Nancy Eveline Linder (1831 - aft. 1915)

Born 7 Nov 1831 in Cherokee Nation (East)

Ancestors

Died after 3 Sep 1915 after age 83 in Manard, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Nancy was Cherokee.

Dawes Enrollee

Cherokee by Blood

Dawes Card Number 2044

Nancy Linder was born on November 07, 1831 in Cherokee Nation (East). Her parents were Hiram Linder and Barbara Harlan. The 1835 Cherokee census shows a family of 5 living on Ochoa Creek (now Tennessee). ^[1] Their property consisting of two houses, several farm buildings, and orchards was valued at $916.00. ^[2] The Linder family was Removed to Indian Territory over the Trail of Tears in the Brown detachment. ^[3]

Nancy married four times but had no children; all of her husbands died within a few years of the marriage. Her first husband was William Elders, married in 1849. The 1851 Drennan Roll lists Nancy and her brother John living in the Illinois District. ^[4] She married John Leonard in 1854, William Green in 1859, and Daniel Hicks in 1876. ^[5] Daniel died in 1883. In 1896 Nancy was living alone in the Tahlequah District. ^[6]

Nancy was enrolled by the Dawes Commission as a Cherokee by Blood in 1902 ^[7] and was approved for a share of the Eastern Cherokee (Guion Miller) payment. ^[8] In 1910 Nancy was living in Muskogee, Oklahoma, with her sister Cinderella. ^[9]

Nancy died on September 03, 1915 in Manard, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States and is buried at the Linder Cemetery, Hulburt, OK. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ 1835 Cherokee Census. Transcript, Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill Oklahoma, 2002 p. 8
2. ↑ Moore, Debbie S. 1836 Cherokee Nation Property Evaluations Old Town Productions, Cleveland, TN. 2017. pp. 390-391
3. ↑ Elliott, Guthrie and Perry, Cherokee Removal Database.
4. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Worth, TX; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-01; NARA Series Title: Drennen Roll, 1852; Roll: 1 Illinois District #258
5. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Worth, TX; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-07; NARA Series Title: Cherokee Census, 1880; Roll: 3
6. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Worth, TX; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-19; NARA Series Title: Cherokee Census, 1896; Roll: 1 Tahlequah District
7. ↑ Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898–1914. Microfilm M1301, 468 rolls; NAID: 617283, 650078, and 650147; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; The National Archives in Washington, D.C. Cherokee By Blood Card 2044
8. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application # 4234 Nancy Hicks
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQQ-FPS : accessed 11 April 2023), Charley Bolyn in household of Nancy E Hicke, Nash, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 25A, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1263; FHL microfilm 1,375,276.
10. ↑ Hampton, David K. Nancy Ward and her Descendants. Self-published. Oklahoma, 2021. p. 134