She was born in 1886 and died in 1961. ell, Charles Powell, Stephen Powell, Silas Powell, Missouri Canaday, Sarah Ann Powell, Sanse Rhoden (born Powell), Santee 'sunnie 1801 - Ecunhutkee, Tallassee, Georgia, USA, Jan 30 1838 - Fort Moultrie, Charleston, SC, USA, John William Powell, Polly Ann Moniac Powell (born Coppinger), arah Ann Powell, Missouri Sarie Powell, Sanee Jane Benet (born Powell), Sanee Powell, Hepsy Homarty Powell, James L Powell, Emeline A Powell, Tallassee, Elmore County, AL, United States, Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, United States, Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, South Carolina with Counties, Towns and Communities Project, Alabama with Counties, Cities, and Towns Project, Florida with Counties, Cities, and Towns Project, William "billy, Osceola Or Black Drink Singer" Nikkanochee Powell, Death of Billy Powell (Chief Osceola) at Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The second paragraph says that, Like his father, Billys maternal grandfather James McQueen was a trader. Wouldnt that be Billys maternal great-grandfather (ie, Pollys maternal grandfather)? I have read that his brother, Levi, was born two years after Nathan and was the child of a Dowling and many times people have connected that name to Nathan but the death certificate did not verify that. [9] Lt. John T. Sprague mentions in his 1848 history The Florida War that Osceola had a wife named "Che-cho-ter" (Morning Dew), who bore him four children. Maurnee (DP Note- William Powells child only) In 1966, Miami businessman Otis W. Shriver claimed he had dug up Osceola's grave and put his bones into a bank vault to rebury them at a tourist site at the Rainbow Springs in Marion County. Join Facebook to connect with Osceola Billy Powell and others you may know. CHILD: Polly Ann Moniac Coppinger 1769 m John William Powell, Sr.1761 The best books I have found on Osceola were Osceolas Legacy by Patricia Wickman, Osceola and the Great Seminole War: A Struggle by Thom Hatch and,Reminisces Series. As US relations with the Seminole deteriorated, Thompson forbade the sale of guns and ammunition to them. With them, he had a total of at least five children. In October 1837, while negotiating under a white flag of truce near St. Augustine, Florida, Osceola was taken prisoner. Are you on Ancestry? Billy was all of these. He was born to Polly Coppinger, a Creek woman, and William Powell, an English trader. After digging further into my family background, i found out that my Grandmother, Osceola was named after my great, great, great grandfather who was a slave that sought refuge in the Seminole tribe. Change). @ michaelaneider@yahoo.com.. thank you. Rachel had 8 illegitimate children including Nathan Rhoden, my line. Husband of Morning Dew Che Cho Ter Powell Army troops arrested him in October 1837, while under a flag of truce. As a result of the escape, Osceola and 237 of his people were transferred to Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, far from their homes in Florida. Because the Muscogee had a matrilineal kinship system, Polly and Ann's children were all born into their mother's clan. Ann NANCY (McQueen) Coppinger 1747-1795 1769/71-1814 FL, M Jose Coppinger, 1730-1833- (of Coppinger clan I was very excited to learn from your comment that Osceolas relatives had a tradition of passing down his name from generation to generation. Rachel Rhoden is a Rhoden by birth (James J/Malinda, listed in census). Indian agent- who wrote Reminisces Series. Osceola is the symbol for Florida State University. An acquaintance of Morrison, Dr. Benjamin Strobel, a native of Charleston, made a plaster cast of Osceola's face and upper torso. My Mother was a Powell. 