Bird Tail Doublehead (1795 - 1857)

Born 1795 in Cherokee, Alabama or Tennessee

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Biography

Bird Doublehead was one of eleven children of Chief Doublehead, born in the Cherokee Nation (East) about 1795. His mother was Nannie Drumgoole. He had one full sister, Peggy. In an 1838 deposition, Bird stated that when his father was murdered in 1807 he was living at Kingston with a white family named Clark in order to attend school. His sister Peggy was living with their mother at the time, and two half-sisters, Susannah and Alcy were attending school at Hiwassie. ^[1] By about 1820 Bird had moved west to the Cherokee Nation in Arkansas. He remained in Arkansas when the Cherokee were Removed in 1827, but by 1851 he was living in the Saline District, Cherokee Nation, I.T. ^[2] He married a woman named Timson (the 1851 census lists Ned Timpson and daughter Jane next to Bird, but it's unclear if she was his wife) . In 1852 they became parents of one child, a son also named Bird, but his wife died two weeks after the baby was born. Bird, Sr. died about 1860. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Deposition of Bird Doublehead, 21 June, 1838 Transcriptions at AMERIND-US-SE-L/200-12/0977343555 and AMERIND-US-SE-L/2000-12/0977343614,rranscript at depositions
2. ↑ Hampton, David K., transcriber. Cherokee Old Settlers, combined transcript of 1851 and 1896 Old Settler Payrolls. 1993. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75, Microfilms T985 and 7RA34. Saline, #59.
3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #10725 Bird Doublehead. Images at Fold3 Bird

See also:

• Doublehead Last Chickamauga Cherokee Chief page 55 Highly questionable; use with caution
• Kenneth B Tankersley, Kinship Notes Known to contain errors.