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Hey,
I have been reading a book written by the step-grandson of my ggggrandmother who called herself Blackfoot and was supposed to have been born in Beaver County, PA. The book says that all the native Americans near Slippery Rock, PA, where these my ggggrandmother and grandfather lived before heading to Iowa in 1852 to join what we now believe are mixed relatives of theirs who had come from central PA in 1840, were Cornplanters. I found that Cornplanter was awarded land on the Slippery Rock following his assistance in treaties with the Six Nations after the Revolution.
The author presents an interesting picture of his views of Native Americans. His father and uncle, both children of the first wife, return to PA three years after going to Iowa, but he is sympathetic in many places, at one time telling how whites like talking about their heros and that Indians are no different. Yet never does he hint that his father was raised by a Native American.
Techteach
PS: Thank you, Deb for mailing it to me.
Hey Tech! well Iam very happy that you made this post, Cornplanters res. has always interested me, I have heard that it was disbanded, I have a hunch that many of the southern Souian peoples took up residence with these folks and after moving on were ablre to relocate where ever they wanted to. So like many groups after being enumerated and given some form of paymnent probably headed west like thier other relatives.
One interesting thing though , is that there was a ceremonial tobacco strain rescued? from those lands given up by the Cornplanter community.!
Thanx again, Tech enjoy your summer!
The plot of land was flooded in 1964.
And you have a great summer! I am going to take a trip to Bejing, China to teach technology. Yes, really.
Techteach
Hey Tech, now there’s what I call a summer!
Bejing sounds really cool! When your there check out some of the Museums, I really enjoy Chinese art, especially the very old.
I look forward to hearing about your trip when you return, but if you can get to this sight, a e post card would be very special. Best Wishes Tom
hey Tech, well so far we have not finished the design, but if you can I’d go ahead and use Lindas pattern and make one from some type of heavy pin or wire.
I hope that in the future we can get something solidified, all the best Tom.
Tom,
Do you mean that you will make it using Linda’s pattern? Or me? (I do my own crafting for thematic teaching units, but beyond this and some needlework, won’t be me.)
Cindy
Chuckles for you! Well so far we haven’t come up w/ a design so iam not too sure what to say, however you may want to use the same theme on something that Linda has suggested using already.
You could apply the design to a scarf or shirt etc or use a 3 arrow pattern that you design to represent your families traditions.
So far my life is up in the air and I won’t be able to get anything done for a couple of months.
Best wishes Tom
Woops! Looks like I posted that reply in the wrong forum. I know I saw a t-shirt that Linda designed on here somewhere.
Where is the Cornplanter Res exactly. Is it where the Cornplanter forest is now? I tried to pull it up on a PA map and can’t find the exact location.
I don’t think the Sinkey’s were that far North. They were in Barree twp, Huntingdon Co., PA. On the 1793 Barree twp tax list for Huntingdon Co. there is 5 Greens listed: Charles, Clement, Elisha, George and Isaac. Agness and William Huston, Daniel McCartney, Edward Rickets, William & Richard Sinkey and 8 different Wilson’s and a John McClelland.
The 1812 Tax List shows Elijah, George and Nathaniel Greens, Daniel McCartney (distillery) James McCartney, Richard and Richard, Jr. Sinkeys, Alexander, James, John and Nathaniel Wilson.Single Freeman are listed as William Huston and James Sinkey.
Cindy directed me to a “Path Valley” website and after pulling up some maps, it looks like the Sinkey’s were in that area. Don’t know if that means anything other than it said in the article that the whites were pulled out of the area and the Sinkey’s were allowed to stay. Makes me wonder why? Anyway I was curious about where the Cornplanter Res was located and if it was near the area where the Sinkey’s were at.
Deb
Deb:
It is nearer the western bunch of our family, the Ralstons. My Nancy McLane was born in Beaver County, not too far, as I understand it, from the land that was given to Cornplanter by the Americans for his loyalty. Much of it was flooded in 1960 by a dam.
The Cornplanter information came from the book you sent me. The Ralston author said that most of the natives near his family were Cornplanters. He also says that his grandmother (I think his MaWha grandmother.) came out as a missonary among the natives.
I then researched the Cornplanter information. I found it interesting that another name, Cooley, comes from near the Six Nations capital. He joins the group in Licking County, OH and then some also go on to Iowa. If you go to the Licking County historical society, they list “lost founders” or something like that, meaning the earliest settlers who are unaccounted for. At least a couple are buried in Hickory Grove cemetery, William Sinkey and Asa Cooley. We know where some others are too, because they are names that are in our line. I emailed them once, but the web site did not change, unless it has since then.
Techteach
Cindy,
I have a Mary “Polly” Sinkey married to Clark Cooley III on 21 Dec 1826 in Licking Co., Ohio. Mary was a daughter of William & Mary McCartney Sinkey. I also have also have Mary’s sister Martha “Pattie” Sinkey married to David Cooley. There is a Cooley website “Cooley’s of Licking County, Ohio. I don’t know how to link…but the web address is http://www.a-c-m.com/genealogy6.htm There are Cooley’s mixed with Sinkey’s down the line I think.
Deb
Deb:
I have been there. I downloaded a picture of a mid-1800’s Cooley who looks so much like my youngest brother that it is almost creepy. Take a few pounds off my brother and they are spitting images of each other. I printed it off and took it there last Christmas, so he could see it. Mom kept it.
Intriguing locations with what you sent me via email. With Cooleys coming to Ohio from the location of the Saponi town in the Six Nations and the Sankeys moving to Pittsylvania from Huntington. We just keep building evidence.
The Cornplanter reservation seems to have been a refuge for a variety of refugees of the Six Nations. One part of the book written by the Ralston stepgrandson calls one by the name of Sam Mohawk. And I seem to recall finding that it was the location (in fact I even remember looking it up) of Logan (Mingo or mixture of Seneca and other tribes) for a while when my creepy ggggggrandfather was involved in the massacre of his family (You are not related – connected but not related.). I will need to double check but I believe that I am remembering this correctly. The Eckert book placed Logan’s family at French Creek and this is near the Ralstons and I believe near to, if not on, the Cornplanter reservation. Certainly, mapquest shows a French creek near Oil City where the reservation was. Oh, and by the way, we are related to families named French, at least I am. They are on the same muster role as William Sinkey and I remember a French family in church. The mom said we were related, but I never thought so at the time – part of the efforts my ggrandparents made to distance themselves from the rest near Emeline. I believe that there was an Indian trader named French too in PA.
Cindy
Seems like I remember a French family coming to visit Grandma and Grandpa. I’ll have to ask my Dad or Aunt Hazel. Along with the DeMoss’s and I don’t know maybe half the town of Canton and Emeline….
Deb
Deb:
If you look at the opening article to this site, you will find Moss listed as a common Saponi name. I figured DeMoss is a variant of that name. I have seen the name and done some looking on the Jackson and Jones county sites for this name too. I saw that one would be my gggreat-aunt, I guess, marrying a brother to Mary Lovina Potter (Elizabeth Sinkey’s daughter).
Cindy
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