Susannah Hildebrand

full blood Cherokee

Susannah was a Cherokee woman

Biography

Almost nothing is known of Susannah except her name. She married John Hilde(r)brand, a white man, about 1810. John came into the Cherokee Nation about 1800 with a white wife and family. His first wife apparently left him and he married Susannah. They were the parents of at least four children, David, Nannie, Elizabeth, and Mary. [1] Susannah died before November, 1818 since John took a reservation of land "in right of his children" that month. John stated that there were six in the family at that time so there may have been an additional child who died young. [2]

Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 452 Digitized edition at Starr
2. ↑ Hampton, David K. transcriber “Cherokee Reservees” Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK 1979. p. 6

See also:
National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee applications of the Court of Claims, Application #2905, granddaughter Amanda Raymond. Image at Fold3 Amanda

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Womancatcher-1
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John Hildebrand's 2nd wife, a full-blood Cherokee, is known only as Susanna Womancatcher, and has not been given the the non-Cherokee married name of Hildebrand. Who her parents were has never been determined nor where and when Susanna died.

John Hildebrand and Susanna Womancatcher had four known children, all 1/2-blood Cherokee, b. at the Cherokee Nation East, probably at present-day southeast Tennessee:

• i. David Hildebrand, b. circa 1810 at the Cherokee Nation East, now southeastern TN, d. circa 1886 at the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; m. by 1835 Elizabeth McCartney, dau. of John. She d. before 1885. Five children of the family.

• ii. Nannie Hildebrand, b. circa 1812 at the Cherokee Nation East, now southeastern TN, d. circa 1849 possibly at Ohio; m. bef. 1840, Hiram McCreary. Four children of the family.

• iii. Elizabeth Hildebrand, b. circa 1814 at the Cherokee Nation East, now southeastern TN; m. Archibald Coody, Sr. by whom she had two children.

• iv. Mary Hildebrand, b. circa 1816; had three Cherokee husbands: 1) Young Wolf, 2) Culstee and 3) Black Coat. Five children.

Source: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66115590/susanna-womancatcher: accessed 02 May 2023), memorial page for Susanna Womancatcher (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66115590; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939).
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