Descendants of John Scrimpshire Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 SCRIMPSHIRE was born 1751 in VA. He married ANNA BROWN. She was born 1755 in England. Children of JOHN SCRIMPSHIRE and ANNA BROWN are: i. WILLIS BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE. ii. CHARLES BROWN SCRIMPSHIRE. 2. iii. JONATHON BROWN SCRIMPSHIRE, b. Abt. 1770. 3. iv. JOHN BROWN SCRIMPSHIRE, b. 1774, VA; d. 1847, Owen KY. 4. v. WILLIAM BROWN SCRIMPSHIRE, b. 1778, NC; d. 1887, MS. Generation No. 2 2. JONATHON BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1770. He married EDITH KONA EDNA VANN. She was born Abt. 1780 in Cherokee Tribe. Notes for EDITH KONA EDNA VANN: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0013882 Chiefs of the Arkansas Cherokees, after some moved west John Bowles 1795 - 1813 Takatoka 1813 - 1818 1st Chief: John Jolly 1818 - 1828 John Brown (1st Chief, Old Settlers) John Looney (2nd Chief, Old Settlers) John Rogers (3rd Chief, Old Settlers) (deposed 1839) We would like to point out that these (mostly self-important and ambitious) Cherokees proved, for the most part, to be a thorn in the flesh to the Cherokees who remained in the east. And, even after the Trail of Tears they refused to give in to the will of the majority, and became traitors to their own people. Mr. Bell writes in his book "Old & New Cherokee Families", page 555: 1794. June. Bowles Massacre. 1795. Bowles became Principal Chief of Arkansas Cherokees until 1813. 1818. Tahlonteeskee became Principal Chief. 1834. July 16. Arkansas chiefs were: 1. John Jolly 2. Blackcoat 3. Thomas Chisholm (born 1790: died Nov. 12, 1834) Blackcoat died shortly after Thomas Chisholm, and Joseph Vann and John Rogers were chosen to serve until elections could be held. 1839. Principal Chief: John Rogers, Jr. Second Chief: John Smith Third Chief: Captain William Dutch. You will note that these listings do not agree. Wardell, in his Political History of the Cherokee Nation, lists 1839. John Brown John Looney John Rogers William Thornton, formerly secretary to John Jolly, was Clerk of the National Council. **************************************** PRINCIPAL CHIEFS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION AFTER THE TRAIL OF TEARS PRINCIPLE CHIEFS VICE PRINCIPAL CHIEFS 1839 Sept. 9. JOHN ROSS Joseph Vann, (resigned June 26,1840) Andrew M. Vann (June 26, 1840 until his death in 1842) 1843 Aug. 7. JOHN ROSS George Lowrey 1847 Aug. 2. JOHN ROSS George Lowrey 1851 Aug. 4. JOHN ROSS Richard Taylor 1855 Aug. 6. JOHN ROSS John Jack" Spears 1859 Aug. 1. JOHN ROSS Joseph Vann 1863 (Civil War) JOHN ROSS (continued), but died Aug. 1, 1866 1866 August until August, 1867. WILLIAM POTTER ROSS (elected by the national council) 1867 Aug. 5. LEWIS DOWNING James Vann 1871 Aug. 7. LEWIS DOWNING Robert Buffington Daniel (died Nov. 9, 1872) (died Jan. 16, 1872) (James Vann, elected by council) 1872 Nov. 9 WILLIAM POTTER ROSS James Vann (both were elected by the National Council to fulfill the terms) 1875 Aug. 2. CHARLES THOMPSON David Rowe 1879 Aug. 4. DENNIS WOLF BUSHYHEAD Wm. Penn Adair (died Oct. 21, 1880) Rabbit Bunch (elected by Council on Nov. 5th) 1883 Aug. 6. DENNIS WOLF BUSHYHEAD Rabbit Bunch 1887 Aug. 1. JOEL BRYAN MAYES Samuel