Walter Scott Adair (1791 - 1854)

Born 28 Jan 1791 in Cherokee Nation East, Georgia

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Died 26 Sep 1854 at age 63 in Flint District, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma

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Biography

Walter was Cherokee.

Walter Scott Adair was born in 1791 in Cherokee Nation East, now Georgia. He was the son of a white man, Edward Adair and a Cherokee woman Elizabeth Scott.He was called "Red Wat" to distinguish him from his cousin of the same name, called "Black Wat." He married Nancy McCoy Harris Nov 16, 1824. They were the parents of nine children, Elizabeth, James, Susan, Sarah, Edward, Mary, Hugh, Lucy, and Minerva. ^[1] The 1835 Cherokee census shows the family living on Oothcaloga Creek. ^[2] The family was Removed to Indian Territory in 1838. Walter served as an assistant conductor in the Taylor detachment on the Trail of Tears. ^[3] In 1851 the family is found living in the Flint District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. ^[4] Emmet Starr noted that Walter was the Master of the second Masonic Lodge in Oklahoma. ^[5] Walter passed away September 26, 1854 in Flint District, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. pp. 404, 405, 474.
2. ↑ Tyner, James. Those Who Cried. Transcript of 1835 Cherokee census. Chi-ga-u, Inc. Norman, OK. 1974. p. 79
3. ↑ Brutrick, Daniel. The Journal of Daniel S. Butrick May 19-1838-April 1, 1839. reprint, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill, OK. p. 59
4. ↑ Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Flint District, p. 78 family #237.
5. ↑ Starr, History, p. 474
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5644490

• Adair, Walter. Burial: Stillwell Cemetery, Stillwell, Adair Co, Oklahoma. Find a grave memorial #6544490. One marker for Walter Scott Adair: In memory of Col. Walter S. Adair who was born in the Old Cherokee Nation East on the 28th day of January in the year of A. D. 1791, and departed this life on the 26th day of September 1854 at his residence, Flint District, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. A Bronze plaque with two Seals, One a "Trail of Tears National Historic Trail", anther, "Seal of the Cherokee Nation, Sept 6, 1839," "In honor of one who endured the forced removal of the Cherokees in 1838-39. The Trail of Tears Association, Oklahoma"
• American Indian nonfiction : an anthology of writings, 1760s-1930s, Author: Bernd Peyer, Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2007., Page 141
• Source: S42 Media: Book (Authored) Genealogy of Old and New Cherokee Indian Families by George Morrison Bell. 1972 lc#78-189676 copy at Muskogee , OK pub.lib. Publication: (Barlesville, OK: , 1972). Note: Source Recorder Type: Other Media Type: Other Source Fidelity: Other Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y