Nancy 'Nannie' Ward
1820 - 1867 (47 years)
1. Nancy 'Nannie' Ward was born in 1820 in Georgia, USA (daughter of George Ward and Lucy Ann Mayes); died on 11 Nov 1867. Notes:
Birth:
Cherokee Nation EastNancy married William M Dameron in 1841. William was born in 1808 in North Carolina, USA; died on 7 Jul 1876; was buried in Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. George Ward was born on 17 Mar 1787 in Georgia, USA (son of John Jackson Ward and Catherine L 'Katie' McDaniel); died on 17 Mar 1863; was buried in Ward Cemetery, Sycamore, Delaware, Oklahoma, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Ug-Ti_Ga
- Migration: 1837; Trail of Tears
- _MILT: Jul 1861; First Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (Watie's Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers; 2d Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Arkansas; 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Riflemen)
Notes:
Birth:
Cherokee Nation East
Died:
assasinated by the Pin IndiansGeorge married Lucy Ann Mayes on 15 Dec 1805 in White County, Tennessee, USA. Lucy was born on 5 Mar 1789 in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, USA; died on 11 Nov 1867 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Lucy Ann Mayes was born on 5 Mar 1789 in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, USA; died on 11 Nov 1867 in USA. Notes:
Birth:
Cherokee Nation East
Died:
Cherokee Nation West, Delaware DistrictNotes:
Married:
Cherokee Nation EastChildren:
- 1. Nancy 'Nannie' Ward was born in 1820 in Georgia, USA; died on 11 Nov 1867.
Generation: 3
4. John Jackson Ward was born in 1756 in Antrim County, Northern Ireland (son of Bryan Ward and Anna Palmer, son of Bryan Ward and Beloved Woman Nancy Ward); died on 15 Aug 1815 in Georgia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1808, Franklin County, Georgia, USA
- Census: 1810, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Notes:
Birth:
(County Antrim, Ireland)
Died:
Cherokee Nation EastJohn married Catherine L 'Katie' McDaniel in 1780 in Cherokee County, Alabama, USA. Catherine was born about 1763 in Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Feb 1823 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Catherine L 'Katie' McDaniel was born about 1763 in Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Feb 1823 in USA. Notes:
Birth:
Cherokee Nation East - Little Tennessee River
Died:
Cherokee Nation EastChildren:
- 2. George Ward was born on 17 Mar 1787 in Georgia, USA; died on 17 Mar 1863; was buried in Ward Cemetery, Sycamore, Delaware, Oklahoma, USA.
Generation: 4
8. Bryan Ward was born in 1720 in Antrim County, Northern Ireland (son of Edmond Bryant Ward and Elspeth Ann McGregor); died on 15 Aug 1815 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1800, Franklin County, Georgia, USA
Notes:
Birth:
(formerly County Antrim in Ireland)
Died:
Cherokee Nation EastBryan married Beloved Woman Nancy Ward on 18 Sep 1756 in Franklin County, Tennessee, USA. Nancy (daughter of Francis Ward and Tame Doe Raven) was born on 20 Jul 1736 in Tennessee, USA; died on 30 Mar 1822 in Polk County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Beloved Woman Nancy Ward was born on 20 Jul 1736 in Tennessee, USA (daughter of Francis Ward and Tame Doe Raven); died on 30 Mar 1822 in Polk County, Tennessee, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Notable Quote: You know that women are always looked upon as nothing; but we are your mothers; you are our sons. Our cry is all for peace; let it continue. This peace must last forever. Let your women's son's be ours; our sons be yours. Let your women hear our words.
- Web Address: http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/ward_n.htm
- Name: Naye-hi Ghi-gu-u
- Occupation: Nanyehi became a de facto ambassador between the Cherokee and the whites
- _MILT: 1755; during the Battle of Talliwa against the Creeks, she crouched behind a log, loading the guns for her husband Kingfisher, "chewing the ends of the bullets so as to make them cause more damage". When he was killed, Nanye`hi picked up his gun and continued t
Notes:
Birth:
Cherokee Nation East
Died:
Womankiller FordNotes:
Married:
When 18, married her father's brother, Bryant WardChildren:
- Jennie Ward was born in 1756; died in Forsyth County, Georgia, USA.
- Cathrine Ward was born in 1738 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1822 in Ocoee, Polk, Tennessee, USA.
- Elizabeth Ward was born in 1740 in Tennessee, USA.
- 4. John Jackson Ward was born in 1756 in Antrim County, Northern Ireland; died on 15 Aug 1815 in Georgia, USA.