Fixico, himself a Seminole, notes that when you sit for a portrait, you wear your Sunday best. Though Osceola had been imprisoned by the U.S. Army and suffered from malaria when he posed for Catlin, he retains the proud bearing of a leader aware of posterity. Osceola claimed this and that he was Tuhkabatchee. Later, he went back up there to fight Andrew Jackson but when the Red Stick Creeks were defeated in 1814, he brought his wifes family, including Osceola, down to this area. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture. by Thomas S. Woodward, Indian agent. During the 1830s, Osceola, a Seminole warrior, led members of his tribe in Florida in a valiant attempt to resist the US Armys efforts to forcibly deport them to a reservation west of the Mississippi River. Osceola was 10 years old. would love the book. Im awaiting the results of an Ancestry DNA test currently. Finally, during one supposed treaty meeting near St. Augustine, Florida, Osceola was knocked out, bound, and imprisoned all while under a flag of truce. POLLY Ann (Coppinger) Powell 1769/71 His mother was part Muscogee and part Caucasian. I am Benjamin Powell,Osceola Billy Powell is my 4x Great Grandfather and His wife Peoka Powell is my 4x Great Grandmother. Osceola nicknamed her daughter Victoria Viola Jenks, but no one in my family knows why. Osceola means black drink singer. He stayed in the area as a fur trader and married into a Muscogee family, becoming closely involved with these people. My family hid the record of her birth-parents, and I know nothing about them except that her mother or father was likely a fieldhand in North Carolina. He identified himself as an Indian, says Ccile Ganteaume, an NMAI curator and organizer of the Infinity of Nations exhibition. These Creek Wars influenced the move of Osceolas tribe further south, into an area between the St. Marks and Suwannee rivers in northern Florida.This movement of tribes was common as white settlement and subsequent disputes forced many natives southward from South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. As a child, Osceola went by the name Billy Powell, but later he fully embraced the identity of his adopted tribe, the Seminoles of Florida. These two events, along with the Battle of Withlacoochee on December 31 and raids on sugar plantations in East Florida in early 1836, marked the beginning of the Second Seminole War. She is buried in Rowan Memorial Park Cemetery in Salisbury, NC. 1845-1927 m.1. I have many pictures of my findings on Facebook if youd like pictures and proof. Chief Osceola was the son of my great, great Uncle Billy Powell. Native American Haplogroup Origins and AncestralOrigins, James Whitehurst, Indian, Princess Anne County,VA, Eugenics as Indian Removal: Sociohistorical Processes and the De(con)struction of American Indians in theSoutheast, 1837 Treaty with the Choctaw andChickasaw. Born Billy Powel in 1804, Osceola was a Creek Indian of mixed heritage who joined the Seminole tribe only after his family was forced to flee their home in Alabama at the hands of U.S. military. Between 1832 and 1838, this Federal legislation directed the removal of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole people to lands occupying present-day Oklahoma. . As US relations with the Seminole deteriorated, Thompson forbade the sale of guns and ammunition to them. Born in Tallassee, Alabama, in 1804, Powell (hereafter Osceola) was of mixed blood. More European-American settlers started moving in, encroaching on the Seminole. The legendary warrior is also the symbol of Florida State University in Tallahassee. Be very careful with that book. Known as Billy Powell for the first ten years or so of his life, he took the name Osceola after a coming-of-age ceremony. Osceola, having suffered from chronic malaria since 1836, and having acute tonsillitis as well, developed an abscess[7]:233 and died of quinsy[4]:144 on January 30, 1838, three months after his capture. Osceola's mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen. I had heard that Oskaloosa, Iowa was named after a wife of Osceola named Ouscaloosa. The Seminoles also welcomed runaway enslaved people from the plantations of Georgia, South Carolina, and later Florida into their tribe, which drew the attention and hostility of American slaveholders and the US Army. [2] Osceola led the Seminole resistance to removal until he was captured on October 21, 1837, by deception, under a flag of truce,[3] when he went to a site near Fort Peyton for peace