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Census Records	Cherokee Rolls		Guion/Miller
Thomas F Wagnon's Dawes Role Packet Application		James Sixkiller's Dawes Role Packet - Brother of Lucinda
Eastern Cherokee Application - GA, etc for Lucinda Sixkiller Wagnon & brother James	Eastern Cherokee Application - GA, etc for Edith Wagnon dau of Thomas		Eastern Cherokee Application - GA, etc for James F Wagnon son of Thomas
Sixkiller Family	Thomas's Estate		Counties Folks lived
Photo of Lucinda Sixkiller Wagnon			Photo "5" Daughters of Thomas & Lucinda's
Woodall Cemetery	The Homeplace		Trail of Tears
2011 Article - Messenger - Woodall/Wagnon Cemetery		Thomas Wagnon - Employed as Ward of Asylum - Tahlequah
Death Certificates - Thomas & Lucinda		Thomas F witness for Lizzie Wagnon Payne Dawes Application
Grand Parents / Aunt / Uncles of: Mary (Wagnon) White The Family of: Generation # 4 Wagnon Thomas Foreman Wagnon Cherokee (Son of Marshal P Wagnon & Margaret Peggy Woodall) Born: 3 Apr 1851 Goingsnake Dist Cherokee Nation OK Died: 23 Dec 1911 Westville Adair Co OK Buried: Woodall Cemetery Adair Co OK

Lucinda (Marie) R Sixkiller Cherokee (Daughter of Crickett [Ta-lah-toh S-J] & Deborah Whaley [Hains?] Sixkiller) Born: 12 Mar 1853 Cherokee Nation West Native American Died: 27 Dec 1921 Westville Adair Co OK Buried: Woodall Cemetery Adair Co OK Children: 9
Photo of: Lucinda Sixkiller Wagnon Man who posted photo on FindAGrave.com claims "was in a box of photos of his mothers, who is related to this lineage" Provider wants to remain anonymous		Articles from the "Vinita Chieftain" July 27, 1899 Thomas Foreman Wagnon - Tom Goingsnake Council Candidate
		Goingsnake Candidates Vinita Chieftain July 12, 1900 Coo-Wee-Scoo-Wee ="Goingsnake District'?
Below - Wagnon/Woodall Cemetery - Adair Co OK

Photo of the "5" Daughters of Thomas and Lucinda Wagnon (year unknown) Provided by: Brian Wagnon (originally from descendant of Nancy, Kevin King) Known for sure is: Nancy Wagnon Ellis [Front Center], & Emma Wagnon Akins [Front Left] To "Speculate" the order: ie, starting with the Oldest on front Right Front Row: 1. Edith Wagnon Gibbs [Right], 2. Nancy [Center], 3. Emma [left], Rear Row: 4. Maude Wagnon Martin [left], 5. Ada A Wagnon [right] (inestigating order)

Children of Thomas & Lucinda Wagnon
Marshall James Wagnon (middle name on death Cert. of son Julian M Wagnon) b. 15 Aug 1873 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. 10 May 1930 Centralia Craig County OK buried: Centralia Cem Craing Co OK Married: 7 Oct 1906 Westville Adair Co OK Elizabeth Osborn (dau of Stephen & Rebecca [Wright] Osborn) b. 9 May 1890 Farm near Robinson Benton Co AR d. 2 Mar 1973 Vinita Craig Co OK buried: Centralia Cem Craig Co OK Children this marriage: 12		Edith Wagnon b. 16 Mar 1875 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. 16 Mar 1934 Nowata Nowata Co OK buried: Nowata Cemetery Nowata Co OK *(No Stone - Sect. #36 Lot #27 Space #1 & 2)* Married: 4 May 1894 Washington Co AR John H. Gibbs (son of Henry B & Nancy [Sparks] Gibbs) b. Jun ?? 1867 Alabama d. 17 Feb 1950 Nowata Nowata Co OK buried: Nowata Cemetery Nowata Co OK *(No Stone - Sect. #36 Lot #27 Space #1 & 2)* Known Children: 6
John H Gibbs, Center Back Row - black Dash above his hat, husband of Edith Wagnon Gibbs, above, is pictured here with the Allen Family in OK - 1929-1930 (Great Depression year) Picture provided by: Rose Prosser

Nancy (Nannie) Elizabeth Wagnon b. 21 Apr 1877 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. 11 May 1931 Centralia Graig Co OK buried: Martin Cem Childers Nowata Co OK Married: Unk. date abt 1895 Early Forest Ellis (son of John A & Lurania [Roller] Ellis) b. 29 Oct 1873 Washburn Barry Co MO d. 16 Mar 1957 OK buried: Martin Cem Childers Nowata Co OK Known Children: 5 Picuture by: Silas Jones		Emma Jennie Wagnon b. 26 Jun 1879 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. 1 Jan 1956 Westville Adair Co OK buried: Foreman Cem Westville Adair Co OK Married: 2 May 1906 (Cherokee Rolls #5862) Ellis Abijah Akins (son of Andrew & Jennie [Foreman] Akins) b. 13 May 1883 Going Snake Dist Cherokee Nation IT OK d. 08 Apr 1922 Westville Adair Co OK buried: Foreman Cem Westville Adair Co OK Known Children: 5 (Eldon W KIA WWII) Picuture by: Silas Jones
(Above ^) Martin Cem entrance Childers Nowata Co OK Early and Nannie [Wagnon] Ellis buried here		(Above ^) Ellis A Akins buried here Foreman Cemetery Adair Co OK

Maude (Maudie) May (Mae) Wagnon b. 19 Mar 1887 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. aft 1940 census - listed in Westville Adair Co OK (Son Tom is living with his mother per 1940 census) buried: Unkn Married: 15 Feb 1908 (Cherokee Rolls) Marriage Lic. issued: 12 Feb 1908 Adair Co OK Cherokee Rolls indicate Divorced no date Divorce Litigation was dataed 20th Aug 1921) John Henry Martin (unknown parents) b. abt 1884 AR d. Unkn buried: Unkn Family on 1910, 1930, 1940 Census 1920 census Maudie and children living with Brother Millard and mother Lucinda Wagnon Known Children: 2 Elsie Harrison & Thomas Wagnon Frank G Brown's Birthday>>>>>> Birthday & Family Reunion Maude & dau. Elise listed, with numerous other family members related to Wagnon's (Source: Miami Daily News) Provided by decendant: Kevin King
Maude Wagnon Martin - Divorce Court Procedings 20 Aug 1921 (above^) (Source: Stilwell Standard Sentinel - Cherokee Nation OK) Provided by decendant: Kevin King

James Franklin Wagnon b. 4 Oct 1881 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. 1953 Unkn buried: Unkn Married: Unkn date - abt 1905 Mary William Barrett (Dau of William Washington & Nancy Louise [Mitchell] Barrett) b. 22 Aug 1885 Goshen Washington Co AR d. 1 Jan 1920 Westville Adair Co OK buried: Unkn Known Children: 5 (1920 Census) Lola, Lula (Lis), Thelma, Frankie, Fox Lola - Marriage Lic Benton Co AR married John Proctor 5 Dec 1923

Thomas Jefferson Wagnon (WWI Vet) b. 19 Nov 1889 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. 7 Jul 1953 Westville Adair Co OK buried: New Hope Cem Chance Adair Co OK Married: Unkn date - abt 1918 Ella Pack (dau of Isaac & Laura [Witmire] Pack) b. 13 Nov 1897 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Proctor Adair Co OK d. 9 Apr 1947 Muskogee Co OK buried: New Hope Cem Chance Adair Co OK Known Children: Thomas Mitchell, Laura Belle, Randall Wagnon		Ada A Wagnon b. 30 Jun 1892 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. 18 Sep 1951 Westwood Lassen CA buired: Unkn Married: none listed No marriage or children known Ada is 27 on the 1920 census was living with here Brother Millard 1920
New Hope Cemetery Chance Adair Co OK - Above - Thomas J & Ella Pack Wagnon buried here. This cemetery is located north of Westville Oklahoma. At OK highways 62 & 59, take Ok 59 north 4.8 mile to Skelly School/Chewey Road sign, turn left (west), travel 5.9 miles on this paved road, you will see the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery on your right.

