Polly Ann Moniac Powell

Osceola was born in 1804 in the village of Tallassee, Alabama around current Macon County. His mother Polly Coppinger was daughter of Ann McQueen who was part Muscokgee. Many sources state that Osceola's father was an English trader, William Powell, but others claim that Osceola's father was a Creek who died soon after Osceola's birth, and that William Powell married Osceola's mother afterwards. As a result of the association with William Powell, some contemporary whites persisted in calling the young man Billy Powell. Osceola claimed to be a full-blood Muscogee. Genealogical testing of what is believed to be Osceola's hair suggests he was of mixed ancestry.[1] It should be noted that Osceola's mixed white ancestry would have been an anomaly at the time because, as a rule, the Seminoles strictly forbade intermarriage with whites.[2] Osceola's great grandfather James McQueen was the earliest white man to trade with the Creeks in Alabama in 1714 and remained there as trader and Native American leader the next 80+ years

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coppinger-120

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osceola

https://nativeheritageproject.com/2014/05/10/seminole-chief-osceola...

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 4 2022, 15:20:26 UTC