Ellis
Buffington
Jr
Born in Cherokee Nation (East)
Ancestors 
Son of Ellis Buffington
and Lydia (Wright) Buffington
Brother of
James Buffington [half], Ezekiel Buffington [half], Mary Buffington [half], Martha (Snow) Harnage [half], Ruth (Buffington) Langford [half], Susan (Buffington) Root, Jennie (Buffington) Alberty, Clara West Buffington and Elizabeth (Buffington) Alberty
Husband of
Elizabeth (Starr) Buffington
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ezekial Starr Buffington, Susan Jane (Buffington) Johnson and Sabina Elizabeth (Buffington) Adair
Died
at about age 38
in Fort Gibson, Illinois District, Cherokee Nation
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2014
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Biography
Ellis was Cherokee.
Ellis Buffington was born about 1821 in the Cherokee Nation (East). His parents were Ellis Buffington and Lydia Wright Snow. [1] The family emigrated to Indian Territory as "Old Settlers" in 1834. [2] Ellis married Elizabeth Starr about 1842. They were the parents of Ezekiel, Susan Jane, Joshua, Ellis, Sabina, [3] Almenta, [4] and Nannie. [5] Ellis, Elizabeth, and the five oldest children appear on the Old Settler Roll, living in Going Snake District. Ellis died in 1859 and is buried at the Buffington Cemetery, Sequoyah County, OK. [6]
Sources
- ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. Digitized edition at Starr
- ↑ Baker, Jack D. transcriber. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1977. Original Records: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1793-1999. p. 50
- ↑ Hampton, David K., transcriber. Cherokee Old Settlers, combined transcript of 1851 and 1896 Old Settler Payrolls. 1993. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75, Microfilms T985 and 7RA34. Going Snake #33
- ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #11883, grandson James Scacewater
- ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #6693, grandson John R. Duncan
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5932593/ellis-buffington : accessed 24 November 2021), memorial page for Ellis Buffington Jr. (1821–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5932593, citing Buffington Cemetery, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by R Burnett (contributor 47445819) .
- Hampton, David K. Nancy Ward and her Descendants. Self-published. Oklahoma, 2021. pp. 234-235
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellis:
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~2.34%
Gary Alberty
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QG4918883 [compare], Ancestry member GaryD
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~1.56%
Betty Adair :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BJBEEMAN1935
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~1.56%
Emily (Alberty) Stamps :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member emily_b_stamps
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~0.78%
Jeff Collins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member injun22
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~0.78%
Charlie Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A929259 [compare], Ancestry member Kandiaple
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~0.78%
James Washington :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TM7629207 [compare], FTDNA kit #50325
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Anon Langdale
Buffington-1310 and Buffington-492 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, spouse and birth date
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