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THE COLBERTS
James Logan Colbert and his three wives
Tootemostubbee aka George Colbert and Shullachie
or Salechie
William David Colbert and Celia "Cealy"
Sizemore
Mary Matilda Colbert and Washington Taylor
Levitce Hettie Colbert and William Hollinger
JAMES LOGAN COLBERT AND HIS THREE WIVES
James Logan Colbert
LifeNotes: Emigrated to Darien, Georgia 10/20/1735- 1/10/1736.
He went west and settled among the Chickasaws about 1740. He helped
the Chickasaw warriors against the British. He was a registered
trader 1766-7.
Attended the Mobile Indian Conference, 1771-2. He was commissioned
on 11/23/1780 by General James Campbell to raise a regiment of Indian
volunteers for the British side in the Revolution. He
attacked Fort Jefferson, KY in 5/1781. Captured Cruzat in
1782. Attacked Fort Carlos in 1783. He was in St. Augustine
in 11-12/1783.
Born: ca 1721 in Scotland
Married:
Died: killed in a fall from his horse, 1784, while in the Creek Nation
Parents:
He had 3 wives -- three Chickasaw women, two of whom were full-blood
and one halfbreed. One of the wives was Sopha; one was Jesse Moniac,
daughter of William Dixon Moniac and Unknown.
LifeNotes:
Born: Married: Died:
Parents:
Their children were:
- George Colbert, born 1764, Muscle Shoals. See his page. Married Shullachie or Salechie.
Their son: William Colbert, see his
page. (m. Celia Sizemore, daughter of Arthur Sizemore
and Mary "Polly" Bailey).
- William Colbert. Married Jesse Moniac, daughter of William
Dixon Moniac and Polly Colbert.
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TOOTEMOSTUBBEE aka GEORGE COLBERT and SHULLACHIE or SALECHIE
Tootemostubbee aka George Colbert
LifeNotes: He was Chickasaw and Scottish mix.
Born: 1764, Muscle Shoals, (now AL)
Married:
Died: 11/7/1839, Fort Towson, OK
Parents: James Logan Colbert and Sopha (Chickasaw Indian)
Shullachie or Salechie
LifeNotes:
Born: Married: Died:
Parents:
Their children were:
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WILLIAM COLBERT and CELIA "CEALY" SIZEMORE
William Colbert
LifeNotes: Was living as of 1851 in Monroe Co., AL.
Born: South Carolina; Married: Died:
Parents: Tootemostubbee / George Colbert and Shullachie or Salechie
Celia "Cealy" Sizemore
LifeNotes: See her page. Was lving
as of 1851 in Monroe Co., AL.
Born: Married: Died:
Parents: William Sizemore and Polly Bailey
Their children were:
- Mary Matilda Colbert, born 7/1/1832. See
her page. Was alive during the 1920 census. Married on 10/5/1846
to George Washington Taylor. George died in 7/1864 Battle of
Chattanooga.
- Rosanna Colbert,
born ca 1830.
- William Colbert Jr., born ca 1832. Married
Mary Jane Moniac (b. ca 1848; d. ca 1903), daughter of Sam Moniac
and Susan Marlow. William Colbert Jr.
died ca 1902.
- Martha Colbert,
born ca 1842.
- Robena Colbert
- William Colbert, Jr.
- Levitia Hettie Colbert,
born ca 1790. Married William Hollinger, son of Adam Hollinger
and his Indian mate Eliza ??. See
William's page.
Their children were: Mary Hollinger (m. 1st- John Mitchell on
11/29/1836; m. 2nd-?? O'Neil; buried in Daphne), Jefferson
Hollinger (b, about 1810; m. 1st- Elizabeth Franklin, daughter
of Thomas Jefferson Franklin
and Elizabeth "Betsy" Sizemore,
Escambia Co., FL, 1838; m. 2nd-Elizabeth Harris, widow of
George Sizemore, in Monore Co., AL, on 11/11/1852), William
Randon Hollinger, Jr. (b. 8/21/1833; fought in Civil War;
m. Josephine Sizemore, daughter of George Sizemore and Elizabeth
Harris -- and thus step-daughter of Jefferson Hollinger; d.