Smith 1891 Aug. 3. JOEL BRYAN MAYES Henry Chambers (died Dec. 14, 1891) (died Dec. 10, 1891) 1891 Dec. 14 - Dec. 23 THOMAS MITCHELL BUFFINGTON (President of the Senate became acting chief) 1891 Dec. 24 JOHNSON HARRIS Stephen Tehee (National council elected both) 1895 Aug. 5. SAMUEL HOUSTON MAYES George Washington Swimmer 1899 Aug. 7. THOMAS MITCHELL BUFFINGTON George Washington Swimmer 1903 Aug. 3. WILLIAM CHARLES ROGERS David McNair Faulkner 1906 Cherokee government suspended by the USofA federal government. 1914 WILLIAM CHARLES ROGERS, Acting Principal Chief, died. 1941 J. BARTLEY MILAM (appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt) 1949. WILLIAM WAYNE KEELER. J. D. Johnson (Deputy Chief) (all appointed illegally Vice Chiefs: Bruce Townsend by President Harry Truman) Rev. Sam Hider Richard Chuculate Robert W. Swimmer 1971. WILLIAM WAYNE KEELER (first elections of the 20th century, ordered by the Supreme Court, after the lawsuit which the present Oukah inspired, actually filed by The Original Cherokee Organization, under George Groundhog). 1975. Some people of Cherokee blood, knowing little of Cherokee history, lore, culture, or legal status, formed the "Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma". They are called, in several history books, "white businessmen" who did for themselves and their friends, and little, if anything, for the Cherokee people. 1975. ROSS SWIMMER 1979. ROSS SWIMMER 1983. ROSS SWIMMER Wilma Mankiller (resigned, Dec. 1985, to go to WashDC) 1985. Dec. WILMA MANKILLER 1991. WILMA MANKILLER 1995. JOE BYRD Garland Eagle You will notice that the early information above is from the white man's records. Unfortunately, nobody recorded the names of the rulers before the white man came with his ability to write. Before this time, Cherokee records were kept on "belts" of wampum beads, various symbols being woven in which reminded the "reader" of the story. Several of those belts survive today, having been borrowed from members of the Ross family, (and never returned) but nobody today knows how to "read" them. Return to Table of Contents Children of JONATHON SCRIMPSHIRE and EDITH VANN are: i. ISAAC3 SCRIMPSHIRE. ii. RHODA SCRIMPSHIRE. iii. E LEE SCRIMPSHIRE. 5. iv. MARTIN SCRIMPSHIRE, b. 1806, TN; d. 1865, He married a full blood Cherokee and died in Texas during the civil war. 3. JOHN BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE (JOHN1) was born 1774 in VA, and died 1847 in Owen KY. He married ELIZABETH ATTEN. She was born 1780. Child of JOHN SCRIMPSHIRE and ELIZABETH ATTEN is: 6. i. WILLIAM T3 SCRIMPSHIR, b. 1802. 4. WILLIAM BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE (JOHN1) was born 1778 in NC, and died 1887 in MS. He married UNKNOWN. Child of WILLIAM SCRIMPSHIRE and UNKNOWN is: 7. i. SOLOMON BARTHOLOMEW BROWN3 SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1815, Warren Co., GA. Generation No. 3 5. MARTIN3 SCRIMPSHIRE (JONATHON BROWN2, JOHN1) was born 1806 in TN, and died 1865 in He married a full blood Cherokee and died in Texas during the civil war. He married ELIZABETH HUNT GUNTER, daughter of JOHN GUNTER and CATHRINE OO-LOO-TAS. She was born 1804 in Eligble for First Families of Cherokee Paint Clan. Children of MARTIN SCRIMPSHIRE and ELIZABETH GUNTER are: 8. i. ELIZABETH ALABAMA4 SCRIMPSHIRE, b. 1837, Gunters Landing, Cherokee Nation East, Alabama; d. 1882, Oklahoma Indian Territoy. 