Dates
It is important to remember that
the dates cited for most 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and some 19th
century Cherokee marriages, births, and deaths are, at best,
approximations.
Descent,
marriage, and residence rules
Cherokee kinship is matrilineal,
a unilineal descent rule in which you join your mother's clan
at birth, a membership for life. After marriage, it is customary
to reside with your wife's clan so your children will grow up
with their clan, that is, their mother's family. The clan represents
a lineage based on a common apical totem ancestor-Wild Potato
(Anigategewi), Blue Paint (Anisahoni), Long Hair (Anigilohi),
Red Paint (Aniwodi), Bird (Anitsiskwa), Wolf (Aniwahya), and
Deer (Aniahwi). Marriage, mating, or sexual relations with a
member of the same clan is taboo and considered incest.
Who was
CORNBLOSSOM?
CORNBLOSSOM was reported to have
been the daughter of the second wife of DOUBLEHEAD (TALTSUSKA),
and about twelve years old in 1779 and eight years old at the
signing of the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals in 1775, which would
place her birth sometime around 1767. Although Cornblossom is
not a Cherokee word, there is a Delaware word, PAWALIN, which
means CORNBLOSSOM and it is a Delaware surname given to women.
PAWALIN literally translates as "CORNBLOSSOM FALLS OFF."
Cornblossom's
Family
DOUBLEHEAD was born sometime in
the latter half of the 18th century in Stearns, Kentucky. Charles
Hicks, Alexander Saunders, and Major Ridge assassinated him on
August 9, 1807 in McIntosh Tavern, Hiawassee, Tennessee. DOUBLEHEAD
had at least four, and possibly five wives.
First Wife
DOUBLEHEAD first married CREAT
PRIBER sometime in the middle of the 18th century in Stearns,
Kentucky. She was born in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, daughter
of CHRISTIAN GOTTILIEB PRIBER, and died around the turn of the
19th century, possibly in McCreary County, Kentucky. The children
of DOUBLEHEAD and CREAT PRIBER include:
1. TUKAHO DOUBLEHEAD was born in
the middle of the 18th century, and married MARGARET MOUNCE,
Chery (sic) Fork, (Helenwood, Tennessee); about 1768. He was
murdered in 1807 at Doublehead's Gap, Kentucky.
2. TUSGIAHUTE DOUBLEHEAD was born
in the middle of the 18th century and died about 1817 at Colbert
Ferry, Colbert County, Alabama. She married a Chickasaw, COLONEL
GEORGE COLBERT. He died on January 7, 1839, at Ft Towson, in
Oklahoma.
3. SALITSI DOUBLEHEAD was born
in the middle of the 18th century and died February 1, 1846,
in Oklahoma. She was also reported to have married to the Chickasaw
COLONEL GEORGE COLBERT.
4. NIGUDAYI was born in the middle
of the 18th century. She married SAMUEL RILEY. He died in 1819.
5. GULUSTIYU was born in the middle
of the 18th century. She was also reportedly married to SAMUEL
RILEY.
Second
Wife
DOUBLEHEAD is thought to have married
a Delaware woman sometime in the middle of the 18th century when
the Cherokee and Delaware leaders were seeking inter-tribal peace.
Although no written documentation exists of this marriage, oral
traditions in southern Kentucky are pleantiful.
6. CORNBLOSSOM (PAWALIN in Delaware)
was born in the middle of the 18th century and, possibly 1767,
and died in 1810, and thought to be buried in Pine Knot in McCreary
County, Kentucky.
Third Wife
DOUBLEHEAD married NANNIE DRUMGOOLE
in the late 18th century. She was the daughter of ALEXANDER DRUMGOOLE
and NANCY AUGUSTA and died on July 23, 1850. The children of
DOUBLEHEAD and NANNIE DRUMGOOLE include:
7. BIRD TAIL DOUBLEHEAD was born
in 1795 in Tennessee and died in the middle of the 19th century.
He married TIMSON, born in the early half of the 19th century
and died in the early second half.
8. PEGGY DOUBLEHEAD was born and
died in the first half of the 19th century. She married WILLIAM
WILSON on April 4, 1824 in Madison County, Alabama.