12/26/1903, buried Daphne, AL), Alexander "Elick" C.
Hollinger (b. about 1816; m. Caroline Gaston, Monroe Co.,
AL, on 12/26/1850; Caroline left Alexander and divorced
him in 1857, claiming he was a drunkard and had "promiscuous intercourse
with Indian, white and negro women"), Levetia "Vicey"
Hollinger (b. about 1826; m. Isaac Gilbert House, Monroe
Co., AL, on 12/17/1844; Gilbert disappearred and Levetia
later remarried), David Hollinger (b. about 1828; was living
with his parents as of 1850; d. 1860 of hydra thorax).
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MARY MATILDA COLBERT and GEORGE WASHINGTON TAYLOR
Mary Matilda Colbert
LifeNotes: She was in Monroe Co., AL on Nov. 10, 1906 at the time
of her application. She made application to Eastern Cherokees in
1906 claiming her Creek blood from Colbert and Sizemore.
In answer to the question: were you ever enrolled for annuities, land or
other benefits?, she answered, "yes, I was enrolled in 1883."
-- at least I THINK that is what the date says-number in question is the
3rd digit.
Affadavit for Mary M. Taylor: Personally
appeared before me Robert Freeman and Adam Hollinger who
being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acqauinted
with Mrs. Mary M. Taylor who makes the foregoing application and
statements, and have known her for 20 years and 25 years, respectfully,
and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and
that the statementts made by her are true, to the best of their knowledge
and belief, and they have no interest whatever in her claim.
X Robert Freeman
X Adam Hollinger
Subscribed and sworn to befor me this 10 day of Nov 1906
My commission expires Nov 1907 J. H. Brown, Notary Public
Called the Guion Miller applications: Claim made to Eastern
Cherokees, for part of money appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee
Indians by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, in accordance
with the decree of the Court of Claims of May 26, 1906.
Born: 1833 according to her application to Eastern Cherokee Claims
for her Creek heritage; also have 7/1/1832
Married: 10/5/1846
Died: in Jeddo, Monroe Co., AL, after 1906; was alive during the
1920 census.
Parents: William Colbert and Celia "Cealy" Sizemore
George Washington Taylor
LifeNotes: He served in the Civil War.
Born: 1822
Married: 10/5/1846
Died: 7/1864, Battle of Chattanooga, TN
Parents: Jacob Taylor and Martha ?. Jacob Taylor was
one of the "friendly Indians" who fought with Gen. Andrew Jackson
during the Creek War of 1812-1814. Jacob came with Gen. Jackson
to Monroe Co., AL in 1814. He and his Indian family settled in Monroe
Co., AL after 1814. The Taylors were originally from Newburn,
North Carolina.
Their child:
- Rhoda Posie Taylor, born 1848, Monroe Co., AL. Married
John Rolin / Rollin / Roland. See
his page. Their son: John Richard Roland (b. 9/13/1875,
Local, Escambia Co., AL; m. on 4/12/1904, Monroe Co., AL
to Ella Georgia Williams; d. 11/11/1959, Walnut Hill, Escambia
Co., FL). Died 1904, Escambia Co., AL.
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LEVETIA HETTIE COLBERT and WILLIAM RANDON HOLLINGER
Levitce Hettie Colbert
LifeNotes:
Born: 1790; Married: between 1820-5; Died: 4/1860, Monroe Co., AL
Parents: William Colbert and Celia Sizemore
William Hollinger
LifeNotes: William Hollinger was six years old at the time of
his father's second marriage and from that point on, he didn't live with
his father, even though they remained on good terms. David Tait took
William into his home and the boy grew to manhood amongst the Tates.
147. William Hollinger
On 4 March 1789, I, the undersigned Pastor of Mobile, baptized solemnly
in Samuel Mims' house, William, about 7 years old, Mestizo,
son of Adam Hollinger and an Indian. Godparents are Joseph
Thompson and Madame Mims.
