State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/4299. 2. Still at Fort Moultrie, Osceolas grave provides a site to reflect on the life and times of this significant historical figure. Osceola left for FL with William Powell and his mother, Ann Nancy Polly. The connection does not seem to fit for Rachel Rhoden, b 1845,GA- apparently had 7 or 8 children without being married. My e-mail is patriciadaley67@gmail.com or can text me at319-931-4429. Be very careful with that book. His brother, Luther Frank Powell passed away in the early 1990s and Polly a few years later. and about what is knowed in my family is that we do have native American Indian as well as French Creole. m. Che-Cho Ter (Morning Dew), 3. Terms of Use Im trying to get info about my lineSari Missouri is Osceolas Sister and daughter of Polly as well. I have many pictures of my findings on Facebook if youd like pictures and proof. Ouichee and Ahlikchen. I was Raised White. SP #1 (may be): Checartha Yargee Son Of Big Warrior b. He wanted to draw attention to himself by dressing in a finer way.. 16 yrs). Another recent discovery of a painting in a museum in England was researched and it is discovered that the painting is most likely of Osceolas wife Pe-o-ka and her son. I have looked for at least 10 years. )-3X great granddaughter of Missouri Powell Canaday, Thomas Woodward 1683-1811, m. wife 1: Katherine Fraser (Best guess, Betty Wadford source), m. in 1754 WIFE 2- Stelona Fraser 1739-before 1792. not reliable, (Katherines niece) Problem mother would be 8 yrs old. He is buried in the Indian cemetery in Franklin, Alabama near a Methodist Missionary Church for the Creek. Pollys 3 children Sara Missouri, Sanee, and William (Osceola) Powell. Augustine. After his humiliating imprisonment, Osceola secretly prepared vengeance against Thompson. Osceola led the Seminole war resistance until he was lied to during peace talks and captured in September 1837. I need more information to plug into our family tree. The family moved to Florida when Billy was a child, and later, having witnessed the white man's brutality against Native Americans he joined the Seminoles and began to fight against the U.S. government's attempt . . I moved a lot and reside in Northeast Mississippi. That December, Osceola and other Seminole prisoners were moved to Fort Moultrie. Shriver traveled around the state in 1967 to gather support for his project. It is written that residents of Charleston went to Fort Moultrie to meet and talk with Osceola, even inviting him to attend plays inside the City which was allowed. 3. Owen Edwards m. Che-Cho Ter (Morning Dew) Mott placed it in his collection at the Surgical and Pathological Museum. His skill as a speaker, prowess in battle, and staunch opposition to removal, led him to becoming a prominent warrior, and he often acted as a spokesmen for Abiaka. 1814: POLLY Ann (Coppinger) Powell 1769/71 and WILLIAM POWELL were Osceola married Peoka and had John Wesley Powell. In retaliation, the US Indian agent, Wiley Thompson, declared that those chiefs were deposed from their positions. Because the Muscogee had a matrilineal kinship system, Polly and Ann's children were all born into their mother's clan. View full article. Later Weedon removed Osceolas head and embalmed it. Native American Haplogroup X2a Solutrean, Hebrew orBeringian? Maurnee (DP Note- William Powells child only) As soon as he finished dressing, he died.. By the Treaty of Moultrie Creek of 1823, the Seminoles agreed to give up their claims to land in Florida Territory in return for a reservation in central Florida, as well as certain payments and supplies to be provided by the US government. 2-4 kids. 4. Are you on Ancestry? After the slayings, Osceola became a wanted man. Andrew Jackson ordered my entire bloodline to be killed. Connect to 5,000+ Powell profiles on Geni, John William Powell, Polly Powell (geb. Billy Powell Osceola About Work Warchief at Seminole Indian Tribe Leader College Studied at Have one named after me, but never attended one. I know they had my 3x Great Grandfather John Wesley Powell. CHILD: Polly Ann Moniac Coppinger 1769 m John William Powell, Sr.1761 I am trying to find out who Sanee Powell Rhodens spouse was, as well as the notion there were two men named Yoha-Hadjo Rhoden. Polly and Osceola later left from Ft. Moniac along the St. Marys River toward Ocala. I think the Creek Indians were in the swamp because no one would go after them in that swamp. By 1885, the death mask and some of Osceolas belongings ended up in the anthropology collection of the Smithsonian Institution, where they are still held. Native American Haplogroup Origins and AncestralOrigins, James Whitehurst, Indian, Princess Anne County,VA, Eugenics as Indian Removal: Sociohistorical Processes and the De(con)struction of American Indians in theSoutheast, 1837 Treaty with the Choctaw andChickasaw. I was shopping recently at Home Depot and an elderly associate ask me what my name was. Ann NANCY (McQueen) Coppinger 1747-1795 1769/71-1814 FL, M Jose Coppinger, 1730-1833- (of Coppinger clan On December 28, 1835, Osceola led an attack on Fort King (near modern-day Ocala) which resulted in the assassination of the American Indian Agent Wiley Thompson. 