Millard A. Wagnon (WWI Vet Page) b. 8 Jan/Jun 1895 Going Snake District - Cherokee Nation IT - later Westville Adair Co OK d. 22 Jul 1921 Westville Adair Co OK buried: Wagnon/Woodall Cem Westville Adair Co OK Married: Not married - was caring for numerous family members and mother until his untimely murder July 1921 Go to> Pvt 58th Inf 4th Inf Div WWI Click to read about Milliard History Go to Obituary Go to Millard's Web Page		Wagnon/Woodall Cemetery

Archie Wagnon Died in Infancy (unable to verify) Gone but not forgotten		Maggie Wagnon Died in Infancy (unable to verify) Gone but not forgotten
WWI Veterans Web Page -> Millard A. Wagnon
Obiturary of Millard Wagnon: (Great Uncle) The Standard-Sentinel, Adair Co. OK OBITUARY OF MILLARD WAGNON July 28, 1921 Millard WAGNON, 26, was shot and killed by Lee FOLSOM last Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock, the killing was the result of a dispute over a school election, it is alleged, and occured 2 1/2 miles northof Westville, in the vicinity of the homes of the two men. WAGNON was a veteran of the world war and saw overseas service. His remains were buried Sunday afternoon in the private grave yard of the WAGNON family. E.W. ALBERTY of Stilwell attended the funeral and he states that there was a large number of people to pay respect to the dead man's memory. FOLSOM has been arrested and placed in jail to await the preiminary hearing, which has been set for August 2nd. FOLSOM is a brother of the FOLSOM convicted of slaying of Pat DORE and now serving a life sentence.

UP^ Thomas J Wagnon's Grandson - Departs this life UP^ (Thomas J > Randall Sr > Randall Wagnon Jr) Randall Eugene "Randy" Wagnon 1953 - 2015		Obituary: UP^ Memorial services for Randy Wagnon, 62, of Hulbert, Oklahoma, will be 10:00 am, Monday, March 2, 2015, at Crescent Valley Church. Officiating will be Reverend Chadd Pendergraft and Youth Pastor, Nick Howk. Pallbearers will be the members of the Gideon, Tahlequah Camp, and the Crescent Valley Deacons. Visitation will be 2 - 6 PM Sunday, at Green Country Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at tahlequahfuneral.com Randall Wagon was born January 4, 1953, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to Randall and Alene (Erickson) Wagnon. He passed away in Tahlequah, on February 26, 2015. Randy was a graduate of Westville High School where he grew up. He attended college at Northeastern State University where he met his wife Judy. They were married November 28, 1975, and he graduated with his Bachelors degree in December of 1975. Randy began teaching at Tahlequah where he taught Social Studies: History and Government for 29 years. He began working on his Masters Degree in History as he began his teaching career. Following his retirement from Tahlequah he returned to teaching at NSU as a Social Studies Instructor. He is currently a member Crescent Valley Church where he was a Yoke Fellow. Randy was also a member of the Gideon, Tahlequah Camp, for 30 years. In his off time he liked to garden, and work outside, always working around the home place. Randy enjoyed spending time with the Crescent Valley Deacons, and making Sunday breakfast before church for anyone who wanted to come and eat. He was always busy with a project or chore. Randy was a devoted family man, loving to spend time with Judy, and cherishing the time spent with each of his grandchildren. We will all miss Randy telling us a joke and the laughter it brought to him, and us. Randy was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Judy of the home; two sons, Brian Wagnon and wife Ashley of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Bradley Wagnon and wife Tanya also of Tahlequah, OK; his grandchildren, Rocky Lewis, Isaac Wagnon, Anna Wagnon, and a foster granddaughter; his sister Karen Monks and her husband Bill of OKC, OK; and a host of other relatives friends. UP^

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Thomas Wagnon's Death Certificate

Lucinda [Sixkiller] Wagnon's Death Certificate

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Wagnon / Woodall Cemetery
Adair County Oklahoma

Location: Sec. 19, R26E, T18N

Personal Accounts / Stories / Various Records

Photo taken about 2010

From a Woodall Descendant
by Jack Woodall

Thomas Woodall was buried in Adair County in the old Woodall Family cemetery. An article printed in "Flashback Vol XI #3, August 1961" reads "Elizabeth Wagnon was the wife of Thomas Wagnon, early resident of Fayetteville, whose Will was published in FLASHBACK October 1960. Their son, Marshall Wagnon, married Margaret Woodall, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Woodall who lived about one-half mile southeast of old Baptist Mission (near Westville).

We found Marshall Wagnon's grave in the old Woodall family cemetery, all traces of it almost gone now. Only a few tombstones stand in a grove of trees, about halfway between the paved highway and the K.C. Southern railroad tracks. It is about one-half mile north of old Jacob Houston Woodall's two story home standing about a mile north of Westville. Thomas Woodall built one of those old type Southern plantation houses. It was two story and rooms about 20 x 20 with breezeway between. This old house stood through the Civil War but was burned soon afterwards. There is no trace of it today, so far as I could see."

I have been told a J. P. Stanfield owns the property where this cemetery is located. His telephone number is 918-723-4015.

A Tom Woodall (1889-1918) and a Charles Woodall (1861-1902) are buried in the Old Baptist Mission Cemetery located a mile or so north of Westville.

May 4, 2003

Woodall - Wagnon Cemetery:
by Emily Woodall (as told Jun 6, 2003)

The Woodall Cemetery or the Woodall-Wagnon Cemetery is located in Westville, OK on the property of Ray Stanfill. It is the home place of Nancy and Thomas Woodall. I visited the cemetery in March 1997. The Cemetery was in terrible shape when we were in OK, but it is a beautiful place. I can understand why Thomas must have loved Oklahoma.

There were a lot of stones, some also gone. The cemetery is in a grove of, I believe Locust trees. I am not familiar with these trees but that was what I was told. I did not meet Mr. Stanfill that day, however, I did write him a thank you letter and told him the history of Thomas, Varches and Nancy. It seemed proper to tell him the history of his land.

I do not know how Mr. Stanfill feels about people wanting to see this cemetery as someone else made the arrangements for us to see it. At that time, we were permitted to see it and as you know, there is a law that says that if you have a cemetery on your property that you have to let the kin visit it.

The Cemetery was quite aways from where we turned off the main road and we had to drive across the pastureland with all of the cattle looking at us. It was pretty rough and I would not want to drive a good car in there, even though the pasture grass was not high, but oh, so pretty and green.

I understand that Jacob Woodall was buried there, someone told us that his head stone was used as a stepping stone to someone's front door. Thomas and Nancy have to be buried in two of the unmarked graves. Charles E. Thorne, who died in 1884, three weeks and two days old. Millard A. Wagnon, Oklahoma, Pvt, 58th Infantry, World War I, born January 8, 1895 and died July 1921. Willard A. Brown, born May 26, 1881 and died July 1886 (it looks like 1886). Lucinda R. Wagnon with the date of March 12, 1853 below her name, nothing else. Thomas Wagnon with April 3, 1851 (I think) and December 20, 1911.

Notes from Mike White:
Who are those buried above?
1. Jacob Woodall        = Son of Thomas & Nanny Woodall
2. Thomas & Nancy Woodall - Unmarked or Missing grave stones.
3. Millard A. Wagnon   = Son of Thomas F & Lucinda Wagnon.
4. Willard A. Brown     = Son of Wm & Margaret [Wagnon] Brown.
5. Lucinda R. Wagnon = Lucinda Marie [Sixkiller] Wagnon.
6. Thomas Wagnon     = Thomas Foreman Wagnon husb. of Lucinda.
7. Charles E. Thorne    = Mystery man, have no idea who he is...
8. There are Unmarked or missing grave stones.
9. I was told that Marshal P Wagnon's (CSA) was buried here but
    his stone was very deteriorated.

Wagnon/Woodall Cemetery:
Provided by: Mary Beth

The Woodall Cemetery is listed in "Our People and Where They Rest". It is listed as the Wagnon Cemetery. This book was done in the 1960s by a grant by the Doris Duke Foundation (by Carselowey). However, the cemetery is also listed in the Pioneer Papers - on file in the Oklahoma Historical Society. These papers were done in the 1930s by the WPA - it gave a lot of people jobs.

There is a wonderful interview done by Margaret Wagnon Costen Elkins done at the same time they mapped out the cemetery. In there they list as many as 30 graves - some of whom were Nannie Tadpole, Thomas Woodall (Sr.) and several others.

As you may know, Nannie Tadpole was as near as I can tell a full blood Cherokee and Thomas was White. They were living here in Georgia up near Lake Allatoona when the Government made them relocate to OK, (Trail of Tears).

