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Re: Chief Doublehead's Wives and Children

trackfodder — 2009-11-06 17:50:35Z

Hi Cuz. Isaac Keys was one of Gu Lu Sti Yu's kids. On down the line, a later Isaac married John Ramsey's daughter. Isaac fought for Stand Waite in the 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers and while he was gone, his wife, Jennie had Leroy Hammond Keys and died in childbirth. He was my Grandfather. I have most of our history if you are interested.
Keith Williams

Re: Chief Doublehead's Wives and Children

MsCheryl59 — 2009-10-30 15:07:11Z

I'm also descended from Doublehead-Creat Priber & Sam Riley-Gu-Lu-Sti-Yu.

Can you tell me anything about the Melungeon ancestry with this family?

Thanks so much.

Re: Chief Doublehead's Wives and Children

cbaker501 — 2009-08-23 16:51:37Z

continued from Catherine Baker . . . at http://wcu.edu/library/CherokeePhoenix which is the special collections department at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee NC you will find minutes of the Cherokee Council in New Echota (GA) in 1837 where Chief William (Bob) Wilson approaches the council and requests that he and his family be allowed to regain their Cherokee citizenship. He states that are full-blood (This is after accepting the reservation in N.AL in 1824).
cbaker501@verizon.net

Re: Chief Doublehead's Wives and Children

cbaker501 — 2009-08-23 16:45:49Z

hope this finds you. I'm trying to find my connection of ggggg grandmother Hannah Edwards b.1775 NC and m. William Baker of Guildford county nc b. 1775 and died in Madison county AL. I believe Hannah (Cherokee) was granddaughter of William Wilson m. Peggy Doubletree. I have a copy of their reservation # 128 that was granted to them in Apr. 1824 in North AL. http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/reserves.html. do you have any information on Peggy Doubletree and William wilson's daughters/granddaughters? cbaker501@verizon.net tks ever so very much catherine baker

Re: Chief Doublehead

stephenablevins — 2009-08-23 13:30:43Z

I come from the Blevins Clan "LONG HUNTERS" that settled in Long Island area present day Kingsport TN or Sullivan County. A line of Blevins moved over the hill to Stoney Creek carter County TN and have been there since,these are my people.

Dillion Blevins,Looney Blevins,Allen B Blevins,David Blevins,Ted Blevins,McArthur Blevins and me.
I have Cherokee Blood that came down from the Garland side the Blevins married. Ialso have a link to doublehead through my great grand mother lear dishman. I still live in this area.

Re: Chief Doublehead

danewerk — 2009-07-09 03:27:55Z

Cornblossom (no such thing as Indian Princesses) was born between 1765 & 1770 in Cherokee Indian Land and died August 13, 1810 in what is now McCreary Co., KY where a Bronz Marker marks her grave in Stearns, KY. She married Jacob Troxel(Big Jake) aprox. 1784. Big Jake was born Jan. 18 1758 in Philadelphia and fought in the American Revolution.
Big Jake's father was Peter Troxel(Berne Switzerland) and his grandfather was John Peter Troxel who arrived in America, Aug. 17, 1733 on the ship "SAMUEL". Doublehead was Cornblossoms father and and her mother was the daughter of Christian (Pryber) Priber who died in a British Political prison in Fort Oglethorpe, GA in 1753. Big Jake, according to his head stone which is maintained by the Forest Rangers in Danial Boone National Park near the entrance of Yahoo Falls died October 10, 1810, two months after Cornblossom. The Troxels now say he did not die then but died later in Alabama. My Grandmother started doing our family tree in 1965 and it is quite extensive.

