Hannah Rebecca "Nikitie" Arthur

Abner married Martha ARTHUR,daughter of Gabriel ARTHUR,Jr. born abt. 1720 South Carolina; died Abt. 1830 Virginia and Hannah Rebecca Nikitie born Abt. 1736 in Wood, Monroe Co, TN, died abt. 1834 VA. Hannah Rebecca Nikitie was the daughter of Chief Attakullakulla (Little Carpenter) born abt. 1708 Seviers Island, Montroe County, Tennessee; died September 1778 Cherokee Nation East. Chief Attakullakulla married Ollie Nionee Oconastota (Moytoy) born abt. 1720 Cherokee Territory, Occoee, Tennessee, died 1800 in Tennessee. Ollie Nionee Oconastota was daughter of Chief Aganstata Oconostata (Moytoy) born abt. 1704 Tellico, Crockett County, Tennessee; died March 1783 Cherokee, Washington County, Tennessee. Chief Aganstata Oconostata (Moytoy) married OO-Loo-Sta-l Kanagagota born abt. 1700 Cherokee Eastern Nation, Choto Town, Tennessee and died abt. 1782 in Alabama.

25 Oct 2020 edited from My Heritage: Smart Matches: changed b to 1730, and death to 1834, added parents and edited husband's name: Gabriel "Tusla Gatsanula" Arthur, Jr., added -1 sister and 3 brothers, additonal 2 names listed that I cannot see because I'm not a paid subscriber to My Heritage. Gi Sookie "Granny Grasshopper" is listed as last name McDaniel and born Moytoy. Stands to reason the other siblings are Moytoy, too.-Go

The Englishman who was 6 years old when he arrived on a ship , Gabriel Arthur who came through the gap would have been too old to have fathered Martha Arthur, born at the Cherokee capitol of Chota in 1751. It seems that he must have had a son, or grandson, named Gabriel Arthur and it is he who married Nikitie and then had Martha

https://www.scribd.com/document/46822369/Hannah-Rebecca-Nikitie-02

Nikitie"Cherokee.3. This is probably the "Cherokee Woman" who many Lester descendants claimedas their Cherokee ancestor when seeking Cherokee allottment in 1907. She may have been named "Nikitie" as several Lester daughters were so named generations later.

Rumored to be a scout for General George Washington.

Carolinas Cherokee Nation?

GABRIEL ARTHUR WAS A SURVEYOR IN WV MOUNTAIN AREA. HE MARRIED NIKITIE A CHEROKEE WOMEN AND SHE WAS BAPTISED HANNA REBECCA.

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From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113748052/hannah-rebecca-arthur Flowers dated 2017

This painting is of Pocohantas, not Nikitie. Gabriel Arthur the scout seems to have had a son with an Indian woman and that half brief son, also named Gabriel Arthur, married Nikitie. The person who posted this is becoming known for putting lots of information on the net that has not been substantiated. I have spent 20 years researching my ancestors, Gabriel and Nikitie, and I am so fed up with this sort of lack of integrity regarding researching.

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From https://www.geni.com/discussions/176280?msg=1366351

No such person. The only Gabriel Arthur on record was the first English man to visit the Cherokee and return to tell the tale, in 1673. He vanishes from records after the trip. If he fathered any Cherokee children on his travels they are completely unknown, there are no records of any Cherokee person named “Hannah” “Rebecca,” or “Nickettii” Arthur from the early 1800’s. The Eastern Cherokee applications for the Lesters from West Virginia (for a payment not an allotment) claim descent from someone named A.H. Lester, also not found in any Cherokee records. All were rejected with no Cherokee connection. Some of the applications claimed A.H. Descended descent from a William Lester supposedly born in 1684 and still alive with a Cherokee wife in 1836 at the age of 150. No record of him anywhere either.