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Descendants of A-ma-do-ya Moytoy
197.ROBERT6 BENGE (WURTEH5WATTS, SISTEROF4DOUBLEHEAD, GREAT3EAGLE, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1767 in probably in the village of Toquo [TN], and died April 09, 1794 in Stone Gap, VA.
Notes for ROBERT BENGE:
Old Frontiers, John P Brown, pg 376;
Bench [Robert Benge aka Captain Bench] was one of only two red-headed indians in the Cherokee nation, the other being Will, the founder of Willstown [William Webber].
More About ROBERT BENGE:
Aka (Facts Pg): The Bench, Captain Benge
Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
Cause of Death: murdered by Vincent Hobbs
Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Wurteh)
Residence: Abt. 1788, Benge's Field, south of Trenton, GA
Children of ROBERT BENGE are:
646. | i. | RICHARD7 BENGE, SR, b. Abt. 1786; d. 1813, Tennessee. | |
647. | ii. | JOHN BENGE, CHIEF, b. 1788; d. Aft. 1853. | |
iii. | MARY BENGE, b. Abt. 1790. |
198.LUCY6 BENGE (WURTEH5WATTS, SISTEROF4DOUBLEHEAD, GREAT3EAGLE, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1768, and died October 10, 1846 in Greenleaf, CNW.She married GEORGE LOWREY, JR, MAJ Bef. 1791, son of GEORGE LOWREY and NANNIE WATTS.He was born 1770 in Tuskeegee on the Tennessee River, AL, and died October 20, 1852.
Notes for LUCY BENGE:
Starr lists Lucy as having been born circa 1786; the 86 must be a transposition, she would have been born much closer to 1768.
More About LUCY BENGE:
Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
Burial: City Cemetery, Tahlequah, OK
Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Wurteh)
Starr's Notes: C640; d:10/20/1846
Notes for GEORGE LOWREY, JR, MAJ:
Starr, A31, pg 472: George Lowrey was born about 1770.He and his son in law David Brown had finished a Cherokee spelling book in English characters at the time that Sequoyah announced his invention.
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The Brainard Journal, p 396;
David [Brown] translated, with his Father-in-law George Lowrey, the New Testament into Cherokee Syllabry.[ they translated five books of the New Testament, Act was one of them ]
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Tombstone Monument Inscription;
George Lowrey, Born at Tahskeegee on the Tennessee River about 1770.
Died Oct 20, 1852, age 82 years.
Erected by order of the National Council.
Many years a member of the Church of Christ.
Ruling Elder of the Church at Willstown.
Deacon of the Church at Park Hill.
He fulfilled the duties of every office well.
An Honest Man.A Spotless Patriot. A Devoted Christian.
Visited President Washington as Delegate from the Cherokee Nation 1791-1792.
Captain of the Lighthorse 1810.
Member of First National Committee of 1814.
One of the Delegation who negotiated the Treaty of 1819.
Member of the Convention who formed the Constitution in 1827.
Also that of 1839.
Elected Assistant Principal Chief 1828 and often afterwards.
At his death a Member of Executive Council.
Filled various other public offices.
More About GEORGE LOWREY, JR, MAJ:
1835 Census roll: Will's Valley, Jackson Co, AL, 1m18-, 2m18+, 1f16-, 1f16+
1836 Valuations: DeKalb Co, AL, #16 "1/2 blood"
Clan: Ani'-Stasti = Holly (U-lu-tsa)
Detachment: October 01, 1838, 38-04 John Benge/G C Lowrey
Elected 1: October 13, 1828, Assistant Chief of Cherokee Nation
Elected 2: August 07, 1843, Assistant Chief of Cherokee Nation
Elected 3: August 02, 1847, Assistant Chief of Cherokee Nation
Residence: 1822, Wills Town, AL
Signer: February 27, 1819, Treaty of Washington
Starr's Notes: C640
Children of LUCY BENGE and GEORGE LOWREY are:
648. | i. | JAMES7 LOWREY, b. 1791, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1857. | |
649. | ii. | SUSAN LOWREY, b. February 25, 1793, Tennessee; d. December 30, 1872. | |
650. | iii. | GEORGE C LOWREY III, b. 1800, Tennessee; d. October 22, 1848. | |
651. | iv. | LYDIA LOWREY, b. 1803, Tennessee; d. July 10, 1861. | |
652. | v. | RACHEL LOWREY, b. Abt. 1806, Tennessee. | |
vi. | JOHN LOWREY, b. Abt. 1808, Tennessee; d. Infant. |
More About JOHN LOWREY: Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Wurteh) |
653. | vii. | ANDERSON PIERCE LOWREY, b. 1811, Tennessee. |
199._____6 BENGE (WURTEH5WATTS, SISTEROF4DOUBLEHEAD, GREAT3EAGLE, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1769.
Notes for _____ BENGE:
The children of this "Unknown" Benge are listed in the 1895 Old Settler Payroll as being first cousins [second cousins?] of Houston, Riddle and Obidiah Benge.OS pg 238-239
Children of _____ BENGE are:
i. | COLEJAY7 BENGE, b. Abt. 1824; d. Bef. 1895. |
More About COLEJAY BENGE: 1851 Old Settler roll: Skin Bayou, 153 (1896 page 238) |
ii. | OLLEY BENGE, b. Abt. 1826; m. _____ BYERS; b. Abt. 1820. | ||
iii. | KA-LI-LA-HI BENGE, b. Abt. 1828. |
More About KA-LI-LA-HI BENGE: 1851 Old Settler roll: Skin Bayou, 72 (1896 page 239) |
654. | iv. | SUKEY BENGE, b. Abt. 1830. |
200.RICHARD C6 BENGE, SR (WURTEH5WATTS, SISTEROF4DOUBLEHEAD, GREAT3EAGLE, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1770.He married WO-DI-YO-HI, daughter of U-GA-WA-LA-DA.She was born Abt. 1786, and died Bef. 1837.
Children of RICHARD BENGE and WO-DI-YO-HI are:
655. | i. | PATSEY7 BENGE, b. Abt. 1806; d. Abt. 1855. | |
ii. | TSA-WA-YU-GA BENGE, b. Abt. 1808. | ||
iii. | NANCY BENGE, b. Abt. 1810; d. Aft. 1837. |
More About NANCY BENGE: RG75, E247 Reg of Pmts: Abt. 1837, D164 as Nancy Benge heir of Wotteoha Benge |
iv. | PEGGY BENGE, b. Abt. 1812. | ||
v. | RICHARD C BENGE, JR, b. Abt. 1814. |
201.NANCY6_____ (UNKNOWN5WATTS, SISTEROF4DOUBLEHEAD, GREAT3EAGLE, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1790, and died 1843.She married (1) CHARLES WOFFORD, son of NATHANIEL WOFFORD, COL.He was born Abt. 1784.She married (2) EBENEZER WILCOX.He was born Abt. 1784, and died 1834.
Notes for NANCY _____:
Nancy was a cousin of Sequoyah and a mixed Natchez/White. (ref: James Mooney's notes, National Anthropological Archives of the Smithsonian, item# 3548)
More About NANCY _____:
Blood: Cherokee/Natchez/White
Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Wurteh)
More About CHARLES WOFFORD:
Blood: Non-Cherokee
More About EBENEZER WILCOX:
Emigration: 1833, Cherokee Nat, West
Child of NANCY _____ and CHARLES WOFFORD is:
656. | i. | JAMES D7 WOFFORD, b. 1806, near present Clarkesville, GA; d. January 13, 1896, near Seneca Nat, IT. |
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