William Drew (abt. 1797 - abt. 1861)

Born about 1797 in Cherokee Nation (East)

Ancestors

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Biography

William was Cherokee.

William Drew is believed to be the son of Charles Drew, grandson of William Drieux/Drew a trader to the Indians. He was born about 1797 and married Delilah McIntosh about 1840. They were the parents of George, Martha, Susie, Hetty, ^[1] and Catherine. The 1860 U.S. Census shows the family living in Marion, Texas. ^[2] William died in 1861. ^[3]

Uncertain Parentage

According to researcher James Hicks (no documentation), William was the son of Charles Drieux and Tsi-go-a; David Hampton (also without documentation) lists brother Richard's father as William Drew. Emmet Starr lists no parents.

Research Notes

A CREW PIONEER Notes Concerning ' ' Aunt Sue " Rogers and Her Family. By Carolyn Thomas Foreman. One of the most brilliant women of the Creek Nation was Mrs. Susannah Drew Rogers who was usually called "Aunt Sue" by her many friends and admirers. Mrs. Rogers belonged to a distinguished Creek family being the grand daughter of Chief William McIntosh and a great niece of Chief Chilly McIntosh. For charge of treason to his tribe in signing the treaty giving up their country to the whites of Alabama in 1824, General McIntosh was executed. In a pathetic letter signed by Peggy and Susannah McIntosh, his widows, at Line Creek, Fayette County, May 3, 1825, addressed im Col. D. G. Campbell and Major J. Merriwether, U. S. Commissioners, it was stated : "When you see this letter, stained with the blood of my husband, the last drop of which is now spilt for the friendship he has shown for your people, I know you will remember your pledge to us in behalf of your nation . . . you would assist and protect us . . . here I am, driven from the ashes of my smoking dwelling, left with nothing but my poor little naked hungry children, who need some immediate aid from our white friends; and we lean upon you, while you lean upon your government . . . I tried to get a horse to take my little children, and some provisions to last us to the white settlements."' The parents of Susannah Drew Rogers were William Drew and Delilah McIntosh Drew. Her father's elder brother, John Drew was a partner of Sam Houston in a store they kept during Houston's sojourn among the Cherokees in the Indian Territory. The sisters of Mrs. Delilah McIntosh Drew were Rebecca and Hetty McIntosh. They had one brother, D. N. McIntosh, the second son of Gen. William McIntosh and his wife Susannah. Chilly, the eldest son of the General, died near Fame, Oklahoma, which was about ten miles west of Checotah, and was buried in the McIntosh cemetery near Fame, as was D. N. McIntosh. When Lafayette visited Alabama he entered the state at Fort Mitchell, on the Chattahoochee River; his coming excited great enthusiasm and he was escorted by several hundred people among whom were a number of Indians. He was welcomed by Chilly McIntosh with fifty naked and highly painted Creek warriors. Lafayette was seated in a sulky which was drawn up hill by the Indians to the place where he was greeted by the Alabama delegation.~

Sources

1. ↑ 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. Illinois District #264
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFV-QM8 : Tue Jul 18 01:06:58 UTC 2023), Entry for William Drew and Delila Drew, 1860.
3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #42093, daughter Kate D. Rogers (application rejected, Old Settler)

• Find A Grave

Birth: 1797 Tennessee, USA Death: 1861 Marion County Texas, USA William Drew (1/2 Cherokee/1/2 French) was the son of Charles Drieux (Drew) and Tsi-go-a (Full Blood Cherokee). He married in the Creek Nation, IT, Delilah McIntosh (1818-1895), daughter of Chief William McIntosh Jr. and Susanna (Su-gi) Rowe (buried at this cem.). He is listed on the 1851 Cherokee Old Settler Roll: IL, 246 (1896 p. 271). They had the following children: George Washington b. 1840 in Jefferson, Marion Co.. TX, d. 07 Jul 1861 who married Mary Delilah Vann in 1858 (no issue); Martha A. "Mattie" b. 1843 in Jefferson, TX, d. 18 Jul 1875 who married James Scott; Susie (Susannah) b. 15 Oct 1844, d. 12 Apr 1938, Muskogee, OK who married Chief/Col. William Adair; Hetty/Hettie (Jessie) b. 1847, d. 1895 who married Tuxie Carey; and Catherine "Kate" Drew b. 1848 d. 1925 who married Woods Buckner Rogers. William settled in Jefferson, Marion Co., TX about 1840, with the purchase of the 2.200 acre Hanks Survey. In his will, probated 3 Jun 1861, aftere settling his debts, Delilah was allowed to keep 200 acres known as the William Drew Homestead and called "Falonah." Delilah sold the 200 acres to Jacinth O. Jackson in 1877; on this land is located the Drew Cemetery a 45' x 45' low rock walled plot. There are 3 graves at this cem.--William Drew, Chief Roley (Roderick) McIntosh, and Susannah (Su-gi) Rowe McIntosh (2nd wife of Chief William McIntosh Jr., and Chief Roley (Roderick) McIntosh. The cemetery is on private property with no access. Family links: Spouse: Delilah McIntosh Drew (1818 - 1895) Children: Sue (Susannah) Drew (Adair) Rogers (1844 - 1938)* Jessie Drew Carey (1847 - 1895)* Kate Drew Rogers (1849 - 1926)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Drew Cemetery (5 mi nw of Jefferson) Marion County Texas, USA