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Elizabeth Neely (Adair) Walker (1825 - 1908)

Elizabeth Neely Walker formerly Adair
Born in Oothletage Valley, Cherokee, Georgia, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 30 Aug 1843 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Ft Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USAmap
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Biography

Elizabeth was Cherokee.
Dawes Enrollee
Cherokee by Blood
Dawes Card Number 2354

Elizabeth Neely Adair was born in 1825 in the Cherokee Nation (East) the daughter of Walter Scott Adair and Nancy Harris, both Cherokee. The family was Removed to Indian Territory in 1838. She married Timothy Meigs Walker, also Cherokee, in the Cherokee Nation in 1843. [1] They were the parents of eleven children, Emily, Nancy, John, Walter, [2] Dedrick, Richard, Edward, Lowrey, Irby, Timothy Jr., and Thomas. [3] Timothy died in 1894. Elizabeth was enrolled by the Dawes Commission in 1902, [4] and was admitted to the Eastern Cherokee payment Roll in 1907. [5] Elizabeth died in 1908 and is buried with Timothy at the Walker Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma. [6]

1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 321 as Elizabeth Walker
1880 Census [CN]: Illinois, 2153 as Elizabeth N Walker
1890 Census [CN]: Illinois, 2086 as Elizabeth Walker
1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 2354, roll# 6093 as Elizabeth N Walker
1906-09 Miller roll: Ft Gibson, OK, ap# 2179, roll# 27948 as Elizabeth Walker
Blood: 1/8 Cherokee
Clan: Ani'-Gilâ'hi = Twisters, Braids, or Long Hair Clan (Mary Grant)
Starr's Notes: H333

Sources

  1. Hampton, David K. Descendants of Nancy Ward. Self-published, Oklahoma, 2021. pp. 196-198
  2. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-01; NARA Series Title: Drennan Roll. Tahlequah District, #321.
  3. National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #3077, daughter Emily Drake. Digitized at Fold3 Emily
  4. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Record Group Number: 75; Publication Number: M1301; Roll Number: 192. Card #2354
  5. National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #3077, daughter Emily Drake. Digitized at Fold3. Application #2179 , self.
  6. Find A Grave, database and images (https://findagrave.com : accessed 30 September 2017), memorial page for Elizabeth Neeley Adair Walker (13 Aug 1825–31 Jul 1908), Find A Grave: Memorial #6433174, citing Walker Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Patricia Mechling (contributor 19483256).




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