22 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. ~
Cherokee Chief, memorial only. (unknown grave) Texas Cherokees, w/settlements in Spanish Texas.
Born in Cherokee Nation; Leader of Arkansas & Texas Cherokees for new settlement in the West; 4 wives and many children; murdered by political rivals, near Henderson Texas in 1827; admired for his active leadership to further progress of his Cherokee people.
Father of Nancy b, c.1793 (Wm. Blythe,Sr.); Moses, Ezekiel Sr, Dempsey, and Henry w/wife Jennie Buffington of the Cherokee Nation. Richard Jr. was the son of Englishman, Richard Fields, Sr. and Susannah Emory, Cherokee. Chief Richard's birthdate is est. 1770-71 at Echota [Cherokee town], in the Cherokee Nation, [later TN & Northern GA.]
Cherokee Chief, memorial only. (unknown grave) Texas Cherokees, w/settlements in Spanish Texas.
Born in Cherokee Nation; Leader of Arkansas & Texas Cherokees for new settlement in the West; 4 wives and many children; murdered by political rivals, near Henderson Texas in 1827; admired for his active leadership to further progress of his Cherokee people.
Father of Nancy b, c.1793 (Wm. Blythe,Sr.); Moses, Ezekiel Sr, Dempsey, and Henry w/wife Jennie Buffington of the Cherokee Nation. Richard Jr. was the son of Englishman, Richard Fields, Sr. and Susannah Emory, Cherokee. Chief Richard's birthdate is est. 1770-71 at Echota [Cherokee town], in the Cherokee Nation, [later TN & Northern GA.]
22 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. ~
Cherokee Chief, memorial only. (unknown grave) Texas Cherokees, w/settlements in Spanish Texas.
Born in Cherokee Nation; Leader of Arkansas & Texas Cherokees for new settlement in the West; 4 wives and many children; murdered by political rivals, near Henderson Texas in 1827; admired for his active leadership to further progress of his Cherokee people.
Father of Nancy b, c.1793 (Wm. Blythe,Sr.); Moses, Ezekiel Sr, Dempsey, and Henry w/wife Jennie Buffington of the Cherokee Nation. Richard Jr. was the son of Englishman, Richard Fields, Sr. and Susannah Emory, Cherokee. Chief Richard's birthdate is est. 1770-71 at Echota [Cherokee town], in the Cherokee Nation, [later TN & Northern GA.]
Cherokee Chief, memorial only. (unknown grave) Texas Cherokees, w/settlements in Spanish Texas.
Born in Cherokee Nation; Leader of Arkansas & Texas Cherokees for new settlement in the West; 4 wives and many children; murdered by political rivals, near Henderson Texas in 1827; admired for his active leadership to further progress of his Cherokee people.
Father of Nancy b, c.1793 (Wm. Blythe,Sr.); Moses, Ezekiel Sr, Dempsey, and Henry w/wife Jennie Buffington of the Cherokee Nation. Richard Jr. was the son of Englishman, Richard Fields, Sr. and Susannah Emory, Cherokee. Chief Richard's birthdate is est. 1770-71 at Echota [Cherokee town], in the Cherokee Nation, [later TN & Northern GA.]
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