2. [7]:8, In 1814, after the Red Stick Muscogee Creeks were defeated by United States forces, Polly took Osceola and moved with other Muscogee refugees from Alabama to Florida, where they joined the Seminole. Gene Barber wrote in later articles that Osceola was never in the area and that he regretfully added to the myth by printing that story as truth. Thompson considered Osceola to be a friend, and gave him a rifle. My family resource stops with her name being Kathrine Fraser, Redstick Creek. Cookie Settings, Smithsonian American Art Museum / Art Resource, NY, Kids Start Forgetting Early Childhood Around Age 7, Archaeologists Discover Wooden Spikes Described by Julius Caesar, 5,000-Year-Old Tavern With Food Still Inside Discovered in Iraq, Artificial Sweetener Tied to Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke, Study Finds, The Surprisingly Scientific Roots of Monkey Bars. In order to secure his release, Osceola agreed to sign the Treaty of Payne's Landing and to bring his followers into the fort. We would love to be able to discuss further anything that others may know about this genealogy of Osceola and his wives. Many Seminole chiefs refused to sign the treaty, leading to the outbreak of the Second Seminole War and Osceolas fame. Osceola (1804 - January 30, 1838), or Asi-Yaholo, was also known as Billy Powell during his childhood. wives (2) each had 1 child who arrived at Fort Mellon Nov 1837 with him: Wife #2: Ah-lik-Chen m. about 1834, not much known about her When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter McQueen,[1] after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars. Privacy Statement 2023 Smithsonian Magazine General Woodward further says: "Billy Powell or Osceola went with his uncle, McQueen, to Florida. Like his mother, Billy was raised in the Creek tribe. "[7]:221,218. Sant, Claudio. It was there in Florida, in an adopted tribe, where Billy Powell became Osceola and in time a leader of warriors. Hepsy Homarty ( DP Note- William Powells child only) Her father, James McQueen, had numerous wives, most of which were kin to 1st wife Katherine Fraser. The only Tribe in America who never signed a peace treaty. Holatta Micco (Billy Bowlegs) led the Seminole Tribe through the last days of the Seminole struggle against removal. Pinecone7777@hotmail.com, Osceola were my ancestors and we still resides in America today but many things have been kept from us, My name is McKenley son of Hannah Mary Ella Walker/ McKinney. 5. well, Nathan Powell, Stephen Powell, Silas Powell, Missouri Canaday, Sarah Ann Powell, Santee 'sunnie' Powell, Sanse Rhoden (bo 1801 - Upper Creek Town Tallassee, Alabama, USA, Jan 30 1838 - Fort Moultrie, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, John William "chufi Hadjo" (Mad Or Drunk Rabbit) Powell, Chekika Polly Ann Powell (born Coppinger). https://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2018/05/01/missouri-powell-canaday-sister-of-osceola-moniac/ In life, Osceola was perhaps the most influential leader among the scattered, often rival clans of Florida that became known as the Seminoles. Capt. Many sources state that Osceola's father was an English trader, William Powell, but others claim that Osceola's father was a Creek who died soon after Osceola's birth, and that . Absolam Powell the 1st was my great, great, great, great grandfather. 3. ************************************************************************ Osceola (Billy Powell) Born to a Creek mother and a white father, Osceola's family joined the Seminole following the Creek Civil War. We are a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe. [10][4]:58, Through the 1820s and the turn of the decade, American settlers continued pressuring the US government to remove the Seminole from Florida to make way for their desired agricultural development. James McQueen to Osceola I need more information to plug into our family tree. I am 4th great granddaughter of Osceola Billy Powell. My great-great-grandmothers name is also Osceola. I have looked for at least 10 years. His mother was Polly Coppinger and father William Powell. Known for his resistance to the United States and its military, Osceolas final resting place outside of the sallyport of Fort Moultrie is surrounded by visual reminders of the army and is a place to reflect on his legacy. I have chased the Rachel Rhoden to Sanee/Sanse/Santee/Sunnie Powell (Osceolas sister?) She mentioned that she was related to Osceola. (Bk SOURCE below. Hello, I live in Macon Co, Alabama and would be interested in talking with you about the Powell family of Macon Co and Osceola. View full article. old in 2019, living? [4]:135 The United States first imprisoned him at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, then transported him to Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina. Archaeologists later proved that Shriver had dug up animal