Is this Beloved Woman Cornblossom, daughter of Chief Doublehead?

This picture was found in the Monticello, KY library. It was in a book by Mr. Kenneth Coffey, taped over a sketch that he had drawn of Beloved Woman Cornblossom.

(9/3/2002 Mr. Roy Troxell, a descendant, was told: "is a picture copied from a 3x4 tintype that was placed in K. Coffey's book by a fellow who wishes to be nameless. He said the picture is of one of Cornblossom's granddaughters who is the spitting image of Cornblossom. The picture was taken about 1860 or has been in his family's possession since 1860") Thank you, Roy

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Cornblossom is the daughter of Chief Chuqualatague aka Chief Doublehead. On April 7, 1803 a marriage Bond was made by Jonathan Blevins and Elisha Blevins to the Honorable James Girrard, Governor of Kentucky, in the sum of fifty pounds

to consummate the marriage of Jonathan Blevins to Katy Troxel daughter of Jacob "Big Jake" Troxel and Cornblossom, daughter of Chief Chuqualatague. Consent of Jacob Troxel , father of the bride, was proven by John Troxel.

Note:

There is an historical marker located at what is reportedly her burial site in Stearns, KY. Since the historical marker has been moved a reported five times, it is uncertain where Cornblossom was actually buried. She accompanied her father to

the signing of the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, 1775 as a girl. This treaty transferred Cherokee Land between the Ohio River and Cumberland River to the Transylvania Society.

Note:

Cornblossom was killed in a massacre which was led by the Franklinites, reportedly a group that followed John Sevier to the future state of Tennessee for the purpose of creating a new nation, or state out of lands then a part of North Carolina.

This movement did result in the creation of the State of Franklin. The State of Franklin failed, eventually becoming Tennessee in 1796.

Note: Cornblossom is thought to have been killed in a massacre by white settlers between August 10th and 13th 1810. The Massacre of Yahoo Falls, Kentucky, McCreary County.

Note: Cornblossom is a proven child of Doublehead/

NB: Many of the dates, relationships, etc. are unproved. Some are just a "working hypothesis," especially those before 1800. Please correspond with the compiler at dpanther@gasou.edu.

Cornblossom was born under the Sand Cliffs at Stearns, KY, near where the old Southern Railroad "Coalchute" or refueling station was located. Legend is that as a young girl, she accompanied her father, Chief Doublehead, at the signing of the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals in 1775, which transferred Cherokee land between the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers to the Transylvania Society. Also, while protecting the tribe's secret mine, she killed a renegade. Her burial place at Stearns, KY is marked by a KY State Historical Marker - 1075 near the First Baptist Church at Stearns and is approximately one mile from her birthplace under the Sand Cliffs at Stearns, KY.

-------------------- Late in the fall of 1810, when the moon was round and full, a group of children and women escorts of Chief Doublehead's tribe of Chickamaguans on their way to Gideon's Blackburn's Indian school, gathered at the big rock house below the cliffs where Yahoo Creek plunges eighty feet from the great Cumberland Plateau to the bottom of the gorge which carries it to the Cumberland River. They were waiting for Princess Cornblossom to lead them south over the old Tellico Trail to Tennessee. Some of the women had already shouldered their packs of furs or sleeping mats for the children and were about to start when shots rang out from the darkness in front of the rock house. Bunched under the rock house and stunned by the unexpected attack, escape was impossible. The braves were the first to fall followed quickly by the mothers and children until not a single Indian was left standing and the floor of the rock house was covered with the dead and dying and ran red with their blood. After the firing ceased and the little band of white men who had committed this foul murder were about to leave, the situation was suddenly reversed. Day was just breaking as Princess Comblossom and her notorious son, Little Jake, arrived on the scene ready to lead their people to safety. Taking in the situation at a glance and occupying a commanding position among the rocks which blocked the white men's escape route, they opened fire. The white party had been reduced to three, but only one of these three survived the firing squad of Princess Cornblossom and her son. Before the execution the Princess pronounced the death sentence in scathing terms such as "You yonegas - you made a treaty with us- if we didn't steal a horse then you wouldn't kill us. You yonegas kill our braves. You kill our women and our babies. Their blood made red the land you steal."

Princess Comblossom, grief stricken by the massacre of her people, died in a few days and was buried by the large flat rock beside the old Tellico Trail that had been travelled by her people for so many years. This flat rock is now within the town of Stearns, Kentucky and the site is marked by an appropriate marker and information sign placed there by the Kentucky Historical Society, which reads:

PRINCESS CORNBLOSSOM

Burial site of daughter of Chief Doublehead. legend is that as a young girl she accompanied her father at signing of Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, 1775, transferring Cherokee's land between Ohio and Cumberland Rivers to Transylvania Society. As-Quaw Tribe settled in region south of river. Protecting tribe's secret mine, she killed a renegade.

Married Big Jake, trader.

Perhaps, Cornblossom physically died as related above. Except, she is not buried in this grave. Keeping with tradition she was taken to a secret location and there laid to rest.