Thomas at the time had a white side wife with three other children. At first he decided to stay with the white wife but Nannie became very ill and he went to take care of her. I suppose he liked what he saw in Oklahoma and stayed with her there after. They had nine children - one of whom died on the trail. Then Thomas died and tried to will the land/farm to his sons including his white sons in Georgia. Then Margueritte came back lived with her mother and took care of her until she died. Nannie in turn willed the land/farm to Margueritte. The brothers said Nannie's will was illegal and Margueritte sued and won in the Cherokee Courts. A very famous case in Indian History. Anyways she in turn left most of the farm to her daughter and son Thomas (your direct descendent).

Carselowery, also has written a lot about Margueritte and the Woodalls in his many books, since he is related as well. If you are interested in names/dates I will be glad to give you the information. I also have all the brothers, sisters, husband and wives.

The cemetery however, is in terrible shape. My sisters and I try to help these cemeteries by finding out who and what we can do to preserve them. This cemetery has an interesting twist however. At first we had to stop the highway department from building over it a couple of years ago since the farmer who owns it failed to report to them it was even there. Then, this year my sister and her tenacity found out the family still owns it. The current family member didn't know it and we just recently informed them about it. I don't know what they will do with it but hopefully, they will preserve the history and get help in doing so.

Mary Beth

Driving Directions

Take Highway 58 North past Westville. There are no road signs in this part so I have to give you landmarks to go by. On your right (going north) the new highway will end just past Westville and immediately to your right is a one story ranch house. This is Lee Williams farm. Take a right on the dirt road that runs in front of his house. Look to your left after his farm. There is a grove of trees in the way back, up on the hill that is where the cemetery is. You have to have access through the cattle gate from Mr. Stanfill. Remember if you go over the railroad tracks you have gone too far. Mr. Stanfill lives past the railroad tracks. His home is past the railroad tracks and then you will come to a fork in the road (left or right) turn left to go to Mr. Stanfill's home. A big brick ranch home (the old Woodall home was behind his house) - he lives on the right side of the road. If you had taken a right at the fork in the road you would see the old Jacob Houston Woodall home on your left. The road that runs in front of Mr. Stanfill's eventually comes out by the old Baptist Mission.

The Wagnon Cemetery mentioned in Book:

OUR PEOPLE
And Where They Rest
Vol. 6 - 1971
James W. Tyner & Alice Tyner Timmons

Wagnon Cemetery
Location:   Sec. 19, R26E, T18N, Adair County
Condition: Abandoned. Area grown up in weeds & black locust trees.
Note:         It is related that there are possibly 30 Graves here.
                                                           Grave Markers

1. Thomas F Wagnon 1851 1911                3   1 2
2. Lucinda R. Wagnon 1853 ?                  ? ? ? ? ?
3. Millard A Wagnon Oklahoma                  ? ??        ?
     Pvt. 58 Infantry 4th Division           ? 4 5              ?
     WW I    1895 - 1921
4. Jacob A Woodall 1831 1884
5. Charles E Thorne - 3 weeks old
    died Aug 30, 1884.

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ESTATE OF THOMAS FOREMAN WAGNON

March 29, 1920

STATE OF OKLAHOMA
COUNTY OF ADAIR               SS.

IN COUNTY COURT
STILWELL DIVISION

PROBATE NO. 1055.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
Thomas F. Wagnon, deceased.
Lucinda Wagnon, Administratrix.

DECREE SETTING ASIDE HOMESTEAD FOR WIDOW
AND FAMILY OF DECEDENT. APPROVAL OF REPORT
AS FINAL, AND DISCHARGING ADMINISTRATOR.

                    Now, on this the 29th day of March 1920 this cause
coming on for hearing, and it first being proven to the court that
due notice of this hearing has been given as provided by law, by
service as in case of summons in civil action, for at least thirty
days prior to the 22nd day of March 1920, as appears from proof
and by publication for three consecutive weeks in the Adair
Gleaner of Adair County, Oklahoma, as appears from proofs on file
herein, and by waivers of this hearing as shown by proof herein,
and that this cause was set for March 22nd 1920, and at that time
and place the court could not be present and hear the same, and
now on this date said petitioner and administratrix appearing by
her attorneys, and being proved to the court that she was sick and
unable to be present, and the court after having heard and considered
the evidence of witnesses offered in support of the allegations in
her said petition and the final report filed herein, finds

          That the material allegations of said petition are
true, and that the said deceased, Thomas F. Wagnon, died in
said Adair County, Oklahoma, in December 1911, intestate, married,
and left as his sole and only heirs at law the following children,
to wit:

Marshall J Wagnon, James F. Wagnon, Thomas J. Wagnon, and
Millard A. Wagnon, all sons, and Maude Martin, nee Wagnon, Edith Gibbs
Nannie Ellis, nee Wagnon, Emma Akin, nee Wagnon, and Ada Wagnon,
daughters, and his widow, Lucinda Wagnon, who is the petitioner herein.

          That thereafter the said Lucinda Wagnon, widow of the
decedent, was duly appointed as the administratrix herein, and entered
upon the duties incumbent upon here, by taking the oath required by
law, and filing the bond required by the court which bond was duly
approved. That such administratrix caused the proper and legal
notice to creditors to be duly given, and that certain claims
were duly paid by said administrator; that no claims now appear
against said estate which constitute a lien against the lands left
by said decedent which were created as debts by him.

          The court further finds that said administratrix sold
ten acres of land belonging to said estate, under proper orders
of this court, and that the proceeds thereof were used to pay certain
debts then existing against said decedents estate, as set forth in
her final report filed herein, and that she now has no money or
other personal property on hands belonging to said estate. That
there is no longer a necessity for this administration to continue,
and that said report appears to be proper, true and correct, and
should be in all things approved.

          The court further finds from the evidence of witnesses,
that said widow, with the children of said decedent unmarried, here
resided continuously on the lands of the decedent, owned by him at
the time of his death, and that said decedent resided thereon long
prior to his death, and that the same was the homestead of decedent,
and that it is just and right that the same should be set aside
as the homestead, and for the use and benefit of said widow and
said children, and that such lands so owned by said decedent
at the time of his death, and now remaining to said estate, are
described as follows, towit:

The NW of SE , and the W of NE of SE ,
and the NE of NE of SW of Section 19,
Township 18 north, Range 26 east in Adair
County, Oklahoma, and containing 70 acres
less a few acres off used as the right-of-
way of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company.

          The court further finds that there are now debts against
said estate which constitute a legal claim thereon or against, and
that said administratrix has in all things proceeded herein ac-
cording to law

          IT IS THEREOFRE, Ordered, adjudged and decreed by the
court, that said final report, be and the same is hereby approved,
allowed and settled, and that said administratrix, be and she is
hereby discharged, and her bondsmen herein relieved from all liability
and that the heirs unto said lands, above described, be as follows:
Marshal J. Wagnon, James F. Wagnon, Thomas J. Wagnon and Millard
A. Wagnon, sons, and Maude Martin, nee Wagnon, Edith Gibbs, nee
Wagnon, Nannie Ellis, nee Wagnon, and Ada Wagnon, as
Daughters, and Lucinda Wagnon, widow of deceased, and that each have
and hold and equal undivided interest in and to said lands, and said
children, remaining at home unmarried, as their homestead and for their
use, and that any and all claims, if any, existing against said estate,
be, and they are forever barred, and that this case, be and the same
is hereby declared closed and finally settled.

(SEAL)                                                 County Judge: W Martin?

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Census Records:

1860 TERRITORY: AR - COUNTY: Indian Lands - DIVISION: "Cherokee, Going Snake" REEL NO: M653-52 PAGE NO: 1178 REFERENCE: "Enumerated by H. L. Smith, Baptist Mission"

2 - 247 - 247
WAGONON, Marshal 32 M W Farmer Cherokee Nation

Notes on 1860:
Unfortunately, the 1860 is a head of household only census,
thus, we do not see his wife and children on this census. This
is the last census for Marshal P Wagnon, killed in the Civil War.

