Beloved Woman Nancy Ward

1736 - 1822  (85 years)

• Name	Nancy Ward  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Beloved Woman
  Birth	20 Jul 1736	Tennessee, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Cherokee Nation East
  Gender	Female
  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
  Death	30 Mar 1822	Polk County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	Womankiller Ford
  Person ID	I25732	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Francis Ward   d. 1775
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Tame Doe Raven,   b. 1720, Washington County, Tennessee, USA d. 1760, Alabama, USA (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Kingfisher Walker,   b. 1735, USA d. Abt 1755, Canton, Cherokee, Georgia, USA (Age 20 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1752
  Children	1. John Walker,   b. 1755, Polk County, Tennessee, USA d. 1836, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F10494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Bryan Ward,   b. 1720, Antrim County, Northern Ireland d. 15 Aug 1815, Franklin County, Georgia, USA (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1756	Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
  	When 18, married her father's brother, Bryant Ward
  Children	1. Jennie Ward,   b. 1756   d. Forsyth County, Georgia, USA  [natural]   2. Cathrine Ward,   b. 1738, Washington County, Tennessee, USA d. 1822, Ocoee, Polk, Tennessee, USA (Age 84 years)  [natural]   3. Elizabeth Ward,   b. 1740, Tennessee, USA  [natural]   4. John Jackson Ward,   b. 1756, Antrim County, Northern Ireland d. 15 Aug 1815, Georgia, USA (Age 59 years)  [natural]  [Stepchild]
  Family ID	F8921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Jul 1736 - Tennessee, USA Marriage - 18 Sep 1756 - Franklin County, Tennessee, USA Death - 30 Mar 1822 - Polk County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Nancy Ward "Nanye-hi"

  
  

  Places

  Monument-WARD Nancy

  
  

• Sources

  [S944] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;). [S110] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 95.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JRD. [S425] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S141] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1738; Birth city: Chota; Birth state: TN.