9. ii. MARY AMERICA SCRIMPSHIRE, b. 1839, Tahlequah OK listed on the 1851 Drennen Roll; d. Cherokee Tribe. 6. WILLIAM T3 SCRIMPSHIR (JOHN BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE, JOHN1) was born 1802. He married CALISTA MONTGOMERY. She was born 1805. Child of WILLIAM SCRIMPSHIR and CALISTA MONTGOMERY is: 10. i. MERANDA BELLE4 SCRIMPSHER, b. 1859, Terre Haute IN; d. 1943, Burlingame, Osage, KS. 7. SOLOMON BARTHOLOMEW BROWN3 SCRIMSHIRE (WILLIAM BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE, JOHN1) was born 1815 in Warren Co., GA. He married ELLENA BARBER 1842 in Stewart GA. She was born 1827 in NC. Children of SOLOMON SCRIMSHIRE and ELLENA BARBER are: 11. i. SAMANTHA4 SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1843, Americus GA; d. Aft. 1880, Cherokee by blood. 12. ii. HERCULES DEMOSTHINES SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1845, Alabama. iii. JEREMIAH J SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1848. iv. LUELLEN SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1850. v. OLIVER JACKSON SCHRIMSHIRE, b. 1854. vi. MARGARET SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1858. vii. WASHINGTON BARTOW SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1861, Montgomery, AL. viii. ESPERANZA VICTORIA SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1865. ix. THOMAS F SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1866. Generation No. 4 8. ELIZABETH ALABAMA4 SCRIMPSHIRE (MARTIN3, JONATHON BROWN2, JOHN1) was born 1837 in Gunters Landing, Cherokee Nation East, Alabama, and died 1882 in Oklahoma Indian Territoy. She married (1) JOHN LAFAYETTE ADAIR, son of SAMUEL ADAIR. She married (2) DENNIS WOLF BUSHYHEAD 1869 in OK, son of JESSE BUSHYHEAD and ELIZA WILKINSON. He was born 1826, and died 1898 in Cherokee Nation, OKlahoma. Notes for DENNIS WOLF BUSHYHEAD: http://www.cherokee.org/Culture/HistoryPage.asp?ID=3 Chiefs of the Arkansas Cherokees, after some moved west John Bowles 1795 - 1813 Takatoka 1813 - 1818 1st Chief: John Jolly 1818 - 1828 John Brown (1st Chief, Old Settlers) John Looney (2nd Chief, Old Settlers) John Rogers (3rd Chief, Old Settlers) (deposed 1839) We would like to point out that these (mostly self-important and ambitious) Cherokees proved, for the most part, to be a thorn in the flesh to the Cherokees who remained in the east. And, even after the Trail of Tears they refused to give in to the will of the majority, and became traitors to their own people. Mr. Bell writes in his book "Old & New Cherokee Families", page 555: 1794. June. Bowles Massacre. 1795. Bowles became Principal Chief of Arkansas Cherokees until 1813. 1818. Tahlonteeskee became Principal Chief. 