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Richard Fields

Birthdate:
Birthplace: (Alabama), Cherokee Nation East
Death: July 1863 (28-37)
Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Ezekiel Fields, Sr. and Mary Ann Fields
Husband of Elizabeth Jane Fields
Father of John Jefferson Fields; Ezekiel Fields; Margaret Fields; Private and Eliza Taylor
Brother of Ruth Fields; Martha Muskrat; Mary Ellen Fields; Delilah Amelia Fields; Jennie Jane Fields and 2 others

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About Richard Fields


Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fields-6556

Richard Fields was born in the Cherokee Nation (East) about [before]1836. He was the son of Ezekiel Fields, a Cherokee, and his wife Mary Ann Sexton, a white woman. The family was Removed to Indian Territory and settled in the Delaware District, Cherokee Nation. Richard married Elizabeth Blagg, a white woman, about 1849. They were the parents of six children, Ezekiel, John, [1] Charlotte, Eliza, Emma, and Timothy. He passed away in 1863. [2]


Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959 (Drennan Roll) < AncestryImage >

Children of Mary Fields

Name Richard Fields
Residence Date 1852
Residence Place Delaware
Native American Tribe Cherokee

Household members - Name Relationship

135.
George Fields
Ezekiel Fields
Mary Fields Jr

136.
Martha Fields
Jane Fields

137.
Richard Fields
Ezekiel Fields
John J Fields


References

  1. Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 23 2019, 5:54:50 UTC
  2. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/35861833/person/19...
  3. WikiTree contributors, "Richard Fields (1836-1863)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fields-6556 : accessed 07 April 2024). cites
    1. Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Delaware District, p. 189, Family #137
    2. National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #2719, daughter Emma. Digitized at Fold3, images begin at Emma https://www.fold3.com/image/222491592 See also:
    3. Eastern Cherokee Application #810, son Ezekiel
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Richard Fields's Timeline

1830
1830
(Alabama), Cherokee Nation East
1849
November 16, 1849
Delaware District Cherokee Nation US
1851
February 15, 1851
1858
1858
1863
July 1863
Age 33
Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma, United States
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