Re: Kstieieah "Kizzie" Doublehead Connection made!

amy_rafn — 2009-05-14 22:03:05Z

I know I have a Priness Kizzie in my family. She was either my great great grandma or my great great great grandma.
I know that she married a Clark, but I don't know if that is the right Kizzie. She was part of the Cherokee tribe. I've been trying to get information on her for a long time.

doublehead

chrismason166 — 2009-04-03 05:43:24Z

come to find out bird doublehead is my great grand dad,and bird tail doublehead is my second,and cheif doublehead is my third,and cheif great eagle is my fourth and cheif moytoy is my fifth.

Re: Chief Doublehead

michelemeer — 2009-04-02 14:12:16Z

In trying to straighten out the relationships this far back in my family tree. I've found the above to be the closest to what I've found thus far. This is the way I have been able to trace directly through grandparents back to Chief Doublehead in my family. My father James Morrison>
GM Georgia I Smith>
G-GF Newton Smith>
GG-GM Margaret Ramsey>
GGG-GF William J. Ramsey>
GGGG-GM Elender Dishman>
GGGGG-GF Jefferson Dishman>
GGGGGG-GM Kezia Kizziah Doublehead (Creat Priber as mother)>
GGGGGGG-GF Chief Doublehead.

Most info that I've come across shows Kezia as Doublehead's daughter and Christian Priber as Creat Priber's father (with a Moytoy mother).

Re: Chief Doublehead

Joyce_Reece — 2009-03-25 20:25:24Z

There is nothing that documents that Doublehead took part in one of the accepted ritual marriage ceremony in the Cherokee of those days. More often than not it was a temporary arrangement...a practice that was widely accepted among the People so we don't know how many women he may have accepted as 'spouse'. I have asked many times for someone, anyone to show me what documents any relationship to Creat Priber. She is SAID to be the daughter of CHRISTIAN Priber....who was known as an enemy to the British. He was, basically, a nut case. He had the Cherokee convinced they would live better in a socialistic society ruled by himself, of course. Ludovic Grant was sent to arrest him but failed. Three years or so after his entry into the Cherokee culture he was arrested in Georgia where he died in jail there.

Doublehead was born on the Long Island of the Holsten which is in present day Tennessee. Not Stearns, KY as many claim. He was not a respected man even among the Cherokee. He was known for selling off Cherokee land to the British when he had no authority to do so. His continued beligerance and disrespect to his fellow Cherokee was one of the leading reasons for his death. He was killed because of his continued efforts to sell land that wasn't his to sell.

Re: Chief Doublehead

navymom501 — 2009-03-25 15:19:50Z

chief doubleheads was married 3 times, his first wife was great priber-m-1757 whose mother was kizzie and father was thomas priber who was thomas dishman from france, he was disowned for marring indian woman.other wives where,

nannie the pain drumgoose-m-1794
katieyah wilson-m-1797

Doublehead killed great priber for adultry and her unborn child was not his.

Re: Chief Doublehead

dorrisputman — 2009-03-17 15:28:12Z

my husbands granddad is William Allen Mason, his ggranddad is James Lee Mason, we are trying to track his Indian Heritage. I would also like more info on Bird and Birdtail Doublehead. My husbands mother was Kathleen Mason Putman, his Aunt is Ruthie Mason Putman. please send any info you might have my email address is dorris_putman@yahoo.com

Re: Chief Doublehead

Joyce_Reece — 2009-03-14 19:45:11Z

Can you please provide documentation for this? I've looked for quite a while and haven't found any.

Re: Chief Doublehead

fastlife — 2009-03-14 17:37:04Z

yes there is a corn blossom she is the daughter of cheif doublehead and known as my second great aunt

Chief Doublehad family ancestry

terry1vcrvhorvon8m79tffbtcnv7cf8gh — 2008-12-30 04:33:00Z

My Name is Terry E Blackburn, I am the son of Donald Blackburn and Lectia Jones of Albany, Ky.

My Grandfather is James Harrison Jones and Grandmonther is Adell Smith.

My Great Grandparents are Charles Berry Jones and Martha Elisabeth Vaughn.

My Great Great Grandparents are John Vaughn and Usley Gregory.