5. One of the conditions of him staying there was to marry Chief Osceolas niece and to name all of his descendants Osceola. He acquired the name Osceola in young adulthood. Gene Barber wrote in later articles that Osceola was never in the area and that he regretfully added to the myth by printing that story as truth. Ben, I have a cousin on Ancestry.com, Timothy Powell, who is a direct descendant of James Powell (William Powells brother). For every four Seminoles deported, the US Army killed one Seminole, lost three US Army soldiers, and spent $32,000. 1785 (date? Cookie Settings, Smithsonian American Art Museum / Art Resource, NY, Kids Start Forgetting Early Childhood Around Age 7, Archaeologists Discover Wooden Spikes Described by Julius Caesar, 5,000-Year-Old Tavern With Food Still Inside Discovered in Iraq, Artificial Sweetener Tied to Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke, Study Finds, The Surprisingly Scientific Roots of Monkey Bars. With them, he had at least five children. Historians believe he was of mixed heritage being born of a mixed-race Creek mother, and Scottish or English father. I would like to see them. Hope to meet you all some day! As a child, Osceola went by the name Billy Powell, but later he fully embraced the identity of his adopted tribe, the Seminoles of Florida. Osceola (Billy Powell) Born to a Creek mother and a white father, Osceola's family joined the Seminole following the Creek Civil War. Does anyone have any information on the exact day Osceola was born in 1804? I am Benjamin Powell,Osceola Billy Powell is my 4x Great Grandfather and His wife Peoka Powell is my 4x Great Grandmother. In December 1837, about twenty Seminole warriors escaped from their cell in Fort Marion. Im awaiting the results of an Ancestry DNA test currently. [2] Osceola led the Seminole resistance to removal until he was captured on October 21, 1837, by deception, under a flag of truce,[3] when he went to a site near Fort Peyton for peace talks. Seems more coincidental, but maybe there is a distant relationship to Osceola. SP #2: John WilliamPowell (Chufi Hadjo) 1761-1830, Little Trader (oldest of 8 kids of James & Also Powell) m. in Seminole Co., GA (SW GA near Jackson Co., FL/ Houston Co, AL) OR 1778-1852 Source: findagrave Brother of Hepsy Homarty Powell; Maurnee Powell; Santee Powell; James L Powell; Thomas A Powell and 6 others; Emeline A Powell; Mary Jane Powell; Rachel Coppinger Powell; Lucy Powell; Sanee Powell and Charles Powell less Seminole Tribe. Rachel is in my line- I can not find a connection to Osceola. (LogOut/ The Muscogee Creek were among the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, and some of them held enslaved black people. According to legend, Osceola stabbed the treaty with his knife, although there are no contemporary reports of this.[6]. [9] Lt. John T. Sprague mentions in his 1848 history The Florida War that Osceola had a wife named "Che-cho-ter" (Morning Dew), who bore him four children. I am soon to be 76 years old.My paternal grandmother was Nanny Powell Renfrow. Various traditional narratives deal with these topics, including accounts by present-day descendants of Indian people who fled to Fort Moniac on the St. Marys River during the Indian removals. Today, his renown lives on in various place names, including Osceola counties in several states and the Osceola National Forest in Florida. After early military skirmishes and the 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek, by which the US seized northern Seminole lands, Osceola and his family moved with the Seminole deeper into central and southern Florida. (see following web link: http://www.oldkingsroad.com/king's%20lynn/King's%20Lynn%202011.pdf ). 