Rev. Miguel Lampost
William Randall Hollinger escaped the Ft. Mims Massacre;
he and the Steadham brothers got out by cutting a hole in the wall.
William had three sons outside his marroage: Son unnamed, Jefferson
Hollinger, and Alexander Hollinger. See William's own page for the
information.
William Hollinger was a guide, spy and interpreter
for the US Army during the War of 1812. And he serve as an
Indian guide for Gen. Andrew Jackson during the Creek War.
See his application for bounty land
See his deed of gift to his
daughter Levetia.
Appearing 23 October1850
Wm. Hollinger age 64 M. Farmer $7, 000 Ala
Hetty age 50 F C Ala
Elick age 34 M. C. Stock keeper Ala
David age 22 M. C Ala
Wm. Randall age 17 M. C Ala
Vicey House age 24 F Ala
Mary J. age 4 F Ala
Wm. A. age 2 Ala
James Langman age 63 M. Ditcher Engand
Nathaniel J. Murphy age 30 M. Overseer Ala
Note: the Vicey House and the 2 children listed below
her are Levetia Hollinger House, William's daughter and her 2 children.
Born: in 1786, baptized 3/4/1789 at the home of Samuel Mims and
said to be "son of Adam Hollinger and an Indian".
See the transcription of the original
record; Married: between 1820-5; Died: 5/1860 Monroe Co., AL
(cause of death: gradual paralysis). See
his will
Parents: Adam Hollinger and Eliza ?, an Indian woman
Their children were:
- Levetia "Vicey" Hollinger, born about 1826. Married
Isaac Gilbert House or Hass (b. Binghamton, NY) in Monroe Co., AL on 12/17/1844,
with Green Brown as surety (source: Monroe and Conceuh County,
Alabama Marriages if 1833-1880, Dr. Lucy Wiggins Colson and Dr. Robert
Ellis Colson, Southern Hist. Press). Their
children were: Mary Jane House (b. ca 1846, Claiborne, Monroe Co. AL; listed in 1850 census in William Hollinger's
household with his mother and sister and as age 4; Application #3358;
m. James Alexander Hightower, Jr., see their Hightower page); William Alexander House (born
1848 AL; listed in 1850 census in William Hollinger's household
with his mother and sister and as age 2; m. Martha Elizabeth
Lambert). Isaac Gilbert Hous disappeared
while on a trip taking cotton to gin in Claiborne.
It is reported Gilbert had another family elsewhere. Levetia
later remarried. She received a deed of gift -- slaves and cattle --
from her father in 1846; see
the text of the deed.
- David Hollinger, born about 1828; was
living with his parents as of 1850; d. 1860 of hydra thorax.
- Mary Hollinger, born ca 1846 AL. Married
1st- John Mitchell on 11/29/1836, Monroe Co., AL with William
Hollinger as surety, Daniel M. Wright, J. P. (source:
Monroe and Conceuh County, Alabama Marriages if 1833-1880, Dr. Lucy Wiggins
Colson and Dr. Robert Ellis Colson, Southern Hist. Press). Married
2nd-?? O'Neil. Mary Hollinger is buried in Daphne, AL.
- William Randon Hollinger, Jr., born 8/21/1833.
Fought in Civil War. Married on 28 Aug 1861, at office of judge,
Monroe Co., AL to Josephine Sizemore, Franklin Taylor,
surety, M. McGorvay, Judge. Josephine was daughter of George
Sizemore and Elizabeth Harris -- and thus step-daughter of William's
half-brother Jefferson Hollinger; marriage entry in Colson book
indicates Josephine was underage and required consent to marry.
William Randon Hollinger died 12/26/1903, buried Daphne, AL.
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THE SIZEMORES
Arthur Sizemore and Mary "Polly"
Bailey
Celia Sizemore and William Colbert
William Sizemore and Levitia Moniac
Absolom Sizemore and Susannah Stiggins
ARTHUR SIZEMORE AND MARY "POLLY" BAILEY
Arthur Sizemore
LifeNotes: Arthur Sizemore kept a ferry at Gainestown.
