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N a Nc Y Wa Rd (The Book Features Her Uncle Attacullaculla A;: I L I T A R Y AND G E N E A L O G I C A ! RECORDS a= THE FAMOUS INDIANWOMAN; N A NC Y WA RD (THE BOOK FEATURES HER UNCLE ATTACULLACULLA AND HER SON-IN-LAW GENERAL JOSEPH MARTIN A~D INDIAN WIFE; bETTY {WARD) MARTI NJ THE STATUE CARVED BY ~~MES ABRAHAM ~ALKER HOLDS A PLATE WI TH ENGRAVING "NANCY WARD, 1776 WATAUGA", 1 N ONE HAND, AND IN THE OTHER A LAMB. NANCY WARD BORN ABOUT 1738 AT foRT LOUOON TENNESSEE OlEO 1N POLK COUNTY TEN~ESSEE ABOUT 1824. JAMES ABRAHAM WALKER WAS BORN IN CLAIBORNE :ouNTY TENNESSEE 1860 DIED IN HARLAN COUNTY 1 WALL I NS CR EEK , KENTUCKY 10/1~/1934. ANi,~ IE WALKER BURNS PO BOX 6183 APEX STATl ON 'NASH I NGTON • 0 .:: • THIS BOOK IS WRI I IEN ANO COMPILED TO HONOR NANCY WA~ THE ,aMOUS TENNRSSEE INDIAN WOMAN, AND TO ALSO HONOR M¥ ,ATHER .. , . SCU~PTURER MIQHT CALL IT CRUO~, IT WAS HIS INTERPRETATION OF JvST HOW SHE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOOKED, ACCORDING TO HISTORIANS AND ALSO DESCRIPTIONS WERE DERIVED ~ROM HEARING HIS ANCESTORS TELL OF HER SAVING THE EARLY SE~LERS OF TENNESSEE, AS THEY WERE THERE ON THE GROUND, IN SULLIVAN COUNTV TENNESSEE, WHICN FACT 1s SHOWN av THE PENSION· RECORD OF EDWARD WAI.KER SR, A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER. TH£R! as LlSTED IN THE 1830 CENSUS OF CLAIBORNE COUNTY TENNESSEE (WHERE CUMBERLAND GAP IS S11'UATE0) ON£ BETTY MARTIN, ABOUT THE Rl~HT A~~ (BETWEEN 70-80 IN 183v) TJ HAVE BEEN THE DAU~HTER OF NANCY WARD WHO WAS THE INDIAN wa,E OF GENERAL JOSEPH MARTIN, WHO WAS THE ~IRST INDIAN A~ENT IN TENN!SSCE9 Su~Ll»AN COUNTY, AND SINCE I COULD Jl,OT ~1ND HER LlSTED IN ANY OF THE COUNTIES WHERE NANCY AND BETTY WERE SUPPOSED TO LIV£, I AME INCLINED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY BE HE~ DAUGHTER. THERE ARE SEVERA~ M~RTIN NAMES APPEARINQ ON THE CHURCH REC8ROS 4 u, LES sount OF' TAZEWELL TEN1-. ABOUT I 802 AT THE HI ST:,Rf C CHURCH, INCLUDES THE NAM! ELIZABETH MARTIN WKleM BETTY MIGNT 8£ THE NICNNAKE FOR HER. SOME NISTvRIANS STATF. SHE WAS EVER •FTER KNOWN SV 6!TTY MARTIN, WHILE OTHER STATE SHE WAS MARRIED TO----- HU~HS OR HUGH!S NEVER GIVING THE FIRST NAME OF SAIO Hu,Es. WOULD ~IKE TO CORRESPOND WITH ANYOHE WHO KNOWS ABO~T EITHER BETTY MARTIN OR ELIZABETH MARTIN. LETTER FROM rviRS. GRANT FCf-l8/:AN (CAROLYN THOMAS FOR8v1AN) 1419 WEST OKMULGEE AVENUE MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA AUGUST 6, I 957 DEAR MRs. Bu RNS: I AM HAPPV 'Tl-1 AT YOU ARE PLEASED WI TH MY BOOK n I NO I AN ~'/OMEN CH I EFS 11 WI TH TH£ FR ONT I SPIECE OF THE STATUE OF YOUR FATBER 1 S CARVING OF CHIEF NANCY WARD. (JAMES A 'NALKER} You ARE AT LIBERTV TO USE PARTS OF MV BOOK IF YOU WILL GIVE ME CREDIT IN A FOOTNOTE TO ANYTHING YOU PUBLISH. AS YOU RE~UESTEO l HAVE SENT NOTICES OF MY BOOK TO YOUR "tWo BROTHERS IN V/ASHINGTON ANO To YOUR NEPHEW LAWRENCE WALKER IN ATHENS t GEORGI A~ FORTUNATELY I HAVE ALL OF OUR FAMILY RECORDS SO t AM RETURNING THE FORrJIS