1834. July 16. Arkansas chiefs were: 1. John Jolly 2. Blackcoat 3. Thomas Chisholm (born 1790: died Nov. 12, 1834) Blackcoat died shortly after Thomas Chisholm, and Joseph Vann and John Rogers were chosen to serve until elections could be held. 1839. Principal Chief: John Rogers, Jr. Second Chief: John Smith Third Chief: Captain William Dutch. You will note that these listings do not agree. Wardell, in his Political History of the Cherokee Nation, lists 1839. John Brown John Looney John Rogers William Thornton, formerly secretary to John Jolly, was Clerk of the National Council. **************************************** PRINCIPAL CHIEFS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION AFTER THE TRAIL OF TEARS PRINCIPLE CHIEFS VICE PRINCIPAL CHIEFS 1839 Sept. 9. JOHN ROSS Joseph Vann, (resigned June 26,1840) Andrew M. Vann (June 26, 1840 until his death in 1842) 1843 Aug. 7. JOHN ROSS George Lowrey 1847 Aug. 2. JOHN ROSS George Lowrey 1851 Aug. 4. JOHN ROSS Richard Taylor 1855 Aug. 6. JOHN ROSS John Jack" Spears 1859 Aug. 1. JOHN ROSS Joseph Vann 1863 (Civil War) JOHN ROSS (continued), but died Aug. 1, 1866 1866 August until August, 1867. WILLIAM POTTER ROSS (elected by the national council) 1867 Aug. 5. LEWIS DOWNING James Vann 1871 Aug. 7. LEWIS DOWNING Robert Buffington Daniel (died Nov. 9, 1872) (died Jan. 16, 1872) (James Vann, elected by council) 1872 Nov. 9 WILLIAM POTTER ROSS James Vann (both were elected by the National Council to fulfill the terms) 1875 Aug. 2. CHARLES THOMPSON David Rowe 1879 Aug. 4. DENNIS WOLF BUSHYHEAD Wm. Penn Adair (died Oct. 21, 1880) Rabbit Bunch (elected by Council on Nov. 5th) 1883 Aug. 6. DENNIS WOLF BUSHYHEAD Rabbit Bunch 1887 Aug. 1. JOEL BRYAN MAYES Samuel Smith 1891 Aug. 3. JOEL BRYAN MAYES Henry Chambers (died Dec. 14, 1891) (died Dec. 10, 1891) 1891 Dec. 14 - Dec. 23 THOMAS MITCHELL BUFFINGTON (President of the Senate became acting chief) 1891 Dec. 24 JOHNSON HARRIS Stephen Tehee (National council elected both) 1895 Aug. 5. SAMUEL HOUSTON MAYES George Washington Swimmer 1899 Aug. 7. THOMAS MITCHELL BUFFINGTON George Washington Swimmer 1903 Aug. 3. WILLIAM CHARLES ROGERS David McNair Faulkner 1906 Cherokee government suspended by the USofA federal government. 1914 WILLIAM CHARLES ROGERS, Acting Principal Chief, died. 1941 J. BARTLEY MILAM (appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt) 1949. WILLIAM WAYNE KEELER. J. D. Johnson (Deputy Chief) (all appointed illegally Vice Chiefs: Bruce Townsend by President Harry Truman) Rev. Sam Hider Richard Chuculate Robert W. Swimmer 1971. WILLIAM WAYNE KEELER (first elections of the 20th century, ordered by the Supreme Court, after the lawsuit which the present Oukah inspired, actually filed by The Original Cherokee Organization, under George Groundhog). 1975. Some people of Cherokee blood, knowing little of Cherokee history, lore, culture, or legal status, formed the "Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma". They are called, in several history books, "white businessmen" who did for themselves and their friends, and little, if anything, for the Cherokee people. 1975. ROSS SWIMMER 1979. ROSS SWIMMER 1983. ROSS SWIMMER Wilma Mankiller (resigned, Dec. 1985, to go to WashDC) 1985. Dec. WILMA MANKILLER 1991. WILMA MANKILLER 1995. JOE BYRD Garland Eagle You will notice that the early information above is from the white man's records. Unfortunately, nobody recorded the names of the rulers before the white man came with his ability to write. Before this time, Cherokee records were kept on "belts" of wampum beads, various symbols being woven in which reminded the "reader" of the story. Several of those belts survive today, having been borrowed from members of the Ross family, (and never returned) but nobody today knows how to "read" them. Return to Table of Contents Child of ELIZABETH SCRIMPSHIRE and JOHN ADAIR is: i. JOHN MARTIN5 ADAIR, b. 1858. Children of ELIZABETH SCRIMPSHIRE and DENNIS BUSHYHEAD are: ii. JESSE5 BUSHYHEAD, m. FAYE REYNOLDS. iii. ELIZABETH BUSHYHEAD. iv. SARAH BUSHYHEAD. v. DENNIS BUSHYHEAD. 