1880 Cherokee Nation Census
Indian Territory - Oklahoma
Going Snake District IT OK

                                                            census married Occupation
No.   name                    Tribe   age   sex cd no. status
1838 Woodall, Margaret NCher 59     F   Dead    No [mother of Thomas]
1839 Wagnon, Maggie    NCher 16     F   5807    No [sister of Thomas]
1840 Wagnon, Thomas   NCher 27    M   5862   Yes Farmer
1841 Wagnon, Lucinda   NCher 25     F   5862   Yes [wife of Thomas]
1842 Wagnon, Marsh     NCher 07     M   5870   No [Marshal son of Thomas]
1843 Wagnon, Edith       NCher 04     F   5862    No [dau of Thomas]
1844 Wagnon, Nancy     NCher 03     F   5874    No [dau of Thomas]
1845 Wagnon, Emma     NCher 10mo F   5862    No [dau of Thomas]

Below is the Brother & Sister-in-law of Margaret (above)
1846 Woodall, Jacob      NCher 49    M   Dead   Yes Farmer
1847 Woodall, Anna       NCher 43     F   Dead   Yes
Below may be a child of Jacob above
1848 Woodall, Charles    NCher 18    M   282      No   at School

Notes for the 1880 Census:
The DEAD (ie) listed in the 1880, only says that this person
died between 1880 & 1890, but were alive in 1880 a number
in this same column is the CENSUS CARD NUMBER added
from the 1900 census. The Dawes Commission used these
cenus cards for tribal enrollment.

Margaret Peggy Woodall is listed by her maiden name.

1890 Cherokee Nation Census
Indian Territory - Oklahoma Volume #1
Heritage Books, Inc. Page 389

Page: No.       Race Sex Age Md Occupation
8 - 8
Name:
Wagnon, T. F. NCher M 38 Yes Farmer
Lucinda           NCher F 36 Yes
Marshall          NCher M 16 No
Edith               NCher F 15 No
Nannie             NCher F 12 No
E. J.                NCher M 10 No
J. F.                NCher M 08 No
M. M.             NCher F 03 No
T. J.               NCher M 3mo No

1900 Indian Territory ( OK) Vol. 4, ED-38, Sheet #4
Line 14, Color=In, Twp. 16 N. R. 22 E.

Wagnon, Thomas F. head Apr 1861 49 Indian Territory
Wagnon, Lucinda      Wife Mar 1853 47 Indian Territory
Wagnon, Marshall J. Son Aug 1873 26 Indian Territory
Wagnon, Emma J.     Dau Jun 1879 20 Indian Territory
Wagnon, James F       Son Oct 1881 18 Indian Territory
Wagnon, Maudie M. Dau Mar 1887 13 Indian Territory
Wagnon, Thomas J.   Son Nov 1889 10 Indian Territory
Wagnon, Ada             Dau Jun 1892 07 Indian Territory
Wagnon, Millard A.    Son Jan 1895 05 Indian Territory
Ragsdale, Lucy            Svt Jan 1881 19 Indian Territory
Note:
Also listed in household are 13 Inmates (Patients):
Thomas was an employee or Ward of this Insane Asylum
in Tahlequah OK - See Picture & History Below

**Note:
The census made a mistake, they show Thomas F
as born 1861 and 49 years old, should the 1851.

1910 Adair Co OK Census Westville Twp
ED 10.

44 - 44
Wagnon, Thomas F Head M In 59 M 39 OK TX? GA
Loucinda                   wife   F In 57 F 39 OK GA GA
Thomas J                  son   M In 20 S      OK OK OK
Ada                            dau   F In 17 S       OK OK OK

43 - 43
Wagnon, Marshall Head M In 35 M 3 OK OK OK (son of TF)
Elizabeth                 wife   F W 20 F 3 AR   IL   IA
Ollie                         dau   F In 02        OK OK OK
Richard H                son M In 1 6/12 OK OK OK

1920 Adair Co OK Westville Township
               ED Date: 23/24 January 1920 by William

316 - 325   [son of Thomas F & Lucinda Wagnon]
Wagnon, Millard A    head M W 25 S   OK OK OK
Lucinda                 mother F W 67 Wd GA GA GA
Ada                          sister F W 27 S    OK OK OK
Martin, Elsie             niece F W 09 S    OK AR OK
Martin, Thomas        neph M W 07 S    OK AR OK
Maud                       sister F W 30 D    OK OK OK

317 - 326   [son of Thomas F & Lucinda Wagnon]
Wagnon, James F. head M W 38 Wd OK OK OK
Lola                        dau F W 12 S ditto for children
Lula                        dau F W 13 S
Thelma                   dau F W 09 S
Frankie                   dau F W 07 S
Fox                        son M W 04 S

Note:
This is the last census for our gr Grandmother, Lucinda, as
she died in 1921.

Cherokee Nation Insane Asylum Tahlequah OK opened 1877
Thomas F Wagnon was its Ward in 1900 - Listed on Census with inmates (patients)

Provided By: Brian Wagnon

Thomas F Wagnon - Dec 21, 1899
"Vinita Indian Chieftain"

For References and History of this instituation
click one of the following .PDF Files:

History of the Insane Asylum
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v021/v021p402.pdf

Cherokee Nation Inventory of Records Index
http://libraries.ou.edu/locations/docs/westhist/pdf/CherokeeNationPapersInventoryandIndex.pdf

Note (Brian Wagnon):
Roll 18 Box 51 Folder 1507 is said to be the “performance bond
of T.F. Wagnon” I guess one would have to go to the documents at OU to get a copy of this.

1900 Census Tahlequah Cherokee Co OK
Thomas F Wagnon	Head	M	39	Indian Territory
Lucinda Wagnon	Wife	F	47	Indian Territory
Marshall J Wagnon	Son	M	27	Indian Territory
Emma J Wagnon	Daughter	F	21	Indian Territory
James F Wagnon	Son	M	19	Indian Territory
Maudie M Wagnon	Daughter	F	13	Indian Territory
Thomas J Wagnon	Son	M	11	Indian Territory
Ada Wagnon	Daughter	F	8	Indian Territory
Millard A Wagnon	Son	M	5	Indian Territory
Lucy Ragsdale	Servant	F	19	Indian Territory
Lucy Downing	Inmate	F	58	Indian Territory
Lucy Helterbrand	Inmate	F		N S
Georgian Hogan	Inmate	F		N S
Robert B Daniels	Inmate	M	38	Indian Territory
Watson Hicks	Inmate	M	45	Indian Territory
Lena Parchmeal	Inmate	F		North Carolina
Lola Adair	Inmate	F		Indian Territory
Jean Williams	Inmate	M		Indian Territory
Dora Monson	Inmate	F	24	Indian Territory
Mary Raft	Inmate	F	45	N S
John Snedley	Inmate	M	29	N S
Richard Snedley	Inmate	M	26	N S
Thomas Foote	Inmate	M	33	N S

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Cherokee Nation - Tribal Enrollment

Dawes Rolls / with Guion/Miller No. Shown

Residence Tahlequah, IT (Oklahoma)
Field No. 5862 (Marshal J=5870)

Application filed for all: Nov. 30 1900

Thomas Foreman Wagnon's Family

Dawes
Roll No.

Guion/Miller
Roll No.

Name

Relation

Age
1900

Sex

14038

24858

Thomas F

Father

14039

4712 or 3?

Lucinda

Wife

14040

Emma J

Dau

14041

Maude M

Dau

14042

28128

James F

Son

14043

Thomas J

Son

14044

Ada

Dau

14045

Millard A

Son

14055

28129

Marshall J

Son

Amount of Indian Blood

The amount of Indian Blood listed on this enrollment was incorrect for all of the Applicants, at 1/4 including the parents, which we now know was wrong, and has been corrected, via an amendment of sorts. I am still investigating this for myself, but at the least, Thomas F Wagnon was half, and Lucinda his wife may have been Full blooded Cherokee. In any case now, his children are now corrected to show 1/2, and their children 1/4, and 'we' to 1/16, on our CDIB Cards.

