What do we know about Oola of the Cherokee Paint Clan?

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Did she exist ?

The sources are wanting.
WikiTree profile: Oo Loo Tsa Cherokee
in Genealogy Help by Jillaine Smith G2G6 Pilot (915k points)

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Oo-loo-tsa was a real woman of the Holly clan born in the early 1700’s.  James Hicks says marriages of descendants support the “Holly Clan” designation.  [James Hicks' Cherokee Linages, genealogy.com] No husband is listed.  According to Starr she was the mother of a woman named Ghi-go-ne-li, who was the mother of Nannie (born about 1750) and a second Ghi-go-ne-li.  {Starr, Emmet, History of the Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma, 1921. p. 366}

All but one of the children listed are non-existent.

“Ailsey of the Paint Clan” can’t be the daughter of a woman of the Holly clan.  There is no evidence this woman existed.

“He is Lowrey”  - invented in Shawnee Heritage

Robin Ostenaco Judd – mythical daughter of Ostenaco.  He DID have a daughter who married British soldier Henry Timberlake, but this woman is either European or a myth.  Her husband Rowland Judd had no connection to Ostenaco.  [see comment on profile of Ostenaco]

“Little Flower” - mythical perso

“Jennie Ani-wa-ya” - a woman of the Wolf Clan cannot be the daughter of a woman of the Holly clan.  No evidence this woman existed as a daughter of Oo-loo-tsa.

Ghi-go-ne-li  - this is the name of the one listed daughter of Oo-lo-tsa, but her Wikitree bio is a mess.

“Oo-loo-tsa” – no daughter by this name.  The name is not unique, there were other known Cherokee women named “Oo-loo-tsa”

“Con Strau Tar Au Go Stra Fawn”   - invented in Shawnee Heritage

by Kathie Forbes G2G6 Pilot (882k points)
edited by Kathie Forbes
Thanks, Kathryn. Was the Holly clan Cherokee? We need to fix her LNAB.

I'll take an initial stab at fixing her profile; would appreciate source details. Thanks.
Yes, Holly is one of the Cherokee clans, she should have an LNAB of Cherokee..
LNAB changed.

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