >I don't have everything on the computer--just in file folders. If you have >and LDS Family Center near you, you might check those records.) > > George Fields m. Sally Daniel > (This is the son my fields are descended from) > > Nannie (Nancy) Fields (an uncle named Blythe was a > m. William Blythe witness for my grandmother and > two of her siblings when they > applied for the Dawes Rolls > around 1904 or so) > > Elizabeth Fields m. William Thompson > John Blagg > > John (Chi-Sia) Fields m. Elizabeth Wells > > Moses Fields m. Elizabeth Bigby > Mahala Cadle > > Ezekiel Fields m. Mary Ann (Polly) Sexton > > >I don't have any information on Jennie Buffington; I am not sure >any exists. Buffington is an old Cherokee name. I suspect, however, that she was only part Cherokee. >> >THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS, Vol. I, Austin, The Texas State Historical Association, >1952, is the book that says, "Fields left his wife, the daughter of a >French trader, Francois Grapp, of Natchitoches, and seven minor children." >I have tried to run down every scrap of information I could find in books >on Chief Richard, and that includes material in Historical Society quarterlies. > >I had always heard that the Chief didn't have any children with _________ >Grapp. I really don't know as I have never pursued it except that I >read that she didn't go to Texas with him and stayed in Arkansas (that was the >territory). She must have gone later. There is no accurate birthdate >on the Chief that I can find, but he must have been in his 70's when >he died. He was called old when he was in Texas, but I have always wondered >if that were not a result of the stress incurred when he was trying to >arrange a land treaty for the Cherokees. That probably would have made >me look old! The Spanish govenors were not easy to deal with. > >Don't know if this helps, but hope it does. I knew I had some of this >filed away, but had not looked at it in a couple of years. > >Dorothy >

Posting my FIELD line again. 1 Abram FIELD ...2 (Unknown)FIELD .......+Charlotte DeGRAFFE, Father: Isaac DeGRAFFE Mother: Unknown .........3 Henry DeGraffe FIELD, b: December 04, 1841 in Delhi, New York, d: September 29, 1901 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried : Eureka Springs, Arkansas. War Service: Served in the CSA Army under Gen. Sterling Price. .............+Anne POPE, b: July 22, 1841 in Jerseyville, Illinois, m: December 03, 1868 in Kane, Illinois, d: February 07, 1925 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Buried : Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co., Oklahoma. Father: Samuel POPE, Jr. Mother: Mary GADDIS ...............4 Charlotte DeGraffe FIELD, b: in Jerseyville,Jersey County, Illinois, d: in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma Buried : Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma. ...................+Wade Hampton JAMES, Sr., b: in Smythe County, Virginia, m: November 16, 1906 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, d: in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma. Buried : Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma. War Service: Served in Co., K, 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Vol. Infantry, Spanish American War. Father: Samuel Jackson JAMES. Mother: Susan Catherine CULLOP ...............4 Sherman Lynn FIELD, d: October 1938 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma ...............4 Mary Pope FIELD ...............4 John FIELD ...............4 Smith Titus FIELD ...............4 William Parker FIELD ...............4 Catherine Amelia FIELD Happy Huntin' Sandra

Everyone Please join me in welcoming our new or returning subscribers. Date: 1/30/99 3:29:09 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Krista Deal) To: FIELDS-L Date: 1/29/99 11:29:37 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Greg Newton) To: FIELDS-L Date: 1/29/99 8:06:41 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Bill) To: fields-l Date: 1/29/99 12:08:23 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Krystine Abrao) To: FIELDS-D Date: 1/29/99 12:46:51 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] To: FIELDS-L Date: 1/28/99 11:32:30 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (rcreath) To: FIELDS-D Date: 1/27/99 7:46:11 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Carl Black) To: FIELDS-D Date: 1/25/99 2:55:24 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Louis Moses) To: FIELDS-L If you have not yet posted your information then you should do so as soon as possible. The Mailing List works best when it is used. If you do not post your information you might miss out on finding that long lost relative that you have been looking for. If you are new to the internet or new to genealogy then please do ask questions. Some of the cousins on the list surely have an answer for you. List Manager Randall Fields