-- Sizemore's Ferry.
Listed as a Half Creek Indian applying for his Creek Indian
Land Reservation in the Treaty of Fort Jackson 1814 Special
Acts. Also he is listed in the American State Papers under Volume
9 page 860 making a Creek Indian Land Claim according to an Act
of Congress passed March the 3rd 1817 between the United States and the
Creek Nation, to certain Chiefs and warriors of that Nation and
for other purposes. This was provided by the First Article of The Treaty
of Fort Jackson, August 9 1814. According to the evidence of these
papers, Arthur Sizemore was a Member of the Creek Nation of Indians
before the Removal of the 1830s. to Oklahoma.
Arthur Sizemore was a friendly Creek during the Creek
Civil War of 1813-1814. He is not known to have joined the Red Sticks;
this is why his family suffered much loss to the Hostile Indians
during the Creek War with the American Government.
Born: Married: Died: about 1858, Monroe Co., AL. See
the will and administration of the estate
Parents:
Mary "Polly" Bailey
LifeNotes: Her siblings were Dixon Bailey and Peggy Bailey
who figured so importnatly in the story of the Massacre of Fort Mims.
Born: between 1759-70, AL
Married:
Died: 1/23/1862, Baldwin Co., AL, buried there. See
the text of her will
Parents: Richard Bailey and Mary, a Creek woman of
the Wind Clan from the Creek Indian village of Autosse
or Atasi. Richard was from Middlesex Co., England
Their children were:
- Cynthia Sizemore, born 1800, AL. Married ? Padget.
Their child: Elijah Padget (he was named as executor in his grandmother's
will, but died before she did).
- Amelia Sizemore, born 1810, AL. Married Robert Stiggins,
son of Joseph Stiggins and Nancy Grey. Their son: James
Gray Stiggins.
- Celia Sizemore, born 1812, AL. See
her page. Married William Colbert. See
his page. Celia is named in her mother's will to inherit $500.
Their children were: Mary Matilda Colbert (married George Washington
Taylor), Hettie Colbert (lived in Monroe Co., AL and
living as of 1906.), Elizabeth "Betsy"
Sizemore, Child, Amelia Sizemore
(dead as of 1906), Billy Sizemore (dead as of 1906), Sam Sizemore
(dead as of 1906), Dickson Sizemore. Lived in Baldwin Co., AL
(dead as of 1906).
- William Sizemore, born 1798, AL. See
his page.William became a wealthy planter
on the Alabama River. He is named in his mother's will as
inheriting $5.00. On 3/16/1826, married Levitia Moniac, daughter
of William Dixon Moniac and Polly Colbert. Their children
were: Levitia Sizemore, Adaline Sizemore, William Sizemore, Elizabeth
Sizemore, David H. Sizemore, Alexander M. Sizemore, Charles W. Sizemore,
Virginia Sizemore, Fredericka Sizemore, Mary Sizemore, John W. Sizemore.
William Sizemore died before his father.
- Absolom Sizemore, born in AL. See
his page Married Susannah Stiggins, daughter of Joseph
Stiggins and Nancy Grey. See
her page. Their children were: Edward Sizemore, Mary Sizemore,
William F. Sizemore, George W. Sizemore, Charlotte Sizemore (m.
Ed Forbes), Joseph Sizemore, Susan Sizemore, Edwin Sizemore.
He is named in his mother's will as inheriting $5.00. Absolom
died before his father. This is Linda
Sizemore Teasdale's line; please contact her if you have information.
- Nancy Sizemore, born in AL. Married ? Moniac.
Their son: David A. Moniac (was appointed as his grandmother's executor
after Elijah Padget died). Nancy is named in her mother's
will as inheriting $5.00.
- Samuel Sizemore born in AL. He is named in her
mother's will as inheriting $5.00
- Betsy Sizemore. Married ? Tarvin. Betsy is named
in her mother's will as inheriting $5.00.
- Dixon Sizemore, born in AL.
