Sarah A Fields

Sarah Coody was a Cherokee woman

Biography

Sarah Coody was born about 1780 in the Cherokee Nation (East). She may have been the daughter of Joseph Coody, a white man, and his Cherokee wife. She partnered George Fields, also Cherokee, about 1805 when he was still married to Jennie Brown (George and Jennie separated in 1810). [1] George and Sarah were the parents of Richard, Rider, Ruth, Nannie, Dempsey, Martha, and John. [2] The family is listed on the 1835 Cherokee Census living on the Little River (now Alabama). [3] They emigrated to Indian Territory about 1837. George died there about 1849. Sarah appears on the 1851 Drennan Roll living in the Saline District, Cherokee Nation, with granddaughter Sarah Mosley. [4] She filed a claim as "Widow of Cap Geo Fields" related to his service in the War of 1812. [5] She died in 1857 and is buried at the Ross Family Cemetery, Mayes County, Oklahoma. [6]

Sources

↑ Crews & Starbuck, eds. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK. Vo. 5, p. 2678.
↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. pp. 306 & 309. Digitized edition at Starr
↑ 1835 Cherokee Census, transcription published by the Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill, OK. 2002. Original records: National Archives and Records Administration, Microfilm publication T496, Census Roll, 1835, of Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi with Index. p. 17
↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-01; NARA Series Title: Drennan Roll. Saline District #449
↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75, E545; Register of Bounty Land Warrants: June 20, 1860, 94025, "Widow of Cap Geo Fields, Service 1814"
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10479455/sarah-fields : accessed 31 December 2021), memorial page for Sarah Coody Fields (1780–31 Jul 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10479455, citing Ross Family Cemetery, Locust Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by deborahmillard epperson (contributor 48058739).
See also:
Bell, George Morrison. Genealogy of Old and New Cherokee Indian Families. Bartlesville, Oklahoma,1972.

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