Documented Cherokee Lineage
"Susannah" Sonicooie (Cordery)
m. Thomas Cordery
- Reservation Roll, 1817
Sarah Cordery (Rogers)
m. John Rogers, Jr.
- Reservation Roll 1817
- Henderson Roll, 1835
Ann Chappell Rogers (Lenoir)
- Siler Roll, 1851
- Chapman Roll, 1852
- Hester Roll, 1883
- Dawes Roll, 1900
Emma Elizabeth Lenoir (Roberts)
- Hester Roll, 1883
Estelle Corinne Roberts (Wiggins)
- Guion Miller Roll, 1909
Aileen Wiggins (Jackson) (Farrell)
Cherokee descendant, Swain County, N.C.
(Unregistered)
Walter Coburn Jackson
Cherokee descendant, Swain County, N.C. (Unregistered)
Bryan Douglas Jackson
- First Families of the Cherokee Nation
ROGERS FAMILY
The John Rogers, Jr. family was prominent in the old Cherokee Nation. John and his wife, Sarah, raised twelve children, and a number of them played important roles in Cherokee Nation and United States history. The family is the focus of my novella, Chattahoochee Rain. The Rogers house still stands today in Johns Creek, Georgia, near the Chattahoochee River. The famous early twentieth century humorist and Cherokee Nation citizen, Will Rogers, an extended family member, visited the home in his travels. The Rogers family can be found on page 391 of Emmet Starr’s History of the Cherokee Indians.
TSALI
In addition to my Cherokee ancestors, I also had ancestors who were not Cherokee but great supporters of the Cherokees. Another great, great, great-grandfather, Abraham Wiggins, Jr., and his wife, Margaret, fed Tsali (Sol-lee, known to the whites as “Charley”) his last meal before his execution. Tsali became known as a famous Cherokee martyr and a version of his story is told to this day in annual summer outdoor drama, “Unto These Hills,” in Cherokee, North Carolina.
This page is dedicated in loving memory of my friend, Don L. Shadburn (1939-2015)