Archibald Sixkiller

Archibald Sixkiller was a Cherokee man

Biography

Archibald Sixkiller was born in the Cherokee Nation (East) about 1822, the son of Sixkiller and Annie Fields, both Cherokee. He also used "Fields" as a surname. The family was Removed to Indian Territory and he married Charlotte Adair there about 1849. Arch appears on the 1851 Drennan Roll living in the Flint District near his mother and other relatives. [1] Charlotte emigrated before 1835 so she and their first child, daughter Margaret, appear separately on the "Old Settler" roll. [2] They were the parents of Margaret (died young), Samuel, Jennie, Walter Scott, and John Martin. [3] Arch died in a smallpox epidemic in 1863. [4]

Research Notes

• An additional child, Lula, is mentioned as a sibling of Sam, Walter, and Jinnie Sixkiller by John A. Gonzales in his Cherokee by Blood testimony, misc. test p. 3303 Sept 29th 1908, application 12435. John was a first cousin to Sam, Walter, Jinnie, John Martin, and Lula Sixkiller. Lula is not listed as an heir of Charlotte or Margaret on the 1896 Old Settler Payroll.

Sources

1. ↑ Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Images at Ancestry.com. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX. Flint District, p. 60 #46.
2. ↑ Hampton, David K., transcriber. Cherokee Old Settlers, combined transcript of 1851 and 1896 Old Settler Payrolls. 1993. Flint District #16. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75, Microfilms T985 and 7RA34.
3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #761, son Samuel Six Killer Beck
4. ↑ Testimony of son Walter, Eastern Cherokee application of brother Samuel.
http://scraperhistory.com/reports/Hawk-Sixkiller_Report.htm

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