Nannie ‘Nancy’ Hildebrand

Nannie was a Cherokee woman

Biography

Nancy Martin was born about 1778 in the Cherokee Nation. She was the daughter of Betsy Ward and a white father,Joseph Martin, granddaughter of Nan-ye-hi/Nancy Ward. She married Michael Hildebrand, a white man, about 1800. They were the parents of twelve children, Elizabeth, John, Jane, Margaret, Delilah, Eliza, Stephen, Rachel, Nancy, Joseph, Brice, and Mary. [1] The 1835 Cherokee Census lists the family on Okoa Creek (now Tennessee). [2] Nancy died in April 1837 at the age of 58, and was buried in Ocoee, Tennessee. [3]

Sources

1. ↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. pp. 112-113
2. ↑ Tyner, James. Those Who Cried. Transcript of 1835 Cherokee census. Chi-ga-u, Inc. Norman, OK. 1974. p. 188
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73032161

See also:
Heard, Joseph Norman. "Handbook of the American Frontier: The southeastern woodlands"

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Martin-40886
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NANCY MARTIN (ELIZABETH BETSY5WARD, NANCY4, TAME3DOE, NANCY2MOYTOY, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1778 in CNE [TN], and died April 1837.
She married MICHAEL HILDEBRAND Abt. 1800 in Ocoee, Polk County, TN, son of JOHN HILDEBRAND and BARBARA EAKER. He was born 1781 in CNE [Lincoln Co, NC], and died September 1863 in Canadian Dist, CNW.

• Miller application information given by Nancy Morrowand Emmett Starr.
• Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)

More About MICHAEL HILDEBRAND:

• 1835 Census roll: Okoa Creek, McMinn Co, TN
• 1851 Siler roll: Polk Co, TN, fam# 10, roll# 1492
• 1852 Chapman roll: Polk Co, TN, fam# 10, roll# 1534
• Blood: German

Children of NANCY MARTIN and MICHAEL HILDEBRAND are:
387. i. ELIZABETH BETSEY7 HILDEBRAND, b. March 01, 1801, CNE [TN]; d. December 21, 1887, Muskogee Co, OK.
388. ii. JOHN HILDEBRAND, b. 1803, McMinn, Okoa Creek, TN; d. 1838.
389. iii. JANE HILDEBRAND, b. 1806; d. December 16, 1860, CNW [Cherokee Co, OK].
390. iv. MARGARET PEGGY HILDEBRAND, b. March 11, 1811, McMinn Co, TN; d. October 16, 1882, Cherokee Co, OK.
391. v. DELILAH NA-LI HILDEBRAND, b. Abt. 1813, CNE [TN]; d. 1864, Illinois Dist, CNW.
392. vi. ELIZABETH K HILDEBRAND, b. February 1815, Tennessee; d. June 28, 1903, Wann, Cooweescoowee Dist, CNW.
393. vii. STEPHEN P HILDEBRAND, b. 1816, CNE [TN]; d. January 10, 1867.
394. viii. RACHEL HILDEBRAND, b. December 25, 1818, Tennessee; d. November 17, 1888, Going Snake Dist, CNW.
395. ix. NANNIE HILDEBRAND, b. March 22, 1820; d. September 13, 1891, Muskogee Co, OK.
396. x. JOSEPH MARTIN HILDEBRAND, b. November 22, 1822, CNE [TN]; d. October 03, 1898, CNW.
397. xi. BRICE HILDEBRAND, b. Abt. 1824, CNE; d. Abt. 1868.
398. xii. MARY POLLY E HILDEBRAND, b. June 04, 1826, Benton, Polk, TN; d. May 10, 1906, Cherokee Co, OK.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com,, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...
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Nancy Martin, daughter of Joseph Martin DAR Ancestor # A074375
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John R. Mayfield testified to the Guion Miller Commission on 30 January 1907
Born: East Tennessee, age 50
Spouse: Nellie Mayfield, age about 39 [name given as Mellie Malloy on Supplemental Application For Minor Children]
Parents: Isaac Mayfield and Mary Hilderbrand, both born Old Cherokee Nation in East Tennessee, father living, mother died 1905, both resided in East Tennessee in 1851.
Siblings: Nancy, Susan, Lillie, Florence (died in infancy), Regina, Michael, Joseph, Isaac.
Paternal grandparents: James Mayfield and Susan Mayfield.
Maternal grandparents: Michael Hilderbrand and Nancy Martin.
Mayfield aunts and uncles: Ben, Thomas, Ezekiel, Rance, James, Lizzie.
Hilderbrand aunts and uncles: Joseph, Reece, Brice, Rachel Catron, Nancy Poe, Eliza Patrick, Mrs. Mitchel.
Supplemental Application For Minor Children: Ross, Gretchen, Blanch, Ella, Noah - "Noah and Ella being my children by a former marriage to Anna...all of my children named herein are recognized as Cherokee Indians, and as citizens thereof"

National Archives accessed through Fold3 - John R. Mayfield, Eastern Cherokee Application #17113
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Testimony of John H. "Jack" Cookson to the Guion Miller Commission on 16 Janiaru 1907
Born: 18 October 1826 in Tennessee
Spouse: "Not married"
Parents: Joe Cookson, b. Old Cherokee Nation in Georgia, d. 1869; Jane Hilderbrand, b. Old Cherokee Nation in Tennessee, d. 1856
Siblings: Emily Cookson (1831-1872), Bettie or Elizabeth Cookson (1837-1871)
Grandparents: Michael Hilderbrand and Nancy Martin
Aunts and Uncles: Betsy, John, Lila, Margaret, Eliza, Stephen, Rachel, Nancy, Joseph, Brice, Polly (children of Michael and Nancy Martin Hilderbrand included his mother Jane)

