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Descendants of John Downing, Major

Generation No. 3

5. JAMES³ CRITTENDEN (NANNIE (FAWLING)² DOWNING, JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1770 in Georgia. He married (1) NANCY HUGHES Bef. 1793, daughter of JAMES HUGHES and UNKNOWNB. She was born Abt. 1774 in Georgia. He married (2) SARAH GO-DA-GE-WI Bef. 1808. She was born Abt. 1780.

More About JAMES CRITTENDEN:
1835 Census roll: Ahmacolola River, GA
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (H Fawling)

More About SARAH GO-DA-GE-WI:
Translation: Go-da-ge-wi = Wild Potato

Children of JAMES CRITTENDEN and NANCY HUGHES are:

28.	i.	WILLIAM⁴ CRITTENDEN, SR, b. Abt. 1793, CNE [GA]; d. Abt. 1873.
	ii.	JOSEPH CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1795; m. LITTLE JINNY OLD, Abt. 1836; b. Abt. 1816.
29.	iii.	LYDIA CRITTENDEN, b. 1797, CNE [GA]; d. 1888.
30.	iv.	LEWIS CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1799.
31.	v.	POLLY CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1801; d. 1845.
32.	vi.	EDWARD CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1805; d. 1856.
33.	vii.	DELILAH A-LI CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1810, Georgia; d. November 1881.

Children of JAMES CRITTENDEN and SARAH GO-DA-GE-WI are:

34.	viii.	CHARLES⁴ CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1808; d. 1858.
35.	ix.	ELIZABETH CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1812; d. 1857.
36.	x.	JACK E CRITTENDEN, b. 1814; d. June 05, 1885.
	xi.	PEGGY CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1816.
37.	xii.	AELIE CRITTENDEN, b. Abt. 1818; d. 1884.

6. JENNIE³ CRITTENDEN (NANNIE (FAWLING)² DOWNING, JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1772. She married JACK WRIGHT. He was born Abt. 1760.

More About JENNIE CRITTENDEN:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (H Fawling)

Notes for JACK WRIGHT:
Starr, note A15; Tradition says that after a violent storm on the coast of South Carolina a baby was found on the beach, leashed to a spar. He was well clothed and the only word that he could articulate was "Jack" and upon being adopted by a family known as Wright, he was known as Jack Wright. He married Jenny Crittenden.

Children of JENNIE CRITTENDEN and JACK WRIGHT are:

38.	i.	SALLIE⁴ WRIGHT, b. 1793, North Carolina; d. June 18, 1830, Flint Dist, CNW.
39.	ii.	LYDIA WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1794.
40.	iii.	MARY WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1796; d. Bet. 1880 - 1895.
41.	iv.	DELILAH WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1800; d. Aft. 1851.
42.	v.	CLARISSA WRIGHT, b. October 25, 1803.
43.	vi.	MELVINA WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1806.
	vii.	WILLIAM WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1808.

More About WILLIAM WRIGHT:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

44.	viii.	REBECCA WRIGHT, b. January 01, 1814; d. April 05, 1882.
45.	ix.	ELI WRIGHT, b. 1815; d. December 06, 1892.
46.	x.	CORNELIUS WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1820; d. Bef. 1896.

7. THOMAS³ PETTIT, SR (NANNIE (FAWLING)² DOWNING, JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1776, and died Aft. 1827. He married (1) CATHERINE BARNES Bef. 1796, daughter of JOHN BARNES, SR. She was born Abt. 1780, and died Bet. 1832 - 1851. He married (2) CATHERINE HUGHES Bef. 1798, daughter of JAMES HUGHES and UNKNOWNB. She was born Abt. 1766.

More About THOMAS PETTIT, SR:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (H Fawling)
Member: 1827, Cherokee Constitutional Convention, from Hightower District
Starr's Notes: C810

Notes for CATHERINE HUGHES:
Letters of Benjamin Hawkins, 1796-1806, Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, Vol IX, pg 19, November 29th, 1797;
"Bashel Pettit who spoke to a halfbreed daughter of James Haws, she is the wife of Thomas Pettit, a nephew of George Downing, she appears to be a very decent, good little woman, has a little daughter with white hair and a beautiful rosy complexion...[Rachel?]

Child of THOMAS PETTIT and CATHERINE BARNES is:

JAMES⁴ PETTIT, b. Abt. 1796.

More About JAMES PETTIT:
1851 Old Settler roll: Flint, 9 (1896 page 302)

Children of THOMAS PETTIT and CATHERINE HUGHES are:

47.	ii.	ELIZABETH⁴ PETTIT, b. Abt. 1798.
48.	iii.	AGNES PETTIT, b. Abt. 1800; d. Bef. 1851.
49.	iv.	BENJAMIN PETTIT, SR, b. Abt. 1802; d. Abt. 1835, en route to Indian Territory.
	v.	WASHINGTON PETTIT, b. Abt. 1804; m. MARY BLACKBIRD; b. Abt. 1810.
50.	vi.	NANNIE PETTIT, b. Abt. 1806; d. Bet. 1851 - 1895.
51.	vii.	WILLIAM PETTIT, b. Abt. 1808.
52.	viii.	THOMAS PETTIT, JR, b. Abt. 1810.