Citizenship Certfiicate Issued

Issued Jan 08, 1903 - for all of Thomas's Children except Marshall

Issued April 24 1905 - For Marshall J Wagnon

Tribal Enrollment for all applicants above took place at:

GOING SNAKE DISTRICT OKLAHOMA

Tribal Enrollment for all Parents of above applicants took place:

GOING SNAKE DISTRICT OKLAHOMA or NON-CITY

Tribal Enrollment

Name

Year

District

Number

Thomas F

1880

G.Snake

1840

Lucinda

1880

1841

Emma J

1896

1845

Maudie M

1896

2315

James F

1896

2314

Thomas J

1896

2316

Ada

1896

2317

Millard A

1896

2318

Marshall J

1880

1842

Tribal Enrollment of Parents

Name

Parent - Father

Year

Dist

Mother

Year

Dist

Thomas F

Marshall

dead

Non City

Peggy Woodall

dead

G.Snake

Lucinda

Cricket Sixkiller

dead

G.Snake

Debora Sixkiller

dead

Non City

All Children are the same:

Children of Thomas F

Thomas F

1880

G. Snake

Lucinda

1880

G. Snake

Notes Written on the Enrollment Sheet

1. No. 1 on 1896 Roll, Page 804 No. 2310 is
Thomas Wagnon G. Snake

2. No. 2 on 1896 Roll Page 804 No. 2311 GS

3. No. 3 on 1896 Roll Page 804 No. 2313 GS

4. No. 3 was married to Ellis Akin on
Cherokee card no. 266 May 2, 1906

5. No. 4 was married to John Martin a non-
Citizen February 15, 1908.
Evidence of marriage filed April 25, 1908.

No. 1 on 1880 Roll as Thomas Wagnon

No. 2 on 1880 Roll as Lucinda Wagnon

No. 3 on 1896 Roll as Emma Wagnon

No. 4 on 1896 Roll as Maud Wagnon

No. 5 on 1896 Roll as Millard Wagnon

Marshall J Wagnon was on a separate sheet:
Sheet Field Number: 5870
1. On 1880 Roll as Marshal J
On 1896 Page 804 No. 2312
Marshall Wagnon, G. S.

Notes from Mike:
The two marriages mentioned above to Ellis Akin and John Martin,
Emma J Wagnon 'married' Ellis Akins
Maudie May Wagnon 'married' John Martin.
Both daughters of Thomas & Lucinda Wagnon.

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Explanation on the Guion Miller Record Claims:

The Guion Miller claim was done in 1906, it is for the descendants that were not Old Settlers. This included the Cherokees that were allowed to remain in the east and those that were removed during the Trail of Tears. The Dawes roll was for Cherokees that were in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) it provided for the allotment to individuals instead of tribally held lands. Not all those who were allotted land were accepted on the the Guion Miller roll, those that were Old Settlers received a payment in 1896, and others such as the Delaware and the Shawnee that were adopted into the tribe that had received an alloment through the Cherokee were not eligible for the Guion Miller. In most cases the minor children (21 for males, 18 for females) were admitted on the mothers Guion Miller claim, if she was not Cherokee, the father would claim the children. However several cases the parents applied seprately for their children. Thomas F Wagnon Guion Miller App #4707, Lucinda Sixkiller Wagnon Guion Miller App #4712, Marshall J #28129, Maude #24858, etc. as you can see your family fell into the later catagory.

Barbara Benge
Native American Genealogy
http://members.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html

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Dawes Role Packet for Thomas F Wagnon

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Eastern Cherokee Nation Application (Georgia, etc)
for Lucinda Sixkiller Wagnon

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Eastern Cherokee Nation Application (Georgia, etc)
for Edith Wagnon Gibbs daughter of Thomas & Lucinda

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Eastern Cherokee Nation Application (Georgia, etc)
for James F Wagnon son of Thomas & Lucinda

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Counties the Folks once Lived

Washington County AR

Cherokee Nation AR/OK

Going Snake District OK

Adair County OK

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The Home Place

1911

Thomas & Lucinda lived north of Westville
the best I can tell, at this time, is evidence from
Thomas's Estate that specifies the location as such:

The NW of SE , and the W of NE of SE , and the NE of NE of SW of Section 19, Township 18 North, Range 26 East in Adair County, Oklahoma, and containing 70 acres less a few acres off used as the right-of-way of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company.

Adair County Oklahoma
Section/Township/Range Map
Location of Thomas's land may
be 'below the 'S' in Westville (red)'.

1900

The 1900 Census indicates that Thomas F. Wagnon and family
may have temporarily left Adair Co OK and moved just a bit
West into Cherokee County, for employment purposes. Thomas
is shown on this Census as "Officer in Charge", he is listed with
his family and 13 Inmates; 9 Indians, 2 Blacks, 2 White. It
appears that he is a Jailer of some sort, below I display the
Location, as given by the 1900 OK Census:

Indian Territory ( OK) Vol. 4, ED-38, Sheet #4
Line 14, Color=In, Twp. 16 N. R. 22 E.

According to Maps similar to the above, this would place
Thomas in the Parkhill district of Cherokee Co OK, after
his death in 1911, Lucinda is living back on their property
north of the town of Westville, as indicated in Thomas's Estate.

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The Sixkiller Family
(Parents & Siblings of Lucinda Marie R Sixkiller)

Cricket file Claims against US Government	Parents of Cricket Sixkiller
Island Town and the Path of their relocation	Trail of Tears
Civil War Service of Cricket & 3 Brothers	Island Town - Home of Cricket - 1838 & Prior
The Family of: Cricket "Johnson" Sixkiller (Cherokee name: Ta-lah-toh Su-dul-de-he) (son of U-li-s-ka-s-di Su-dul-de-he or Rufas & Old Soldier wife Gu-er-tsa or Betsy [Smith] Sixkiller) Cherokee Civil War Service Record - (Union Soldier Civil War) Born: bef 1820 of Island Town Chattooga River Cherokee Nation East GA Died: 20 Sep 1862 Battle Shirley's Ford / Baxter Springs Cherokee Co KS Buried: Unkn
Note: Emmet Starr (writer) indicates that Cricket may have also went by the name Johnson Sixkiller. Within the Dawes testimony of David Harris, (who married Cricket's daughter, Susan) he states that Cricket also went by the name Johnson Sixkiller.
Married: Aug 1838 Island Town Chattooga Cherokee Nation East GA (Aug 1838 entered by Debbie on her 1842 Claim #13) Deborah (Debbie) Whaley (Cherokee Name: Qua-te Su-dul-de-he) (Daugher of Samuel & Mariah [Kelly] Whaley) Born: abt. 1827 Cherokee Nation East GA Died: 1896 Cherokee Nation West IT OK Buried: Unkn - Cherokee Nation West IT OK Children of Crickett & Debora (8 known) Cricket & Deborah were removed to Oklahoma from the Cherokee Nation East (GA), in Capt Daniel Colston's Detachment in 1838 - Forced removal from Georgia, Trail of Tears. They had been living in the Cherokee town of, Island Town, Chattooga River (1837), prior to removal, taken from their home, by force and held at Fort Cumming's GA, until about August 1838, then moved to Rattlesnake Springs Tennessee, herded into one of two camps; Camp Foster or Camp Worth, until their departure, or Daniel Colston's detachment left for Oklahoma Territory Capt. Colston left TN Aug 23, 1838, arriving in OK, Jan 17, 1839, 57 Cherokee died, in his detach- ment, of 700. They left Rattlesnake Springs Tenn., in 36 Wagon's, there were 9 births on the journey
Jacob Sixkiller b. bet 1 Jan 1825 & 31 Dec 1835 Cherokee Nation East Georgia d. abt 1876 Cherokee Nation W IT OK buried: Unkn Cherokee Nation OK Married: Unkn Cheorkee Nation W IT OK Winnie Blackwood b. abt 1844 Cherokee Nation W IT OK d. 3 Dec 1929 Adair Co OK buried: Unkn Cherokee Nation OK	Nancy Sixkiller b. 1830 Cherokee Nation East Georgia d. 1868 Cherokee Nation West IT OK buried: Unkn Married: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT OK Smith b. Unkn d. Unkn buried: Unkn Known Children: Unkn
John (Jonas) Sixkiller (Cherokee name: Jun-nie Su-dul-de-he) b. 1846 Cherokee Nation West IT OK d. Unkn. buried: Unkn Married: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT OK Winnie Blackwood? b. abt 1850 d. Unkn buried: Unkn Known Children: (2) Jua-tie, Nannie	Eliza Jane Sixkiller b. 8 Apr 1851 Cherokee Nation W IT OK d. Unkn buried: Unkn married: 18 Mar 1878 William H Horn b. 24 Dec 1854 d. 6 Mar 1897 buried: Unkn Known Children: (5)
Lucinda Marie (R?) Sixkiller b. 12 Mar 1853 Cherokee Nation W IT OK d. 27 Dec 1921 Westville Adair Co OK buried: Wagnon/Woodall Cem Adair Co OK Married: abt 1871 Cherokee Nation W IT OK Thomas Foreman Wagnon b. 3 Apr 1851 Goingsnake Dist Cherokee Nation OK d. 23 Dec 1911 Westville Adair Co OK buried: Wagnon/Woodall Cem Adair Co OK Children: (11)	Jennie (Lila) Crickett Sixkiller b. 30 Mar 1854 Cherokee Nation W IT OK d. 3 Sep 1906 near Baron Goingsnake Dist Cherokee Nation W IT OK buried: Blackwood Cem Adair Co OK Married: Unkn abt 1875 Louis George Blackwood (son of George & Sallie Blackwood) b. abt 1850 Cherokee Nation West IT OK d. 9 Dec 1896 Cherokee Nation West IT OK buried: Blackwood Cem Adair Co OK Known Children: (8)
James (Jim) Sixkiller Dawes Role Application b. 22 Dec 1857 near Tahlequah Cherokee Nation d. aft 1906 Married: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT OK Nancy Bushyhead b. abt 1876 Cherokee Nation W IT OK d. aft 1902 buried: Unkn Known Children: (4)	Susan Sixkiller b. 1 Apr 1859 Cherokee Nation W IT OK d. 10 Sep 1904 Married: 20 Feb 1886 Cherokee Nation W IT OK David C Harris b. abt 1844 d. Unkn buried: Unkn Known Children: (5)

