Category Archives: Seminole

Antiquities of the Southern Indians, Particularly of the Georgia Tribes

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Roberta Estes

This book, by Charles Jones, written in 1873, is extremely interesting and reveals a great deal about the culture of these tribes. There are areas that discuss conjurers, marriage and divorce, government, social relations, tools, burials and documentation of mounds. … Continue reading →

Posted in Catawba, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Edistoes, Natchez, Savannah, Seminole, Stonoes, Westoes, Yamasee | 1 Comment

American Indian Records on Ancestry

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Recently Ancestry.com added several sets of American Indian records to their collection, and some are free. This link should take you directly to the American Indian Collection search function at Ancestry. This collection includes the following data bases:

Posted in Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Five Civilized Tribes, Freedmen, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Osage, Research, Resources, Seminole | 5 Comments

Tracing Cherokee Ancestors

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Several years, ago – we’re talking in the decades now – before the internet and e-mail….you know, back in the dark ages…I visited the Muskogee County Genealogical Society in Muskogee, OK. I was that certain that my oral family history … Continue reading →

Posted in Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole | 12 Comments

Stand Watie, Cherokee

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Stand Watie (December 12, 1806 – September 9, 1871; also known as Standhope Uwatie, Degataga (Cherokee: ᏕᎦᏔᎦ), meaning “stand firm”, and Isaac S. Watie) was a leader of the Cherokee Nation and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army … Continue reading →

Posted in Cherokee, Choctaw, Military, Muscogee, Osage, Seminole | 4 Comments

Seminole Chief Osceola, Billy Powell

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Roberta Estes

State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/4370 Osceola was named Billy Powell at birth in 1804 in the Creek village of Talisi, now known as Tallassee, Alabama, in current Elmore County. “The people in the town of Tallassee…were mixed-blood Native … Continue reading →

Posted in Creek, Seminole, Traders, Treaty | 48 Comments

Osceola, Creek and Seminole Leader

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Osceola painting by George Catlin. James McQueen was a Scots-Irish fur trader, the first to trade in 1714 with the Creek in Alabama. He became closely involved with the Creek and married into the tribe. James McQueen was the great-grandfather … Continue reading →

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Osceola Powell, Seminole Chief

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Roberta Estes

The News Times in Fair Bluff, NC recently ran an article about Osceola, a Seminole Indian Chief who was born to a Creek or Waccamaw mother. His white name was either John or Billy Powell, depending on who is telling … Continue reading →

Posted in Creek, Seminole, Waccamaw | 15 Comments

The Curtis Act of 1898

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States, is probably best remembered for the Curtis Act of 1898. The Curtis Act of 1898 was an amendment to the United States Dawes Act that brought about the allotment process … Continue reading →

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Native Study Website

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Roberta Estes

I recently came across the Native Study website. http://www.nativestudy.com/index.html This site has several books of transcribed original records. For the most part, records deal with the following tribes: Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Creek Seminole Blackfeet Delaware Hopi Navajo Sioux However, a … Continue reading →

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Records Chronology of the Five Civilized Tribes

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Roberta Estes

This chronology was developed from “Records Relating to Native American Research: The Five Civilized Tribes” by George J. Nixon and printed on pages 535 to 557 of THE SOURCE, First Edition. The five civilized tribes are the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, … Continue reading →