Fourth
Wife
DOUBLEHEAD married KATEEYEAH WILSON
in the late 18th century. She was born in the early second half
of the 18th century. The children of DOUBLEHEAD and KATEEYEAH
WILSON include:
9. TASSEL DOUBLEHEAD was born in
the late 18th century and died in the early 19th century.
10. ALCY DOUBLEHEAD was born and
died in the first half of the 19th century. She married GILES
MCNULTY.
11. SUSANNAH DOUBLEHEAD was born
and died in the first half of the 19th century. She married GEORGE
CHISHOLM.
Fifth Wife
DOUBLEHEAD married an UNKNOWN CHEROKEE
woman in the early 19th century. The children of DOUBLEHEAD and
UNKNOWN CHEROKEE include:
12. TWO HEADS DOUBLEHEAD was born
in the early 19th century.
13. DOUBLEHEAD DOUBLEHEAD was born
in the early 19th century.
14. WILLIAM DOUBLEHEAD was born
in the early 19th century.
Treaty
Signers
RED BIRD, like DOUBLEHEAD, was
from Kentucky and signed the October 2, 1805 Treaty of Tellico.
If he was the UNKNOWN brother of DOUBLEHEAD, then he came from
a long lineage of treaty signers, going back to Principal Chief
AMADOYA MOYTOY.
+ = bloodline
+AMADOYA MOYTOY (also spelled phonetically
as AMATOYA MOYTOY) was born in the first half of the 17th century.
He married QUEDSI (also spelled phonetically as QUATSY). She
was born in the middle of the 17th century. The children of AMADOYA
MOYTOY and QUEDSI include:
1. TISTOE was born in the last
half of the 17th century.
2. OUKAH ULAH (treaty signer, also
known as KING OUKAH ULAH) was born in the last half of the 17th
century and died in the middle of the 18th century.
3. NANCY MOYTOY was born in the
last half of the 17th century.
+4. MOYTOY (treaty signer) was
born in the last half of the 17th century and died in 1741.
5. OLD HOP (treaty signer) was
born in the last half of the 17th century and died in 1761.
Next Generation
+MOYTOY (treaty signer, also spelled
MOYATOY and MA'TAYI') married WILD POTATO CLAN MOTHER (Anigategewi).
She was born in the last half of the 17th century. The children
of MOYTOY and WILD POTATO CLAN MOTHER include:
1. OCONOSTOTA (treaty signer) was
born in the early part of the 18th century, and died in the latter
half of the 18th century.
2. CLOGOITTAH (treaty signer) was
born in the early part of the 18th century.
3. KITEGISTA (treaty signer) was
born in the early part of the 18th century and killed September
30, 1792.
4. ANUWAGI MOYTOY was born in the
early part of the 18th century
5. GOLANV (treaty signer, also
known as RAVEN OF HIAWASSEE) was born in the early part of the
18th century, and died in the middle of the 18th century.
+6. WILENAWA (treaty signer, also
spelled WILLEENEEWA and WILLENAWAH and known as GREAT EAGLE and
GREY EAGLE) was born in the early part of the 18th century.
7. OUNACONOA was born in the early
part of the 18th century.
8. SKALILOSGENV was born in the
early part of the 18th century.
9. OUKAII OUKAH was born in the
early part of the 18th century.
10. AMA'SGOSI'TE (treaty signer,
also spelled OOTOSSETIH, and known as MANKILLER OF HIAWASSEE
and BAD WATER) was born in the early part of the 18th century.
Next Generation
+WILENAWA (treaty signer, also
spelled WILLEENEEWA and WILLENAWAH and known as GREAT EAGLE and
GREY EAGLE) married WURTEH (Red Paint Clan Mother). She was born
in the early part of the 18th century. The children of WILENAWA
and WURTEH include:
+1. (?) TOTSUWHA (treaty signer,
also known as RED BIRD, and written phonetically as TOCHUWOR)
was born in the first half of the 18th century and died in the
early 19th century.
2. WURTEH (next generation Red
Paint Clan Mother, also known as SISTER OF DOUBLEHEAD), born
in the first half of the 18th century.
3. UTSIDSATA (treaty signer, also
known as CORN TASSEL and OLD TASSEL, OINTOSITAH or THISTLEHEAD)
was born in the first half of the 18th century and died in 1788.
