Hanging Maw’s sister

The wife of Old Tassell is also seen as “Creek woman of the Wind Clan”, but she’s best known as “Hanging Maw’s sister”. Although there’s no proof she was, and has been detached.

Disputed family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cherokee-169

Author Ricky Butch Walker theorizes that Corn "Old" Tassel's wife was the sister of Hanging Maw. [1] Corn Tassel's wife is not mentioned by name in any records and Hanging Maw is not mentioned as a relative of John Watts, who was a nephew of Corn "Old" Tassel.

Walker also states incorrectly that Corn Tassel and his wife were the parents of "Young Tassel," (a nickname for John Watts, who was actually the son of Corn Tassel's sister ) [2] and a daughter who married a Chisholm. The woman who married Ignatius Chisholm was the sister of a different, later, man also named "Corn Tassel." [3]

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Hanging Maw's Sister Cherokee (abt.1740-)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cherokee-169 : accessed 09 March 2024). Cites
   1. Doublehead Last Chickamauga Cherokee Chief By Rickey Butch Walker
   2. Hoig, Stanley W. The Cherokees and Their Chiefs. University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville. 1998. p. 73
   3. National Archives and Records Administration, "Letters of Administration and Claims made for the estate of Corn Tassel." January, 1842. extract by Daniel Mahar on genealogy.com https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/chisholm/980/