Ta-La-Du ‘Johnson ‘Cricket’’ Sixkiller

Cricket was a Cherokee man

Biography

Cricket Sixkiller was born around 1806 in the Cherokee Nation (now Georgia) to Sixkiller (Also known as Rufus Sixkiller or Old Soldier Sixkiller) and Betsy Smith. Before Removal from the East he lived in Island Town near the Chatooga River. He married Deborah Whaley in the East in 1838, just about a month before Removal.

They traveled West in the Conrad Hair/Colston detachment. They settled in the Goingsnake District in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory near modern-day Westville, OK. They had 7 children. Cricket served for at least 1 year as a tribal councilor for the Goinsnake District before he left to fight in the Civil War.

Cricket served in the 2nd Indian Home Guards in Kansas during the Civil War alongside several of his brothers and other family. He died near Baxter Springs Kansas on September 20, 1862 possibly a casualty of a skirmish near Shirley's Ford on the Spring River (Jasper Co. Missouri). This skirmish was part of the Civil War, hence his Civil War pension. His resting place is unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 433 Ancestry Record 4654 #323579 U.S., Civil War Pension Index:
Name: Cricket Sixkiller
Gender: Male
Unit: L. 3 I. Ty. H. Gds.
Relation to Head: Soldier
Spouse: Martha Six-Killer
Roll number: 433
2. ↑ Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914: The National Archives at Fort Worth; Fort Worth, Texas; Enrollment Cards, 1898-1914; NAI Number: 251747; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Record Group Number: 75 Ancestry Record 60543 #1185069 Ancestry Sharing Link and Indian Territory, U.S., Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914:
Name: Cricket Sixkiller
Gender: Male
Spouse: Debbie Sixkiller
Child: James Sixkiller
3. ↑ Scraper, J. (2009). The Scraper - Sixkiller Book: Genealogy and History of the Scraper and Sixkiller Families of the Cherokee People. Aardvark Global Publishing. Extract from Our Scraper Family Compiled by Joe Scraper Jr. @ https://scraperfamily.angelfire.com/texts/Scraper.htm

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDP-ZRPZ (It is unknown why a Martha Sixkiller is shown as Cricket's widow. He was not known to have married anyone by that name.)
• http://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/019/0277 (a first-hand report on the skirmish at Shirley's Ford, Col. John Ritchie, 2nd Indian Home Guard)
• https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/news/upload/Newsletter-March-2015-50... (references a white man taking over Cricket's home in Island Town just before removal)
• Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934[1]
• Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914[2]

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sixkiller-3
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Cricket Sixkiller, (/Sixkiller/2 , /Oo-ka-wor-dar/1) b. ABT 1806 in Cherokee Nation East, Georgia, d. 20 Sep 1862 in Baxter Springs, KS , during the Civil War. Elected councilor of the Cherokee Nation representing GoingSnake District 1859-60.

   Cherokee name was Ta-lah-toh  Su-dul-de-he.

He married (1) in Old Cherokee Nation, Georgia, Deborah Whaley, b. ABT 1823 in Georgia, d. ABT 1890.
He married (2) Elizabeth Foreman, b. 7 Mar 1826, d. 1897 - 1898.

                     '''Children by Deborah Whaley''':

         26.    i.    Jacob4 Sixkiller.

         27.    ii.   John 'Jonas' Sixkiller b. 1846.

                 iii.  Nancy Sixkiller, b. 15 Jun 1852, d. ABT 1868.

                 iv.  Lucinda Marie Sixkiller, b. 12 Mar 1853 in Cherokee Nation, d. AFT 1906, buried in Wagnon/Woodall Cemetery, Adair Co., Okla.  She married 1871, Thomas Foreman Wagnon, b. 3 Mar 1851, d. 23 Dec 1911, buried in Wagnon/Woodall Cemetery, Adair Co., Okla.

         28.    v.   Jennie Sixkiller b. 30 Mar 1854.

         29.    vi.  James Sixkiller b. 22 Dec 1857.

                 vii. Susie Sixkiller, b. 1 Apr 1859, d. 1905.  She married /Harris/.

                     '''Children by Elizabeth Foreman''':

         30.    viii. Eliza Jane Sixkiller b. 8 Apr 1851.

Source: Scraper, J. (2009). The Scraper - Sixkiller Book: Genealogy and History of the Scraper and Sixkiller Families of the Cherokee People. Aardvark Global Publishing. Extract from Our Scraper Family Compiled by Joe Scraper Jr. @ https://scraperfamily.angelfire.com/texts/Scraper.htm
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Cricket (Tah-la-toh Su-dul-de-hee) Sixkiller was the son of Sixkiller (also known as Rufas or Old Soldier) and Gu-er-tsa Smith. He was born in 1806 in Cherokee Nation East, Georgia.

He married Deborah Whaley August 1, 1838 in Georgia and they came to eastern Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Their detachment began August 28, 1838 under the direction of Hair Conrad, but Assistant Conductor Daniel Colston took over in leading the group west.

Cricket Sixkiller was elected councilor of the Cherokee Nation representing Goingsnake District in 1861, one of several in his family to serve as councilors.

Cricket and his wife Deborah had seven children -- Jacob, Nancy, Jennie, John 'Jonas', Lucinda, Susie and James.

He later married Elizabeth Foreman, daughter of Thomas Foreman Sr. and Susannah Fields. They had one daughter, Eliza Jane. Elizabeth would later marry Cricket's brother, Redbird.

Cricket Sixkiller died September 20, 1862 in Baxter Springs, Kansas during the Civil War.*

Source: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157473752/cricket-sixkiller: accessed 15 March 2023), memorial page for Cricket “Tah-la-toh Su-dul-de-he” Sixkiller (1806–20 Sep 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157473752; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 48611989).