Elizabeth Hopkins

Elizabeth was a Cherokee woman

Biography

Elizabeth Hair was born in the Cherokee Nation (East) in 1813. She was the daughter of Hair De-Go-S-Ka Conrad and Ollie Candy, both Cherokee. She married Daniel Hopkins, a white man, about 1832. They appear on the 1835 Cherokee Census living on Candy's Creek with two daughters. [1] The family was Removed to Indian Territory in 1838 (probably in the detachment led by her father). They were the parents of Rebecca, Electa, Isabella, Sarah, Martha, and four children who died young, Daniel, Francis, Samuel, and Margaret. The family appears on the 1851 Drennan Roll, living in the Delaware District. [2] Elizabeth's death date is unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ 1835 Cherokee Census. Transcript, Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill Oklahoma, 2002. p. 4
2. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Worth, TX; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-01; NARA Series Title: Drennen Roll, 1852; Roll: 1 Delaware #141

See also:
1) National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #141, nephew James Crittenden
2) Hampton, David K. Nancy Ward and her Descendants. Self-published. Oklahoma, 2021. pp. 80-81

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hair-1695
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ELIZABETH HAIR (HAIR DE-GO-S-KA6CONRAD, GUNROD5, JENNIE4ANI'-WA'YA, OCONOSTOTA3, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born 1814.
She married DANIEL B HOPKINS. He was born Abt. 1810 in Pennsylvania.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Delaware, 141 as Elizabeth Hopkins
• Blood: 3/4 Cherokee (Candy's Creek Mission)
• Education: January 08, 1828, Candy's Creek Mission

More About DANIEL B HOPKINS:

• 1835 Census roll: Candy's Creek, McMinn Co, TN
• Blood: Non-Cherokee

Children of ELIZABETH HAIR and DANIEL HOPKINS are:
1511. i. REBECCA8 HOPKINS, b. January 05, 1833; d. June 05, 1888.
1512. ii. ELECTA HOPKINS, b. December 25, 1835, McMinn, TN; d. February 28, 1878.
1513. iii. SARAH ABIGAL HOPKINS, b. January 27, 1839; d. January 28, 1903.

	iv.	 	BELLE HOPKINS, b. Abt. 1840; m. JOHN MARCUS COUNTRYMAN; b. 1840; d. Aft. 1906.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Delaware, 141

More About JOHN MARCUS COUNTRYMAN:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Disputed, 24
• 1869 Census [CN]: Delaware, 204 with 1 woman, 1 boy & 1 girl
• 1880 Census [CN]: Delaware, 564
• 1890 Census [CN]: Delaware, 3919
• 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 3372, roll# 8235
• 1906-09 Miller roll: Afton, OK, ap# 1330, roll# 8564
• Blood: 1/16 Cherokee
• Occupation: 1890, Farmer

1514. v. MARTHA HOPKINS, b. Abt. 1844; d. April 1867.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com., https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...
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80. Elizabeth HAIR (Ollie CANDY, Samuel, Katy (a full-blood Cherokee), Na-ni') was born in 1813 at Cherokee Nation East, now, TN.

• She married Daniel B. HOPKINS circa 1832.
• She enrolled on the 1851 Drennen Roll Delaware #141.

Daniel B. HOPKINS was born at PA. He was enrolled on the 1835 Cherokee Nation census in Candy's Creek, McMinn County, TN #164; 3 quadroons, 1 while.

Children of Elizabeth HAIR and Daniel B. HOPKINS were as follows:
344. i. Rebecca HOPKINS [1833]...
345 ii. Electa HOPKINS [1835]...
346 iii. Isabella HOPKINS [1837]...
347 iv. Sarah Abigail HOPKINS [1839]...
348 v. Martha HOPKINS [1841]...
vi. Daniel HOPKINS died young.
vii. Francis HOPKINS died young.
viii. Samuel HOPKINS died young.
ix. Margaret HOPKINS died young.

Source: Hampton, David Keith. Descendants of Nancy Ward, Beloved Woman of the Cherokees. D.K. Hampton, 1975. Vol 1 page 159-160