talks. There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people. As US relations with the Seminole deteriorated, Thompson forbade the sale of guns and ammunition to them. Im not sure why the Rhoden family history listed Yoha Hadjos last name as Rhoden-only place I have ever seen it. Lewis Powell was tried and hanged under his alias, Lewis Paine. OR Gov of E. FL), III. But, the most common interpretation of Osceola means the "Rising Sun". m. Che-Cho Ter (Morning Dew) I seek her to find a clan and name of our Band of Seminole. On the route they split- Powell did not want to go to FL, so he left with his 2 daughters (Maurnee and Hepsy) from a previous marriage, wife #1 (Hepsy Homarty was daughter of Powells 3rd family, half sister of Osceola). * Osceolas Legacy by Patricia Wickman (premiere Osceola expert) . James McQueen 1683-1811 /Katherine Fraser B 1705 AL ( most likely) By 1885, the death mask and some of Osceola's belongings were being held in the anthropology collection of the Smithsonian Institution. SOURCES: He acquired the name Osceola in young adulthood. Osceola's early life is largely unknown. He married Katherine Redstick Fraser, the Daughter of Chief (Mico) Eagle Wings of Tuhkabatchee. Her grandfather was a Scotsman who jumped ship near St. Augustine and. She has a Powell Family Book which was created by Bruce Powell. My telephone number is (662)596-5938. Osceola had a habit of barging into Thompson's office and shouting complaints at him. . 2. If anyone has a better possibility, add it below. Billy Powell's great-grand father was one James McQueen, a good Scotsman. George Catlin, a well-known artist, portrayed Osceola while forming a brief friendship with the legendary Seminole.Osceola whose name refers to the black drink or asi, combined with the call shouted after drinking this emetic, yaholo resided at Fort Moultrie very briefly before succumbing to a severe throat illness on January 30, 1838. I think there may be a connection to the Canaday family. I know Os Se YOHOLO is enrolled on the Talisi Tribal Town Rolls of 1832 as number 161. I was told that my grandmother (Elna Powell) was the daughter of one of Chief Osceolas daughters.if anyone can help me with my ancestory please contact me. His mother was Polly Coppinger and father William Powell. Also, does the town of Jenks, Oklahoma mean anything to your heritage? Advertising Notice He directed a successful ambush, taking advantage of the armys river crossing. 6. This is a wonderful journey. "The people in the town of Tallasseewere mixed-blood Native American/English/Irish/Scottish, and some were black. I thought the statue was me at first. Following various escape attempts, officials brought Osceola and several other Seminoles to Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, in December 1837. I have found many names for My 4x Great Grandmother, wives of Osceola Billy Powell. It seems very likely that these wives could be Che-cho-ter and Hilda. 1820 GA/ SC (not 1793) 1870 Baker Co., FL Later, Weedon gave the head to his son-in-law Daniel Whitehurst. Osceolas grandfather ( William Powells father ) was Absolam Powell the 1st. My DNA matches John William Powell Chufi Hadjo and Chekika Polly Ann Coppinger Powell, Parents of Osceola. 16 Over time, these various groups living in Florida, mostly of Creek and Hitchiti background, came to be called Sim-in-oli, or wild in the Muskogee language; this phrase was later Anglicized into Seminole. George Catlin, the famous artist who focused on Native American culture, visited and painted Osceola in his full Seminole attire: ostrich plumes, turban, war dress, and gorget. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. 1. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter McQueen,[1] after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars. Some pronunciations of the name lend to the meaning the "black drink", a bitter concoction used in ritual ceremonies. Gene Barber wrote in later articles that Osceola was never in the area and that he regretfully added to the myth by printing that story as truth. Source*- Bk- Shawnee Heritage IV 1700s to 1750s by Don This is the Osceola research I have found there are numerous versions of this story. This peaked my interest and I began researching Osceola and found a few interesting points. 