When Margaret "Peggy" Hendricks was born on July 12, 1822, in Georgia, her father, William, was 24, and her mother, Susannah, was 24; her mother was full-blood Cherokee. She married Andrew Woodall (1820-1863) c.1845. They had four children:[1]
Daniel H. Woodall (1847–1915)
William 'Bill' Woodall (1850–1933)
Annie Eliza Woodall (1852–1942)
Caroline 'Carrie' Elva Woodall (1855–1927)
Andrew died in the war and Peggy filed for his pension late 1865.[2] She died on February 8, 1915, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, at the impressive age of 92, and was buried there.[3]
BURIAL[4]
Hendricks Cemetery
Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
Sources
↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 16, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; Roll: 1845; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1241845. Margret Woodall, b.Jul 1822 GA, race: Native American; widowed, mother of 4; relation to head: Mother-in-law (Corrie Post age 44 w/o John Beaver Post); father b.SC, mother b.GA
↑ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Margaret Woodall, wid of Andrew Woodall of Indian terr. Infantry, filed 2 Oct 1865. App # 111237, cert 66176
Year: 1910; Census Place: Parkhill, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1244; Page: 24A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1375257. Margaret Woodall, b.1824 GA, race: Native American, widowed; relation to head: mother (Caroline Post age 54); both parents b.GA
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; Margaret Woodall of Cherokee Tribe, age 76, d/o William and Susan Hendricks of Tahlequah Dist. Dawes Enrollment Number: 5551
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peggy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peggy: