Samuel Downing

Samuel was a Cherokee man

SAMUEL DOWNING (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1780.
He married (1) unknown
He married (2) SUSAN DOUGHERTY, daughter of JAMES DOUGHERTY, SR. She was born Abt. 1784, and died Bef. 1895.
He married (3) unknown
He married (4) ELSIE DOUGHERTY Bef. 1816, daughter of JAMES DOUGHERTY, SR. She was born Abt. 1788.
He married (5) ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY Bef. 1823, daughter of JAMES DOUGHERTY, SR. She was born Abt. 1786.

• Starr lists in Downing 1-2-2 Samuel Downing +Susie Dougherty +Elsie Dougherty and then under the families he lists five sets of half-siblings.
• 1835 Census roll: Ahmacolola River, GA

More About SUSAN DOUGHERTY:

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Illinois, 115 as Susan Folsom (1896 page 467)

More About ELSIE DOUGHERTY:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 322 as Ailsy Downing
• 1851 Old Settler roll: Illinois, 112 as Ailsey Benge (1896 page 468)

Child of SAMUEL DOWNING is:

	i.	 	AARON4 DOWNING, b. Abt. 1842; d. July 02, 1863, Ft Gibson, IT.

	More About AARON DOWNING:

Cause of Death: smallpox
RG75, E549-553 Civil War: Abt. 1866, Veterans' benefits, Civil War (Union) paid to brothers, Lewis and Henry

Children of SAMUEL DOWNING and SUSAN DOUGHERTY are:
66. ii. MARY4 DOWNING, b. Abt. 1802.

	iii.	 	SAMUEL DOWNING, b. Abt. 1804.

Child of SAMUEL DOWNING is:
67. iv. HENRY4 DOWNING, SR, b. 1848; d. Bet. 1880 - 1902.

Children of SAMUEL DOWNING and ELSIE DOUGHERTY are:

	v.	 	MARGARET4 DOWNING, b. Abt. 1816.

	vi.	 	THOMPSON DOWNING, b. Abt. 1818.

Children of SAMUEL DOWNING and ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY are:
68. vii. LEWIS4 DOWNING, REV, LTC, CHIEF, b. Abt. 1823, eastern Tennessee; d. November 09, 1872, Tahlequah, OK.

	viii.	 	JOHN DOWNING, b. 1824; m. JENNIE FIELDS; b. Abt. 1830.

• 1890 Census [CN]: Saline, 1000
• Occupation: 1890, Farmer

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Descendants of John Downing, Major” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0010...
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