Ah noo yo hee (Cherokee) Briant (abt. 1780 - aft. 1819)

Born about 1780 in Cherokee Nation (East) [uncertain]

Wife of Che na wee Cherokee — married 1800 in Hiwasee

Died after Jun 1819 after about age 39 in Cherokee Nation (East)

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Disputed Origins

Despite unsourced online trees making this claim, Oconostota did not marry an English woman named Lucy Ward. He did not have a child by this name.

Biography

Very little is known of the Cherokee woman named Ah noo yo hee. She was probably born about 1780 and lived at Hiwassee in the Cherokee Nation. She was married to a man named Che na wee who was mortally wounded at Horseshoe Bend in 1814. ^[1] He died from his wounds, leaving his widow and their seven children Nawnee, Sawrearchee, Quatie, Sawlee, Kamcuttokah, Oolanautaugh, and Seasswissaw. ^[2] In 1819 Ah no yo hee received $240 as a pension for her husband's service. ^[3] Nothing further is known of this family.

NOTE: In 1818 a widow named Lucy Briant with a family of seven took a reservation at a place called Chunanee. Some have concluded she was Che naw wee's widow (and attached a son John Bryant), but there is nothing to confirm this connection and there is no one named Bryant on the 1835 census.

Briant and Ward surnames retained to aid in search only. There is no known line of descent from this couple.

Sources

1. ↑ National Park Service transcript of muster rolls at : https://www.nps.gov/hobe/learn/historyculture/upload/cherokee.pdf
2. ↑ Image list of Indians killed at Horseshoe Bend, Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835. 1819, p. 73 Record of Indians killed in battle. https://www.fold3.com/image/205327096?terms=Chenawwee
3. ↑ Image of payment list. Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennesssee, 1801-1835, 1819 p 228 https://www.fold3.com/image/205185225?terms=Chenawwee