My Great Great Great Grandparents are James Vaughn and Elizabeth Troxell.

My Great Great Great Great Grandparents are Big Jake Troxell and Princess Corn Blossom.

My Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather is Chief Doublehead.

Chief Doublehad family ancestry

terry1vcrvhorvon8m79tffbtcnv7cf8gh — 2008-12-30 04:33:00Z

Re: Doubleheads Gold

Joyce_Reece — 2008-12-18 20:56:56Z

Are you all confusing the generations of Doubleheads? The original Chief Doublehead died in the very early 1800's. Since there is little accounting of the exact path DeSoto would have taken it would be extremely difficult to speculate that Chief Doublehead could have possessed some fabled gold 2oo years later. As I have stated before there is absolutely NO documentation that verifies that Chief Doublehead was transported anywhere to be buried. He was born on the Long Island of the HOLSTEN which would now be in northeast Tennessee. Kentucky lands were never lands the Cherokee lived on. It was hunting ground shared both by the Shawnee and Cherokee...plus several Native American cultures. If you think about the logistics of transporting a body from northeast Alabama to Kentucky would mean the body was decaying. There were no special burial customs among the Cherokee. The journal of Henry Timberlake speaks of bodies being tossed into the river to get rid of them. There is nothing that verifies or documents the existence of Cornblossom...except to say the Shawnee have the same legend in their tribe. I've challenged people for about 8 years to show me documentation that any of this is true. No one has yet. IF it IS true I will gladly change my story but until it is documented it is myth. And don't point me toward the Trankersley site. His statements say that researchers probably will never know....not that they do know.

There is no documentation that he had any relationship with any of Priber's daughters. Priber stayed among the Cherokee for a very short time...about 3 years beginning in 1728, ending in 1731 when he was arrested and sent to jail in Georgia where he died. This is verified in the journal of Ludovic Grant who was asked by the SC governor to arrest Priber but failed. Priber was a bit of a lunatic...a very strange person.

Re: Doubleheads Gold

chrismason166 — 2008-12-18 18:34:59Z

he got killed in alabama at mccontoshs tavern on the south side of the tennessee river,and his daughter corn blossom and war woman and dragging canoe and also cheif tucumsech carried him back to montocellio,ky and buried him in hines spring cave until they moved him and my second great granddad bird tail doublehead enter into the civil war at shiloh and died after the battle between shiloh and cornith missippi and my great granddad bird doublehead born in 1852 and died in 1924 in florence,ala and buried in blair cemetery in tn.

Re: Doubleheads Gold

Joyce_Reece — 2008-12-03 12:35:48Z

Chief Doublehead died before 1810 in the Chickamauga towns. The Civil War was in the 1860's.

Re: Chief Doublehead

Joyce_Reece — 2008-11-18 00:34:03Z

The only eye witness that ever wrote about the murder of Doublehead tells an entirely different story. He was killed in the southeast TN area. Old Tassel was killed in 1788 by Kirk under Lieut. Hubbard who was, in return, under the command of John Sevier. Young Tassel lived well beyond the time of Doubleheads killing. The Cherokee never lived in teepee's. THey had mud or log cabins. THe Ridge and two others were responsible for planning the death of Doublehead. It was for political reasons.

Jacob Troxel

Joyce_Reece — 2008-07-16 18:09:35Z

The following is a quote/transcript from "Tennessee's Hero's in the Revolutionary War" by Zella Armstrong

Full context available on Heritage Quest.

Page 32,
Jacob Troxell

Jacob Troxas applied for Revolutionary pension while living in Marion County, Tennessee in 1859. He moved to Loudon County, Virginia before the Revolution and enlisted in Virginia troops while living in the county. After the Revlution he moved back to Maryland and from thence to Sullivan County, Tennessee then to Pulaski County, Kentucky and thence to Marion County. He died in Dekalb County, Alabama July 1, 1843. His widow, Elizabeth Troxal, applied for widow's pension while living in Winchester, Tennessee.

