Moses Downing

Moses was a Cherokee man

Biography

Moses Downing is the 6th child of John Downing and Jennie. He was born about 1788 in the Eastern Cherokee Nation. He was married to Polly U-YO-S-TI. It has been speculated he was also married to Lydia Tecumseh, said to be the daughter of Tecumseh, but this is far from certain. The last known record of him is the 1835 Henderson Roll in Georgia.[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Genealogy of Major John Downing and his Cherokee Descendants; Title: Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Major John Downing; Author: James R. Hicks; Publisher: Genealogy.com. Cherokee Lineages
2. ↑ Emmett Starr, History of the Cherokee Indians
3. ↑ The Genealogy of Major John Downing and his Cherokee Descendants; Title: Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Major John Downing; Author: James R. Hicks; Publisher: Genealogy.com. Cherokee Lineages

(Curator Note: sources 1 and 3 refer to the Hicks section below. Source 2 refers to the Starr section below)

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Downing-2377
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11 Major DowningA11
1112 George Downing.
2 John Downing. Jennie and Nannie.
3 William Downing.
4 Nannie Downing,
111213 James Downing.
2 Alexander Downing. Oo-go-yo-sti.
3 John Downing. Leah Lovelady.
4 Elizabeth Downing. Stephen Whitmire
112213 Ollie Downing. *
2 Samuel Downing. Susie Dougherty and Elsie Dougherty
3 David Downmg. Peggy Dougherty.
4 Isaac Downing. *
5 Peggy Downing. Archibald Tuckwa.
6 Nellie Downing. *
7 Moses Downing. Oo-yo-sti or Polly and Lydia.
8 Elizabeth Downing. Galcatcher.
9 Celia Downing. * Ezekial McLaughlin.
10 Jesse Downing. * Chicken.
11 Charlotte Downing. Ellis Beck.
12 William Downing. Elizabeth Dougherty and Elsie Downing.
13 Cynthia Downing. Joseph Beck.
14 James Downing. Parris.
15 Catherine Downing. * Still.
16 John Downing. Ollie.
17 Sallie Downing. Tadpole.

Source: Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.
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MOSES DOWNING (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1788.
He married (1) POLLY U-YO-S-TI, daughter of U-YO-S-TI. She was born Abt. 1790.
He married (2) LYDIA TECUMSEH, daughter of CHIEF TECUMSEH and CHEROKEE WOMAN. She was born Abt. 1790.

• Downing 1-2-7 Moses Downing +Oo-yo-sti or Polly +Lydia
• In the family groups there are three sets of half-siblings.
• 1835 Census roll: Ahmacolola River, GA

Notes for LYDIA TECUMSEH:

• Lydia as the daughter of Tecumseh is a supposition; "Tecumseh, a Life" by John Sugden, pg 420, note 12; Johnston to the Piqua Gazette, 30 September 1826, Tecumseh papers, 1YY89; T. L. McKenney and J. Hall, Indian Tribes of North America, 1: 78.It appears that mother and daughter were among the Cherokees who migrated to Arkansas beginning in the 1790s.In the next century Tecumseh was said to have been the grandfather [great-grandfather?] of four or five brave and intelligent Cherokees known as the "fair-skinned" Proctors.

Children of MOSES DOWNING and POLLY U-YO-S-TI are:
78. i. ELIZABETH4 DOWNING, b. Abt. 1812.
79. ii. JUDITH DOWNING, b. Abt. 1814.
80. iii. AARON DOWNING, b. Abt. 1815; d. Bef. 1851.
81. iv. CELIA DOWNING, b. Abt. 1816.

	v.	 	WILLIAM DOWNING, b. Abt. 1817; m. AELIA VANN; b. Abt. 1820.

82. vi. AMBROSE DOWNING, b. Abt. 1820; d. Aft. 1860.
83. vii. JAMES DOWNING, SR, b. 1820; d. 1889.
84. viii. JOHN DOWNING, b. Abt. 1821.

	ix.	 	CATHERINE DOWNING, b. Abt. 1822; m. GEORGE STILL, JR; b. 1809.

	More About GEORGE STILL, JR:

• 1835 Census roll: Etowah River, Cherokee Co, GA
• 1835 Smith Resolution: Hickory Log, voted Nay; anti-treaty
• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 570
• 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 2158
• 1890 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 3351
• Detachment: October 23, 1838, 38-07 Moses Daniel/George Still; as Interpreter
• Occupation: 1890, Farmer

Children of MOSES DOWNING and LYDIA TECUMSEH are:
85. x. DI-SI4 DOWNING, b. Abt. 1808.

	xi.	 	CASH DOWNING, b. Abt. 1812; m. ELIZABETH GOODEN; b. Abt. 1820.

Child of MOSES DOWNING is:

	xii.	 	CELIA4 DOWNING, b. Abt. 1824; m. WILLIAM PROCTOR; b. Abt. 1806; d. Abt. 1858.

	More About CELIA DOWNING:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 319 as Celia Proctor

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Descendants of John Downing, Major” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0010...

	More About WILLIAM PROCTOR:

1835 Census roll: Etowah River, GA
1835 Smith Resolution: Hickory Log, voted Nay; anti-treaty
1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 319
Blood: Non-Cherokee
Detachment 1: October 04, 1838, 38-02 E Hicks/Whitepath; as Asst Manager
Detachment 2: October 23, 1838, 38-07 Moses Daniel/George Still; as Manager