Catherine "Caty" Marie Fields

CATHERINE MARIA MCCOY, b. Abt. 1793, Chickamauga Dist, CNE [GA]; d. Abt. 1839;
m. (1) ANDREW MILLER, SR, Abt. 1807; b. Abt. 1780, Mecklenburg Co, NC; d. August 1818, Blount Co, TN;
m. (2) THOMAS GANN, October 21, 1819, Mount Joy, near Spring Place Mission; b. Abt. 1785, CNE; d. Abt. 1833;
m. (3) _____ FERGUSON, Abt. 1830; b. Abt. 1790;
m. (4) THOMAS FIELDS, Abt. 1837; b. Abt. 1780, CNE [TN]; d. 1839.

• Halfbreed 1-1-1 Catherine Hicks
• [1855 Testimony of Benjamin F Paden to Chapman, Special File 102]...states that Catherine, his mother-in-law, is the daughter of Daniel McCoy and Lydia Halfbreed.
• [letter of John Thompson Adair, 9/10/18xx] Catherine was a half sister to George Hicks.
• [The Gann Gazette, Fall 1991, pg 7] In 1816, Congress passed legislation providing that Cherokees could acquire 640 acres of land if they took an oath of allegiance to the United States.Andrew Miller, as a white man, applied through the right of his wife, Catherine, and they acquired land on the boarder of Monroe and McMinn counties in Tennessee.In 1818, Andrew Miller was murdered on this land, and apparently Catherine returned to Georgia where her family was living.
• 1835 Census roll: Oothcaloga Creek, GA as Catherine Gann
• Baptism: August 13, 1820
• Blood: 1/2 Cherokee [1/4]
• Clan: Ani'-Ga'tâge'wi = Kituah or Wild Potato (Gu-u-li-si)

	Notes for ANDREW MILLER, SR:

• [Special File 102]. In August of 1818 Andrew Miller Sr attempted to break up a fight between a Cherokee named the Eel and a white man [possibly a mixed blood] named William Maney and Andrew was killed by Maney.This story was recounted by Andrew's nephew, David Taylor, to John Chapman in 1855.This was part of the testimony collected by Chapman concerning the disputed Cherokee lineage of the Maney family.
• 1817-19 Reservations: May 24, 1818, #101, Toqua, in Right of Wife, 8 in family
• Blood: Non-Cherokee

	Notes for THOMAS GANN:

• [The Gann Gazette, Fall 1991, pg 8] Thomas served in Captain Sam Bowman's Company of Mounted Infantry, East Tennessee Volunteers.The records show that he served from September 23 to December 22, 1813.He was paid for 3 months service at $8 a month which came to a total of $24.He also received an allowance of 40 cents a day for his horse which came to $36.40.It would seem that a horse was worth more than a man in those days!
• [The Gann Gazette, Fall 1991, pg 9] In March of 1831, Thomas Gann was arrested at New Echota as a white man living in the Cherokee Nation without a permit--in other words he had not signed an oath of allegiance to the state.
• Blood: Non-Cherokee
• Census: 1830, Gwinnett Co, GA, pg 376

	Notes for THOMAS FIELDS:

• Candy's Creek, C.N., TN, Oct 14, 1826 [ABCFM]
• Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
• Clan: Ani'-Gilâ'hi = Twisters, Braids, or Long Hair Clan (Mary Grant)
• Emigration: 1835, from Arkansas to Cherokee Nation East

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Cornelius Dougherty” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0009...