Catherine (Daniel) Buffington (1785 - bef. 1851)

Born 1785 in Cherokee Nation (East)

Ancestors

Wife of Ellis Buffington — married about 1809 (to before 1816) in Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died before 1851 before age 66 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory

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Biography

Catherine was Cherokee.

Catherine Daniel was born about 1785 in the Cherokee Nation (East). Her parents were Marmaduke Daniel and Nanny Still. She married Ellis Buffington about 1809. They were the parents of James, Ezekiel, and Mary. ^[1] Catherine's death date and location are unknown. By 1820 Ellis was married to Lydia Wright Snow and they emigrated to Indian Territory in 1834. ^[2]

Research Notes

Emmet Starr lists an additional child, Ruth, but Ruth stated in 1837 that her mother was a white woman.

Catherine does not appear as Catherine Daniel or Catherine Buffington on the Emigration Rolls, the 1835 Cherokee Census, or the 1851 Drennan, Old Settler, or Chapman/Siler Rolls.

There is no source for the 1867 death date listed in James Hicks "Cherokee Lineages."

Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. pp. 305 & 307. Digitized edition at Starr
2. ↑ Baker, Jack D. transcriber. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1977. Original Records: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1793-1999. p. 50

• See also:
• National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #3456, niece Sarah (Blackburn) Rogers