YOU SENT. SI NC ER~LV YOURS, (S) CAROLYN THOMAS FOREMAN Q.UOTATlONS FROM THE PUBLlCATlCN ENTITLED "FLOWER AND FEATHER" PAGE t • PAGES 57 TO 59. "NANCY WARD, LITTLE OWL'S COUSIN,"SY J. F. BROWN A NOTED WRITER ON THE SUBJECT OF I NOi ANS. JACK HILDERBRAND, WH 0 WAS THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF NANCY 'NARO, SAID THAT HER FATHER WAS A DELAWARE CHIEF WHO H~O M~RRIEO THE SISTER OF ATTAKULLAKULLA, ANO ACCOROlNG TO lNOl~N CUSTOM HAD BECOME A MEMBER OF HER TRIBE. THE DELAWARES WERE WELL THOUGHT OF BY THE OTHER lNDIANS, FOR THEY WERE CONSIDERED THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND WERE CALLED THE GR•NDFATHER INDIANS. THEY CALLED THEMSELVES LENNI­ LENNAPE. THE WORD LEN1~APE MEANS 11 PEOPLE," ANO AMONG ALL l~OI ANS, THE REPETITION OF A iORO DOUBL£0 ITS MEANING, HENCE, LENNI-LENNAPE MEAN~ "VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE," OR 11QRI GI NAL PEOPLE. 11 ., HILDEBRAND MISTAKENLY SAYS THAT NANCY WARD WAS 120 YEARS OLD AT TH~ TIME OF HER DEATH IN 1822; THAT HER I\GE WAS CALCULATED BY THE DATE OF WILLIAM PENN 1 S TREATY Wini THE DELAWARES, SHE BEING TWELVE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. WHAT HE HAD IN MINO WAS THE FAMOUS. ''WALKING TREATYn, WHICH WAS MADE NOT WITH WILLIAM PENN, BUT WITH HIS HEIRS, ANO WOULD H A VE M ADE N AN C 't' A P PRO X I MATE LY 80 AT TH E T ! ME CF H ER OE ,\ n. NOTHING IS KNOWN OF NANCY'S CHILDHO~D, BUT AS A YOUNG WOMAN SHE M~RRI ED THE KINGFISHER, A BRAVE WARRIOR. BY HIM SHE HAD TWO CHILDREN; CATHERINE AND FIVE KILLER. THE CREEK INDIANS BEGAN A WAR AGAINST THE CHEROKEES lN 1755, WHICH ENOEO IN A GREAT BATTLE AT TALIWA, NEAR THE PRESENT CANTON, (CHEROKEE COUNTY} GEORGIA, IN THAT YEAR• 0CONOSTOTA, W1 TH Fl VE HUNDRED CHEROKEES, DEFEATED A MUCH LARGER NUMBER OF CREEKS. DURING THE BATTLE, THE KINGFISHER WAS KILLED. NANCY WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED HIM AS WAS THE CUSTOM •T THE TIME, SEIZED HIS RIFLE ANO FuUGHT IN HIS PL~CE. HER ACT AROUND UNBOUNDED ADMIRATION AMONG THE~ CHEROKEES. A SHORT TIME LATER, A VACANCY OCCURRED IN THE OFFICE CF BELOVED WOMAN, PAGE 2. WHO WAS HEAD OF THE WOMAN 1 S COUNCIL OF THE CHEROKEES, NANCY WARD WAS SELECTED. THE TITLE WAS AGI-GA-U-E, VIH ICH MEANS "VERY MUCH BELOVED WOMAN." IT WAS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POSITION. SHE Hi.O THE PCW!::R OF LIFE OR DEATH OVER WAR PRISONERS. HER WORD WAS MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT OF THE CHIEF 1 S ANO WAS CONSIDERED THE VOICE OF THE GREAT SPIRIT SP~AK;NG THROUGH HER. 9HE EVEN HAD POWER TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS FOR Ra,ioVAL OF A CHIEF SHOULD SHE CONSIDER HIS ACTIONS UNWORTuY. THE CHEROKEE PAtD EXTRAORDINARY RESPECT TO WOMAN-HQJO. SooN AFTER SHE WAS CHOSEN BELOVED WOMAN, NANCY MARRIED BRYAN WARD, WHO HAO SERVED IN THE 8RlTISH ARMY. HE WAS OF IRISH DESCENT. HE AND NANCY 010 NOT LIVE LONG TOGETHER. AT 11-iE BREAKING CUT OF THE CHEROKEE ENGLISH WAR OF 1760, WARD VIITHOREW FROM THE CHEROKEE NATI CN, AND