- Joseph Sizemore. Married ?. Their child: Josephine Sizemore.
Joseph died before his father.
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CELIA "CEALY" SIZEMORE and WILLIAM COLBERT
Celia "Cealy" Sizemore
LifeNotes: See her page. Was lving
as of 1851 in Monroe Co., AL.Celia is named in her mother's
will to inherit $500.
Born: 1812, AL; Married: Died:
Parents: Arthur Sizemore and Mary "Polly" Bailey
William Colbert
LifeNotes: See his page. Was living
as of 1851 in Monroe Co., AL.
Born: Married: Died:
Parents: George Colbert
Their children were:
- Mary Matilda Colbert, born 7/1/1832. See
her page. Was alive during the 1920 census. Married on 10/5/1846
to George Washington Taylor. George died in 7/1864 Battle of
Chattanooga.
- Rosanna Colbert,
born ca 1830.
- William Colbert Jr., born ca 1832. Married
Mary Jane Moniac (b. ca 1848; d. ca 1903), daughter of Sam Moniac
and Susan Marlow. William Colbert Jr.
died ca 1902.
- Martha Colbert,
born ca 1842.
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WILLIAM SIZEMORE and LEVITIA MONIAC
William Sizemore
LifeNotes: William became a wealthy planter
on the Alabama River. He is named in his mother's will as
inheriting $5.00.
Born: 1798, AL
Married: 3/16/1826
Died: before his father who died 1/23/1862
Parents: Arthur Sizemore and Mary "Polly" Bailey
Wife: Levitia Moniac
LifeNotes:
Born: 1802 in Letohatchie, AL; Married: 3/16/1826; Died: 23 Nov
1858
Parents: Samuel Takkes-Hadjo Moniac and Elizabeth Weatherford
Their children were:
- Levitia Sizemore
- Adaline Eugenia Sizemore, born 15 Dec 1827. Married 1st- Robert
P. Jones on 25 Jun 1846. Their children were: Rosa R. Jones (b.10
Aug 1847; d. 13 Oct 1849), Mary Levitia Jones (b. 7 Jun 1849; d.
9 May 1931), Anna C. Jones (b. 23 Feb 1851; d. 14 Oct 1871). Married
2nd-John Renault on 18 May 1854. Their children were: Charles
R. Renault (d. 22 May 1922), William S. Renault (b. 3 Aug 1870;
d. 4 Nov 1936), Theodore A. Renault (b. 27 Nov 1855; d. 5 Feb 1932),
Josephine Renault (b. 18 May 1863; d. 9 May 1933), Mary "Molly"
Levitia Renault (b. 9 Jun 1849 in Mt Pleasant, Monroe Co., AL;
d 9 May 1931 m. John Pierce who was born 23 Jan 1847 in Daphne,
AL and who died 30 Apr 1922 in Baldwin Co., AL), Addie E.
(Adaline) Renault (b. 2 Feb 1865; d. 15 Feb 1865).
- William B. Sizemore, born Circa 1834.
- Rosannah Sizemore, born ca 1832. She married J. M. McDonald
- Elizabeth Sizemore
- David H. or M. Sizemore, born ca 1838. Died 9 Mar 1863.
- Alexander Moniac Sizemore. Married Mary Ellen Weatherford,
daughter of Alexander McGillivray Weatherford and Martha Eliza
Pollard, on 18 Aug 1862.
- Charles W. Sizemore, born Circa 1842. Died 5 May 1862, killed
at battle of Williamsburg during the Civil War.
- Caroline Virginia Sizemore, born ca 1843-4. Married George
A. McDonald. Their son: John K. McDonald (b. 1865; m. Nanny
Smith; d. 1934). Rita McDonald Millien
is researching this line through her father Sidney Clark McDonald (
b. 1915, son of Nanny and John; d. 1977)
- Fredericka Sizemore, born ca 1848.
- Mary D. Sizemore, born ca 1846.
- John W. Sizemore, born ca 1850.