UP^ Island Town - Home of Cricket Sixkiller - 1838 & Prior UP^ Source of Data: University of West Georgia Center for Public History Chattooga County Historical Society National Parks Service Cricket Sixkiller's in Island Town may have been of similar construction

UP^ Island Town Chattooga River Cherokee Nation East 1837 This was the Home of Cricket and Deborah Sixkiller, prior to the forced removal, of the Cherokee People from their lands, in 1837 and 1838, was located in the North East section of the Cherokee Nation East, on what was defined, by the American Government, as Georgia, an area on the Chattooga River that blazed its path. Island Town was very close, to what is today, Chattanooga TN, and very close to Atlanta GA. (Of the 17,000 forced removals, from the detachments, it is estimated 4,000 of them died along the Trail of Tears, to their new homeland, on foot, and in the winter, to Oklahoma). Just to remind us, this included old people, children and those sickened, by their long stays at the Fort's, they were interned at, before the march to Oklahoma. How many of us today, could walk, on foot, in some detachments, over 1,000 miles... I suspect not many.. Not Me! This was nothing short, of the continued genocide against Native Americans, no different than what we see today, around our world. Genocide takes on many different faces throughout history, but it all has served the same purpose, and meets the same ends; greed, manifest destiny, advancement of modern civilizations, that has led us all, to the planetary predicaments, we are in today, have we learned? UP^ History of Chattooga County, GA This was where Cricket and Deborah and Family Lived prior to the removal. Chattooga County, a county in Georgia’s Northwest corner, was established in 1838 from parts of neighboring Floyd and Walker Counties. Chattooga is directly north of the City of Rome and Floyd County. Chattooga County is only an hour and a half northwest of the State Capital and City of Atlanta and forty-five minutes south of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The county’s name comes from the river that flows through the eastern portion of the county. Chattooga County has a varied history even before it became one of Georgia’s counties. The county was originally part of the Cherokee Nation of Native American Indians. Chattooga County, in fact, is considered one of the possible birth locations for Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. A large Cherokee village on the Chattooga River was one of six major settlements in the county. Other settlements included Island Town, Dirt Town, Whiteoak Town, Broom Town and Raccoon Town. Many of these settlements became the current cities and towns of Chattooga County. In 1838 the Cherokee in Chattooga County were gathered by the Georgia Guard and housed in deplorable conditions at the Cherokee Removal Fort in LaFayette (Fort Cumming) before being moved north to Rattlesnake Springs in Tennessee. These programs, part of President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Acts, culminated in the American Government’s removal of Native Americans from the American South in what became known as "The Trail of Tears.” Cherokees joined Native Americans from the Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, and other tribes in Oklahoma. Sparsely populated by white settlers before 1832, settlers began to pour into the county after the sixth Georgia Land Lottery, mostly moving from the eastern part of Georgia. Fort Cumming (LaFayette GA) I believe this is where Cricket and Deborah Sixkiller were first removed to in 1838. There were about 16 different forts that housed the Cherokee's before the march to OK began. Many died in these forts of sickness, and many more died after being moved to Rattlesnake Springs TN, prior to the detachments (1,000 to each), were formed, then dispatched to Oklahoma. And of course, thousands more died on the actual marches, to the Cherokee Nation West. Rattlesnake Springs Tennessee: Located five miles northeast of Cleveland in Bradley County, Rattlesnake Springs in 1938 served as the site of the last council of the eastern band of the Cherokees, where approximately thirteen thousand Native Americans assembled to begin the long journey to the Oklahoma Territory, a forced migration known as the Trail of Tears. At this last council meeting, tribal officials agreed to continue their old constitution and tribal laws in their new Oklahoma homeland. Unfortunately, many did not survive the journey west, as hunger and disease claimed thousands of lives before they reached Oklahoma. Federal troops, along with Tennessee and Georgia militia, supervised the assembly and removal of the Cherokees. Troops established two military camps near Rattlesnake Springs--Camp Foster and Camp Worth--to oversee and guard the Cherokees prior to removal. Soldiers herded the Cherokees into stockades like cattle, where they remained penned under intolerable conditions until removal. Sanitation was deplorable, while food, medicine, and clothing remained in short supply. Reportedly, over two hundred Cherokees died at the springs before the removal began. From August through December of 1838, soldiers divided the Cherokees into thirteen detachments of about one thousand people each for the journey west. On the Trail of Tears, most people walked, with only the sick, aged, children, and nursing mothers allowed to ride in wagons. Cricket file Claims against US Government THE TRAIL OF TEARS (click to read) Island Town and the Path of their relocation (click to read more)

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Civil War Service of: Cricket (Johnson) Sixkiller (Note: Emmet Starr (writer) indicates that Cricket may have also went by the name Johnson Sixkiller. Within the Dawes testimony of David Harris, (who married Cricket's daughter, Susan) he states that Cricket also went by the name Johnson Sixkiller) Enlisted: Tahlequah at Park Hill July 1862 - Cmd. Wm A Phillips (Also serving in the war were brothers; Samuel, Delaware, Peach Eater, Soldier, and Taylor) Union Army - Co. L, 3rd Indian Regt., 4th Brigade - Home Guard (Unit attached to Kansas Infantry) Died in Battle Sept 20, 1862 - Shirley's Ford, Spring River KS / Baxter Springs KS, Cherokee Co (Cricket was Stationed at Shirley's Ford, there was a Battle there, many Union Soldiers died, however, there were many other battles and skirmishes, Cricket may have died, elsewhere.) 1905 Metal all Union Soldiers Fort Baxter (or Blair) was in , S/E corner with Oklahoma, location of Baxter Springs KS. "The fort consisted of some log cabins with a total frontage of about a hundred feet, facing east--towards Spring River." All four sides of the fort were enclosed. The walls, four feet high, consisted of earth embankments thrown up against logs. Apparently, the cooking camp was always located two hundred feet south of the fort, on the north bank of a stream, and near some large springs after which the town of Baxter Springs was named. Baxter Springs was founded after the Civil War
Battle Shirley's Ford 1862 "This is important to us, as this is a recount of a Battle that Cricket may have died in" Provided by descendant: Kevin King
UP^ Unit: "Union Army, Home Guard, Co L, 3rd Indian Regt, 4th Brigade" Company Commander: Unknown at this time. 3rd Indian Regt Commander: Col William A Phillips. 4th Brigade Commander: Col Stephen Wattles Members of this unit were enlisted at Tahlequah IT OK. The 1st, 2nd & 3rd Regiments were Indian units, formed in conjunction with a Union Expeditionary Force that arrived in OK early 1862, that Union force left the Cherokee Nation in late 1862. Cricket's Death: Sept 20th, 1862 Possibly Battle or Skirmish that took Cricket's life. Date of Battle; Sept 20, 1862. Battle at Shirley's Ford, Spring River, 10 miles North of Carthage MO, 25 miles from Fort Baxter Springs KS, it is not known if his body was buried, at the battle site or returned to Fort Baxter Springs for burial? Cricket served in this unit with brothers; Redbird, Soldier & Tail (Taylor), also included were; Sam s/o Redbird, Abraham s/o Soldier and a Jacob Sixkiller, possibly, the son of Cricket. INDIAN HOME GUARD During the early part of the Civil War in Indian Territory, the Union Indian Home Guard Regiments were formed. Its members were primarily refugees of the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole nations. The First Regiment was organized at LeRoy, Kansas, on May 22, 1862, under Col. Robert W. Furnas. It comprised sixty-six officers and eighteen hundred enlisted men and was composed mainly of Creek Indians, along with some Seminoles and blacks. The Second Regiment, under Col. John Ritchie, included fifty-two officers and 1,437 enlisted personnel. It was formed in southern Kansas and the Cherokee Nation some time between late June and early July 1862. The Third Regiment, under Col. William A. Phillips, was formed at Tahlequah and Park Hill in July 1862. Its ranks were filled with Cherokee Pins, including some former disaffected Confederate soldiers of Col. John Drew's First Cherokee Mounted Rifles. These regiments remained to defend the Cherokee Nation after the Union Indian Expedition retreated from the area in late 1862. Thereafter, the Indian units were generally attached to the District of the Frontier, although jurisdictional lines fluctuated. The regiments served primarily in Indian Territory but also ventured into Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. Gen. James G. Blunt restricted scarce mounts to their scouts, but Colonel Phillips later tried to remount the entire Third Regiment at government expense. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant approved, but the transition never fully occurred, which inhibited efforts in 1864 to respond against Confederate cavalry raids. By then all three regiments served in the Fourth Brigade under Col. Stephen Wattles. Between 1862 and 1865 the regiments variously participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, and Honey Springs as well as dozens of engagements, skirmishes, and raids. The units were mustered out on May 31, 1865. Organization of a fourth and a fifth regiment was commenced but never completed, and their soldiers transferred to other units.
UP^ Cricket Sixkiller - Co L 3rd Indian Home Guard Kansas Infantry UP^ (Indian name: (Ta-lah-toh Su-dul-de-he) Union Army
This is a Pension Application presumably by Cricket's wife Deborah Sixkiller Date appears as 1871 Aug 2 Widow - 198.161 Provided by: Brian Wagnon
UP^ Pvt Samuel Sixkiller - 1st Co G Watie's Reg't Cherokee Mounted Volunteers UP^ (Indian name: Redbird - Tah-chu-wha Su-dul-de-he) Confederate Army


