Margaret Moseley

Shawnee Heritage

A note from a descendant with information that might be helpful to others.

Margaret Vann Moseley b: 1768 in Edgefield Co, SC, was the Granddaughter of Squirrel King,

Chief of the Savannah River Chickasaws b: 1688, located near present day Augusta, GA,

or back then Ft. Moore, GA.

I grew up in Birmingham, AL, but moved to Greenville, SC for a job about 10

years ago. About 5 years ago I found the name Squirrel King on my genealogy

and had to investigate it.

I only live about 100 miles from Edgefield, SC where the Vann family lived on Horns Creek.

I have since found out that our Vann family were Descendants of Holesqua

Opeechan "Stream" Cornstalk b: 1628, A War Chief of the Shawnee Nation, which was

the largest Tribe in the US!

About 5 years ago I started gathering information about our family, which

were famous Shawnee, Cherokee, Chickasaw and Powhattan descendants, which is

listed in a book by: Don Greene called Shawnee Heritage 1, Shawnee Genealogy and

Family History, available at Target, Amazon.com and LULU.com.

It list Margaret Vann as being the daughter of Edward Ned Vann and Mary King. And I do have proof of that!

I also have research documents by the Moseley Family, which my Great Grandmother

Margaret Vann Moseley married into, and the documents state that Edward Ned Vann

and Mary King were her parents. There are also references to our Great Grandmother being Cherokee

in the Moseley Books 1 & 2 (found in any Historical Library across the US).

Edward Ned Vann b: 1744 which married Mary King b: 1743 is the son of Mary

Barnes b:1720 and Edward Vann b: 1720.

I have documents placing Edward Vann living in Edgefield, SC on census and

court records, land and tax records, etc. Edward Ned Vann was a rich peach

farmer on the Savannah River, and either him or his father Edward Vann owned 2

trading post one on each side of the Savannah River. His father Edward Vann

sold the British Government 400 acres of land, upon which to build Ft.

Charlotte, which I also have documents copied from the Greenville Library in SC..

Edward Vann b: 1720 was born in the Cherokee Nation, his parents were John

Vann born about 1690 his mother was a Cherokee woman of the Anikowi Deer Clan.

(They hunted deer down on foot)! That is where Edward Vann met his first wife Mary Barnes b: 1720. Which is our Great Grandmother also.

Mary Barnes was the daughter of Richard Barnes and April Tikami Hop b:1695

(sister of Old Hop, Echota Cherokee Chief) They lived in Hiawasee, GA.

April "Tikami" Hop ( meaning April Water) was the daughter of Big Turkey

Cornstalk b: 1760 and UNK woman. He was also the brother of Okowellos

Cornstalk born: 1740

When April "Tikami" Hop was 3 years old her parents were murdered by

Catawaba Raiders, and her and her 4 siblings were left there to die, because no one,

would take them in. Pigeon Moytoy her aunt's husband, heard about this and

went to Hiawassee and brought the children home to raise in the Cherokee Nation

( he was the Emperor of the Cherokee Nation, and also related to Cornstalk

through his mother and his wife ). Visit WWW. My Carpenter Genealogy

Big Turkey Cornstalk b: 1760 was the son of Holesqua Opeechan "Stream"

Cornstalk b: 1628 and wife Nonoma? Holesqua Opeechan "Stream"

Cornstalk b: 1628 and was A War Chief in the Shawnee Nation which was basically everything east of the Mississippi but not the leader of the hole tribe, that would be, His son Okowellos Cornstalk born: 1740, in Ohio, was the only Chief of the Entire Shawnee Nation Shawnee had villages all over the place and intermarried with all of the Tribes, especially the Cherokee.

Shawnee Heritage I

Shawnee Genealogy and Family History

by Don Greene (found at Target, Amazon.com and LuLu.com)

Web sites:

http://kyusa.addr.com/Cherokee/index.html

http://kyusa.addr.com/Cherokee/index. html

http://www.southern-style.com/southern_family.htm

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com /cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=weeksjd

Native American Heritage:

1. Holesqua Opeecham "Stream" Cornstalk (Shawnee War Chief)

+ Nonoma

2. Big Turkey Cornstalk

+Unk

3. April Tikami Hop Cornstalk (sister of Old Hop,

all the children were adopted by a cousin, Emperor Moytoy of the Cherokee Nation)

+ Richard Barnes

4. Mary Barnes

+ Edward Vann

5. Edward Ned Vann

+ Mary King (She was the daughter of Squirrel King, Chief of the Savannah River Chickasaws and a Thawakilla Shawnee Woman)

rosemarygardner originally submitted this to Gardner & Taylor (Horton) on 24 Dec 2009

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