John Catron

Biography

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John Catron was born in Virginia in 1802. He married Margaret Hildebrand, a Cherokee, about 1828. [1] The family appears on the 1835 Cherokee Census living on Okoa Creek (now Tennessee), near Margaret's parents. [2]

They were the parents of three children, Carolina, Lafayette, and Levannah Elizabeth. [3]

The family was Removed to Indian Territory and settled in the Tahlequah District, Cherokee Nation. [4] John died in 1865. [5]

Sources

1. ↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. pp.. 113 & 208.
2. ↑ 1835 Cherokee Census. Transcript, Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill Oklahoma, 2002. #314
3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Court of Claims, Record Group 75, Eastern Cherokee Application #1080, daughter Elizabeth Keys.
4. ↑ 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, Fort Worth, Texas. Tahlequah District, p. 7 #36
5. ↑ Hampton, David K. and Baker, Jack D., eds. Old Cherokee Families Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1987. Vol. 1, Note E312, p. 207