5. Hickory Ground Town, d. After 1865, In Creek Indian Nation (Oklahoma, par. *Sanee/Sunnie 1798 (Osceolass sister)/ Yoha Hadjo RHODEN or Yoha Hadjo only b 1795 Yohas Father: Levi RHODEN. In 1836, Osceola became an influential leader during the Second Seminole War, serving as an adviser to Micanopy (ca. Granddaughter of Nanny Powell Renfrow Her father, James McQueen, had numerous wives, most of which were kin to 1st wife Katherine Fraser. [7]:825, Thompson considered Osceola to be a friend and gave him a rifle. [4]:178 Weedon apparently preserved Osceola's head in a large jar of alcohol and took it to St. Augustine,[4]:181 where he exhibited it in the family drugstore. During Osceolas stay here, many regarded him as somewhat of a celebrity. 3. According to the oral tradition of his descendants, Dr. Frederick Weedon was alone with the body and cut off Osceola's head, placing it in the coffin with the scarf that Osceola had customarily worn being wrapped around the neck, and immediately before the funeral ceremony removed the head and shut the coffin's lid. High school No schools to show Photos See all photos Others Named Billy Powell Osceola Powell Billy Osceola Osceola NativeAmerican Billy Powell See more Others With a Similar Name Ra Billy Billy Cooper Infinity of nations, a new permanent exhibition encompassing nearly 700 works of indigenous art from North, Central and South America, opens October 23 at the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City, part of the Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). After his death, army doctor Frederick Weedon persuaded the Seminole to allow him to make a death mask of Osceola, shown below, as was a European-American custom at the time for prominent people. FNU Dowling 2.Fleming Beasley-spouse #2 m. 1892 My LINE James Parker In the book, Shawnee Heritage IV 1700s to 1750 , it lists the mother of Queen Ann 1747 as being Stelona Fraser , niece of Katherine Fraser. I cant find that name anywhere. I am soon to be 76 years old.My paternal grandmother was Nanny Powell Renfrow. Historians believe he was of mixed heritage being born of a mixed-race Creek mother, and Scottish or English father. The 1832 Treaty of Paynes Landing called for the Seminoles to move west of the Mississippi and settle on the Creek reservation. [13][4]:25 [14] He was initially imprisoned at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, before being transferred to Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island, outside Charleston, South Carolina. Osceola, a young warrior rising to prominence, resented the ban. Pitcairn Morrison, the U.S. Army officer in charge of the Seminole prisoners who had been transported with Osceola, made a last-minute decision to take other items belonging to Osceola. She said he was a preacher during the Confederate War. Mishall, John and Mary Lou Mishall (2004). Thanks! Im trying to get info about my lineSari Missouri is Osceolas Sister and daughter of Polly as well. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/4299. I would like to see them. Osceola, William Powell, Jr. was not a chief. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. The second paragraph says that, Like his father, Billys maternal grandfather James McQueen was a trader. Wouldnt that be Billys maternal great-grandfather (ie, Pollys maternal grandfather)? Is this a book that was in print or is it a personal book? W.W. Norton & Company, New York, New York, 2020. 1785 (date? Osceola, suffering from poor health, spent his final month at Fort Moultrie as a prisoner of the US Army. Then he visited relatives in Northern Alabama where he met and married Missouri Powell, Osceolas sister. Hello, Ben. Powell was believed to have ancestors from all of these groups. I am apart of the Canaday line, Sari being my direct connection. Seems more coincidental, but maybe there is a distant relationship to Osceola. The connection does not seem to fit for Rachel Rhoden, b 1845,GA- apparently had 7 or 8 children without being married. Osceola (Billy Powell) Born to a Creek mother and a white father, Osceola's family joined the Seminole following the Creek Civil War. [9] Lt. John T. Sprague mentions in his 1848 history The Florida War that Osceola had a wife named "Che-cho-ter" (Morning Dew), who bore him four children. Capt. [8], In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain, and more European-American settlers started moving in, encroaching on the Seminoles' territory. Sari Missouri Miss Sari m. John Milledge Canaday My great grandmothers name was Ola Ellington from Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. Thloco Cornell and Tuskenua Mad Dog "[7]:221,218. Created in 1887, Osceola County is a 1,506 square mile area that serves as the south/central boundary of the Central Florida greater metropolitan area.