Mary Price Maddox m. Henry Goodson Maddox
HENRY GOODSON MADDOX b. 1840 GA
MARY PRICE b. abt. 1841 GA
They moved from GA to AL, then on to Arkansas, TX and Oklahoma.
Does anyone have any information through what lineage (Maddox or Price) does the Cherokee ancestry come from? Both possibly?
There is no indication that Henry or Mary were of Cherokee ancestry, and there is strong indication that they were White settlers that moved into Cherokee lands during the removal era of the 1830s. This couple then moved west, through several southeast states. But, they were migrating and living in White society. They eventually moved into Oklahoma when that territory was opened up to White settlement. Their descendants were continuing the cycle that the ancestors had started in the 1820s and 30s in the east, benefiting from Indian dispossession.
Henry’s ancestral lines are detailed extensively in this book:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/descendants-of-edward-jefferson-maddox-jr-north-georgia-pioneer/oclc/45087476
Here are their graves:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MAD&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=12&GScntry=4&GSsr=921&GRid=52584910&
Mary Price was the daughter of John B. Price (1807 – 1860) and Martha Patty George (1808 – 1850). This Price family likely won several Cherokee Land Lottery grants in 1832. It is hard to verify this based simply on names, but there were 19 Price men that received Cherokee land and in 1832 alone, there were only 61 heads of households with that surname in 1830. We also know that this John Price had been living in Rabun County, GA, but are then found in the 1840 Census living in the newly formed “Cherokee County,” which was established in at the time of the Land Lottery when the Cherokee were being dispossessed and White settlers were moving in. Cherokee families were not allowed to stay in the areas that were allotted by the state in 1832. Finding a White family in that particular time and place is a strong indicator that they were not Cherokee, and they benefitted from Indian removal directly. Martha’s death certificate states that she was born in South Carolina, although her parentage is a little unclear at this point.
A marriage certificate also verifies that John and Patty were living in Rabun in 1826.
Name John B. Price
Spouse Patty George
Marriage Date 14 Sep 1826
Marriage County Rabun
Marriage State Georgia
Household Members
Name Age
John B. Price
Patty George
Martha’s Death Cert. (summary):
Surname Martha Price
Year 1850
County Cherokee CO.
State GA
Age 42
Gender F
Month of Death May
State of Birth SC
ID# 197_ 267033
Occupation NONE LISTED
You are correct John, and I am aware of that. I am trying to search deeper. Based on old photographs and oral history in our family there is some native ancestry prior to all of what you posted. I was just curious if anyone had any information on the parentage that you spoke of that is unclear. There are several of these unknown or unclear lines in this particular line of my family, that’s what I was trying to figure out. I appreciate your help though!
I will have to check the original in this line, but Elizabeth McKeel married a Price in my line. Elizabeth was 1/2 Indian & in NC, but it was the Tuscarora tribe. The proof was found on Federal records, as 3 Scotsmen were living on adjoining farms in NC & there were no white women in the vicinity, so they decided to take Indian wives. There was a large fine yearly, for having an Indian wife, so-being Scotsmen-they lied & said they were all widowers & their children were white. The gov. got suspicious & sent an investigator! Elizabeth’s father was one of those 3!