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Descendants of A-ma-do-ya Moytoy

174. SUSANNAH⁶ WICKETT (KATE⁵ PARRIS, PRACHEY⁴ _____, A-NU-WE-GI³ MOYTOY, MOYTOY², A-MA-DO-YA¹) was born Abt. 1775. She married MAJOR RIDGE 1792, son of OGANSTOTA and WOMAN ANI'-KAWI'. He was born 1771 in Hiwassee Town, CNE [TN], and died June 22, 1839.

More About SUSANNAH WICKETT:
Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
Clan: Ani'-Ga'tāge'wi = Kituah or Wild Potato (Wa-Wli Vann)
Starr's Notes: C636

Notes for MAJOR RIDGE:
Major Ridge
Nunna'hi-dihi (Path-killer) -in early life, not to be confused with Chief Pathkiller; Mooney
Kah-nung-da-tla-geh (the man who walks the mountain top); Mooney
[Ka-nu-nu-di-gv-tsu-gi = Bullfrog with a Forked Tongue]; Me
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In 1807 "The Ridge" and Andrew Sanders were assigned by the Cherokee Tribal Council to kill Chief Doublehead, who had illegally sold Cherokee land to outsiders. The assassination occured at the Hiwassee Garrison, TN, and there is an eye witness account by Caleb Starr.
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"The Ridge" received the title "Major" as commander of the Cherokee Light Horse Constabulary; he had been a Captain in the Cherokee Regiment at the Battle of Horshoe Bend.
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June 22, 1839 Major Ridge was shot from his horse on the road from Vinyard, AR by a number of Cherokees including the half-brothers Isaac and Anderson Springston, James Foreman, and Bird Doublehead. Bird was the son of Old Chief Doublehead who died at the hands of Major Ridge in 1807.

More About MAJOR RIDGE:
1835 Census roll: Oostenolee River, GA
1835 Smith Resolution: Coosa, voted Aye; pro-treaty
1836 Valuations: Cherokee Co, AL, #37 claimants; William Grimmett, William Lasley, widow Watts, Mrs Brown & Major Ridge; also Andrew Ross & Joseph Crutchfield
Aka (Facts Pg): Ka-nu-nv-gv-da-tla-ge
Blood: Full Blood Cherokee
Burial: Polson Cem, Delaware Co, OK
Clan: Ani'-Kawi' = Deer Clan (U-wa-di)
Detachment: March 1837, Det# 37-b Young/Ridge, as leading Cherokee, 0m-10 0m-25 0m-50 1m50+ 0f-10 1f-25 0f-50 1f50+ 4slaves
Elected: Abt. 1826, Speaker of the National Council
Military service: 1814, Captain, General Staff, Morgan's Cherokee Regiment at Horshoe Bend
Signer: December 29, 1835, Treaty of New Echota
Starr's Notes: C636

Children of SUSANNAH WICKETT and MAJOR RIDGE are:

NANCY⁷ RIDGE, b. 1798; d. 1819; m. WILLIAM RITCHIE; b. Abt. 1790.

More About NANCY RIDGE:
Blood: 3/4 Cherokee
Education 1: June 15, 1810, Spring Place Mission School
Education 2: May 14, 1817, Brainerd Mission

More About WILLIAM RITCHIE:
Blood: Non-Cherokee

580.	ii.		JOHN RIDGE, b. 1800, CNE [GA]; d. June 22, 1839.
	iii.		WALTER RIDGE, b. Abt. 1806; d. Abt. 1851; m. ELIZABETH _____; b. Abt. 1810.

More About WALTER RIDGE:
1851 Drennan roll: Delaware, 77
Detachment: March 1837, Det# 37-b Young/Ridge, just himself on muster aged 25-50

581.

iv.

SARAH RIDGE, b. 1813.

175. MOSES⁶ PARRIS (GEORGE⁵, PRACHEY⁴ _____, A-NU-WE-GI³ MOYTOY, MOYTOY², A-MA-DO-YA¹) was born 1794, and died Bet. 1852 - 1894. He married (1) MARY LANGLEY Bef. 1820, daughter of NOAH LANGLEY and ANNIE SELF. She was born Abt. 1802.

