General Notes

Indian Agent of the 96th District Spartanburg County, South Carolina
At this time the name Wilkinson changed to Wilkerson
Excerpts:
Edward Wilkerson, for expenses attending the line between this province
and the Cherokee Indians, including the 500 pounds voted formerly for the
same. Edwrd Wilkerson for his attendance at the running said line, 150
pounds. 1767 AD.
From South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research Vol. 5-6 page 187
Edward Wilkerson was made Commissioner of Peace for the Cherokee District.
From: Citizens and Immigrants of South Carolina 1795, by Warren, page 67
Charles Town, July 25, 1766
The lieutenant Governor, we hear has appointed Edward Wilkerson, Esq. to
be commandant of Fort Prince George, Keehowee
From: House Journal 6th Jan. through 26 March 1784, page 568
Tuesday 18 March, 1784. A motion was made and seconded that a committee
be appointed to inquire into the late Edward Wilkerson s purchase of
lands from the Cherokee Indians.. ordered it be taken into consideration
tomorrow.
The House took into consideration the report of the committee to whom was
referred the case of hiers of Edward Wilkerson, Esq. deceased which being
read through, was agreed to as follows. Reports that in their opinion
John Wilkerson, Elizabeth Wilkerson, Edward Wilkerson and the youngest
son, his name not known, children of the late Edward Wilkerson shall each
be allowed a grant of 640 acres in any part of the purchase made by said
Edward Wilkerson from the Cherokee Indians.
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Edward Wilkerson was made Commissioner of Peace for the Cherokee Dist.
From: Citizens and Immigrants of South Carlonia 1795, by Warren, page 67.
Note:
Charles Town, July 25, 1766
The Lieutenant Govenor, we hear has appointed Edward Wilkerson Esq. to be
Commandant of Fort Prince George, Keehowee.
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This is John, Betsy's brother...
From: Citizenship Commission, Tahlequah, June 2, 1879
Case # 97, Benjamin Brackett VS Cherokee Nation
Petitioned for his rights as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation
Statment of Francis Latta: I will be ninty six years old the 5th of next
month. I was well aquainted with John Wilkerson in the Old Cherokee
Nation. He was regarded as a Cherokee citizen. I knew his mother well and
she belonged to the Wolf Clan. It has been about seventy five years ago
that I got aquainted with John Wilkerson. John and his mother talked the
Cherokee language. His mother spoke broken English. John lived when I
first got aquainted with him near Maker Jack Cove(probably Nick A Jack)on
the Tennessee River. John had seven children by my sister and his other
wife had five. He had a first wife in South Carolina and two after he
came to the Old Cherokee Nation, at least he said he did. He had sons
named Uriah and William Wilkerson. Nellie Wilkerson was said to be a
sister to Uriah and William. William, Uriah and Nellie are children by
the South Carolina wife. Wilkersons Cherokee wife named Cootiah by whom
he had five childeren named Aaron, Dick, George, James and John. John
Wilkersons
children by my sister were named Hiram, Jefferson, Lewis, Lydia, Tom,
George and Linda.
JOhn also married Coo ta yah. She was married to his brother Edward too.
I think Edward died.
Coo-ta -ya was living in Tennessee in 1815. In 1842 Coo-ta-ya filed claim
in GoingSnake Dist., Indian Territory. She married John Wilkerson 2nd time
Note:
note found
Coo'tire, mother of Aaron and Dick Wilkerson,
mixedblood sons of Edward and John Wilkerson of tennessee" for the sons
to be mixedblood one parent must be white.
Cherokee Claim of Jessie w. Bushyhead #5226 states that Coo-ta-ya's first
husband was Edward and her second was John
Wilkerson. Also in Star's book in states that Edward Wilkerson was white
and in one of the Claims I found reference to the
fact that John Wilkerson, coo-ta-ya's second husband was brother to her
first husband Edward.
From: The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestorar