2) Nancy Elizabeth Broom aka Anna Felicitas was married to Charles Renatus Hicks. Dottie Ridenour's Major Ridge Home Page, "Ross (Texas Cherokees and Oil), The Sarah Ridge's As Georgians began to move illegally into the Cherokees houses, businesses, and plantations, often by force, Ridge became convinced that either warfare or negotiation with the U.S. government must proceed. by Anastasia Ellis, Ridge-Watie-Boudinot Pictures . fled due to the assassination of Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot, James Charles Renatus Hicks (23 December 1767 - 20 January 1827, age 59) was one of the most important Cherokee leaders in the early 19th century and the first non fullblood to be chosen as Principal Chief of the tribe. Saba and John Dunn Hunter/Fredonian Rebellion Born Dec. 23, 1767 in the town of Tomotly on the Hiwassee River, his parents are believed to be a white trader named Nathan Hicks and Nan-Ye-Hi, a half-blood Cherokee woman. Many years he filled the office of Secretary in the nation. On his way home he was obliged to encamp a night in the woods, when he took fresh cold, after which his strength decreased daily, and his complaint assumed the character of a dropsy. Defense for Signing Treaty - school Brother Steiner he ever after loved and esteemed as a friend. On December 22, 1835, Ridge was one of the signers of the Treaty of New Echota, which exchanged the Cherokee tribal land east of the Mississippi River for land in what is now Oklahoma. (to the McNeir Family of Texas - The FamilySearch Family Tree, by comparison, is a single tree or lineage for the entire human family. [6] Like European-American planters, Ridge used enslaved African Americans to work the cotton fields on his plantation. Franks, Kenny. Andrew Jackson gave him the name Major because he led a force of Cherokees in the Battle of the Horseshoe against the Creeks. Park Hill, OK Major Ridge was a wealthy Cherokee leader who had embraced white culture, owned slaves, and managed a plantation on Cherokee land that is now part of Rome, Georgia. McIntosh Family and the ., Sarah Go-sa-du-i-sga Brown (born Hicks), William Abraham Hicks, Principal Chief Of The Cherokee Nation, Elizabeth Hicks, Best Mrs Maisel Monologues, What Is Telephone Access Id Bank Of America, Social Work License Lookup Michigan, Articles M