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We would love to be able to discuss further anything that others may know about this genealogy of Osceola and his wives. His mother raised him as a Creek by custom under the . PARENTS: Big Warrior George Washington Cornells Aka Tustenuggee Osceola (Billy Powell) Medicine Man and War Chief (1804-1838) Osceola (ah-see-oh-la), William 'Billy' Powell, 1804-1838, was a Medicine man and War Chief of the Florida Seminoles during the Indian removal from Florida to unsettled U.S. territory in Oklahoma during the early 1800s. Osceolas Legacy by Patricia Wickman (Osceola expert), CH 2, p. 52) University of Florida Press, 1996. The historical evidence suggests that it was Morrison who decided that a death mask should be made,[4]:174 a European-American custom at the time for prominent persons, but it was done without the permission of Osceola's people. Is there still a copy of the book because Osceola is one of my great grandfathers and Im trying to do some research on it. In life, Osceola was perhaps the most influential leader among the scattered, often rival clans of Florida that became known as the Seminoles. This is a wonderful journey. It was presumably lost when a fire destroyed the museum in 1866. MOTHER: POLLY Ann (Coppinger) Powell 1769/71 married 3X. For almost two years, he led a band of warriors in resistance against the United States during the second Seminole war. What information does the family believe? [8], In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain, and more European-American settlers started moving in, encroaching on the Seminoles' territory. I am related to Rhodens, Johns Crews and Canadays. Sari m. John Milledge Canaday CORRECT if Osceola LINK is correct (Doubtful) [7]:2135 The portraitists George Catlin, W. M. Laning, and Robert John Curtis, the three artists known to have painted Osceola from life, persuaded the Seminole leader to allow his portrait to be painted despite his being gravely ill.[1]:2178 [4]:1156 Osceola and Curtis developed a close friendship, conversing at length during the painting sessions; Curtis painted two oil portraits of Osceola, one of which remains in the Charleston Museum. They moved from Mississippi Territory to Spanish-held Florida, beginning his transition from Billy Powell to Osceola, Seminole warrior. My family is on that site as to our DNA results. Remarkably, on November 30, Coacoochee (Wildcat) and 19 other Seminoles escaped Fort Marion; Osceola was not among them. Osceola was named Billy Powell at birth in 1804 in the Creek village of Talisi, now known as Tallassee, Alabama, in current Elmore County. of THE OKEFENOKEE. Osceola (Billy Powell) Born to a Creek mother and a white father, Osceola's family joined the Seminole following the Creek Civil War. SOURCE: RHODEN family book, Baker Co., Historical Lib I thought I had found a great hidden source since he had 6-7 versions of their history but then I read that his sources were message boards. The Shawnee connection- Tecumseh, Great Shawnee leader, had a Creek mother, was considered Creek since the Creeks went by the mother.s line. Betty Wadford has always listed Katherine Fraser as the mother. He married Katherine Redstick Fraser, the Daughter of Chief (Mico) Eagle Wings of Tuhkabatchee. Indian agent- who wrote Reminisces Series. There is no source documentation and its simply wrong in some cases. His grandmother was Ann McQueen, grandfather Jose Coppinger. 5. Born in Tallassee, Alabama, in 1804, Powell (hereafter Osceola) was of mixed blood. Join Facebook to connect with Osceola Billy Powell and others you may know. If there is something out there that can help me with confirming connections it would he helpful. She has a Powell Family Book which was created by Bruce Powell. Parents: Jacob & Polly Rhoden In 1979 the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma bought Osceola's bandolier and other personal items from a Sotheby's auction. It seems very likely that these wives could be Che-cho-ter and Hilda. Sunnie/Sanee (Powell) Rhoden 1798- about 1855, 2. He died there a few months later of causes reported as an internal infection or malaria. In contrast to the widespread view that there are no Indians in Georgia, family folklore among these descendants suggests that some Indian people stayed in the Okefenokee area, hiding their heritage and intermarrying with early European American settlers.. He became closely involved with the people. Free Access to Native American Records LimitedTime, Mass Pre-Contact Native Grave in California Yields DisappointingResults, Interactive Early Maps Show NativeMovements, Indian History of Present Day Berkeley County, WestVirginia, Indians Along the Susquehanna in the1670s, Library of Virginia Native