Rachel Whitt

By oral tradition: Rachel Skaggs (White name) was the daughter of Chief Cornstalk. By most accounts, she was Indian. When she was adopted into the colonists' family after his death, she was given the surname "Skaggs", cementing her place in the family's genealogy. Rachel was born in 1761 and died in 1846. She is sometimes given the romantic moniker of "Indian Maiden."

Notes

As with Hezekiah N. (Low Hawk) Whitt, her supposed older brother, Rachel's mother most likely is not Standing Deer Bailey given her date of birth. (~• & "Standing Deer Bailey" may be an amalgam of several people)

Rachel Skaggs is thought to be Shawnee/Cherokee Indian, daughter of Chief Cornstalk, born 1709 Western PA, died 10 Oct 1777 in Point Plesant, VA. Now WV.

According to J. Red Wolf, Rachel Scaggs (white name) was daughter of the great Chief Cornstalk. She was given her white name in honor of William Skaggs who led an expedition that Hezekiah and Richard Whitt were part of.

  "You will find no birth record nor a baptismal record, not a christening, nor any other for this Rachel Skaggs as a daughter of or other blood relation to any Skaggs family. Be aware that she was not of the Skaggs blood, instead, a Shawano. A Cherokee by the tradition of carrying her mother’s clan, but Shawano by the blood of her father. You can only find her “name change” on record, a legal change from her Indian name to Rachel Skaggs. This will give proof to you of her relation to the Cornstalks. Look for her in Montgomery County. She was NOT a Skaggs, keep this in mind." October 20, 2008 J Red Wolf Genforum post

Links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Rachel_Scaggs_%281%29_
• https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/2052690
• http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I4688&...
• Find A Grave Memorial# 107008885
  

"Rachel Skaggs is thought to be Shawnee/Cherokee Indian, daughter of Chief Cornstalk " 'Thought' = unproven.

additional research of Skaggs adoptive family

• trace back from: Man Cemetery in Logan County: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14868726/sarah-altizer (born Scaggs)
  • "Sarah was the D/O William & M.Scaggs" ~• c/o findagrave
    • thought: Might Rachel Whitt be the foster sister of WIlliam Skaggs?

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Rachel Hokolesqua Whitt (born Cornstalk)

from: FamilySearch Family Tree

• Birth: 1764 - , Ohio, United States
• Death: June 20 1846 - Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia, Unite States
• Mother: Fictional Helizkinopo Ounaconoa Snake
• Mother: (Chalakatha {Chillicothe} Woman) Cornstalk- Cherokee full blooded

Gender: Female
Birth: circa 1750
Immediate Family:
Wife of Elinipsico Cornstalk Shawnee full blooded, whom is the son of Chief and King Hokolesqua, Colesqua and Keigh-tugh-qua Cornstalk of the Shawnee Indians. Chief Cornstalk was born around 1720 Possibly in Pennsylvania. Both of them died 10th of Oct. 1777 at Point Pleasant with 2 other Shawnee Indians and their bodies were thrown into the river. see: https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Hokolesqua
Mother of Hezekiah Whitt (Low Hawk); (possible multiple sons) Cornstalk and (possible multiple daughters) Cornstalk

Added by: Michael M.van Beuren © on April 11, 2013
Managed by: Charmain Bausman and Michael M.van Beuren ©

• Husband: Adezekiah (AKA Hezekiah) Whitt, Rachel Skagg's younger brother was named after him.
• Children: James Whitt, Griffith Whitt, Richard Nelson Whitt, John Bunyan Whitt, Susannah Webb (born Whitt), Jonas Whitt
• Siblings: Fictional Wolf Cutenwha Kootenwha Cornstalk, Black Beard Cornstalk, Esther Cutewah Sowards (born Cornstalk), Oceano Cornstalk

https://www.davidleas.com/leas%20family%20genealogy/media/27363_1_r...
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107008885/rachel-maiden-whitt
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107008885/rachel-maiden-whitt
https://www.davidleas.com/leas%20family%20genealogy/27363.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18310142/hezekiah-whitt
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107041849/james-whitt

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229975808/richard-thomas-whitt

Rachel Maiden “Indian Maiden Cornstalk” Skaggs Whitt
BIRTH
1764
Ohio, USA
DEATH
20 Jun 1846 (aged 81–82)
Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Whitt-Lowe Cemetery
Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107008885/rachel-maiden-whitt