National Archives accessed through Fold3 - Eastern Cherokee Applications - John H. "Jack" Cookson, #11603
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HILDEBRAND, JOHN Ancestor #: A203289
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Nannie was the daughter of Col. Joseph Martin and Elizabeth Ward, a granddaughter of Cherokee Peacemaker and Beloved Woman, Nancy Ward, first wife of Michael Hildebrand. She died just before the Hildebrand house was finished. After her passing, Michael married Lucy Absher Whitson, the widow of Joseph Whitson who had been the stonemason for the house. After her husband's death, Lucy had lived in the house with Michael and Nannie as a nurse for the ailing Nannie.

Nannie and Michael had 8 children listed in the 1835 census, and 4 more later: Elizabeth, John, Jennie, Peggy, Delilah, Eliza, Stephen, Rachel, Nannie, Joe, Brice and Mary. The 1840 shows 8 slaves in addition to children and parents. The 8 year old in the household with Michael and Lucy in the 1850 Polk census is said to be a son of Lucy's daughter, Nancy (with first husband Whitson.) Nancy was first married to Joseph Martin Hildebrand, then left son Michael with his grandparents and 'eloped' with James H. McDuffee.

No paper proof of Nannie's burial place has been found, but since she lived near the Hildebrand house while it was being built when she died, and they had a long established cemetery in the back yard, it is almost certain she is interred here. There are no longer any legible markers, most having been lost during cultivation of the land over the years.

Source: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73032161/nancy-hildebrand: accessed 12 May 2023), memorial page for Nancy “Nannie” Martin Hildebrand (Nov 1778–Apr 1837), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73032161, citing Hildebrand Cemetery, Ocoee, Polk County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Willora Glee Krapf (contributor 47029104).
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Describe The Record (Notes)
Ghigau, Page 107, Generation Two
3.Elizabeth “Betsy”2 WARD (Nanye’hi “Nancy”1 (a full-blood Cherokee)); born circa 1759 at Cherokee Nation East, now, TN; married Joseph MARTIN, son of Joseph MARTIN and Susannah CHILES, circa 1777; married ____HUGHES circa 1788; died circa 1803.

   Joseph MARTIN was born in 18 September 1740 at Albemarle County, VA.  He married Sarah LUCAS in 1762 at Orange County, VA (had children).  He married Susannah GRAVES on 24 February 1783 at Henry County, VA (had children).  He died on 18 December 1808 at Henry County, VA, at age 68.  He was buried at Belle Mont, Henry, VA.  Joseph MARTIN held the following military positions:  Captain of the Transylvania Militia, elected in 1776; Major in 1779 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1781.  He was elected Brigadier General of North Carolina by the Legislature on 15 December 1787 and commissioned Brigadier General of the 20th Brigade of Virginia Militia by Governor Henry Lee on 11 December 1793.

   Children of Elizabeth “Betsy”2 WARD and Joseph MARTIN were as follows:

   13.i.  Nancy MARTIN, born 1778? At Cherokee Nation East, now, TN; married Michael HILDERBRAND.

   14.ii. James MARTIN, born 1780 at Settico, Cherokee Nation East, Now, Monroe County, TN; married ____ ____.

Children of Elizabeth “Betsy”2 WARD and ____ Hughes were:

   15.i.  Rachel HUGHES, born circa 1790 at Cherokee Nation East; married Charles Rogers.

Where The Record Is Found (Citation)
“Cherokee Mixed-Bloods: Additions and Corrections to Family Genealogies of Dr. Emmet Starr, Volume 1: Cordory, Ghigau, Ridge-Watie, Ross, Sanders and Ward” by David Keith Hampton; ARC Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas; 2005
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Ghigau

Descendants of the Ghi-ga-u, commonly called Nancy Ward.

11 Ghi-ga-u. Kingfisher and Bryan Ward. A22
1122 Catherine. Samuel Candy, John Walker, Ellis Harlan. A23
2 Fivekiller. * Catherine.
OK 3 Elizabeth Ward. Joseph Martin and ? Hughes.

11322314 Elizabeth Hildebrand. James Pettit and Robert Armstrong.
2 John Hildebrand. Nicey Russell and Annie Wasp.
OK 3 Jennie Hildebrand. Joseph Cookson.
4 Margaret Hildebrand. John Catron.
5 Delilah Hildebrand. Jesse McLain.
6 Eliza Hildebrand. Joshua Kirkpatrick.
7 Stehen Hildebrand. Mary Potts and Mary Beck.
8 Rachel Hildebrand. Reese T. Mitchell.
9 Nannie Hildebrand. Thomas Horn, George Lovett, Frederick Lovett, Charles Poe and Hoskins.
10 Joseph Martin Hildebrand. Lucy Starr, Louvenia Patterson, Elizabeth Gentry, Mary King, Martha Wofford and Mary E. Coyne.
11 Brice Hildebrand. Mary Sturdivant nee Beck and Mary Swimmer.
12 Mary Hildebrand. Isaac Mayfield.

Source: Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.