Ti-Ah-Wah ‘George’ Harlan

George was a Cherokee man

Biography

George Harlan was born about 1781 in the Cherokee Nation (East). He was the son of Kati, (daughter of the famous Cherokee Nan-ye-hi (Nancy) Ward) and her third husband, a white man named Ellis Harlan.

George Harlan was married four times.[1] to Nancy Sanders (c. 1801-1807), Nancy Vann (c. 1808-1813), no children, Mary Ann May (1815 - ?), and last, Eliza Riley (c. 1840) ,no children. In 1817 George took a reservation on the Coosawatie River.[2]

In 1835 George and Mary Ann removed to Indian Territory as "Old Settlers," arriving April 1, 1835.[3] He died about 1848 in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, probably in the Tahlequah District.[4]

Children

Children with Nancy Sanders:
Eli Harlan
Ellis Harlan
Sallie Harlan

Child with Mary Ann May:
Elmira Harlan.[1]
Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Lincoln, AR: ARC Press of Cane Hill, 2005. p109-110.
2. ↑ Hampton, David K. transcriber Cherokee Reservees. Oklahoma City, OK: Baker Publishing Co., 1979. p. 5.
3. ↑ Baker, Jack D. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Oklahoma City, OK: Baker Publishing Co., 1977. p50.
4. ↑ Hampton, David K., transcriber. Cherokee Old Settlers, combined transcript of 1851 and 1896 Old Settler Payrolls. 1993. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75, Microfilms T985 and 7RA34. p. 276; Eliza is listed alone on the 1851 "Old Settler" roll, living near her parents and siblings.

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harlan-314
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More About GEORGE HARLAN:

1817-19 Reservations: June 01, 1818, #123, on Coosawattee River, Native, 4 in family

Blood: 5/16 Cherokee

Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)

GEDCOM Note

"HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS", Dr. Emmet Starr, Hoffman Printing Co., Muskogee, 1984