Susan "Sukey" McLish / Jones (Colbert)

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Susan Sukey Jones (Colbert)

Also Known As: "Sukey", "McLish"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chickasaw Nation, Colbert, AL, United States
Death: January 13, 1860 (49-50)
Indian Territory, Hugo, Choctaw, OK, United States
Place of Burial: Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Tootemastubbe Colbert, Chief to the Chickasaw Nation and Saleechie Salitsi Colbert
Wife of Col. Robert McDonald Jones and John McLish, Maj.
Mother of George Washington Jones; Frances J. Love; Joseph Jones and Benjamin Franklin McLish
Sister of Jane Colbert; John Colbert; Nancy C. Colbert; George Colbert, Jr.; Levica Duncan and 4 others
Half sister of Samuel Pittman B. Colbert

Managed by: Erin Ishimoticha
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About Susan "Sukey" McLish / Jones (Colbert)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59769810/susan-miller-jones

http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=1350&p=topics.ethn...

His first wife was Judith Walker, whom he married on January 6, 1831.

He married Susan Colbert McLish, the daughter of Chickasaw chief George Colbert on November 8, 1838. She died in 1860 at the age of 50.

In 1861 he married Elizabeth Earls.

He was the father of Robert Fulton Jones, born 1832, Hiram Jones, born 1834, Ellen Jones, born 1836, George W. Jones, born between 1840 - 1845, Frances Jones. born 1842, Mary Elizabeth Jones, born 1861 (married George Randall), Robert Jefferson Jones, born 1863, Henry Earls Jones, born 1864 (died that same year), James McDonald Jones, born 1866 (died that same year), and Franklin Jones, born 1867 (died that same year).

http://african-nativeamerican.blogspot.com/2010/11/old-choctaw-plan...

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/i/l/Linda-J-Giles/GENE...



In letter from Robert M. Jones to Peter Pitchlynn dated 1-26-1855 (ou.edu) He requests Peter to make application for a patent for one section of land granted my wife under chickasaw Treaty (Susan Colbert) situate Section 6, township 6, range 9 west on Cold Water, near Hernando.

Where is that?

Who Was Who Among the Southern Indians - Don Martini, 1998 1847 Chickasaw Census Susan Jones 1/4 white, head of household 1 male under 18 1 female under 16 1 female over 16

The land patent for Sukey Jones is 1280 acres in Marshall County, MS. 1S 4W Sections 28 and 29 Her name can be seen handwritten on the plat map. All the other names are Indian names that are handwritten on the adjoining sections.

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Susan "Sukey" McLish / Jones (Colbert)'s Timeline

1810
1810
Chickasaw Nation, Colbert, AL, United States
1830
1830
Mississippi, United States
1840
April 16, 1840
Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
1842
April 19, 1842
Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
1855
1855
on Chickasaw payment census
1860
January 13, 1860
Age 50
Indian Territory, Hugo, Choctaw, OK, United States
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Jones Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States