Chief Lloyd Dah-si-ki-yah-gih Romulus Welch, I, Principal Chief

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Chief Lloyd Dah-si-ki-yah-gih Romulus Welch, I, Principal Chief

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cherokee, NC, United States
Death: circa 1880 (31-48)
Cherokee County, NC, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John B. Welch and Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Welch
Husband of Elizabeth A Welch and Mary L Welch
Father of James Blyth Welch
Brother of Edward Nathaniel ‘Ned’ Welch, CSA; Mary Powell; David Welch, CSA; Johnathon R Welch, CSA; John Cobb Welch and 5 others

Occupation: Chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians... 1875-1880
Managed by: Shirley Marie Caulk
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About Chief Lloyd Dah-si-ki-yah-gih Romulus Welch, I, Principal Chief

Principal Chief of NC: 1875-1880. Cherokee Name: Dah-si-ki-yah-gih. Nickname: Shoeboot

Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee 1875-1880

Find A Grave Memorial# 14012015

Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blythe-641

Elizabeth "Betty" Blythe was born in South Carolina in 1795. [1] She married John Welch, a Cherokee, about 1824. They were the parents of at least seven children,

Jonathan,

  1. John,
  2. Richard,
  3. Martha,
  4. Rebecca,
  5. Lloyd, and
  6. Stacy. [2]

She passed away in 1885. She is listed as white on all U.S. Censuses except 1880, when she was living with Indian relatives.


References

  • “A Struggle for Cherokee Community: Excavating Identity in Post-Removal North Carolina” by Lance Greene. < link >

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