AmericanResources. I Dont know much just what I read. I think there may be a connection to the Canaday family. ell, Charles Powell, Stephen Powell, Silas Powell, Missouri Canaday, Sarah Ann Powell, Sanse Rhoden (born Powell), Santee 'sunnie 1801 - Ecunhutkee, Tallassee, Georgia, USA, Jan 30 1838 - Fort Moultrie, Charleston, SC, USA, John William Powell, Polly Ann Moniac Powell (born Coppinger), arah Ann Powell, Missouri Sarie Powell, Sanee Jane Benet (born Powell), Sanee Powell, Hepsy Homarty Powell, James L Powell, Emeline A Powell, Tallassee, Elmore County, AL, United States, Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, United States, Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, South Carolina with Counties, Towns and Communities Project, Alabama with Counties, Cities, and Towns Project, Florida with Counties, Cities, and Towns Project, William "billy, Osceola Or Black Drink Singer" Nikkanochee Powell, Death of Billy Powell (Chief Osceola) at Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. Thloco Cornell and Tuskenua Mad Dog [7]:5558, As an adult, Osceola took two wives, as did some other high-ranking Muscogee and Seminole leaders. Your Privacy Rights George Catlin, the famous artist who focused on Native American culture, visited and painted Osceola in his full Seminole attire: ostrich plumes, turban, war dress, and gorget. I knew him well after that, and have seen him fre-quently. Osceola's mother, Polly Copinger, gave birth to Osceola during her marriage to a British trader named William Powell. Their KIDS (3+ 2 by William Powell): Granddaughter of Nanny Powell Renfrow Osceola (1804 - January 30, 1838, Asi-yahola in Creek), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. Billy was all of these." Is this near where any of your ancestors lived? Ann was probably the sister or aunt of Peter McQueen, a prominent Muscogee leader and warrior. Born Billy Powel in 1804, Osceola was a Creek Indian of mixed heritage who joined the Seminole tribe only after his family was forced to flee their home in Alabama at the hands of U.S. military. 1,121,895: 2. Polly then married William Powell, a white Scottish trader, who adopted (LogOut/ They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. Osceola nicknamed her daughter Victoria Viola Jenks, but no one in my family knows why. These paintings have inspired numerous prints and engravings, which were widely distributed, and even cigar store figures. The painting is set in a simple gold leaf frame that is coated with plaster and finished with gold leaf. Osceolas capture drew national attention. Of course, if Debbie Smiths record is correct, that significantly would tilt Osceolas ethnicity to mostly Southeastern U.S. native American lineage. Following various escape attempts, officials brought Osceola and several other Seminoles to Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, in December 1837. He felt it equated the Seminole with slaves, who were forbidden to carry arms. I thought I would find who was father was by ordering his death certificate but his father is listed as unknown. Known throughout his youth as Billy Powell, Osceola's early life remains relatively obscure. 1780-1849). Archaeologists later proved that Shriver had dug up animal remains; Osceola's body was still in its coffin. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Osceola and the Great Seminole War: A Struggle for Justice and Freedom at the best online prices at eBay! Like his father, Billys maternal grandfather James McQueen was a trader; in 1714 he was the first European to trade with the Creek in Alabama. I am trying to connect with our People and learn about our culture. As US relations with the Seminole deteriorated, Thompson forbade the sale of guns and ammunition to them. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Osceola, surrounded by his two wives and children, died the evening of January 30, 1838. With them, he had a total of at least five children. In adulthood, as part of the Seminole, Powell was given his name Osceola (/siol/ or /oseol/). Im trying to learn about our Muscogee and Seminole customs and language. Billy Osceola b 1804, in Talisi, AL. The next day, to get released, Osceola agreed to abide by the Treaty of Paynes Landing and to bring his followers in to the fort. ( havent read last one but have seen quotes from it ). Many Seminole chiefs refused to sign the treaty, leading to the outbreak of the Second Seminole War and Osceolas fame. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni.

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