9. MARY AMERICA4 SCRIMPSHIRE (MARTIN3, JONATHON BROWN2, JOHN1) was born 1839 in Tahlequah OK listed on the 1851 Drennen Roll, and died in Cherokee Tribe. She married CLEMENT VANN ROGERS, son of ROBERT ROGERS and SARAH VANN. He died in Chelsea Cemetery, Rogers, OK. Children of MARY SCRIMPSHIRE and CLEMENT ROGERS are: i. ELIZABETH5 ROGERS. ii. MAUDE ETHEL ROGERS. iii. MAY ROGERS. iv. ROBERT MARTIN ROGERS. v. SALLY CLEMENTINE ROGERS. vi. ZOE ROGERS. vii. WILLIAM PENN ADAIR ROGERS, b. 04 Nov 1879, Cherokee Nation OK; d. The famous Will Rogers on tv. 10. MERANDA BELLE4 SCRIMPSHER (WILLIAM T3 SCRIMPSHIR, JOHN BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE, JOHN1) was born 1859 in Terre Haute IN, and died 1943 in Burlingame, Osage, KS. She married GEORGE CLARK COON. Children of MERANDA SCRIMPSHER and GEORGE COON are: i. GEORGE CLARK5 COON. ii. BESSIE MAE COON. iii. HARRY HENLY COON. iv. HUGH MARION COON. v. JAMES ZIPPY COON. vi. THOMAS ELLIS COON. 11. SAMANTHA4 SCRIMSHIRE (SOLOMON BARTHOLOMEW BROWN3, WILLIAM BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE, JOHN1) was born 1843 in Americus GA, and died Aft. 1880 in Cherokee by blood. She married NATHANIEL EDWARD SELLERS, son of WILLIAM SELLERS and ELEANDOR EDWARDS. He was born 1826 in SC, and died in Ramer Alabama. Notes for SAMANTHA SCRIMSHIRE: 1880 United States Federal Census about N. E. Sellers Name: N. E. Sellers Home in 1880: Pine Level, Montgomery, Alabama Age: 54 Estimated birth year: abt 1826 Birthplace: South Carolina Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Sarah Father's birthplace: North Carolina Mother's birthplace: North Carolina Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write: Idiotic or insane: View image Household Members: Name Age N. E. Sellers 54 Sarah Sellers 35 Saphronia Sellers 17 Pilly Sellers 12 Mary Sellers 12 Emma Sellers 9 Louverna Sellers 4 Lamberth Sellers 3 Isaac Bathrone 30 Notes for NATHANIEL EDWARD SELLERS: 1870 United States Federal Census about Nathan E Sellers Name: Nathan E Sellers Estimated birth year: abt 1826 Age in 1870: 44 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1870: Township 13, Montgomery, Alabama Family and neighbors: View Results Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Post Office: Ramer Children of SAMANTHA SCRIMSHIRE and NATHANIEL SELLERS are: i. SAPHRONIA5 SELLERS, b. 1863. ii. PILLY SELLERS, b. 1868. iii. MARY SELLERS, b. 1868. iv. EMMA SELLERS, b. 1871. v. LOUVERNA SELLERS, b. 1875, Ramer. vi. LAMBETH SELLERS, b. 1877, Pine Level. 12. HERCULES DEMOSTHINES4 SCRIMSHIRE (SOLOMON BARTHOLOMEW BROWN3, WILLIAM BROWN2 SCRIMPSHIRE, JOHN1) was born 1845 in Alabama. He married RITA ANN PLAYER. Child of HERCULES SCRIMSHIRE and RITA PLAYER is: i. JAMES HERCULES5 SCRIMSHIRE, b. 1877; d. 1931, Cooper TX; m. SALLY E STONE; b. 1879, Wolfe City TX.