remains; Osceola's body was still in its coffin. https://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2018/05/01/missouri-powell-canaday-sister-of-osceola-moniac/, http://www.oldkingsroad.com/king's%20lynn/King's%20Lynn%202011.pdf, Cherokee-White Intermarriages in IndianTerritory, Cherokee Ancestry The Most Persistent Native American FamilyLegend, Native Male Y DNA Haplogroup C-P39Branches, Native American and First Nations DNA Testing BuyerBeware, 1868 Mattaponi Indian Tribe Membership Roll and Petition toGovernor, Indians in 1801-1804 Cherokee Agency PassBook, 1762 Indian Wars John Martin FamilyCaptured, Jackson Purchase Negotiations with theChickasaws, Horse Shoe Jim, an Indian Chief, Claiborne County,Tennessee, Further Analysis of Native American DNA Haplogroup CPlanned. Born Billy Powell, Osceola was his name assumed at adulthood. James Parker Brother of Hepsy Homarty Powell; Maurnee Powell; Santee Powell; James L Powell; Thomas A Powell and 6 others; Emeline A Powell; Mary Jane Powell; Rachel Coppinger Powell; Lucy Powell; Sanee Powell and Charles Powell less The land, however, was unsuitable for agriculture and located away from the coastline so that Seminoles could no longer trade with Cubans and others for arms, ammunition, etc. B: Oct. 15, 1771- about 1814 As a child, Osceola went by the name Billy Powell, but later he fully embraced the identity of his adopted tribe, the Seminoles of Florida. All information seems to be true except that of Rachel Rhoden being the daughter of Sanee Powell. 1780-1849). My family hid the record of her birth-parents, and I know nothing about them except that her mother or father was likely a fieldhand in North Carolina. Mvto, Thank you, Ben Powell. I think there may be a connection to the Canaday family. Born Billy Powell, Osceola was his name assumed at adulthood. Shriver traveled around the state in 1967 to gather support for his project. (LogOut/ * Osceolas Legacy by Patricia Wickman (premiere Osceola expert) . My great grandmothers name was Ola Ellington from Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. Osceola and the Great Seminole War by Thom Hatch is the best resource that I have seen P. 5 starts detailing his family lineage . The story of Osceola and the Great Seminole War in Florida seems so fantastic at times . I am willing to cooperate with DNA match. 1,121,896: People also liked. It makes sense that the Creek Indians hid out in the Okefenokee and possibly Rachel took the story from the Canaday family while working in that area. Sources:Porter, Kenneth. Mishall, John and Mary Lou Mishall (2004). Chekika Married John WilliamPowell (Chufi Hadjo) during the Wars our family went to Florida to stay with Chekikas Cousin of the Seminole. During purification rites, a Seminole warrior drinks a black purgative liquid brewed from yaupon holly leaves. Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, 77 survivors headed to the swamps My name is Patty Daley I was just reading your family history. Because of the chief's significance, over time some people have created forgeries of Osceola's belongings. Osceola, suffering from poor health, spent his final month at Fort Moultrie as a prisoner of the US Army. I cant find that name anywhere. m. Che-Cho Ter (Morning Dew), 3. Thank you Vicki Lee Wise 870.414.3061. MY name is Benjamin Powell and I am the 4x Great Grandson of Osceola Billy Powell. By 1885, the death mask and some of Osceolas belongings ended up in the anthropology collection of the Smithsonian Institution, where they are still held. wonder if we are related I was told he is my great grand uncle as well [7]:825, Thompson considered Osceola to be a friend and gave him a rifle. [1]:217218 [4]:115116, Osceola was named Billy Powell at his birth in 1804 in the Creek village of Talisi, which means "Old Town". The process of relocating native peoples to territories as far west as Oklahoma was favored by the American government, especially General Andrew Jackson.In the years following initial resistance to relocation, including the First Seminole War, 1817-1818, Osceola became an outspoken advocate for Seminole rights. Osceolas grave marker says, Osceola, Patriot and Warrior, died at Fort Moultrie, January 30, 1838., State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/4295, http://www.kislakfoundation.org/millennium-exhibit/profiles6.htm, http://www.floridamemory.com/solr-search/results/?q=%28osceola%20OR%20tt%3Aosceola%5E10%29&query=osceola, https://nativeheritageproject.com/2014/03/15/creek-indian-mound-near-fort-decatur-alabama/, https://nativeheritageproject.com/2014/03/12/osceola-powell-seminole-chief/, http://floridamemory.com/blog/2013/01/30/osceola-ca-1804-1838/. In today's dollars, for every Seminole person shipped west, the government spent the equivalent of $8.5 million. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a . Osceola, who previously contracted malaria in Florida, became severely ill soon after arriving at Fort Moultrie. Source: Baker Co Historical Lib- McQueen family book, Betty Wadford (about 90 Osceola managed to lead his followers, including noncombatants, from safe haven to ambush site to safe haven, while eluding multiple armies. Osceola (Billy Powell) Medicine Man and War Chief (1804-1838) Osceola (ah-see-oh-la), William 'Billy' Powell, 1804-1838, was a Medicine man and War Chief of the Florida Seminoles during the Indian removal from Florida to unsettled U.S. territory in Oklahoma during the early 1800s. Would like to know more. MOTHER: POLLY Ann (Coppinger) Powell 1769/71 married 3X. Pollys 3 children Sara Missouri, Sanee, and William (Osceola) Powell. Today, his renown lives on in various place names, including Osceola counties in several states and the Osceola National Forest in Florida. One of his wives was black, and Osceola fiercely opposed the enslavement of free people. I am trying to find out who Sanee Powell Rhodens spouse was, as well as the notion there were two men named Yoha-Hadjo Rhoden. It would perhaps also answer the question as to whether or not William Powell was Osceolas biological father. The legendary warrior is also the symbol of Florida State University in Tallahassee. Kind of difficult as I live in Mississippi and far away from our people. Im just seeking additional clarity as I find the extent of the European heritage in these native Americans (particularly in the Creek tribes) to be a fascinating aspect of the social/ethnic characterizations in the recorded native American history. Seminole Tribe. Osceola, having suffered from chronic malaria since 1836, and having acute tonsillitis as well, developed an abscess[7]:233 and died of quinsy[4]:144 on January 30, 1838, three months after his capture. Historians believe he was born in Alabama in 1804 to a Creek mother and a Scottish father. Some Cherokee, Choctaw and Seminole chiefs went along, but Osceola and other Seminoles refused to sign the Treaty of Fort Gibson, which would have ceded their Florida homeland. George Catlin, a well-known artist, portrayed Osceola while forming a brief friendship with the legendary Seminole.Osceola whose name refers to the black drink or asi, combined with the call shouted after drinking this emetic, yaholo resided at Fort Moultrie very briefly before succumbing to a severe throat illness on January 30, 1838. Some of Osceolas belongings are still held by the Weedon family, while others have disappeared. 1,121,895: 2. Ann was likely the sister or aunt of Peter McQueen, a prominent Creek leader and warrior. Son of William Lawrence Powell and Polly Ann Moniac Powell I am trying to find out what day Osceola was born. Coppinger), 'chekika' Polly Ann Moniac Powell (born Coppinger). Then theres Che Cho Ter his other wife. Osceola was named Billy Powell at birth in 1804 in the Creek village of Talisi, now known as Tallassee, Alabama, in current Elmore County. 1798-ab 1855. This is a wonderful journey. of Florida. He settles with the Muscogee(MVSKOKE) Creek. For almost two years, he led a band of warriors in resistance against the United States during the second Seminole war. I know we come from Wind Clan. this i find to be really some thing as to why well in my family we have 5 William Powells in on of my family trees that well i have looked up genealogy on. of THE OKEFENOKEE. Also looking for our band of ancestors and a tribal number. His mother Polly Coppinger was daughter of Ann McQueen who was part Muscokgee. 2. 1. I had heard that Oskaloosa, Iowa was named after a wife of Osceola named Ouscaloosa. She is Saris great grandmother. My telephone number is (662)596-5938. During the 1830s, Osceola, a Seminole warrior, led members of his tribe in Florida in a valiant attempt to resist the US Armys efforts to forcibly deport them to a reservation west of the Mississippi River. 