Elizabeth (Buffington) Towers (abt. 1785 - aft. 1851)

Born about 1785 in Cheroke Nation (East)

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Died after 1851 after about age 66 in Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was Cherokee.

Elizabeth Buffington was born in the Cherokee Nation (East) about 1785, the daughter of Ezekiel Buffington, a white trader, and Mary Emory, a Cherokee. ^[1] She first had children by David McLaughlin. They were the parents of Ezekiel, Andrew, and James McLaughlin. ^[2] Researcher James Hicks believes that there was a fourth child, Annie based on Eastern Cherokee application #1653. ^[3] According to Emmet Starr she had one child, Ellis Towers, with Jeremiah Towers, but Hicks believes there were two other children James and Polly. ^[4] The family was Removed to Indian Territory and the 1851 Drennan Roll lists Elizabeth living with son Ellis and his family in the Going Snake District. ^[5] Her death date is uncertain.

Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 304. Digitized edition at Starr
2. ↑ Starr, History of the Cherokee, p. 306.
3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims. Application #1353, Louisa Emerson.
4. ↑ Hicks
5. ↑ 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. p. 121, #56.

• James Hicks Book "Cherokee Lineages", #27
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/5103770/person/24003091775/facts