Pension Application Index Card
UP^ 3rd Sgt Delaware Sixkiller - Co D 2nd Indian Home Guards, Kans, Infantry UP^ (Indian name: Ay-qun-kee or Ah-quan-kee Su-dul-de-he) Union Army

Pension Application Index Card
UP^ Pvt Anderson "Peach Eater" Sixkiller - Co D 2nd Indian Home Guard Kansas Infantry UP^ (Indian name: Cha-ah-wah Su-dul-de-he) Union Army

Pension Application Index Card

UP^ Cpl Soldier Sixkiller - Co L 3rd Indian Home Guard Kansas Infantry UP^ (Indian name: Ah-be-ya-we-skee or Ah-nee-skee Su-dul-de-he) Union Army

Pension Application Index Card
UP^ Cpl Taylor "Tail" Sixkiller - 3rd Co L Indian Home Guard Kansas Infantry UP^ (Indian name: (Gah-tah-kuh Su-dul-de-he) Union Army

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(Parents of Cricket Sixkiller)

Cricket file Claims against US Government	Sixkiller Grave Markers
Island Town and the Path of their relocation	Trail of Tears
The Family of: Sixkiller (Cherokee name: U-li-s-ka-s-di (U-scos-ta) Su-dul-de-he) (Also know as Rufas and Old Soldier) (son of Oo-ka-wor-dor (Bathead) & wife Wah-le-yah) Born: Late 1700's Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) Died: 10 Oct 1856 Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) Buried: Unkn place Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) Before removal 1838 lived in Island Town Chattooga C.N. E IT Cherokee
2nd Married: Unkn date Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) Betsey Smith (Cherokee Name: Gu-er-tsa) (dau of Cabin Smith b.abt1754 & Jennie) Born: abt 1786 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) Died: bef 1851 Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) Buried: Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) There is evidence that Sixkiller had a prior marriage to Betsey, possibly a Nancy?.
Children of Sixkiller and Betsey (10 known), & possible Unknown 1st wife?
Cricket Sixkiller (Ta-lah-toh Su-dul-de-he) (Union Soldier - Home Guard Co L, 3rd Indian Regt, 4th Brigade, cmd Stephen Wattles Enlisted July 1862, Tahlequah IT OK) b. abt 1806/1820? Cherokee Nation E. IT GA d. 20 Sep 1862 Shirley's Ford / Baxter Springs KS buried: Unkn KS or Cherokee Nation E IT OK Married: Aug 1838 Island Town Chattooga Cherokee Nation E IT (GA) Deborah (Debbie) Whaley (dau of Samuel & Mariah [Kelly] Whaley) b. abt 1827 Cherokee Nation E IT (GA) d. 1896 Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) buried: Unkn Cherokee Nation OK Known Children: (8)	Redbird (Samuel) Sixkiller (Tah-chu-wha Su-dul-de-he) Confederate Soldier Pvt Co G Watie's Regt Cherokee Mtd Vols b. 1 Jul 1807 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 26 Oct 1898 Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) buried: Sixkiller Cem near Locust Grove CN IT OK (Served CN Supreme Ct June 1877) Married 1st: 1838/1840 Cherokee Nation W IT OK Pamelia (Amelia?) Whaley (dau of Samuel & Mariah [Kelly] Whaley) b. 22 Mar 1810 Cherokee Nation E IT (GA) d. 30 Jul 1863 Goingsnake Dist CN W IT (OK) buried: Baptist Missionary Cem CN W IT (OK)Known Children: (8) m. 2nd: Nannie Foster nee Forman - 1 child Joseph m. 3rd: Elizabeth Foreman - 1 child Elizabeth (Betsy)
Redbird	Redbird
Judge Blackhaw (k) Sixkiller (Ka-ni-gu Su-dul-de-he) b. bet 1807/15 Cherokee Nation Eest IT (GA) d. 28 Nov 1875 Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) buried: Unkn (Judge Goingsnake District) Killed at the Goingsnake Massacre Married: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT OK Diana (Da-ye-ni) (dau of U-yu-s-gi & Gn-da-yi) b. Unkn d. 1881 buried: Cherokee Nation IT Known Children: (3) Blueford, Wm, Go-tah-ne	Delaware Sixkiller (Ay-qun-kee Su-dul-de-he) Union Soldier 3rd Sgt Co D 2nd Indian Home Guard Kans Inf b. Unkn Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 14 Jul 1864 Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) buried: Unkn married: Unkn Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) Jennie Walker (Chin-ni-eh or Chee-nah-yee) b. Unkn Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 12 Dec 1889 Tahlequah CN W IT (OK) buried: Unkn Known Children: (4) Lydia, Tayor, Eliza, Julia
Susan Sixkiller (Su-sa-nie Su-dul-de-he) b. Unkn Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 26 Jan 1873 Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) buried: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) Married: Unkn Yellowhammer b. of Chattooga Valley Cherokee Nation E IT (GA) d. Unkn buried: Unkn Known Children: Unkn	Peacheater (Anderson) Sixkiller (Cha-ah-wah Su-dul-de-he) Union Soldier Pvt Co D 2nd Indian Home Guard Kans Inf b. 1816 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 29 Aug 1892 Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) buried: Sixkiller Cem Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) Married 1st: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) Sallie Forman nee Rattlinggourd (dau of The Rattling GRC & Mary [Toney] Rattlinggourd) b. 30 Sep 1810 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 21 Jan 1899 Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) buried: Reese Cem Adair Co OK Known Children: (1) Cha-ah-wah-yhee-gah Su-dul-de-he Married 2nd: Ansequanah Sweetwater - children (4)
Lucinda Sixkiller (Chu-con-nee or Chu-con-ner Su-dul-de-he) b. abt 1817 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. Unkn Married: Unkn Samuel Cloud b. abt 1832 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. Unkn buried: Unkn Known Children: (7)	Frog Sixkiller (Wa-la-see Su-dul-de-he) b. abt 1827 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 12 Apr 1901 Cherokee Nation W IT OK buried: Ross Mayes Cem Mayes Co OK Married: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT OK Aggie Crittenden (dau of Joe & Katy Crittenden) b. Unkn Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 12 Oct 1876 Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) buried: Unkn Known Children: (10)
Soldier Sixkiller (Ah-be-ya-we-skee or Ah-nee-skee Su-dul-de-he) \|(Union Soldier - Home Guard Cpl Co L, 3rd Indian Regt, 4th Brig, cmd Stephen Wattles Enlisted July 1862, Tahlequah IT OK) b. 1829 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 16 Nov 1895 Goingsnake Dist CN W IT (OK) buried: Sixkiller Cem Westville Adair Co OK Married: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) Catherine (Katie) Hair (dau of James & Sarah [Takey] Hair) b. Sep 1825 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 30 Dec 1900 Goingsnake Dist CN W IT (OK) buried: Sixkiller Cem Westville Adair Co OK Known Children: (10)	Tail (Taylor) Sixkiller (Gah-tah-kuh Su-dul-de-he) \|(Union Soldier - Home Guard Cpl Co L, 3rd Indian Regt, 4th Brig, cmd Stephen Wattles Enlisted July 1862, Tahlequah IT OK) b. abt 1830 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 7 Nov 1895 Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) buried: Lacie Cem Near Westville Adair Co OK Married: Unkn Cherokee Nation W IT (OK) Alie (Ailey or Ellen Keith) Keath (dau of Johnson & Sallie Keath) b. 1835 Cherokee Nation East IT (GA) d. 4 Jan 1879 Cherokee Nation West IT (OK) buried: Lacie Cem Goingsnake dist CN W IT (OK) Known Children: (6)
Tail (Taylor) Sixkiller - Year unknown Could this be his Union Civil War uniform?
Sixkiller files Claims against US Government THE TRAIL OF TEARS (click to read) Island Town and the Path of their relocation (click to read more)