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ABSOLAM SIZEMORE and SUSANNAH STIGGINS
Updated, thanks to Linda
Sizemore Teasdale
Absolom Sizemore
LifeNotes: He is named in his mother's will as inheriting $5.00.
Born: 1790 in Monroe Co., AL
Married: 14 Feb 1816, Clarke Co., AL
Died: before his father -- died before 1855 in Mount Pleasant, Monroe
Co., AL
Parents: Arthur Sizemore and Mary "Polly" Bailey
Susannah Stiggins
LifeNotes: See her page.
Susannah was a widow when she married Absolam. Susannah or
Susan was a survivor of the Massacre of Ft. Mims. Susan and
her husband took refuge at Fort Mims; Susan escaped the Fort
Mims Massacre, but her husband Henry Hathaway died in the battle.
Susan was given aid by Efa Tuscanuggee. She saved a little
girl named Elizabeth Randon.
Born: about 1795, Nauche, Talladega County, AL
Married: 14 Feb 1816, Clarke Co., AL
Died: about 1865, Mt. Pleasant, Monroe Co., AL.
Parents: Joseph Stiggins and Nancy "Haw" Grey
Their children were:
- Charlotte Sizemore, born about 1822, Monroe Co., AL.
Married Ed Forbes. They were living with Susan Sizemore and
her son George in 1850, Monroe Co., AL and show up in the
census there. Their children were: William H. Forbes (b. about 1840,
Baldwin County, AL), Mary A. Forbes (b. about 1842,
Baldwin County, AL; m. Peter Ward on 3 Ja 1866, Baldwin
County, AL), Joseph A. Forbes (b. about 1844, Baldwin
County, AL), Susan Forbes (b. about 1846, Baldwin
County, AL; m. Michael Dalton, 8 July 1872, Baldwin County,
AL), Edward Forbes (b. about1848, Baldwin County, AL)
- George W. Sizemore, born about 1825, Monroe Co., AL.
Married Ann M. Ellison (b. Feb1844 in Monroe Co., AL, and
died Abt. 1886 in Monroe Co., AL), daughter of Thomas Ellison
and Napsey Henderson. Their children were: Ida M. Sizemore
(b. about Feb 1860, Monroe Co., AL), Eugenia Sizemore (b.
about 1863, Monroe Co., AL; d. 18 August 1900), George Sizemore
(b. Feb 1864, Monroe Co., AL; m. Julia Eugenia Chevalier,
about 1887; b. June 1868, Alabama; d. 6 Dec 1901, Mobile,
Mobile Co., AL), Charles Bingley Sizemore (b. about 1866,
Monroe Co., AL), Robert Emmett Sizemore, b. 9 August 1870,
Monroe Co., AL; m. on 8 July 1896, Mobile, Mobile Co.,
AL to Eugenia Isabel Emanuel who was born July 1869, Alabama
and who died 2 August 1950, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL; Robert
d. 10 Nov 1932, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama), Tait T. Sizemore,
b. Feb 1873, Monroe Co., AL; d. 30 July 1935, Mobile, Mobile
Co., AL; m. Jeanetta Foster, about 1896; b. Sept 1875, Alabama.
--From Linda Teasdale: I believe that his name may be Thomas Tate
instead of Tait T. I find in the later census a Thomas T.
in Mobile), Edward Ellison Sizemore (b. about 1876, Monroe
Co., AL; d. 18 June 1899, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL), Arthur
Sizemore (b. 4 Feb 1878, Monroe Co., AL; d. 8 May 1965, Mobile,
Mobile Co., AL; m. on 10 July 1901, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL
to Jessie Ionia Emanuel who was born 23 April 1882, Mobile,
Mobile Co., AL and who died 25 Feb 1969, Mobile, Mobile
Co., AL), Willie Annie Sizemore, b. Abt. 1883, Monroe Co.,
AL; d. 7 Sept 1933). George W. Sizemore died about 1884, Mount
Pleasant, Monroe County, AL.
- William F. Sizemore, born Monroe Co., AL. Married Epsey
R. Handley, daughter of James Handley and Sarah Henry.
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