Re: Elizabeth Rishton Callahan

Joyce_Reece — 2008-05-08 12:24:23Z

NO it has not been confirmed or documented in any way.

Re: doublehead

Joyce_Reece — 2007-12-06 22:19:52Z

testing

Re: Chief Doublehead's Wives and Children

incredibulldogs1 — 2008-02-29 20:28:24Z

I too am descended from Chief Doublehead. Hugh Pryor O'Neal is my Granmdother's (Zethie Marie Wooten Dobbins) grandfather. His grandmother was Eliza CLARINDA Elizabeth Keys and her grandmother was Mary Polly Riley whose mother was Gu-Lu-Sti-Yu" Doublehead father Sam Riley. Her grandfather was Chief Doublehead.

Re: Elizabeth Rishton Callahan

KENTUCKY41 — 2008-05-08 12:27:27Z

I am not sure what message you received. I am related to Princess Doublehead quite distant I would say but she would have been some great grandma but a few greats/
Here is what I have:Jesse Troxel {My grandpa}. His father was Peter Troxel born June 5,1840 in Wayne County, Ky and his wife was Nancy Jane Douglas born:April 1,1842 in Revelo, McCreary County, Ky.
Peter's father:George Washington Troxel born:In 1809 in Wayne County, Ky
Peter's Mother:Nancy Abbott Born in 1808 in North Carolina.George Washington Troxel's father was:Peter Jacob Troxel born in 1781 in Loudon county, Virginia died July 1, 1843. George Wasington's mother was:Jane "Jennie" Stevenson{standing Fern} born:in 1785 in Wayne County, Ky.
Peter Jacob's Father was:George Jacob Troxel born: January 18,1758in Frederick County, Maryland Peter Jacob's Mother was:Princess CornBlossom Doublehead in 1765 in Stearns, McCreary County, Kentucky.

Hope this helps if this was what you wanted. I wasn't sure what you wanted. Kentucky Sheffstall

Re: CORNBLOSSOM (only child)

KENTUCKY41 — 2008-02-18 15:32:47Z

Why was Tuckho going to marry john Mounce? Was he gay? I had never heard that story before. Did anyone get the book that was out? I guess they sold out pretty fast. Is this Cornblossom and Jacob Troxel's Children?
Peter troxelBorn about 1781 Died 1810
Catherine Troxel Born:1785 in LOUDON County, Virginia.
Mary Troxel Born about1785 in Wayne County, Kentucky I think that date isn't right but How would I know?
Margaret Troxel about1789 in LoudonCounty, Virginia.
Elizabeth Troxel Born about 1792 in Frederick County, Maryland.
Sarah Troxel Born about 1798 in Sullivan county,Tennessee.
William troxel Born 1800 in Wayne County, Kentucky.

Peter Troxel married Standing fern, Jane Stevenson
william troxel died in 1890 in Jackson County,Alabama
Catherine Troxel married Jonathan Blevins on March 21,1815.

George Jacob Troxel's dad was David Troxel born July 27,1734
his mom was Anna elizabeth Saeger Born in 1738.

Some of these dates and names of mothers didn'e measure up to other websites. So I just copied what they had seems pretty close.

Christian Troxel Born :1841 and he was the son of Elias Troxel and Catherine Summers.

I think these names were in Gencircles.Com

Re: CORNBLOSSOM (only child)

KENTUCKY41 — 2008-02-18 15:02:30Z

Why was Tuckho going to marry john Moumce? Was he gay?

Re: Elizabeth Rishton Callahan

Medwoman7641 — 2008-05-12 12:33:13Z

Are there any known female descendants of Elizabeth Rishton Callahan (mother-daughter) who have participated in a mtDNA test study? This is my direct mtDNA line and would like to know if there are others intersted in a mtDNA test.

Thanks
Medwoman

Re: Elizabeth Rishton Callahan

Medwoman7641 — 2008-05-13 22:42:13Z

Doug, would you mind sending me a copy of the picture? That would be super great! My email is Medwoman764@hughes.net

Re: Elizabeth Rishton Callahan

SoniaHull — 2008-05-07 21:19:18Z

Hi I to am a decendent of Mahala Brock I am part of the Callahan Family My grandmother was Addie Mae Callahan. For some reason I just got this message in my Email even though it was posted back in 2007.I would be interested in hearing what you have.
Many Blessings
Sonia /designsbysissy@aol.com

Re: Chief Doublehead's Wives and Children

regenastory24 — 2008-05-02 06:28:07Z

My line comes up from Mary Elizabeth Hardin and John Riley, son of Felix Riley, son of John Riley who was married to Susan Walker, and son of Samuel Riley. It sounds like we are on the same branch.

Re: Jacob Troxell & Cornblossom Doublehead - (in my family tree)

cornblossom95 — 2008-02-29 18:45:55Z

I have that Merritt's parents were Anthony Mathews/Mathis and Nellie Abbott.

Re: Jacob Troxell & Cornblossom Doublehead - (in my family tree)

cornblossom95 — 2008-02-29 18:40:38Z

My line is...

Chief Doublehead and Creat Priber were the parents of Princess Cornblossom Doublehead

Jacob Troxell and Cornblossom Doublehead were the parents of Elizabeth (Betsy) Troxell

Elizabeth Troxell and James William Vaughn were the parents of Elizabeth Vaughn

Elizabeth Vaughn and Merritt Bergen Mathews/Mathis were the parents of James Mathews/Mathis

James Mathews/Mathis and Catherine Matilda Matthews were the parents of Lillie Ellen Mathews/Mathis

Lillie Ellen Mathews/Mathis and Lonza Buck were the parents of Cordie Rosa Buck

Cordie Rosa Buck and Jessie Daniel Matthews were the parents of Donna Renea Matthews who is my Mother.

Lisa J. McCoy

Re: Jacob Troxell & Cornblossom Doublehead - (in my family tree)

bmjarrell — 2007-09-24 19:21:12Z

Hi, I have info about Ancestors and Descendants of Beloved
Woman/War Woman "Cornblossom". I found in website. I had print out with my printer and had 39 sheets. You can find them in website. Just type "Ancestors & Descendants of Princess Cornblossom" and it will come up more info about her. There are 13 generations.
Children of Cornblossom and George Troxell are
Peter "Little Jake" born bet. 1781-1810 and died Aug 1810 in Yahoo Falls Massacre, Wayne Co. KY.
Married to (1) War Woman Standing Fern and (2) Jane "Jenny"
Stevenson on Jan 16, 1803
Elizabeth "Betty" born abt. 1796 in Wayne Co. KY and died aft. 1850
Sarah born 1798
Catherine "Katie" born bet. 1783-1814
Mary "Polly" born abt. 1789 and married to Tarlton Blevins on Nov 21, 1807 in Wayne Co. KY
Margaret "Peggy" born bet. 1789-1790 TN. Married to James Bell on July 13, 1809 in Wayne Co. KY
William born abt. 1800 Thanks, Beatrice

Re: Jacob Troxell & Cornblossom Doublehead - (in my family tree)

bmjarrell — 2007-09-24 07:16:43Z

Hi Julie, you are right, there is no Robert Bell for Sarah Troxell and Thomas Bell. I have info. and there is only child, a daughter name is Matilda. Thanks, Beatrice

Re: Kiziah:half sister to Cornblossom

DonaBurge13 — 2008-03-06 04:51:37Z

I am also trying to make the tribal connection to my Doublehead ancestry - my GGGd Father was Marcus Dishman, son of Kizzie (Kstieieah) Doublehead. Has anyone been able to prove the name/person of her "Unnamed Cherokee" Mother?
Help!

