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Carnes, Dianah, aged 21, wife, mixed (Joseph Carnes is head of this family).. Elizabeth Carnes, daughter, age 5, mixed.. Margaret Carnes, daughter, aged 2, mixed. Ref: 1851 Siler Rolls. Cherokee County, Georgia.



Carter, Frederick, age 31. son of William Carter, resides in Polk County, Tennesee) Margaret Carter, wife, age 37. William Carter, son, age 16. Jackson Carter, son, age 14. Jesse Carter, son, age 13. Mary Carter, daughter, age 11. Nancy Carter, daughter, age 9. Harriett Carter, daughter, age 8. Andrew Carter, son, age 5.Berry Carter, son, age 4. Henry Carter, son, age 1. Susan Carter, daughter, age 3. REJECTED. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.

Carter, Nelson, age 53. (Nelson is the son of William Carter, lives in Polk County, Tennessee) Elizabeth Carter, wife, age 50. John Carter, son, age 19. William Carter, son, age 14. Marion Carter, son, age 11. Martha Carter, daughter, age 8. Margaret Carter, daughter, age 6. Sarah Carter, age 1, daughter. REJECTED. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.

Carter, Thompson, age 31. (Thompson Carter is the son of William Carter, lives in Haywood County, North Carolina). Eleanor Carter, wife, age 32. William J. Carter, son, age 12. Rebecca J Carter, daughter, age 10, James Carter, son, age 8. Caroline Carter, daughter, age 6. Matthew Carter, son, age 3. Carter, son, age 1. REJECTED. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report. Chambers, Henry, Assistant Chief of the Cherokees, died 10 December 1891 in Arkansas.

Chapman, Effie M.. SEE Mahala Clonts.

Charlton, Sarah M.,, age 41. (widow, lives in Savanah, is the daughter of Major George Waters) Thomas J.Charlton, son, age 17. Sarah E. Charlton, daughter, age 15. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.

Chastain, William, half-blood Cherokee, was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina. He married Annie Mote, born in Cherokee County, North Carolina. SEE Andrew Jackson York.

Chattin, Adelia applied from Dahlonega, Georgia in the U. S. Court of Claims #2921. (rejected)

"My name is Lorenzo D. Davis. I was born in 1855, in Lumpkin County, Georgia. My father's name was Lorenzo D. Davis. My grandfather's name was Daniel Davis. I knew Addelia Chattin. She is not living now. I know her brothers, Jesse H. and John E. S. Chattin. I knew their mother, Rachel Bird. I knew her mother. Her name was Nancy Bird. Rachel Bird's father and mother were not married as I know of. I always heard that John Davis was her father. I has always been said that Rachel Bird was a cousin of mine. I knew John Davis. He was my father's brother....Rachel Davis, Caroline Corn, and Julia Ann Perdew I have always been taught were my kin folks...One of my uncles, Joseph Davis, spoke of Jesse Chattin's mother. Said she was entitled..."/s/Lorenzo D. Davis, Dahlonega, Georgia, July 13, 1908.


Chattin, Jesse H. of Dahlonega, brother to Adelia Chattin

Chattin, John E. S. of Dahlonega, brother to Jesse H. Chattin.

Cheasquaha, on the Chapman Roll. SEE Wiley Long.

Chekelelee, Edna "who recently passed away at the age of sixty-five, came from an older generation of storytellers." She grew up speaking the Cherokee language. Ref: Living Stories of the Cherokees Collected and Edited by Barbara R. Duncan (1998).



Choo-na-whin-ka (or Rattler), age 55. (Refused to enroll, lives in Valley River, Cherokee County, North Carolina) Nah-yuh-hoo-la, wife, age 30. Nah-ya-hih, daughter, age 3. Lucy, daughter, age 1. Sally, daughter, age 16. Takih, daughter, age 14. A-lee-na, daughter, age 12. Yel-kin-nih, age 10, son. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.

Choowahlooklee. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1829, The Cherokee Phoenix. "The house convened, but did not proceed to business, until the arrival of the Clerk elect. at 11 o'clock, when on motion of Mr. Parris of Hickory Log, he was qualified agreeably to law as Clerk of the National Council by the Hon. Andrew Ross, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation. The house then proceeded to the consideration of a memorial, submitted by Metey, claiming his seat as member of the Council, denying his removal out of Taquohee District, and objecting to the election of Choowahlooklee of said District to fill his place. The Council on inquiry, was convinced of his relinquishment of his plantation to his son, and that he had commenced another, in Amohee District, and was there settled, which was considered equivalent to a resignation; his memorial was therefore rejected.

Chuliod signed his name to a Treaty dated December 11 December, 1821 concerning the boundary "run by Gen. Wm. Mc'Intosh and Samuel Hawkins, commissioners duly authorized by their nation, and Thomas Pettit, and John Beamer, authorized commissioners of the Cherokee nation, is forever hereafter acknowledged by both nations to be permanent." Published in the Cherokee Phoenix dated November 11, 1829.

Chuwayne, murder of. " When we committed to the public plain statement of facts respecting the late murder of Chuwaye (n.b.) by the intruders, we were perfectly aware that our enemies would endeavor to benefit their cause by publishing false accounts of the circumstances connected with it. We have accordingly noticed in the neighboring journals, statements of INDIAN DEPREDATIONS, and some, have even gone so far as to congratulate the people of Georgia, that the "northern fanatics" have instigated the Cherokees to commit outrages on the peaceable citizens of that state, thereby giving occasion, as we suppose, for the butchery of the entire race. This is consistent--having, heretofore created false alarms, by sounding their war trumpets, and by agitating the martial ardor of their chivalric readers, the late affair is eagerly seized by them to retrieve their shattered credit. This however is a hopeless task. Like the man and the wolf in the fable, they may cry Indian depredation! Indian depredation!! having more than once deceived the public, they can never be believed." Ref: Cherokee Phoenix and Indians' Advocate dated Wednesday, March 31, 1830.

Chuwoyee. SEE Rattling Goard.

Cleland, Williaminia C., age 44. (She is the daughter of Major George Waters, See Gwinnett County , Georgia 1778, lives alternatively in Savannah City and Forsythe County, Georgia) Emily C.Cleland, daughter, age 14. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report

Clonts, Mahala filed a claim with the U. S. Court of Claims (Misc. Test, page 1392).

"I am 79 years of age. I claim my Indian descent through my father; my mother was white. My father's father claimed to be Indian. He was Abraham Hembree. My father was raised and born in North Carolina, Burke County. He left Burke County, but I don't know when. I was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina....I never lived with the Indians. I lived in Hamilton County, Tennessee, among the Indians when I was a little girl, and my grandfather lived there too among the Indians. My father had something to do with the Indians - with their tribal matters. He was enrolled in 1851 and 1835. My grandfather was enrolled in 1835 but he was dead in 1851. My father was enrolled under the name of Hembree. My father enrolled all of his children in 1851 in Murray County, Georgia or Hamilton County, Tennessee. They went by the name of Emrey only when they signed their names and then it was Hembree. The name might have been Emory. In 1851 I was married to a man named Clonts...My father died in 1882. I was living in Gilmer County, Georgia in the eighties. I came here and enrolled my children at that time. I enrolled them before A. M. Johnson....I am acquainted with Effie M. Chapman (15037). Her grandfather was my first cousin, that is, on her mother's side. He great grandfather was Reuben Hembree, his mother was my auint, she being a sister of my father. She claims her Indian descent through the same source as I do and thro no other source." /s/Mahala "x" Clonts, Ellijay, Georgia, July 10, 1908.


SEE Abraham Hembree.

Cobb, Susan, aged 20, white, mixed. (Andrew)Jackson Cobb is head of this family. Rufus Cobb, son, aged 3, mixed.. James Henry Cobb, son, aged 2, mixed. Ref: 1851 Siler Roll. Forsyth County, Georgia.



Cobb, Morning, age 22. (Niece of William Gothard). REJECTED."This Gothard family claim Cherokee descent from a half breed woman named Downes, they reside in a part of the Country where there is no other natives, I could find no person disconnected with the family who could state as to their right- they seem to be people of good standing & I am inclined to think they are entitled. William Gothard has two sisters in Arkansaw, Anna Hughs and M Cox, wives of George Hughes and a Mr. Cox." Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.

Coleman, Elizabeth G., wife. Burney M.Coleman, daughter, age 10. Robert M. Coleman, son, age 7. James A. Coleman, son, age 4. Mary E. Coleman, daughter, age 1. ALLOWED. "This family descendants of Major John Walker have been frequently spoken of by Cherokees in conversation with me. I suppose they are correctly reported- see affidavit marked James M Coleman- they live in Harris County, Kentucky. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.

Collins, Parker, aged 25, mixed. (he married a white woman since the treaty) ( Joseph Collins, son, aged 4, mixed. Martha Collins, daughter, aged 2, mixed. Susan Alice Collins, daughter, aged 1, mixed. John Parker Collins, aged 11, orphan, mixed. Ira Jackson Collins, aged 9, orphan ,mixed (these children live with John Miller). Ref: 1851 Siler Rolls. Forsyth County, Georgia.

Combs, Pleasant C. had a letter remaining at the post office at New Echota on January 1, 1830. Ref: Cherokee Phoenix and Indians' Advocate dated Wednesday, January 6, 1830.

Consene. SEE Tucker.

Cobb, Sallie. SEE John Hubbard.

Cobb, William. SEE John Hubbard.

Cordrey, David died on "the trail of tears" enroute to Oklahoma. His name appeared on the 1835 roll, from Forsyth County. According to tradition, he was married to Sarah Tidwell, a daughter of "Youngdeer". This makes sense because the Tidwells resided in Paulding County, where Indian fields still abound today. Raccoon Creek still yields flintstones, and there are some stories about the Cherokees hidiing their silver or gold in iron cooking pots in stragetic places along this creek. The applications of persons claiming to be descendants of "Youngdeer" were also denied because relationships could not be proven. It appears that Tidwell families remained in Paulding and Forsyth Counties, as did Cordreys, with some of them traveling west during the 1890's. This means that they were absent from being on any of the earlier Indian Rolls, which we used as proof of Indian blood. However, the evidence points to Sarah Cordrey, a daughter of Thomas Cordery (below), born 1782, died 14 July 1842, as being the wife of "Youngdeer" (John Tidwell). David Cordery was a son of Thomas Cordery who died 1842 in Forsyth County, Georgia and his wife, Susannah Sonicooie who died 1818 in Suwanee Old Town, Gwinnett County. They had issue - Charlotte, David (the subject of this sketch), Hettie, Early, Susan, Lucy, Nannie, Sarah (1782-14 July 1842) probably married "Youngdeer" (John Tidwell), Elizabeth (1786-before 1895), and Early Cordery who went by the name of Early J. Goddard.

Known issue of David Cordrey:

  1. Andrew Cordery, buried in the Hendix Cemetery in Oklahoma.
  2. Jefferson Cordrey Goddard, died 1866. Jesse Goddard married Sallie Gravet on 13 August 1836 in Forsyth County.
  3. Wilson Cordrey, born 1811, died 1904 in Indian Territory, buried in the Hendrix Cemetery in Oklahoma. He married (1) Annie Miller and (2) Nannie Hall.
  4. Cebrum Cordrey, died 1899.
  5. Thomas Cordery, buried in the Hendrix Cemetery in Oklahoma.
  6. Charlotte Cordery, buried in the Hendrix Cemetery in Oklahoma. SEE Rogers.
  7. Nannie Cordery, buried in the Hendrix Cemetery in Oklahoma.


Altoona, Georgia. James Goddard was born in Bartow County in 1844. He claimed through his grandfather, David Cordrey. The name of his father was Early J. Goddard. George W. Goddard was born 1846 (his application was filed with this claim) and said that the name of his father was Jefferson Cordrey. In 1851, the applicant and his brothers were residents of Georgia, and removed from there in 1894. They claim that their father (Jefferson Cordrey) was the son of David Cordrey. This claim was rejected on the basis that "it would appear from this that applicant 8728 and his brothers are not descendants of the same Cordrey. The evidence in these cases fails to show any Indian blood and it is apparent that they were not enrolled in 1851 by Agent Chapman..." Rejected.

"My name is George W. Goddard and I live at Stillwell, Oklahoma. I am 62 years old. I claim Cherokee Indian descent through my father, Jefferson Cordrey. John Goddard raised my father from a little boy and always went by that name. I was born in Forsyth County, Georgia. I cam west in 1894....My father died in 1866 in Bartow County. He was fifty-one years...My father got his Indian blood through David Cordrey, his father, who was a half-blood Cherokee Indian. David may have had brothers and sister, but I do not know of them. David died beyond the Mississippi River and the balance of his family kept on. Wilson Cordrey was one of his sons and Sebe was another. Se-be Cordrey (Skin Bayou 119) was my father's brother...My grandmother was Sarah Cordrey nee Tidwell. These Cordrey's were in the Cherokee Nation in 1851...Malissy Cordrey was one of my grandfather's children. There was another child named Sally....John Tidwell, the son of Youngdeer, was the father of my cousin, Sophronia. The mother of John Tidwell was also the mother of my father, Jefferson Cordrey. Her name was Sarah Cordrey nee Tidwell. My father lived among the Indians in Georgia, and took part in their tribal councils...."/s/George W. "X" Goddard, Stilwell, Oklahoma, March 19, 1909. U. S. Court of Claims.


