Ca-lieu-cah ‘Mary’ Vann

Mary Vann

• Birth: Circa 1795 - Cherokee, Al
• Parents: James Vann and Nancy Brown
• Siblings: *joseph "rich Joe" Vann
• Husband: Thomas Fox Fox-Taylor
• Husband: Alexander Nave
• Husband: John P Stidham
• Children: James Taylor, Richard Taylor, Jennie Pack (born Taylor), Nannie Timberlake (born Taylor), Susie Thompson (born Taylor), William

Mary Vann was born in the Cherokee Nation (East) about 1795. She was the daughter of James Vann and Nancy Brown. Her first husband was (Thomas) Fox Taylor. [1] They were married about 1812 and were the parents of six children, James, Richard, Nancy, Jane, Susan, and William. They separated about 1824 and Mary married John Stidham about 1825. They had no children. She married Alexander Nave on February 23, 1832. They were the parents of one child, Mary. The family was Removed to Indian Territory in the Brown/Hildebrand detachment. They appear on the 1851 Drennan Roll living in the Flint District. [2] She passed away in 1864. [3]

Sources
1 Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. p.125.
2 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, Texas. p. 80, Family #261 Digitized at ancestry.com
3 National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims. Application #4195, daughter Mary Chambers

Notes

Daughter Mary gave her mother's Cherokee name as "Ca-lieu-cah" on her Eastern Cherokee application in 1907.

Thomas Fox Taylor (known as 'Fox') was born in the Old Cherokee Nation about 1791. He was the father of twelve children. Six by Mary Vann whom he married about 1812, five by Lucy Otterlifter, married about 1824. He also parented a daughter by Oo tus kee Tiger. He served in the Creek War of 1813-1814. He and his family removed to Indian Territory over the Trail of Tears in the Peter Hildebrand detachment. He died in 1842 in the Going Snake District, Indian Territory.