Nancy Ward

[@austinkathi]

She's my 5th Great-Grandmother. I've loved learning more and more about her history.

[@joycemurphy1988]

Nancy ward is my sixth great grandmother

[@CokoMonroe333]

This is my family! 💜💜

[@CherokeeBird]

Got alot of cousins here lol❤

[@courtneycollyge4028]

Nancy Ward is my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother. Thank you so much for this episode on your channel. I learned some new things about her and realized how much alike we are, it's incredible.

[@CokoMonroe333]

Me too oh my my my

[@lusolad]

Not sure if you guys know the difference between ancestors and descendants.....

[@aubreyplazafan]

SHE'S MINE TOO

[@CherokeeBird]

My 6th great grandmother ❤❤❤

[@jenltyler]

She's my 7th great-grandmother through my father's paternal line.

[@MundaneMumblers]

She is my 8th great grandmother!

[@vokyu3264]

This is my great grandmother , my mother told me

[@justinsmith9269]

Just learning of our family tree roots to her, dragging canoe, and Richard fox taylor. . . Trying to learn of this family tree branch best I can

[@tccoates2556]

Recently stumbled across Nanyehi while researching my family. She is my 5th Great Grandmother on my maternal grandfather's side of the tree. We had always been told of our Native American heritage but because of our connections to the state of Florida we assumed it would have been Seminole. Nanyehi was married to Tsu-la first and they had a daughter and a son. My family tree is connected to their daughter. Not to the Bryant Ward man she later married (and he left her for his first wife he had never divorced from later) and had another child from. My grandfather was the youngest of 19 children and his parents died while he was quite young so he never knew much about his parents and grandparents. What a surprise. So nice to find such an amazing relative and a whole new perspective to the Cherokee heritage. Funny thing is that I live fairly close to where she lived. Can't wait to make a short day trip to visit the park and her final resting spot. Waiting patiently now for my DNA test results to see what other mysteries remain.

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

Thanks for watching and good luck on your research!

[@jonathanward1527]

Came here due to family research, along with others I see.

[@aubreyplazafan]

she is my great great great great great grandmother (woah/???)

[@hop529ddlft]

My 18-year-old daughter is the great-granddaughter of Nancy Ward seven times removed I believe it's how you say it

[@abrahamperez6082]

Anybody know where.I can find primary sources about Nanyehi>? :)

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

Here are some sources linked to the Wikipedia article about her...they might lead to other sources for you: Allen, Paula Gunn, The Sacred Hoop, Beacon Press, 1992. American Indian Women: A Research Guide, edited by Gretchen Bataille and Kathleen Sands, Garland Publishing, 1991. Green, Rayna, Women in American Indian Society, Chelsea House, 1992. Native American Women, edited by Gretchen M. Bataille, Garland Publishing, 1993. Dockstader, Frederick J., ed., Great North American Indians: Profiles in Life and Leadership. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977 Felton, Harold W., Nancy Ward: Cherokee. New York: Dodd Mead, 1975 McClary, Ben Harris. "The Last Beloved Woman of the Cherokees." Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly 21 (1962): 352-64. Tucker, Norma. "Nancy Ward, Ghighau of the Cherokees." Georgia Historical Quarterly 53 (June 1969): 192-200 Woodward, Grace Steele. The Cherokees. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963

[@WeezahBubbs]

David Hampton has written a comprehensive book about her and her decendants. There is a gathering in Tahlequah Oklahoma every September during Cherokee heritage week near the armory.

[@jellymama7308]

I just traced my family tree back to Nancy Ward

[@aubreyplazafan]

same here

[@jenniferruip4688]

She and I resemble each other.

[@j.f.r.blackwolf6532]

Going with the Eastern dialect of the Cherokee language. U-ne-ga translates to the color white. Not soldier or anything else lol

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

Unless she meant "whites," as in the soldiers that would be following the tribe to make sure they continued on the trail of tears...

[@zqrxxx]

I’m related to Nancy Ward!