Anne (Witt) Bottoms (1791 - 1835)

Born 1791 in Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Bottoms — married 15 Jul 1806 in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 1835 at about age 44 in Mississippi, United States

Biography

Anne was born in 1791 to Elijah and Nancy Witt in Tennessee.

She married William Bottoms 15 July 1806 in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.^[1] Children of Anne and William:

1. Thomas Bottoms 1807–1849
2. Piety Bottoms 1809–1874
3. William Zachariah Bottoms 1812–1896
4. Nelson Bottoms 1815–1880
5. Eldridge W. Bottoms 1822–1868
6. Smith Alexander Bottoms 1823–1904​​
7. Prudence Bottoms 1824–1869
8. Seth Bottoms 1825–1904

She passed away in 1835 in Mississippi.

Choctaw Claim

Z.T. Bottoms et al, Choctaw. No. 8. United States court, No. 115. Citizenship court No. 75-T. Commission, No. 5024.
In September of 1896 her grandson Z.T. Bottoms filed a claim for Choctaw citizenship with the Dawes Commission. Although a dubious claim, one ultimately denied, the record contains an extensive amount of genealogical information about several generations of the Bottoms family beginning with William and Anne.^[2]

Within the record of the claim it is stated, without evidence, by some of the non-relative witnesses, that Anne's maiden name was "Moshulatubbee" and she was a daughter of Chief Mushulatubee of the Choctaw. However, in the same record, it is stated by her son and grandchildren that her maiden name is Witt, and these statements are corroborated by her marriage license. Therefore, without supporting evidence, and taken with the misstatements about her husband's background (see his profile), it can be concluded that Anne WAS NOT a Native American person.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDD-5DQ : 4 December 2014), William Bottom and Annie Witt, 15 Jul 1806; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 66, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
2. ↑ “The Journal of American Indian Family Research - v. 3 (1982).” Edited by Larry S. Watson, FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/399027/.

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #167009296

• WikiTree: Z.T. Bottoms Choctaw Claim