Gwa-sdy ‘Betsey‘ Scraper

Betsey is a Cherokee woman

Betsey Scraper, (Oo-le-nah-we3, Dee-su-gaw-skee2, /Oo-ka-wor-dar/1 ) b. ABT 1844 in Flint District, I .T., d. 15 Jan 1917, buried in Barber Cemetery, Cherokee Co., Okla.

    Her Cherokee name was Gwa-sdy, also Che-law-nah-che, also Che-la-nuh-cha.

    She married John Justice, b. 1839, d. 1900, buried in Barber Cemetery, Cherokee Co., Okla.

    John’s Cherokee name was Ton-tas-ki   Ga-luh-li, also Tuh-nuh-de-ski.

                     Children:

         103.  i.    Arch5 Justice.

                 ii.   John Jr Justice, d. ABT 1904, buried in Barber Cemetery, Cherokee Co., Okla.

                 iii.  Johnson Justice, d. BEF 1906.

         104.  iv.  Mollie Justice b. 5 Feb 1884.

         105.  v.   Ollie Justice b. ABT 1886.

                 vi.  Mary Justice, b. 1888, d. ABT 1911, buried in Barber Cemetery, Cherokee Co., Okla.

Source: Scraper, J. (2009). The Scraper - Sixkiller Book: Genealogy and History of the Scraper and Sixkiller Families of the Cherokee People. Aardvark Global Publishing. Extract from Our Scraper Family Compiled by Joe Scraper Jr. @ https://scraperfamily.angelfire.com/texts/Scraper.htm