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John R. Shipley

April 26, 2016 by nowata 1 Comment

I am looking for information on my Grandpa. He was a preacher on Happy Hill, OK. He married my Grandma (Ollie Eastham) and they had 7 children. He passed at the age of 36(?) from appendicitis. I think he was 1/2 Cherokee. I am trying to find any info on him. He passed somewhere around 1934-1935.

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  1. jsmith says

    April 28, 2016 at 12:17 am

    John R. Shipley was 1/64 Cherokee by blood and related to Will Rogers. His father was non-Cherokee/White, and his mother was Jennie (Nunnallee) Shipley, 1/32 Cherokee by blood. Here is the card info:

    Name Jennie B Shipley
    Gender Female
    Birth Year abt 1872
    Age at Census Enrollment 30
    Enrollment Date 01 Sep 1902
    Tribal Affiliation Cherokee By Blood
    Census Card # 2863
    Dawes’ Roll # 7199

    Surname First Name Type Sex Age Blood %
    Nunnallee John P (Parent) M
    Nunnallee Mary C P (Parent) F
    Shipley Jennie B BB (By Blood) F 28 1/32
    Shipley John R BB (By Blood) M 5 1/64
    Shipley William P BB (By Blood) M 1 1/64

    Mary (Hensley) Nunnallee was 1/16 Cherokee. Her mother Eliza Jane (Jordan) Hensley was 1/8 blood. Eliza’s father was a Captain in the early Texas Rangers, and her mother was Nannie Roger’s, ¼ Cherokee.

    Capt. Alexander Jordan (June 1839 – August 1839 – Mounted Rangers,
    Nacogdoches)

    http://www.texasranger.org/ReCenter/captains.pdf

    This couple can be found listed in Emmett Star’s book:

    https://books.google.com/books?id=xsbJDSQcuDkC&pg=PA391&lpg=PA391&dq=%22alexander+jordan%22+%22nannie+rogers%22&source=bl&ots=sGqg-g7hFI&sig=dJqx2TCOPpjiGULBz1ZAvMcnXt4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSu4nrgLDMAhVEbR4KHcYBAcwQ6AEINTAF#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20jordan%22%20%22nannie%20rogers%22&f=false

    Nannies parents were Robert Rogers (b. 1785) and Lucy Cordery, (b. 1784 Cherokee Nation East, GA). These were the paternal grandparents of Will Rogers. Lucy was the daughter of Sinicooie of the Wild Potato Clan.

    Interestingly, this family represented Old Settlers that first came to Arkansas, then they moved to Indian Territory, and there was also some connection to the Mt. Tabor Band (Rusk County)/Texas Cherokee community as well. Even though he was 1/64 degree, he still had a clan affiliation that came through his straight maternal lines for 6 straight generations. In the years I’ve been doing Cherokee genealogy I can’t recall ever seeing a 1/64 degree mixed blood individual with a known clan affiliation. So, it is very unique. You would be eligible for enrollment with CNO if you are interested in pursuing that. Thanks for your query. It was an interesting one!

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