Here is my line of Fields. i have a little more info on some lines but not entered in program yet. Any one who can add would be appreciated. My gg grandparents Mary Ann Fields and Thomas Bailey Descendants of Nathaniel Fields 1 Nathaniel Fields b: 1727 d: Apr 1, 1777 in Revolutionary War +Mary 2 Anselna Fields b: Jan 5, 1748/49 in Hanover Co, VA d: Oct 1, 1834 in Shelby Co, IN +Martha Dodd 2 William Fields b: 1750 in Hanover Co VA +Anne 2 John Fields b: Apr 2, 1752 in Hanover Co, VA d: Sep 1, 1835 in Rockingham Co, NC +Mary Gibson 2 Agnes Fields b: 1753 +Turbyfield Barnes m: 1774 in Guilford Co, NC 2 Elijah Fields b: 1755 in Hanover Co, VA 2 Susanna Fields b: Dec 15, 1765 in Rowan Co, NC +Willaim Lester 2 Robert "Nelson" P Fields b: Feb 26, 1768 in Guilford Co, NC d: Feb 11, 1839 in Williamson Co, Tenn +Mary "Polly" Dodd b: Aug 14, 1769 m: Dec 9, 1790 in Rockingham Co NC d: May 29, 1836 in Williamson Co Tenn 3 Elizabeth Fields b: 1791 d: 1859 3 Ambrose Fields b: Feb 2, 1792 in Rockingham Co, NC d: Mar 17, 1872 in Clackamas Co, Oreg +Ann Nower b: Feb 20, 1802 in Kentucky m: Dec 18, 1817 in Mason Co, KY d: May 24, 1883 in Clackamas Co, Oreg 4 Mary Ann Fields b: Nov 4, 1818 in KY d: 1852 in Oregon Trail +Thomas Bailey b: 1813 in Hawkins Co, Tenn m: 1836 in Hickman Co, KY d: Aug 1, 1866 in OR 4 [3] Nelson Fields b: 1821 d: 1856 in Ore +[2] Lucy Fields b: 1822 m: 1843 in Weakley Co, KY 4 William Fields b: 1824 d: 1850 4 Martha Jane Fields b: 1826 +Jefferson Shaw 4 [1] Joseph Fields b: 1829 d: 1876 in Ore +Mary Elizabeth Clark b: 1835 d: 1863 in Ore *2nd Wife of [1] Joseph Fields: +Mariah Sebastian b: 1849 d: 1876 in Ore 4 Catherine Fields b: 1831 d: 1912 +Shelton Long 4 Minerva Luton Fields b: Oct 18, 1835 in Mason Co, KY d: Oct 31, 1899 in Spokane WA +James O Miller b: 1830 m: Sep 5, 1853 in Oreg d: 1914 4 Sarah Fields b: 1837 d: 1906 +Albert Epperly 4 Thomas Fields b: 1837 d: 1892 in Ore +Clara Stickler b: 1848 d: 1925 4 James Fields b: Unknown 3 William Fields b: 1794 in Rockingham Co, NC d: 1857 +Nancy Johnson m: 1819 in Mason Co KY d: 1857 4 [2] Lucy Fields b: 1822 +[3] Nelson Fields b: 1821 m: 1843 in Weakley Co, KY d: 1856 in Ore *2nd Husband of [2] Lucy Fields: +Daniel Sebastian m: 1856 4 [5] Mary Ann Fields +[4] John Fields m: 1843 in Weakley Co KY 3 Allen Fields b: 1796 in Rockingham Co NC d: 1847 in Fulton Co KY +Delilah Beasley m: 1791 in Giles Co Tenn d: 1850 3 Nelson Fields, Jr b: 1798 +Mary Rankin 4 [4] John Fields +[5] Mary Ann Fields m: 1843 in Weakley Co KY 3 Absalom Fields b: 1801 d: 1848 +Lucy Hester b: 1805 m: 1824 in Williamson Co Tenn d: 1843 in Weakley Co KY 3 Matilda Fields b: 1803 in Rockingham Co NC +John Caldwell m: 1842 3 Martha Fields b: 1805 +George Rankin b: 1798 m: 1821 in Williamson Co Tenn d: 1844 3 Mary Fields b: 1807 in Rockingham Co, NC +Noah Norman b: 1806 in Rockingham Co NC m: 1834 3 Maacha Fields b: 1809 +James Simmons 2 Allen Fields b: 1770 in NC

I was in the library at Tahlequah recently and one of the women who was working there explained how Emmett Starr knew so much about the Cherokees. He was part Cherokee and knew some of the original families very well. Many of these people were still alive in the early 1900s. Starr's book was written in 1926. As I recall, he was born prior to 1884 (but don't hold me to that date). I too am descended from Chief Richard and Jennie Buffington, so I have done some research. I do know that there were mistakes on the original applications for the Dawes Rolls. I caught one on my grandmothers, but it was minor; however, all her siblings made the same mistake. I don't know who is right or who is wrong, and I surely don't want to take sides--this is just meant as information. There is another source: Genealogy of "Old & New Cherokee Indian Families", by George Morison Bell, Sr. The book was published in 1972, by the Leonard Printing Company, Bartlesville, OK. The Library of Congress Catalog Card Number is: 78-189676. I can throw out another wrinkle. All of us descended from Chief Richard have been told that there were no children by ______Grapp. However, I copied information out of a book in Texas that said the Chief left 7 (think that is the number as I don't have that folder handy) minor children when he died in Texas. Someone had to be the mother. Your cousin, Dorothy D. Welsh

