Jennie Sanders

Jennie Sanders was born in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory about 1832. She was the daughter of Mitchell Sanders and Polly Overtaker. She married George Bigfeather (Tsu wa ts gv) about 1849. [1] Jennie and son Benjamin appear on the Old Settler Roll living next to her father and her siblings. [2] Jennie and Geroge were the parents of six children: Benjamin, Rachel, Buck, Washington, Elsie, and Susan. Jennie died in 1886. [3]

Sources
↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. p. 407
↑ Hampton, David K., transcriber. Cherokee Old Settlers, combined transcript of 1851 and 1896 Old Settler Payrolls. 1993. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75, Microfilms T985 and 7RA34. Flint District, #11, p. 253.
↑ Eastern Cherokee application #5591 Wash Bigfeather (son). National Archives and Records Administration, NARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909.