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About Elizabeth Cornstalk
4 children with silver miner John Swift; perhaps surnamed Cornstalk.
Petella “One Eye” was a white adopted Son & Son In-law of Chief Cornstalk. He married two of his Adopted sisters-raised elizabeth's children by John Swift - If Petalla had children by either it is unknown.
References
- Shawnee Heritage II. By Don Greene (2014). Page 126. GoogleBooks
- Shawnee Heritage VI. By Don Greene (2014). Page 207. GoogleBooks Elizabeth Cornstalk / 1742. (John Swift, Petella Cornstalk.)
- Historical Society of Southwest Virginia THE LEGEND OF SWIFT'S SILVER MINE. By James A. Dougherty . A Geographical Approach to the Legends of Silver Mine. ... “In 1753 and probably a few years before, he traded with the Indians and was connected with the English fur traders in what is now Ohio. As a fur trader, he spent much time with the Shawnees, married the daughter of a chief, and fathered a few children. Other accounts have it, though, that his wife was half French and either Shawnee or Wyandott, her father having been the Frenchman. ...”
- seen as same person as Elizabeth (Shifflett) Dispanet “ Some lines believe Elizabeth was Indian and other lines believe after His family was killed by Indians its real doubtful he would of married an Indian.I have changed this several times and have decided to go by what our Ancestors told us.“
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Elizabeth Cornstalk's Timeline
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