Emmet Starr, in his History of the Cherokee Indians, writes that Chief Richard Fields was married to four women, the first being Jennie Buffington and the second being Elizabeth Hicks. From Fields' marriage with Jennie Buffington, according to Starr, five children were born: George, Nannie, Elizabeth, John and Ezekial. From Field's marriage to Elizabeth Hicks, Starr lists three children: Moses (my ancestor), Dempsey and Henry. One of Moses Fields' daughters, Sarah P. (Fields) Smith always maintained that her grandmother (Moses' mother) was Jennie Buffington, and not Elizabeth Hicks. And this was not just information passed down to her from elders--she REMEMBERED her grandmother being in their home when she, Sarah, was a child, and her grandmother was Jennie Buffington. One can try to reconcile the conflicting stories, reasoning that Jennie Buffington could well have visited the Moses Fields family and been called "Grandmother Fields" or some similar appellation by the Fields children, as she certainly was the former wife of their grandfather, Richard Fields, even if she was not really Moses' mother. But I have recently read through the Miller application of Martha E. (Fields) Horsley, another of Moses Fields' children, and Sarah's older sister. Martha swears that her paternal grandmother was Jennie. Martha was admitted to the Guion Miller Roll on the strength of this testimony, and many other applicants subsequently were admitted who based their claim on Martha's line. Is there anyone on the list who has any source other than Emmet Starr for the proposition that Elizabeth Hicks is Moses Fields' mother? And does anyone know what Starr's source was? I think that Moses was the last of the children born to Richard and Jennie Fields, and was not the first of the children born to Richard and Elizabeth Fields, as Starr says. From a degree-of-blood standpoint, it is of no consequence, as Jennie and Elizabeth were each 1/2 Cherokee. And both the Buffington and Hicks families have played prominent roles in the history of the Cherokee Nation. But I would like to clear this up so I can research the right ancestors. :) Jim G

What area are you in?R -----Original Message----- From: James H Granger <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 14 07 Subject: [FIELDS-L] HICKS, BUFFINGTON, FIELDS >Emmet Starr, in his History of the Cherokee Indians, writes that Chief >Richard Fields was married to four women, the first being Jennie Buffington >and the second being Elizabeth Hicks. From Fields' marriage with Jennie >Buffington, according to Starr, five children were born: George, Nannie, >Elizabeth, John and Ezekial. From Field's marriage to Elizabeth Hicks, >Starr lists three children: Moses (my ancestor), Dempsey and Henry. > >One of Moses Fields' daughters, Sarah P. (Fields) Smith always maintained >that her grandmother (Moses' mother) was Jennie Buffington, and not >Elizabeth Hicks. And this was not just information passed down to her from >elders--she REMEMBERED her grandmother being in their home when she, Sarah, >was a >child, and her grandmother was Jennie Buffington. > >One can try to reconcile the conflicting stories, reasoning that Jennie >Buffington could well have visited the Moses Fields family and been called >"Grandmother Fields" or some similar appellation by the Fields children, as >she >certainly was the former wife of their grandfather, Richard Fields, even if >she was not really Moses' mother. But I have recently read through >the Miller application of Martha E. (Fields) Horsley, another of Moses >Fields' children, and Sarah's older sister. Martha swears that her paternal >grandmother was Jennie. Martha was admitted to the Guion Miller Roll on the >strength of this testimony, and many other applicants subsequently were >admitted who based their claim on Martha's line. > >Is there anyone on the list who has any source other than Emmet Starr for >the proposition that Elizabeth Hicks is Moses Fields' mother? And does >anyone know what Starr's source was? I think that Moses was the last of the >children born to Richard and Jennie Fields, and was not the first of the >children born to Richard and Elizabeth Fields, as Starr says. From a >degree-of-blood standpoint, it is of no consequence, as Jennie and Elizabeth >were each 1/2 Cherokee. And both the Buffington and Hicks families have >played >prominent roles in the history of the Cherokee Nation. But I would like to >clear this up so I can research the right ancestors. :) > >Jim G > > > > > > >==== FIELDS Mailing List ==== >In order to post a query to the list simply send an e-mail to: >[email protected] >List manager: Randall Fields ([email protected]) > >