Thomas Fox Taylor was born about 1791 in the Cherokee Nation (East) the son of
Thomas Taylor and his wife, Jennie Walker, granddaughter of Nancy Ward. [1]
He served with Gideon Morgan's Cherokee regiment in the War of 1812. [2]
Thomas married Mary Vann about 1812 ; they were the parents of six children, James, Richard, Nancy, Jane, Susan, and William. They separated about 1824. He married Lucy Otterlifter about 1825. They were the parents of five children, Peggy, Sallie, Nellie, Charles, and Nancy. [3] The family appears on the 1835 Cherokee census living along Chickamauga Creek (now Georgia). [4] Thomas also parented a child (who died young) by Oo-tus-kee Tiger. The family was Removed to Indian Territory in the Hildebrand detachment. They settled in the Going Snake District where Thomas died in 1842 and Lucy died in 1844. [5]
Sources
↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed Bloods. ARC Publishing of Cane Hill, Fayetteville, AR, 2005. pp. 125-128
↑ NARA M602. Alphabetical card index to the :service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the War of 1812. Roll: M602_0205 State: Cherokee Indians Regiment: Col Morgan, Jr's, Cherokee
↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims. Application #623, daughter Nancy White.
↑ 1835 Cherokee Census, transcription published by the Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill, OK. 2002. Original records: National Archives and Records Administration, Microfilm publication T496, Census Roll, 1835, of Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi with Index. p. 65
↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. p. 125 & 127
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