SETTEED lN PENDLETON OlSTRICT OF SnuTH CARJLINA. HE MARRIED A WHITE WCMAN AND RAISED A FAMILY, WILLIAM MARTIN, (SON CF UENERAL JOSEPH MARTIN) w~s A NEAR NEIGHBOR. HE STATES THAT NANCY \NARD CAME TO \!ISIT THE FAMILY OCCASIONALLY ANO WAS R£CEIVE0 WITH GREAT RESPECT BY THE WARDS. As THE RESULT OF HER SHORT MARRIAGE WITH VIARD, NANCY HAD ONE 0AUGHTER 1 EllZAc.ETH, oR BETSY, WHO BECAME THE INOI AN WIFE OF G£NE:RAL JOSEPH MARTIN THEIR SON, J·JHN fv1~RTIN, WAST,) BE TREASURER GF THE CHEROKEE NATION AND I TS CH I EF' JUSTICE• BRYANT WAR0 1 S BLCJD, HOWEVER, FLOWS IN THE WELL-KNOWN WARD FAMILY WHICH HAS FURNISHED SOME OF THE GREAT MEN OF THE WESTERN CHEROKEES. THAT IS BECAUSE HIS SON JACK '!JARD CAME FROM I REL AND SEARCHING FC'R HIS FATHER AMONG THE CHEROKEES, AND 0 I SC ,)VERE0 THI'- T HE HAD REMC VE0 TO ScuTH CAROLINA. 8uT HE FOUND HIS STEP-MOTHER, NAt~CY '.r./A,RO, THE MOST PROMINENT WOMAN IN THE NATIJN, AND HIS HALF SISTER, BETSY, THE WtF"E OF GErERAL JuSEPH MARTIN, WHQ WAS THE iNDIAN AGENT. IT WAS A C0NGENIIL ATMOSPHERE "" IN WHICH JACK VIARD FOUND HIMSELF. HE MARRIED CATHERINE MCDANIEL., THE HALF BLOOD DAUGHTER OF A SCOTTISH T~ADER NAMED McDANIEL, AND H!S CHERO­ KEE WIFE. THE WELL KNOWN FAMILY OF WARDS, KNOWN AS 8 TYE M13SIO~ARY VIA.ROSU VIAS THE RESULT. THE FAMILY INTERMARRIED WITH THE B~NGES, LOWERYS, ANO OTHER LEAOING FAMILIES AND IS PROMINENT IN 0KLAH0w~ ~OCAY ONE OF ITS SONS, HcUSTc,N BENGE TEEHEE, SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS TREASURER ~ THE UN I TED STATES ( SEE HIS 81 OGRA PHY ELSEWHE R~ IN Tt-i { S AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE CHEROKEES, VlHO HAD LONG BEEN LOYAL TO JuHN STUART, (ALSO SEE HIS BIOG ELSEWHERE) THE SRI Tl SH AGENT, WERE INCLINED TO St CE WI TH THE BRI Tl Si IN TH~ STRUG STRUGGLE, SouTH CAROLINA PROMPTLY CUT OFF THE lNOIAN SuPPLYES, JCHN STUART, TO REPLACE THIS, SENT A LARGE PACKTRAIN OF AMMUNITION FROM ,,, PENSACOLA, IN CARE OF HIS BR-JTHER HENRY. THE CHEROKEE WAR PARTY, UNDER DRAGG I NG CANOE WHO WAS NANCY WARD'S cous, N, WAS WILD FOR WAR, STUART TRIED TO HCLO THEM BACK. HE TOLO DRAGGING CANOE THAT HE WCULO WRITE TC THE WHITE SETTLERS AT WATAUGA AND TELL THEM TO MOVE OFF THE CHEROKEE LANDS. HE DID WRITE THE LETTER ANO SENT IT BY ISAAC THOMAS• To BLUFF THE 'IJATAUGANS, HE TCLD THEM THAT HIS MAJESTY EXPECT£D IMMEDIATELY TO LAND AN ARMY IN FLORIDA TG MARCH ON TH£ ~MERICAN FRONTIER FRONTIER, TO BE ACCCMPANIEO av A THOUSAND INDIAN ALLIES, CREEKS, CHOCTAWS, AND CHEROKEES. HE ACTUALLY DID THIS AS A WARNING TO LOYAL ENGLISH SUBJECTS, SO THE'Y MIGHT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAfE. THE VIATAUGAi~S DI O NOT BLUFF EASILY. THEY IMMEOI ATELY BEGAN BUILDING FORTS TO RBPEL THE EXPECTEi) INVASION. SEEING THAT THEY HAD NC INTENTION OF REMOVING DRAGGING CANOE PLANNED WARFARE AGAINST THEM. AT THE CRUCIAL MOMENT, NANCY WARD HAVING DISCOVERED THE PLACE, SENT I SA AC TH ·)MAS , JAR RETT WI LL I AM S 1t AN i) VJ l LL I AM FALL I NG TC W).
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