Halowas “Silverheels” Cornstalk

Silverheels Cornstalk (son of Whitefish Okowellos Sunfish) died date unknown.

Notes for Silverheels Cornstalk: Silverheels was his name, because when he was born there was no word in the Shawnee tongue for "spurs"A Shawnee infant was named for something remarkable noticed within ten days of its birth.The elder relative who was to find a name for him had seen, on the fourth day, a pair of spurs worn by a Red Coat officer who was in their village.

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Posted: 5 Jun 2007 5:16PM GMT

Classification: Query

Surnames: BUCKANGOLAS, MIMWHA, CORNSTALK, FEATHERSTONE, KEEWETON, LEGET, SILVERHEELS, TECUMSEH

http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.ethnic.natam.nations.shawnee.shaw... Hello Barbara!

I'm sure your e-mail addy has chgd since you posted your SILVERHEELS question.

I too am researching Chief SILVERHEELS. I am a descendant of his daughter, Sarah, who married first to John James LEGET in PA. John James LEGET died & Sarah remarried (I think - but there's some dispute about her 2nd marriage as ever happening) to John FEATHERSTONE.

Here's all that I know: SILVER HEELS (aka Holowas) born: abt 1730 aka Halowas died: abt 1804 OH father: Okowellos male siblings: Cornstalk; Keeweton; Buckangolas; Nimwha sisters: Nonhelema; Elizabeth; Mrs. Cold Water; Catherine; note: a Chalakatha/Mekoche physique: over 6’ tall military: French-Indian War, Braddock, raiding New-Shanadoah River Valleys 1755, raiding Ohio-New River valleys 1758, Pontaic War, Bushy Run, raiding New-Greenbrier-Jackson River valleys 1763, Point Pleasant 1774/78, Boonesboro, Crawford, raiding Ohio River Valley children: father of Silver Heels, Jr./70; Sarah

SILVER HEELS Jr. born: abt 1770 died: aft 1817 parents: father, Silverheels & Shawnee Woman grandparents: Okowellos & ? uncle: Cornstalk spouse: Shawnee Woman note: a Chalakatha/Mekoche military: raiding OH RIver valley 1788, Littler Turtle War, scout-US Army-Thames, a warrior at Lewistown 1817, Treaty 1817

SILVERHEELS, Sarah born: 1775/77 PA died: 9/12/1834 Waterford, Washington Co., OH parents: father was Silverheels (Shawnee) grandparents: Okowellos & ? uncle: Cornstock (Shawnee) spouse 1: John Leget, Indian Scout marriage 1: 1794 PA spouse 1 born: 1765 Litchfield, CT spouse 1died: 1/24/1804 Waterford, Washington Co., OH spouse 2: John Featherstone (this has been disputed) marriage 2: 1/23/1811 Washington Co., OH spouse 2 born: abt 1770 died: after 1830 military: raiding Ohio River Valley 1788; Little Turtle War, US Army-Thames children: John James Leget; Robert; Henry; William P.; Samuel; Jane M., Henry sources: 1. Trees on Ancestry Helton/Walker - public (kimo2460) OWT Uphoff 9 5 04 2. Postings on RootsWeb archives 3. Historic Shawnee Names of the 1700s: http://www.shawnee-traditions.com/Names.html 4. Tree/Research of R. Legget who used to live in Marietta, OH

In addition: A researcher tells me that Sarah (SILVERHEELS) LEGET-FEATHERSTONE had red hair & freckles. If true, then she was most likely the child of a captive adopted by SILVERHEELS.

The last story I have of SILVERHEELS is that he consumed too much at a local Marietta, OH (Washington Co.) and started bragging about the number of scalps he took from white men during the French & Indian War & the American Revolution. It seems that the local townies didn't harm him for this, but he then disappears from me.

That 1st marriage of Sarah & John James LEGET would make more sense to me if John was French. LEGET is most often an English name, but can be French, albeit rarely. Since the Shawnee were at odds with the English for years before 1750 & sided with the French against the English, then the Americans, it is hard to understand how Sarah & John Leget married, but it did happen.

Ohio Shawnee (at least most) were driven to KS, then OK. My thinking is that SILVERHEELS would have been part of the Absentee Shawnee group & if so, his descendants would have gone to Shawnee, OK. The Absentee Shawnee have a web site, but with no Silverheels data on it. They have an office/community center in Shawnee, OK.

There is a settlement in existance today of Shawnee in Urbana/Chillicothe. These Shawnee somehow avoided the exile to KS, then OK. They own land there today and are recognized by the state of OH. It's possible, that Silverheels was one of these Shawnee & never left OH.

There are SILVERHEELS surnames buried in Johnson Co., KS. The ages of those buried would have indicated that they were descendants of SILVERHEELS - if at all related.

The sub-tribe of SILVERHEELS was the same as BLUE JACKET. BLUE JACKET was a cousin of TUCUMSEH (I've seen 2 spellings of this name).

Regarding Shawnee in NC & TN: There's a site on the web that says the Shawnee were in NC & TN. It seems they were in NC before coming to PA. They were referred to a Savannah around 1677 NC, but were chased out by the Catawba Tribe there who had made friends of the English settlers & sided together with them against the Shawnee. After moving to PA (around Lancaster PA) and MD (around Cumberland) they rallied together & just about wiped out the Catawba tribe.

Evidence of being in TN has been found in Indian burial mounds - while on friendly terms (about 1672ish) with the Cherokee. They were driven out of TN by the Chickasaw. Old maps of the Cumberland River name this river as the Shawnee River. I found this info here: Shawnee Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/shawnee/shawnee...

I do wish that everyone would post their Shawnee tree/ancestry on this site so that we can share more data. There is so little available & we owe it to each other to post every little detail.

Best Wishes to All Shawnee Descendants, Donna Mollaun