Elizabeth (Miller) Inlow (abt. 1809 - 1866)

Born about 1809 in Cherokee Nation (East)

Ancestors

Wife of James Fields — married 1824 (to 1830) in Cherokee Nation (East)

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1866 at about age 57 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory

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Biography

Elizabeth was Cherokee.

Elizabeth "Betsy" Miller was born in 1809 in the Cherokee Nation (East). Her parents were Andrew Miller, a white man, and Catherine McCoy, a Cherokee woman. ^[1] The family lived in Tennessee until Andrew was murdered in 1818 at which point Catherine returned to live near her family with her children. Elizabeth attended the Moravian missionaries' school at Spring Place. They recorded that "Betsy Miller" attended services with her grandmother Zauejuka (Lydia) in July, 1820, ^[2] and that she attended their school from May of 1821 to October of 1822. She married James Fields in December of 1824. The Moravians wrote, "Then the single man James Fields from the Brainerd congregation was married to the single woman Betsy Miller, Mr. Gann's stepdaughter. So many people came for this occasion that the house could not hold them all." ^[3] They were the parents of Andrew, Martha, and Almira. ^[4] James died about 1830 ^[5] and by 1835 Betsy had married Phillip Inlow, a white man. The 1835 Cherokee census lists the Inlow family in Lookout Valley, living next to James' parents. ^[6] The family was forced to a Removal camp where Philip filed a claim for their property losses in 1838. ^[7] When they arrived in Indian Territory they settled in the Going Snake District. Betsy and Philip were the parents of Sylvester, William (died young), John and Amanda. ^[8] Betsy died on March 08, 1866 in the Cherokee Nation.

Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 449
2. ↑ Crews, Daniel and Starbuck, Richard, ed. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK. Vol. 5, p. 2536
3. ↑ Crews, Daniel and Starbuck, Richard, ed. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK. Vol. 6, p. 3213.
4. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #4584, daughter Almira Patrick
5. ↑ Crews, Daniel and Starbuck, Richard, ed. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK. Vol. 9, p. 4331, Nov. 8, 1830: "...when our Margaret Mary watched as a candidate and 3 members of other confessions (Widow James Fields, Mrs. Wheeler, & Mrs. Adair...."
6. ↑ 1835 Cherokee Census. Transcript, Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill Oklahoma, 2002. p. 1
7. ↑ 1838 Claims, #280, digitized at claim.
8. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-01; NARA Series Title: Drennan Roll. Going Snake, #452.

• See also:
• Dawes application #1823, Cherokee by Blood, daughter Amanda Lewis
• Eastern Cherokee application #4052, Amanda Lewis