Elizabeth (Riley) Keys (1794 - 1857)

Ancestors

Wife of Issac Keys — married 21 Aug 1810 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died Mar 1857 at age 62 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was Cherokee.

Elizabeth Riley was born in the Cherokee Nation (East) in 1794. She was the daughter of Samual Riley, a white man and Gu-Lu-Sti-Yu Doublehead, a Cherokee. She married a white man named Isaac Keys about 1810; her sisters Mary and Sally married his brothers Samuel and William. ^[1] Isaac took a reservation "on the waters of Mud Creek" in right of his wife under the Treaty of 1817. At that time there were three in the family. ^[2] When Isaac enrolled his family to Remove to Indian Territory there were nine children, one of whom died en route. Isaac's brother William and his family also emigrated, brother Samuel remained in Alabama. ^[3] Isaac and Elizabeth had sixteen children in all, Nannie, Riley, Letitia, Leroy, Sallie, Lydia, George, Thomas, Samuel, Electa, Martha, Isaac, Richard, Rachel, Susan, and Elizabeth. ^[4] They settled in the Tahlequah District where Elizabeth and children George, Richard, Electa, Rachel, Samuel, Martha, Isaac, Jr. Susan, and Elizabeth appear on the 1851 "Old Settler" roll. ^[5] Elizabeth died in March, 1857.

Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 432.. Digitized edition at Starr
2. ↑ Hampton, David K. , compiler Cherokee Reservees. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1979. Images at Fold3. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75. p. 2
3. ↑ 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. 20
4. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee pp. 432-433.
5. ↑ 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. p. 276

• See also:
• Doublehead Last Chickamauga Cherokee Chief page 49] Note: this source contains undocumented/speculative information
• Ancestry Sources

Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 Tennessee Marriages to 1825