Susannah Charity Watie

Susannah Waite was a Cherokee woman

Biography

Susannah Reece was born about 1775 in the Cherokee Nation (East), the child of Charles Reese (a Welsh man) and Nancy (Anna) Cherokee a member of the Deer Clan. [1] Susannah married Oowatie (David Watie) about 1798. They were the parents of eleven children: Dawnee, [2] Stand, Buck (Elias Boudinot), Peggie (Wakie), [3] Nancy,[4], an unnamed daughter [5] Black (Thomas), [6] Mary Ann, [7] John, [8] Elizabeth, [9] and Charles. [10] Susannah and her family were very involved with the Moravian missionaries who arrived in the Cherokee Nation about 1800. Her children Dawny, Buck, Stand, and Black all attended the mission school. Susannah was baptized September 22, 1822. [11] In April of 1831 the Moravians wrote "Sr. Susan Charity has been ill for more than two months already with consumption. Several days ago we heard that she was close to her end..." and on October 21, 1832 they wrote that they were informed "of [her] blessed homegoing." Susannah was buried at the family cemetery, (near Oothcalooga) with the service performed by Moravian Brother Henry Clauder. [12]

Research Notes

According to The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, her father, "CHARLES REES", was a Welshman.[13]

Find A Grave: Memorial #173113787 - Memorial has incorrect birth date and death location; Susannah was buried at her home.
1835 Census enumerating the household of STAND WATIE on Oothcalooga Creek, and Majr. Ridge on Oostennollee River in Georgia, Susannah died in Georgia not Oklahoma.[14]

MAJ. RIDGE - six fullbloods, owners of 2 ferryboats; 4 farms and 1 farmer, 1 read of Cherokee, 1 weaver, 1 spinster.
STANDWATIE - One fullblood, 1 quarterblood, 1 white marriage; 2 reads of English; no farmer, 1 farm. one weaver.
WATIE did not move west until 1837.

Sources

↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 451
↑ Crews & Starbuck, eds. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK. Vol. 4, pp. 1594-1596. died Sept. 27, 1812. p. 1721
↑ Crews and Starbuck, Moravians, p. 1594
↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #5912, son William. Digitized at Fold3.com
↑ McClinton, Rowena, ed. The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2007. Vol. II, p. 105 "[Watie's] little five-year-old daughter ... was burned so severely that she died..."
↑ Crews and Starbuck, Moravians, Vol. 6, p. 2845
↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #14747, daughter Harriet McPherson. Digitized at Fold3.com
↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #13712, daughter Susan Bean. digitized at Fold3.com
↑ Starr, Emmet. Manuscript Records, Ridge-Watie Family. Oklahoma Historical Society Microfilm AMD27
↑ Hampton, David K. and Baker, Jack D., eds. Old Cherokee Families Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1987. Vol. 11, Note H805
↑ Crews and Starbuck, Moravians, Vol. 6, p. 1914.
↑ Crews and Starbuck, Moravians, Vol. 9 pp. 4437, 4662-4665
↑ Armstrong, Zella, The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volume 1, page 44 citing Susannah Rees and Charles Rees
↑ Compilation by Foreman, Grant, Book Superintendent for Five Civilized Tribes, Cherokee Census 1835, Vol. 14, Digital images: https://www.okhistory.org/research/digital/foremantrans/foreman.sup..., page 224, citing Stand Watie, page 207 citing Maj. Ridge