*Ver.1-Sixkiller and Betsey* were removed to Oklahoma from the Cherokee Nation East (GA), inCapt Daniel Colston's Detachment in 1838 - Forced removal from Georgia, Trail of Tears. They had been living in the Cherokee town of, Island Town, Chattooga River(1837), prior to removal, taken from their home, by force and held at Fort Cumming's GA, until about August 1838, then moved to Rattlesnake Springs Tennessee, herded into one of two camps; Camp Foster or Camp Worth, until their departure, or Daniel Colston's detachment left for Oklahoma Territory Capt. Colston left TN Aug 23, 1838, arriving in OK, Jan 17, 1839, 57 Cherokee died, in his detachment, of 700. They left Rattlesnake Springs Tenn., in 36 Wagon's, there were 9 births on the journey	*Ver.2-Sixkiller* Six Killer of Georgia, to be paid $328.50, upon arrival in the Cherokee country west of the Mississippi, having emigrated under the treaty with the Cherokee Nation of December 29th 1835. Upon arriving in the west with Colston's detachment, Sixkiller settled near what would become Baptist Mission in Goingsnake District. Many of his children lived nearby. He was elected Councilor representing Goingsnake district, 1843, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1851, & 1853. Sixkiller was President of the Going Snake District Temperance Society in 1844.
Sixkiller Family History from the Scraper files http://scraperhistory.com/reports/Sixkiller.htm
Sixkiller¹ xe "Sixkiller", b. in Cherokee Nation East, (son of Oo-ka-wor-darxe "Oo-ka-wor-dar" and Wah-le-yahxe "Wah-le-yah") d. 10 Oct 1856. Cherokee name was U-li-s-ka-s-di, also written U-li-aga-sti, Ool-skah-sut-ty & U-scos-ta. He was also known by the name Rufas Sixkiller and Old Soldier. When The Sixkiller was living at Oostanaula, his nephew, John Gutseysdi, was attending Spring Place Mission. The records show John was a son of Dunawee (Bullfrog?) and Tsikisk. John's grandfathers who visited the mission were Chiquaki of Hightower and Enoli (Blackfox). John entered the mission on Aug 18, 1805 at age ten and departed on April 30, 1811. Sixkiller and Enoli arrived together on more than one occasion to visit John. (Moravian Springplace Mission by Rowena McClinton) Ya-tsoo is listed as a daughter of Six Killer in the Brainerd Journal page 423 by Joyce and Paul Phillips. It further states that she was ten years old while attending school at Brainerd Mission, learning her letters, full Cherokee, and a wild creature just from the woods. Possibly this is Susie Sixkiller who later married Yellowhammer, or possibly Ya-tsoo was another daughter who died young or otherwise passed from the record books somehow. In 1813 Sixkiller was living at Broom's Town in Chatoogi District, Cherokee Nation East. In 1838 he resided in Island Town at the Chatoogee River, and while living here he and his family were rounded up and confined by U.S. troops under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott. His brother Salawee, who lived about a mile away, was also captured at the same time. Sixkiller's brother-in-law, Smoke Smith lived about 1/4 mile from him, and his son, Cricket Sixkiller lived about 1 mile away. The Six Killer sold his property at Natchee Creek (where he resided) to Joseph M. McMinn, 1818. Land Grant from Treaty of Feb 1819 - I have Surveyed for the Six Killer 640 acres of land on burning town creek. Beg(inning) at an ash on the North side of the creek then South West corner, thence North 320 poles to a stake, thence East 320 poles to a stake and white oak, crossing the creek thence South 320 poles to a stake, thence west 320 poles to the Beginning. Surveyed 29th Sept 1820 including his improvement and house in the center. Jonathan Blithe ) Gidian F. Morris ) S.C.C. Robert Armstrong Surveyor Six Killer of Georgia, to be paid $328.50, upon arrival in the Cherokee country west of the Mississippi, having emigrated under the treaty with the Cherokee Nation of December 29th 1835. Upon arriving in the west with Colston's detachment, Sixkiller settled near what would become Baptist Mission in Goingsnake District. Many of his children lived nearby. He was elected Councilor representing Goingsnake district, 1843, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1851, & 1853. Sixkiller was President of the Going Snake District Temperance Society in 1844. Vice President was Too-na-ye Saunders, and C.B. Bushyhead was Secretary. (Cherokee Messenger, Sept 1st 1844) Sallie Walker's Widow Claim #493-138 - Soldier & Abraham Sixkiller give sworn statement that prior to Sallie's marriage to John Walker, she had been married to Chicasaw Sixkiller, who died on Oct 10th 1856. Katie Sixkiller Pension Claim #626-025 - Sallie Walker states that she is 84 years old and that she knew Soldier & Katie (Hair) Sixkiller ever since they were children. Also that Soldier Sixkiller was her son-in-law. There is a question as to whether Gu-er-tsa Smith was the mother of all of Sixkiller's children. Abraham Sixkiller states in his Guion Miller application that some of his uncles were half brothers to his father, Soldier Sixkiller. He goes on to say that his father's mother was Katy, but he may have misspoken, as his father's wife was named Katy. An 1842 claim seems to indicate that Nancy was the mother of Cricket, Redbird, and Tail SixKiller. The three are listed as children and heirs of Nancy with their father, Sixkiller, giving testimony. Unless Nancy and Gu-er-tsa Smith were the same person, Sixkiller must have had children by at least two wives. Of note on this subject, Sixkiller's last wife, Sallie, does not seem to indicate that any of the children were hers, but she does refer to Soldier Sixkiller as her son-in-law. He married (1) Gu-er-tsa Smithxe "Smith:Gu-er-tsa", b. in Cherokee Nation East, (Georgia), (daughter of Cabin Smithxe "Smith:Cabin" and Jennie __________xe "__________:Jennie"). The name Gu-er-tsa or Quatsey, Quaitie, and various other spellings and variations in pronunciation, is the Cherokee version of Betsey. Gu-er-tsa appears to have died before 1851, as shown by the fact that Sixkiller's second wife Sallie is listed on the 1851 Drennan roll with his household (#208 Goingsnake District). Children: 2. i. Blackhaw² Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Blackhaw". 3. ii. Delaware Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Delaware". iii. Susan Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Susan", d. 26 Jan 1873. Cherokee name was Su-sa-nie Su-dul-de-he. She married Yellowhammerxe "Yellowhammer". Yellowhammer lived in the Chattooga Valley, Cherokee Nation East. He came west in Benge's Detachment and lived on Fourteen Mile Creek. 4. iv. Cricket Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Cricket" b. ABT 1806. 5. v. Redbird Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Redbird" b. 1 Jul 1807. 6. vi. Anderson 'Peach-Eater' Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Anderson 'Peach-Eater'" b. 1816. 7. vii. Lucinda Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Lucinda" b. ABT 1817. 8. viii. Frog Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Frog" b. 1827. 9. ix. Soldier Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Soldier" b. ABT 1829. 10. x. Tail Sixkillerxe "Sixkiller:Tail" b. ABT 1830. He married (2) BEF 1851, Sallie __________xe "__________:Sallie", b. ABT 1807 in Cherokee Nation East, (daughter of Dah-keexe "Dah-kee") buried in Lacie Cemetery, Goingsnake District, I. T., d. 10 Sep 1897 in Cherokee Nation, I. T.

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