4. GVNAGADOGA (treaty signer, also
known as STANDING TURKEY) was born in the first half of the 18th
century and died in 1838.
5. TALTSUSKA (treaty signer, also
known as DOUBLEHEAD) was born in the first half of the 18th century
in Stearns, Kentucky; and killed August 9, 1807.
6. IYAHUWAGIATSUTSA (treaty signer,
also known as PUMPKIN BOY) was born in the first half of the
18th century and killed in 1793.
7. NANI (also known as Nancy) was
born in the first half of the 18th century.
Family
of Sequoya
SEQUOYA was the son of WURTEH WATTS
(third generation Red Paint Clan Mother) and NATHANIEL GIST.
He was the grandson of SISTER OF DOUBLEHEAD (WURTEH, second generation
Red Paint Clan Mother) and JOHN WATTS, and possibly the nephew
of TOTSUHWA (RED BIRD). SEQUOYA was the great-grandson of WILENAWA
and WURTEH (first generation Red Paint Clan Mother), 2nd great-grandson
of MOYTOY and a WILD POTATO CLAN MOTHER, and 3rd great-grandson
of AMADOYA MOYTOY and QUEDSI. The siblings of SEQUOYA include
AHULUDEGI (JOHN JOLLY), TALONVTISGI BENGE, UTANA BENGE, GANVHIDV
GASGILO BENGE (ROBERT BENGE), LUCY BENGE, JOSEPH (?) BENGE, and
RICHARD BENGE.
+ = bloodline
+WURTEH (a Red Paint Clan Mother
known as SISTER OF DOUBLEHEAD) married a trader, JOHN WATTS (OLD
FORKED TONGUE) in the middle of the 18th century. The children
of WURTEH and JOHN WATTS include:
1. +WURTEH WATTS was born in the
middle of the 18th century.
2. KUNOSKESKIE (also known as YOUNG
TASSEL and JOHN WATTS Jr.) was born in the middle of the 18th
century and died in 1808.
3. UNINAGADIHI (also known as WHITEMAN-KILLER
WATTS) was born in the middle of the 18th century.
4. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER WATTS was born
in the middle of the 18th century.
Next generation
+ WURTEH WATTS (a Red Paint Clan
Mother) had three and possibly four husbands.
First Husband
WURTEH WATTS married a trader ROBERT
DUE in second half of the 18th century. The children of WURTEH
WATTS and ROBERT DUE include:
1. AHULUDEGI (also known as JOHN
JOLLY) was born in the second half of the 18th century and died
December 1838.
Second
Husband
WURTEH WATTS married NATHANIAL
GIST, son of CHRISTOPHER GIST, in the second half of the 18th
century. The children of WURTEH WATTS and NATHANIAL GIST include:
2. SEQUOYA (also known as SEQUOYAH,
SIKWOYI, GEORGE GIST, and GEORGE GUESS) was born in the second
half of the 18th century and died 1843.
Third Husband
WURTEH WATTS is thought to have
married NENETOOYAH (also known as ISKAGUA and BLOODY FELLOW)
sometime in the second half of the 18th century. Although no
written documentation exists of this marriage, it is possible
as suggested by oral history and tradition. There were no children
reported from this marriage.
Fourth
Husband
WURTEH WATTS married JOHN BENGE,
son of THOMAS BENGE, in the second half of the 18th century.
The children of WURTEH WATTS and JOHN BENGE include:
3. TALONVTISGI BENGE was born in
the second half of the 18th century.
4. UTANA BENGE (also known as THE
TAIL) was born in the second half of the 18th century.
5. GANVHIDV GASGILO BENGE (also
known as ROBERT BENGE, THE BENCH, BOB BENGE, CAPTAIN BENGE, CAPTAIN
BENCH, CHIEF BENCH, and WAR CHIEF BENGE) was born in the second
half of the 18th century and killed April 9, 1794.
6. LUCY BENGE, was born in the
second half of the 18th century and died October 10, 1846.
7. JOSEPH (?) BENGE was born in
the second half of the 18th century.
8. RICHARD BENGE was born in the
second half of the 18th century.
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