4. M 1826. A 19th-century lithograph depicting Osceolabased on a portrait painted from life by artist George Catlin in 1838records the warriors elaborate wardrobe, including a feathered hat, embroidered sash andhanging around his neckthree crescent-shaped ceremonial metal gorgets, reminiscent of European knightly armor. John Wesley Powell is my 3x Great Grandfather. Following various escape attempts, officials brought Osceola and several other Seminoles to Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, in December 1837. Polly then married William Powell, a white Scottish trader, who adopted [12][7]:1028, On October 21, 1837, Osceola and 81 of his followers were captured by General Joseph Hernndez on the orders of General Thomas Jesup, under a white flag of truce, when they went for peace talks to Fort Peyton near St. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Robert J. Curtis painted an oil portrait of Osceola as well. Celebrated by writers, studied by scholars, he was a charismatic war leader who staunchly resisted the uprooting of the Seminoles by the U.S. government; the garters testify to his sartorial style. Ann was probably the sister or aunt of Peter McQueen, a prominent Muscogee leader and warrior. After early military skirmishes and the signing of the 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek, by which the US seized the northern Seminole lands, Osceola and his family moved with the Seminole deeper into the unpopulated wilds of central and southern Florida. When his illness was at its peak, Susan Orlean wrote in The Orchid Thief, Osceola roused himself from his sickbed and dressed himself in his favorite outfit of large silver earrings, a feathered turban, red war paint, ostrich plumes, silver spurs, a decorated powder horn, a fancy bullet pouch, a striped blanket, and a whalebone cane. Sunnie/Sanee (Powell) Rhoden 1798- about 1855, 2. More European-American settlers started moving in, encroaching on the Seminole. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. His Creek mother, Polly Copinger, was married to Englishman William Powell. [4]:172 Weedon kept the head for himself, as well as other objects belonging to Osceola, including a brass pipe and a silver concho. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture. Ben, I have a cousin on Ancestry.com, Timothy Powell, who is a direct descendant of James Powell (William Powells brother). Facebook gives people. CORRECT if Osceola LINK is correct (Doubtful) Rumors persist that his embalmed head has been found in various locations. Milanich, Jerald T. 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My e-mail is patriciadaley67@gmail.com or can text me at319-931-4429. Known as Billy Powell for the first ten years or so of his life, he took the name Osceola after a coming-of-age ceremony. Big Warrior George Washington Cornells Aka Tustenuggee Thloco Cornell and, SP # 2: WILLIAM Powell 1761-1830, Little Trader (oldest of 8 kids of James & Also Powell) m. in Seminole Co., GA (SW GA near Jackson Co., FL and Houston Co, AL) OR 1778-1852 findagrave, Their KIDS:(3 + Williams 2): The Canadays remained here and Missouris sisters family later went to adjacent Columbia County, Florida, but the rest of Osceolas family moved farther down into Florida where he grew up and became famous as a leader of the Seminoles Native American Haplogroup Origins and AncestralOrigins, James Whitehurst, Indian, Princess Anne County,VA, Eugenics as Indian Removal: Sociohistorical Processes and the De(con)struction of American Indians in theSoutheast, 1837 Treaty with the Choctaw andChickasaw. I know Os Se YOHOLO is enrolled on the Talisi Tribal Town Rolls of 1832 as number 161. That story is passed on through the Canady family which may be true for the Canaday family. I am soon to be 76 years old.My paternal grandmother was Nanny Powell Renfrow. Still at Fort Moultrie, Osceolas grave provides a site to reflect on the life and times of this significant historical figure. [27][4]:212 Capt. A pair of woven, beaded garters reflects the spirit of Seminole warrior Osceola.
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