More About MOSES PARRIS:
1851 Old Settler roll: Illinois, 1 (1896 page 371)
Education: Spring Place Mission School, 7/29/1806~2/23/1807

More About MARY LANGLEY:
Note: Mary's father was a White man employed by George Parris

Children of MOSES PARRIS and MARY LANGLEY are:

582.	i.	GEORGE W⁷ PARRIS, b. Abt. 1820; d. September 20, 1869.
583.	ii.	H GREEN PARRIS, b. 1822; d. 1898.
	iii.	RACHEL PARRIS, b. Abt. 1824.
	iv.	BRYANT PARRIS, b. Abt. 1826.
584.	v.	EMALINE PARRIS, b. June 29, 1827; d. Aft. 1906.
585.	vi.	THOMAS JOHNSON PARRIS, b. Abt. 1832; d. Abt. 1880.
	vii.	RICHARD PARRIS, b. Abt. 1834.

More About RICHARD PARRIS:
1851 Old Settler roll: Illinois, 3 (1896 page 372)

586.	viii.		SALLIE C PARRIS, b. 1838; d. March 15, 1886.
	ix.		MELISSA PARRIS, b. Abt. 1842.

More About MELISSA PARRIS:
1851 Old Settler roll: Illinois, 1 (1896 page 479)

Child of MOSES PARRIS is:

587.

WILLIAM⁷ PARRIS, b. Abt. 1830; d. Abt. 1863.

176. ROBERT W⁶ PARRIS, SR (GEORGE⁵, PRACHEY⁴ _____, A-NU-WE-GI³ MOYTOY, MOYTOY², A-MA-DO-YA¹) was born 1795. He married (1) PENNY LANGLEY Bef. 1813. She was born Abt. 1795. He married (2) HESTER _____ Bef. 1816. She was born 1800 in Georgia, and died Aft. 1860.

More About ROBERT W PARRIS, SR:
1817-19 Reservations 1: November 28, 1818, #152, Chalaoochee, Native, 5 in family
1817-19 Reservations 2: August 26, 1823, sold reservation back for $1, 500 as George Parris
1851 Old Settler roll: Going Snake, 47 (1896 page 455)
Aka (Facts Pg): Ya-yu-a-yu-li-s-gi-tv
Education: Spring Place Mission School, 7/29/1806~2/23/1807

More About HESTER _____:
Blood: Non-Cherokee

Child of ROBERT PARRIS and PENNY LANGLEY is:

588.

MALACHI C⁷ PARRIS, SR, b. 1813, Noonday Cr, GA; d. 1863, near Westville, IT.

Children of ROBERT PARRIS and HESTER _____ are:

589.	ii.	ROBERT W⁷ PARRIS II, b. Abt. 1816; d. 1865.
	iii.	MALINDA PARRIS, b. Abt. 1817.
590.	iv.	LETHA PARRIS, b. Abt. 1818; d. 1880.
	v.	PEGGY PARRIS, b. Abt. 1819.
591.	vi.	NANCY PARRIS, b. Abt. 1820; d. Abt. 1855.
592.	vii.	ELIZA PARRIS, b. Abt. 1821; d. 1861.
593.	viii.	GATSIE PARRIS, b. Abt. 1821; d. Abt. 1860.
594.	ix.	GEORGE LO-WA-NV PARRIS I, b. 1823, Georgia; d. March 08, 1895.

Child of ROBERT W PARRIS, SR is:

595.

JANE ISABELLE⁷ PARRIS, b. 1832; d. February 08, 1904.

177. RACHEL⁶ PARRIS (GEORGE⁵, PRACHEY⁴ _____, A-NU-WE-GI³ MOYTOY, MOYTOY², A-MA-DO-YA¹) was born Abt. 1790, and died 1831. She married (1) BENJAMIN ROBBINS Abt. 1810. He was born Abt. 1780. She married (2) DANIEL SHORT Abt. 1816. He was born Abt. 1790, and died 1830.

More About BENJAMIN ROBBINS:
Blood: Non-Cherokee
Military service: 1814, ?Horseshoe Bend, under Cpt David McNair?

More About DANIEL SHORT:
1817-19 Reservations: July 1817, Res# 37 in right of wife, 5 in family, location: Chatahoochee
Blood: Non-Cherokee
Emigration: December 01, 1828, from CNE to CNW

Children of RACHEL PARRIS and BENJAMIN ROBBINS are: