Notes that belong to someone else, not this Malinda Ross
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Nar-Nee was a full-blood Overhill Cherokee from what is today Cherokee, No rth Carolina. She took the English name of Elizabeth Ross. Researchers a re still trying to determine the relationship, if any, between Nar-Nee's f amily and that of Chief John Ross. Nar-Nee had a brother named Oo-ya-sis-t ah and a sister named Gar-en-sah.
The three eldest children of William and Nar-Nee may have been born in Wil kes County, Georgia, where William and his brother John had received boun ty land for their military service during the Revolutionary War. They le ft Georgia around 1789 and returned to North Carolina, where William is fo und on the 1790 federal census for Randolph County. Speculation is that th ey returned to North Carolina due to the fact that white settlers were mov ing into Georgia and displacing the Cherokee. Oral family history indicat es that William and John might have been as much as 1/2 Cherokee. They mig ht have felt unwelcome, or threatened, living in Georgia.
Some of their decendents went to Indian Territory during the time of the C herokee removal of 1839 ("The Trail of Tears"). Other family members mig ht have left before the forced removal and still others went to Indian Ter ritory after the Civil War.
Nar-Nee's nephew (a son of Oo-ya-sis-tah) took the name John Ross (n ot to be confused wtih Chief John Ross). He went west to the new Cherok ee Nation in Indian Territory after the Civil War when the Western Cherok ee extended an invitation to the Eastern Cherokee to join them. He submitt ed an affidavit to Tahlequah in 1887 in support of the application for cit izenship of Jaley Asbill Johnson, daughter of Ross Asbill.
Census and other records indicate that Nar-Nee and William probably went b ack to Hangingdog, North Carolina after their youngest daughter Sarah marr ied and moved to Missouri in the late spring of 1829. For a number of yea rs before the forced removal of 1839, it was becoming increasingly obvio us to most Cherokee that the white man was going to take their land. So me Cherokee left for the assigned Indian lands in Arkansas and later in In dian Territory before 1839.
Neither Nar-Nee nor William appear on the federal census of 1830, nor in t he 1835 Cherokee census, which was taken just prior to (and in anticipati on of) the removal. William might have died sometime between 1829 and 183 5. There is a possibity that Nar-Nee might have gone west with relativ es to Indian Territory, but she died before the Old Settler Payroll of 185 1. The payroll lists a Nar-Nee (deceased) who had been living in the house hold of Kee Kee Gunter (age 40), her nephew, in Ft. Gibson, Cherokee Natio n, Indian Territory. So far, the only Nar-Nee that researchers have been a ble to find in Cherokee records has been William's wife.
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William Asbill [Parents] was born in 1763 in Bertie, NC. He died in 1820 in Madison Co., KY. He married Nar-Nee "Elizabeth" Ross in 1783 in Estill, Nc.
Found in 1810 Kentucky census: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ky/madison/census/1810/215.jpg
Nar-Nee "Elizabeth" Ross [Parents] was born in 1770 in Hangingdog, Cherokee Nation, NC. She died in 1851 in Ft. Gibson, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (OK). She married William Asbill in 1783 in Estill, Nc.
1. Ethelda Henry, said in a letter to Lucille Gano that William's descendants in Kentucky had told her that William only had one wife. Recently, several very important documents were found by David Nobles and Arlona Mayhugh among the records of the Cherokee Nation's Commission on Citizenship (1887) and the Guion Miller Commission (1907). These records verify, among other things, that the wife of William Asbell, Sr., was a full-blood Overhill Cherokee from what is today Cherokee Co., North Carolina. Her name was Nar-nee, and she took the English name of Elizabeth Ross. (See note #4 re: John Ross' affidavit.)
2. Researchers are still trying to determine the relationship, if any, between Nar-nee's family and that of Chief John Ross. The records mentioned in note #3 indicate that Nar-nee had a brother named Oo-ya-sis-tah and a sister named Gar-en-sah. Some of their descendants went to Indian Territory during the time of the Cherokee removal of 1839 ("The Trail of Tears"). Others may have left before the removal. Still others, it is known, went to Indian Territory after the Civil War. Nar-nee had a nephew (son of Oo-ya-sis-tah) who took the name of John Ross. This particular John Ross, not to be confused with Chief John Ross, came west to the new Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory after the Civil War when the Western Cherokee extended an invitation to the Eastern Cherokee to join them. He submitted an affidavit in Tahlequah in 1887 in support of the application for citizenship of Jaley Asbill Johnson, daughter of Ross Asbell. John Ross, who was first cousin to John and Ross Asbell, knew Nar-nee and William when they were living at Hangingdog, North Carolina. He mentions their two sons, John and Ross, only.
He makes no mention of the three older children, who were probably born in Georgia. The three older children were apparently staying with relatives in Randolph Co., where Mary Nancy was married in 1801, before William moved the whole family in 1805 to Madison Co., Ky. His brother, John, had already moved to Madison Co. about ten years earlier.
3. Census and other records indicate that Nar-nee and her husband, William, probably went back to Hangingdog, N.C., after their daughter and youngest child, Sarah, married and moved to Missouri in the late spring of 1829. For a number of years before the forced removal of 1839, it was becoming increasingly obvious to most Cherokee that the white man was going to take their land. Some Cherokee ("Old Settlers") left for assigned Indian lands in Arkansas and later in Indian Territory before 1839. Neither Nar-nee nor William are on the federal census of 1830 nor the 1835 Cherokee census, which was taken prior to and in anticipation of the removal. William may have died sometime between 1829 and 1835, and Nar-nee may have gone west with relatives to Indian Territory, but died before the Old Settler Payroll of 1851. The payroll listed a Nar-nee (deceased) who had been living in the household of Kee Kee Gunter (age 40), her nephew, in Ft. Gibson, Cherokee Nation, I.T. So far, the only Nar-nee that researchers have found in Cherokee records has been William's Cherokee wife.
4. The three eldest children of William & Nar-nee may have been born in Wilkes Co., Georgia, where William and his brother, John, received bounty land for their military service during the Revolutionary War. They left Georgia around 1789 and return to North Carolina, where William is found on the 1790 federal census for Randolph Co. The reason they returned to North Carolina may have been due to the fact that white settlers were moving into Georgia and displacing the Cherokee. Oral family history indicates that William and John may have been as much as 1/2 Cherokee. The Asbells may have felt unwelcome, even threatened, living in Georgia.
They had the following children:
* F i Mary Nancy Asbill
* M ii William Asbill Jr
* M iii Joseph Asbill
* M iv John Asbill
* M v Ross Asbill
* F vi Lydia Asbill
* F vii Elizabeth Asbill
* F viii Sarah Asbill