SEE Tidwell.

Corn, Caroline. SEE Adelia Chattin.

Corn, Caroline, age 17, wife. (J.P Corn is the head of this family) Josephine Corn, daughter, age 1. REJECTED. "Caroline Corn is illegitimate daughter of John Davis a native by a white woman, lives in Lumpkin County, Georgia." Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.

Cowart, John. SEE Sally Halcom.

Creecy had a letter remaining at the post office at New Echota on January 1, 1830. Ref: Cherokee Phoenix and Indians' Advocate dated Wednesday, January 6, 1830.

Crittenden, Joseph. "About the same time, and in the same neighborhood, an attempt was made, by one Joseph Crittenton to kill another person while riding in the night, side by side. He fired his gun and wounded the unsuspecting person in the arm. " Ref: CHEROKEE PHOENIX , published on Wednesday, January 21, 1829.

Crittenden, Williamwent to the Indian Territory in 1839, and resided in the Going Snake District. Wife, Lydia. Issue:

  1. James Crittenden, born 1816 in Georgia, went to the Indian Territory in 1839 with his parents.
  2. Lucy Crittenden, born in Georgia.
  3. Nancy Crittenden, born in Georgia.
  4. Jacob Crittenden, born in Georgia.
  5. Elizabeth Crittenden, born in Going Snake, Oklahoma.
  6. Aggy Crittenden, born in Going Snake, Oklahoma.
  7. Ben Crittenden, born in Going Snake, Oklahoma.
  8. Emma Crittenden, born in Going Snake, Oklahoma.


"My name is James Crittenden. My age is 82 years. I was born in Georgia. I came out here in 1839. I have lived in the territory ever since. I got the bread and strip money and all the money that ever was paid out. I was enrolled by the Dawes Commission, Cherokee Roll 2137. I was enrolled in 1851. I drew money at that time at Fort Gibson...I had two children old enough to be enrolled in 1851, Thomas and Lydia. My father's name was William Crittenden...I drew Emigrant money in 1851. My father's brothers were: Dick and Harry; George was a son of Harry; Dickey, Charles and John, and George and Mary, Sarah and Henry, were also children of Harry. Richard had a son Isaac and William and Joseph....My wife was part Cherokee. Her name was Isabel Crittenden. Her maiden name was Dougherty. Her brothers were Robert Dougherty, John and Wash Dority or Dougherty. Her father lived in South Carolina. He died back in the old country. Robert, Ruth and Charlotte and Wash were half-brothers and sisters to my wife. Mary Daughterty was the mother of my wife. Virgin and Flora were full brothers to my wife; also Eliza. They never joined any other tribe of Indians. My wife's mother's people came out here about 1830 and went back again and came out again with the Emigration...." /s/James Crittenden, Stilwell, Oklahoma, September 26, 1908. Roll P62, #11594 FCT COMM #1295. U. S. Court of Claims 1906-1908.


Crutchfield, Mr., a half-breed Cherokee Indian, whose home is in the Indian territory, came to Cartersville last week. He has been to North Carolina, visiting the Indians in Murray County. He says there are about 1,200 of them there, and they all express a desire to go to the Indian territory, provided the government will defray their transportation, etc. The Constitution,Atlanta 10/9/1886

Culbertson, Dick. See Mullins.

Cumpton, Nancy, aged 23, wife, mixed. Sarah Malinda Cumpton, daughter, aged 2, mixed. Noah Cumpton, son, aged 1, mixed.. Ref: 1851 Siler Roll. Forsyth County, Georgia.

Cu-lit-eh, William, age 35. (A full blood Cherokee raised by Major George Waters) ALLOWED. "These families descendants of George Waters of Gwinnett County, Georgia with William Cu-lit-eh were reported to me by Major George Waters himself, being of good character and from the fact that the statement is corroborated by other persons of reliability I have no doubt as to it is correct." Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.