Re: Chief Doublehead's Wives and Children

vhernandez158 — 2008-01-30 21:11:57Z

I am somehow decended from Samuel Riley and one of the Doublehead sisters. My grandfathers name was Elbert Riley and a few other pieces of information I have been given are Thomas Jefferson Riley and John Riley who was the son of Suzan Walker. Do you have any information about these individuals?

Re: death of Cornblossom

chrismason166 — 2008-11-18 00:51:21Z

died at yahoo falls and her son troxell

Re: Doubleheads Gold

chrismason166 — 2008-11-18 00:39:06Z

it has not been found but he found hernando de sato gold and became rich.

Re: help with info doubleheads

chrismason166 — 2008-11-18 00:30:17Z

sister i have found out bird doublehead is our great grand dad,my dna comes back in december.love your brother chris

Re: Chief Doublehead

chrismason166 — 2008-11-18 00:16:48Z

cheif doublehead was born in stearns kentucky inside of a cave,he went on a war path when his brother was killed inside a tee pee as he layed asleep a white boy had came in the tee pee and took a tomahawk and stuck it in cheif tassels head,the white boys family had been killed,so the boy wanted revenge,that is when cheif doublehead went on the flesh eating spree and the place was athens alabama,he was killed in alabama in mcontoishs tavern.and cheif doublehead is at rest in the mountians in stearns kentucky.

Re: Doublehead

chrismason166 — 2008-11-18 00:00:53Z

yes his statue and picture is in washington d.c. at the white house.you can see the statue but you can not see the picture.

Re: Doubleheads Gold

chrismason166 — 2008-12-02 18:40:59Z

cheif doublehead is my third great granddad and there is a story about it but i dont think it is true.

Re: Doubleheads Gold

chrismason166 — 2008-12-18 18:19:52Z

i am his third great grandson and it is being watched by my family and many other cherokee and it isn,t confederate gold it is hernando de soto gold.

Re: Elizabeth Rishton Callahan

DouglasAshcraft — 2008-05-13 17:22:35Z

Hi as far as I know there has not been there are 2 many males in my mothers line for her to try. I have a picture of elizabeth and some of her descendents she was a woman small in stature and she was definately native american a picture is worth a thousand words.

Re: Chief Doublehead

greyxwolf01 — 2008-11-30 21:21:33Z

shame. about like all the other genocide in the world a country founded on freedom that took so many freedoms away. thank you.

Re: Jacob Troxell & Cornblossom Doublehead - (in my family tree)

traceyreese23 — 2008-12-16 22:37:21Z

I came across a website saying that creat priber wasnt the mother of cornblossom but doublehead's second wife was.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brockfamil...

has anyone else encountered this as well?

Re: Jacob Troxell & Cornblossom Doublehead - (in my family tree)

TwoBears59 — 2008-04-26 20:00:45Z

Olivia,
Rebecca Jane Burk was my GG-Grandmother, she is listed on the Miller Roll under # 21870.

Jeff Hill

Re: Cornblossom

TwoBears59 — 2008-02-17 01:05:03Z

While I realize these are old posts, I have a real head spinner going on that I hope someone can help with. My family tree at Hill-Gregory on ancestry.com shows that if Hiram Gregory Sr. was known as "big tooth Gregory"? Could my GGGG-grandfather have been one of the men that killed my GGG-grandmother Elizabeth (cornblossom) Troxell (Doublehead)at Ywahoo Falls in the 1810 Massacre? Thanks Jeff (bennyballs) . jeffywah@yahoo.com

Re: Shores/Gregory/Troxel connections

TwoBears59 — 2008-02-17 00:19:47Z

You might look under Hill-Gregory I have posted some family history there. Hattie Gregory and her mother Emerine Burk was my grand mother, and great grand mother.
Jeff Hill
jeffywah@yahoo.com
(bennyballs)