Too-ward-gus-na-gi ‘Willis’ Scraper

Willis was a Cherokee

Biography

Cherokee name: "Too-ward-gus-na-gi". Willis M. Scraper was born in 1835 on Scraper Mountain, (East of Coosa), in Chattooga District, Cherokee Nation East, what is now Cherokee County, Alabama. He died young at the age of 3, whilst on the Trail of Tears with his family. Son of George Washington Scraper and Louisa (McIntosh) Scraper.

Willis Scraper, b. 5 Mar 1835 in near Scraper Mountain, Cherokee Nation East, d. SEP 1838 in -on Trail of Tears-, buried on the East bank of the Mississippi river, on the Trail of Tears.

                     Cherokee name was Too-ward-gus-na-gi.

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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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Scraper-46
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Further Reading: Scraper, M. B. (2022, October 24). Finding Scraper Mountain. Dr. Matthew B. Scraper. Retrieved March 11, 2023, from https://mbscraper.com/ @ https://mbscraper.com/finding-scraper-mountain/