Sarah Elizabeth McCoy

Sarah was a Cherokee woman

Biography

Sarah Hicks was born in the Cherokee Nation (East) about 1800; she was the daughter of Charles Hicks and his wife Nancy Broom, both Cherokee. Charles Hicks was one of the first supporters of the Moravian missionaries and Sarah attended at their school at Spring Place from 1813 to 1816. The Moravians wrote in 1816, "Sarah is beginning to read nicely and between classes does many a service for us. " [1] She married Alexander McCoy, also Cherokee, in 1823,

"Mr. Alexander McCoy of Willstown & Miss Sarah Hicks, daughter of Mr. R. Hicks were this day married in the presence of the scholars, the mission family and some of the relatives—who came with them to witness the ceremony."[2] They were the parents of Elvina, Mary Ann, Richard, Araminta, Edward, Charles, Elizabeth, and Caroline (Nancy). [3] They lived at New Echota and like many Cherokee families they were forced from their home by white Georgians. When their property was assessed in 1836 it was described as a "Dwelling house, 2 pens, 20 feet square, hewed logs, 2 stories high, single roof, 2 brick chimneys, glass windows above and below," and valued at $1600 (most homes were valued at less than $200). [4] The 1835 Cherokee census lists a family of 11 living on Chicamauga Creek (now Tennessee). [5] Alexander died in 1837 and Sarah was Removed to Indian Territory with her children. She appears on the 1851 Cherokee census, living in the Illinois district, with children Araminta, Alex, Caroline, Edward, and Charles. Elvina and Richard, already married, are living nearby with their families. Daughter Elizabeth is living with her sister Elvina. [6] In 1860 Sarah applied for a widow's pension based on her husband's service in the War of 1812. Her death date is unknown, but she does not appear in any further records.

Sources

1. ↑ Crews & Starbuck, eds. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK. Vol. 4, p. 1987.
2. ↑ Phillips, Joyce B. & Phillips, Paul Gary, eds. The Brainerd Journal, A Mission to the Cherokees, 1817-1823, The University of Nebraska, 1998, page 347, citing 1823 April 1st, Mr. Alexander McCoy and Miss Sarah Hicks.
3. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 324. Digitized edition at Starr
4. ↑ Walker, Charles O. Cherokee Footprints. self-published, Jasper, Georgia. 1989. Vol. II, p. 136
5. ↑ 1835 Cherokee Census. Transcript, Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill Oklahoma, 2002. p. 2
6. ↑ 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. Illinois District #174.

See also:

• Bell, George Morrison. Genealogy of Old and New Cherokee Indian Families by Bartlesville, OK. 1972

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hicks-6801
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SARAH ELIZABETH HICKS (CHARLES RENATUS6, NA-YE-HI5CONRAD, JENNIE4ANI'-WA'YA, OCONOSTOTA3, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born June 11, 1800 in Georgia, and died Abt. 1861 in Oklahoma.
She married ALEXANDER MCCOY April 01, 1823 in Brainerd Church, CNE, son of DANIEL MCCOY and LUCY FIELDS. He was born Abt. 1796, and died Abt. September 1837.

• List of Students Attending Springplace (1804-1834)
• 1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 174 as Sarah McCoy
• Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Broom)
• Education: August 29, 1813, Spring Place Mission School
• RG75, E545 Reg of BLW: March 19, 1860, 92389, Wid of Alex McCoy, Service 1814

Notes for ALEXANDER MCCOY:

• The Brainerd Journal, p 536;
• Alexanders' marriage to Sarah Hicks was his second, Aky Gunter was his first wife.
• 1835 Census roll: Chickamauga Co, TN
• Clan: Ani'-Gilâ'hi = Twisters, Braids, or Long Hair Clan (Mary Grant)
• Occupation 1: May 06, 1817, Secretary of the Council at Amoah
• Occupation 2: July 26, 1827, Secretary of the Convention that formed the Cherokee Constitution
• Residence: 1822, Wills Town, AL
• Starr's Notes: C633

Children of SARAH HICKS and ALEXANDER MCCOY are:
1392. i. ELVINA8 MCCOY, b. Abt. 1826; d. September 26, 1875.
1393. ii. RICHARD MARTIN MCCOY, b. June 08, 1827; d. 1884.
1394. iii. MARY ANN MCCOY, b. Abt. 1829, CNE [Calhoun, McMinn Co, TN]; d. February 18, 1879.
1395. iv. ARAMINTA MCCOY, b. Abt. 1831; d. 1867.

       	v.	 	NANCY CAROLINE MCCOY, b. April 12, 1833; d. October 06, 1903; m. JAMES LAFAYETTE BIGBY, February 19, 1857; b. August 05, 1836; d. May 30, 1903.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 174 as Caroline McCoy
• 1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 205 as Caroline Bigby
• 1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1357 as N C Bigby
• 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 656, roll# 1863 as Nancy C Bigbey
• Blood: 1/4 Cherokee
• Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Broom)
• Starr's Notes: C334

	More About JAMES LAFAYETTE BIGBY:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Flint, 257
• 1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 204
• 1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1356
• 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 656, roll# 1862
• Blood: 1/4 Cherokee
• Elected 1: August 04, 1879, Judge of Going Snake Dist, CNW
• Elected 2: August 01, 1881, Judge of Going Snake Dist, CNW
• Elected 3: August 06, 1883, Judge of Going Snake Dist, CNW
• Military service: Abt. 1863, Cap Ephriam Martin Adair's Company, Col William Penn Adair
• Occupation: Bet. 1880 - 1890, Farmer
• Starr's Notes: C334; b:8/5/36, m'd:2/19/57 Nannie Caroline McCoy b:4/12/33

1396. vi. EDWARD HICKS MCCOY, b. September 28, 1835; d. January 17, 1881.

	        vii.	 	CHARLES RENATUS HICKS MCCOY, b. Abt. 1836; 

m. (1) NANNIE WATTS; b. Abt. 1840;
m. (2) ARIE ANN MASSEY; b. Abt. 1840.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 174
• Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Broom)

	viii.	 	ELIZABETH MCCOY, b. Abt. 1837; m. ELLIS SANDERS; b. Abt. 1821; d. Bet. 1851 - 1894.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 171 with sister Elvina Fields nee McCoy
• Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Broom)

	More About ELLIS SANDERS:

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Skin Bayou, 151 (1896 pg 421 & 422)
• Clan: Ani'-Ga'tâge'wi = Kituah or Wild Potato (Sonicooie)

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...