Elizabeth Moore ‘Betsy’ Sutton

Elizabeth aka Betsy WARD was born ABT 1790, and died AFT 1851. She married Elijah SUTTON on ABT 1816. She was the daughter of John WARD and Catherine aka Caty and Katy McDANIEL.

1/4 Cherokee Her parents were John Ward son of Bryan Ward (a ttrader in the Cherokee Nation and Ann?) This Elizabeth "Betsy" Ward is not to be confused with the Elizabeth "Betsy" Ward , daughter of Bryan Ward and Nancy Kingfisher( Fullblood -1/2 Deleware and 1/2 Cherokee) Nancy was a Chief on the Cherokee Nation East Tribal She was able to overturn any decision of the Tribl councils Chiefs. Elizabeth was married to Elijah Sutton. She and her five children left with an uncle by marriage on the Trail Of Tears and settled in the Goingsnake district of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. Her husband Elijah did not accompany her on the Trail Of Tears and he died in Franklin County Georgia near the Alabama line.

“Betsy is listed in the OLD SETTLER ROLLS of the Cherokee Tribl Nation. I have the Cherokee Tribe Rolls.”

N4226 She did not die on the Trail of Tears.

“Census of Cherokees in the limits of Tennessee in 1835" Betsy Sutton: Heads of families, Indians, half-breeds, quadroons and whites - Betsy Sutton Residence, state and county, and watercourse - Ooltewah Creek Under 18 years - 3 Under 16 years - 2 Over 16 years - 3 Total Cherokees - 8 Acres in cultivation - 7 Houses - 3 Bushels corn raised - 100 Half-breeds - 8 Mixed Catawbys - 8 Spinsters - 3

The next person on the census is Te-Las-Sha-Ske, head of of a family of 8. This is a Cherokee man! It is not Betsy; although many people have listed this as Betsy Sutton's "Indian" name. On the 1817 Reservation Roll, you will find him listed as Tee-las-ska-ask living below the Little Telico River near Si-tu-wa-kee. Elijah Sutton and his wife Betsy are on the same roll, living elsewhere.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 75 as Elizabeth Moore Sutton
• Death date seen as April 10, 1867 (78-79) without citation

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Elizabeth aka Betsy WARD (John /WARD/) was born ABT 1790, and died AFT 1851.

She married Elijah SUTTON on ABT 1816, son of James D. /SUTTON/ and Catherine /DOVE/. He was born ABT 1781, and died AFT 1845 in Oklahoma Indian Territory.

She married John COX on AFT 1826. He was born ABT 1780.

She married Male MORRIS.

Children of Elizabeth aka Betsy /WARD/ and Elijah /SUTTON/ are:

1. Henrietta SUTTON was born ABT 1817 in Cherokee Nation East, Georgia, and died ABT 1840 in Oklahoma Indian Territory.
2. Catherine SUTTON was born ABT 1822, and died AFT 1851.
3. Harriet SUTTON was born ABT 1824.
4. John W. aka Jack SUTTON was born ABT 1826 in Cherokee Nation East Georgia, and died 28 JUN 1865 in Oklahoma Indian Territory.
5. Loretta aka Lorena SUTTON was born ABT 1829, and died ABT 1865

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Children of Elizabeth aka Betsy /WARD/ and Male /MORRIS/ are:

1. George MORRIS was born ABT 1830.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cox-1122 cites
  • Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 382. Digitized edition at Starr Archive.Org
  • Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. pp. 483-484
  • Drennen Roll of "Emigrant Cherokee," 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Goiog Snake District, #75-77. digitized at Ancestry.com
• Page 84 of the Guion Miller Roll at Fold3 image Drennen Roll, Eastern Cherokees, 1851