8. ELIZABETH³ MCSWAIN (NANNIE (FAWLING)² DOWNING, JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1782 in CNE [TN]. She married DAVID WELCH in Cherokee Nation, East. He was born Abt. 1770 in CNE [TN].

More About ELIZABETH MCSWAIN:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

More About DAVID WELCH:
Blood: Non-Cherokee

Children of ELIZABETH MCSWAIN and DAVID WELCH are:

53.	i.		GEORGE WASHINGTON⁴ WELCH, SR, b. Abt. 1802, Cherokee Co, GA; d. March 20, 1840, Cherokee Co, GA.
	ii.		SIDNEY WELCH, b. Abt. 1804.

More About SIDNEY WELCH:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

54.

iii.

ELIZABETH JANE WELCH, b. November 11, 1811, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1862.

9. MARGARET³ MCSWAIN (NANNIE (FAWLING)² DOWNING, JOHN¹) was born 1782, and died Aft. December 1871. She married AVERY VANN, JR 1796, son of AVERY VANN, SR. He was born 1768 in Spring Place, GA, and died November 17, 1845.

More About MARGARET MCSWAIN:
1851 Old Settler roll: Saline, 23 as Peggy Vann (1896 pg 285)
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)
RG75, E545 Reg of BLW: December 26, 1871, 111111, Widow of Ave Vann, Service 1813~1814

Notes for AVERY VANN, JR:
Avery was apparently a White man but is likely somehow related to his contemporary, Chief James Vann. Both had sons named Joseph who were nearly the same age.

More About AVERY VANN, JR:
Blood: Non-Cherokee
Military service: 1814, David McNair's Company; Horse Shoe Bend
RG75, E545 Reg of BLW: October 09, 1852, BLW# 161715 & 111111 by Peggy (widow)

Children of MARGARET MCSWAIN and AVERY VANN are:

55.	i.	JOSEPH TEAULTLE⁴ VANN, b. February 11, 1798; d. April 04, 1873, CNW.
56.	ii.	DAVID VANN, b. January 01, 1800, Cave Spring, Floyd Co, GA; d. December 23, 1863.
	iii.	CHARLES VANN, b. Abt. 1802; d. Aft. 1837; m. (1) ELIZA WEST; b. December 27, 1813; d. November 06, 1861; m. (2) SUSIE ALEXANDER, Bef. 1836; b. Abt. 1818; d. Aft. 1851.

More About CHARLES VANN:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)
Note: 1837, E236, from Vann's Valley, GA "horses stolen in 1832 & traced to Philpot's place"

Notes for ELIZA WEST:
Starr's Ghigau 1-1-5-3 Eliza West is only listed as married to Leroy Markham.

More About ELIZA WEST:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)

More About SUSIE ALEXANDER:
1851 Old Settler roll: Skin Bayou, 51 as Sheesy Vann (1896 pg 448)
Note: 1836, E236 as Susan Vann, heir to Andrew Vann, witnessed by Charles Vann, husband of Susan

57.	iv.	MARGARET VANN, b. Abt. 1803.
	v.	AVE VANN III, b. Abt. 1804.
58.	vi.	ANDREW JACKSON MARION VANN, b. Abt. 1805; d. Abt. 1836, Cuba.
59.	vii.	NANNIE VANN, b. Abt. 1805.
	viii.	CATHERINE VANN, b. Abt. 1808; d. Aft. 1851; m. (1) WILLIAM WILLIAMS; b. Abt. 1800; m. (2) JOHN ROGERS II; b. Abt. 1818.

More About CATHERINE VANN:
1851 Old Settler roll: Saline, 68 as Katie Williams (1896 pg 194)
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

60.	ix.		MARY VANN, b. Abt. 1810.
	x.		CLEMENT VANN, b. Abt. 1816.

More About CLEMENT VANN:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

61.	xi.	SALLIE VANN, b. January 28, 1818, Georgia; d. May 28, 1882, West of Oolahah, CNW.
62.	xii.	KEZIAH VANN, b. Abt. 1819; d. Bet. 1851 - 1895.
63.	xiii.	ELIZABETH VANN, b. November 02, 1820; d. December 11, 1896.
64.	xiv.	ELIZA VANN, b. Abt. 1822; d. October 29, 1845.
	xv.	CLARA VANN, b. Abt. 1824.

More About CLARA VANN:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

xvi.

JANE JENNIE VANN, b. Abt. 1826.

More About JANE JENNIE VANN:
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

xvii.

JAMES VANN, b. Abt. 1828.