Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Chinnabbee was a Natchez leader who brought his people to Talladega in 1756 to live sheltered among the Creeks. The Natchez had been driven from their homes in Mississippi by the French. The picture at left shows how the Natchez hunted before they acquired horses, in a "surround" of wild game; the drawing is by Le Page DuPratz who has left us with many contempoary depictions of lifestyles of Indians in the colonial years. Click here to learn more of the Natchez.

Chinnabbee's sister was Nancy Grey. She married Joseph Stiggins an Englishman; their daughter Mary married William Weatherford; their son George Stiggins was a very good friend to the Creeks.

He had a brother who was living at Nauche in 1796 and was well-to-do.

During the Creek War, and probably due to his hatred for the French, Chinnabbee was friendly with the Americans and was made a Brigadier General of the Indian troops.

His small fort on the Coosa River was surrounded by Red Eagle's forces during the War. Selocta went to General Jackson pleading for help. Jackson gave light infantry who routed the Red Sticks.

Soon after Talladega was settled by whites, Chinnabbee was intoxicated and racing his horse, rode too close to a tree and was killed.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Natchez, sister of Chinnabbee;

Nancy married Joseph STIGGINS in 1790. Joseph was born in 1750 in , , Virginia; died in 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the translator for General Andrew Jackson at Ft. Jackson treaty signing. He became Jackson's guide and Indian advisor. It was Selocta who translated the dramatic speech of Red Eagle.

After Red Eagle surrendered, General Jackson urged the Creek chiefs to move their people west to land given by the States. Selocta went to Jackson and argued against such action, reminding Jackson of the troubles he and his father Chinnabbee had endured while supporting the Americans. This is from McKinney & Hall's book regarding the situation and about Selocta: John Henry Eaton, in his "The Life of General Jackson" (1824) recalled the Creek's speech and added, "There were, indeed, none whose voice ought sooner to have been heard than Selocta's. None had tendered gretaer service, and none had been more faithful. He had claims growing out of his fidelity that few others had."

But Selocta learned a hard lesson. He soon realized that his efforts were for naught. Fidelity meant little to such as Andrew Jackson.The stage was now set for the Removal.

Family/Spouse: Amelia SIZEMORE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William WEATHERFORD in 1816 in , , Alabama. William (son of Charles WEATHERFORD and Sehoy III MCPHERSON) was born about 1781 in , , Alabama; died on 24 Mar 1824 in , Baldwin, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmamcrk4/crkdox18.html#anchor988771

George Stiggins -- Claims of Friendly Creeks paid under Act of March 3, 1817

Transcribed from a copy of the original document shared by Steve Travis

I George Stiggins a half Breed Indian claim under the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1817 ??? acres of land.

South East Quarter of Sec. 29 Township 5 Range & North East Quarter section of Sec. 32 Township 5 Range and fraction on the west side of the rover range 3 township containing two hundred and fifty acres number 1 (one).

I George Stiggins the above named claimant do solemnly swear that I occupied the south east quarter section of section 29 prior to the Creek war of 1814 and have occupied it ever since and that I was actively friendly to the whites and that I was actively friendly to the United States during the said war.

George Stiggins

Sworn to before me 8th December 1818
D. ? Mitchell
agent for IA

? Arthur Sizemore and John Adcock being duly sworn depose and say that we know George Stiggins to have settled and occupied the above described and prior to the Creek war above mentioned and -- that he was likewise activlely friendly to the United States during said war

Arthur (his mark X) Sizemore
John (his mark X) Adcock

Sworn to before me 8th December 1818
D. ? Mitchell
agent for IA

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmamcrk4/smfm2.html#anchor160271

George Stiggins wrote "History of the Creek Nation". This manuscript has served as a vital resource for many books on the Creek Nation. He and Elizabeth lived for many years in Baldwin Co., AL but returned to Talladega after the Treaty of 1833 for his allotment. During that period, he met Albert Pickett who wrote "History of Alabama".

George Stiggins served in Captain Thomas H. Boyles' company listed as Sergeant George Stiggins. (Thanks to Mark Migura, a descendant of Reuben Adcock, for this information).

George Stiggins' name appears on the Claims of Friendly Creeks paid under Act of March 3, 1817.

George married Elizabeth ADCOCK on 16 Feb 1812. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas ADCOCK and Elizabeth ADCOCK) was born in 1795 in Franklin, Heard, Georgia; died in Jan 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Natchez metis (Natchez-English); Tensaw resident; Captured at Fort Mims Massacre @ 18 yo; Rescued by Efa Tastanagi, Dog Warrior of Atasi;

Susannah married Absolom SIZEMORE in 1816. Absolom (son of Arthur SIZEMORE and Mary Polly BAILEY) was born in 1790; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Henry HATTERWAY about 1812. Henry died in 1813 in Fort Mims, Baldwin, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha POWELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was very young when her father died. She was the only daughter of William Weatherford to grow to adulthood.

Mary Levitia and her Dr. Howell would stay in Alabama till 1850, when her mother's estate was settled, and then moved with several children and numerous slaves to Louisiana where the family had holdings in Natchitoches, DeSoto and Sabine Parishes. Sadly, there was much sickness along the bayou's, and Levitia died at age 36 in 1859.

Died: in 1859; is buried in a lonely, unkept forest place (Campground Cemetery) near Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. Two of her children are beside her, Bonaparte, age 5, and Natalie, age 14. The widower put up a nine foot apex style monument, which has fallen at least once.

Mary married William Forbes HOWELL on 11 Apr 1842 in , Monroe, Alabama. William was born in , Wilcox, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Mildred BURDINE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Evenetta married John James TURVIN on 18 Sep 1837 in Macon, Bullock, Alabama. John (son of Richard TURVIN and Elizabeth SIZEMORE) was born in Dec 1814 in Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama; died in 1900 in Crenshaw, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]