Nancy Ward married first Kingfisher and by him had two children: Catherine and Fivekiller, she married second Brian Ward and by him had one daughter Elizabeth Ward Nancy's daughter Catherin married first Samuel Candy; second John Walker and third Ellis Harlan... The decendants of Nancy Ward are located at: http://www.nancyward.com I am a decendant of Nancy Ward through her daughter Catherine and Catherine's third husband Ellis Harlan, their son Ezekiel Harlan and his wife Hannah Lewis, their daugther Eliza Harlan and her husband Samuel Craig, their daughter Louisa Craig and her husband Huff Demetrius Coats, his son James Edward Coats and his wife, Muzetta Nigh, their son Robert Paul Coats and his wife Leah Dotts, their son Claud Russell Coats and his wife Anna Bell Frisinger...my parents... All of the Oklahoma Indian Territory... Wa.do....Charlotte Coats-Siercks ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Allan Patrick" <aeptcp@preferred.com> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:38:16 -0500 Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Fw: Tandy WALKERs To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com ---------- > From: Allan Patrick <aeptcp@preferred.com> > To: TNMAURY@rootsweb.com > Subject: Fw: Tandy WALKERs > Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 3:23 PM > > If any one has any knowledge of these early WALKERs in Mid-TN, I wish they > would correct, add to/ or elaborate upon them, for me. > Thanks, > Tania > > ---------- > > > Subject: Tandy WALKERs > > > Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 1:24 PM > > > > > > > > > Found your Tandy info very interesting! There were Tandy WALKERs in > > > mid-TN. One Tandy WALKER in Humphreys Co. about 1815, rescued a woman > > who > > > had been kidnapped by the Creek Indians and was paid $300 by the County > > for > > > his great personal peril and expense in so doing. There were other > Tandy WALKERs in > > TN > > > as well as in VA, S.C., GA and later in OK or Indian Territory. Not > sure > > > at just which generation after the WALKER/TANDY marriage/marriages in > VA > > > (there were several that I have seen) that a portion of the family > > married > > > into the Indians. Some of Sylvanus WALKER's (who md. Ann Tandy) > > > descendants did. His descendants are among the Cherokees and Creeks, > as > > > are descendants of a John WALKER (md. Nancy Ward, beloved Woman of the > > > Cherokees) whose half breed son md. Emilie Meigs, grdau of Return > > Johnathan > > > Meigs, US Agent to the Cherokees. (MEIGS/WALKER descendants have a very > > > extensive, aristocratic ancestry.). I think there were some Tandys > there > > > too, need to get back and study it out more. Also one of John WALKER > of > > > Wigton's grsons, Samuel md. Rebecca GRADOS and lived in the Cherokee > > > Nation. There were Chickasaw and Choctaw chiefs named Tandy WALKER > later > > > in Indian Territory, who may have been descendants of one of the > earlier > > > halfbreed branches. > > > > > > Searching early records of Mid-TN, nearly all the names of Sylvanus > > > WALKER's children are represented..Sylvanus, Joel, Elijah, Tandy, > Larkin, > > > Allen, Joseph, Wm. and Thomas and many more common but mutual names. > > Also > > > found a Vann WALKER (from the Cherokee district in S.C.) living there. > > > Chief Joseph Vann was another famous chief (the WALKER's probably > married > > > into them also). Add to the name similarity the fact that they were > > living > > > on Indian land in Mid-TN.. EARLY, BEFORE treaties with the Chickasaws > and > > > Cherokees (for that part of the state), had been signed, giving over > that > > > land to the US; and they had lived there in relative safety from Indian > > > raids(?). These families were very white, and by the time removal time > > > came it was easy for them to remain, by then they were married into the > > > local white white families even more. Also lots of the more > influential > > > mixed breeds were given grants by the US to remain on the land where > they > > > had their homes. They were in many cases, just as "white" as their > > > neighbors, also sometimes richer and better educated than many of their > neighbors. > > > There were similar cross breed marriages across most of the south > > > (GA/MS/KY/TN), families such as the BOWLES, STARRs, DOWNINGs and many > > > other. At one time, one halfbreed McIntosh was a chief of the Creeks, > > > while his full-white, first cousin McIntosh was Governor of the state > of > > > Georgia! I find all this very interesting, mainly because I know I am > a > > > descendant of the halfbreed COLBERTs who were Chickasaw chiefs for over > > two > > > hundred years. They were there on one side of the Tennessee River > > > attacking my MACK ancestors near Maury County, who were possibly on > Chickasaw land > > > before treaties were signed, (as were my CROSTHWAITEs and WALKERs). > > MACKs > > > and CROSTHWAITEs have been traced back to Virginia and they were most > > > likely non-Indian. Our WALKERs we can't seem to trace back, except my > > > Thomas.. on the census it says he was born in S.C... quite likely in > > > Laurens Co, SC, which is where the old Cherokee lands were and where > > > Sylvanus' descendants came to TN from!! > > > > > > Don't know how interesting you find this, but hope you will! > > > There are numerous pages > > on > > > the WALKERs in Don Martini's book "Who Was Who Among the Southern > > Indians". > > > > > > At present all I know about my gr-grma is that she, Rebecca Alice > WALKER > > > was b. 1848/9 in TN to Thomas WALKER. She married W.M.Y. CROSSTHWAITE > > and > > > they had my grpa Thomas Newton CROSSTHWAITE in 1869 in Lawrence Co., > TN, > > he > > > was named for his two grpas: John Newton CROSSTHWAITE and we assume > > > "Thomas" WALKER. There is only one Thomas WALKER in the 1850 census > with > > > infant dau Rebecca A., and he is md. to Margaret (CURRY according to > > Maury > > > Co., marriages) and has one older son and about seven daughters. > > Margaret > > > was dead by 1860 and our Rebecca died at 29; which is the reason we > don't > > > know much about our WALKERs, I'm sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== Researching the following Maury County surnames: BINKLEY - BOOKER - CASKEY - CRAIG - CRAWFORD - CREWS - DABBS - DANIELS - DEMASTUS - DIAL - DILLEHAY - DODSON - DOOLEY - DUGGER - demastus@aol.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com