Mary was born after 1820. According to the Eastern Cherokee application of daughter Cornelia Powell her parents were John Welch, a Cherokee and Elizabeth Blythe. [1]
The family of John Welch is listed on the 1835 Cherokee census, living in the Valley River area, Cherokee Nation, now North Carolina. [2] Mary remained in the East at Removal, and she and her children Cornelia, Marcus, Robert, Francis, Joseph, Mary, and John are listed on the 1852 Chapman Roll of Cherokee East of the Mississippi. Her parents and siblings are also on the roll. [3]
Fact: Welch-Blythe Cemetery Burial place of Mary Polly in Marble North Carolina
Sources
↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Record Group 75. Application #3734, Cornelia Powell. Images at Fold3 Cornelia
↑ Tyner, James. Those Who Cried. Transcript of 1835 Cherokee census. Chi-ga-u, Inc. Norman, OK. 1974. p. 131
↑ Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910. M685, microfilm, 12 rolls. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999, Record Group 75. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., #1201-1208. #1279-1287.
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