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 1834 - 1932

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• Christened	1834	,,,Georgia,CHEROKEE NATION EAST,   [1, 2]
  	Georgia.
  Gender	Female
  Drennan Roll	1851	Tahlequah,,Tahlequah District,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST,
  	#508, as WaKee
  Census	1880	Tahlequah,,Tahlequah District,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST,
  	#1636, as Becca Nugen
  Dawes Roll	Hulbert,,,Oklahoma,USA,
  	Card #6294, Roll#28284, as Rebecca Neugin
  Guion Miller Roll	1909	Hulbert,,,Oklahoma,USA,
  	#508, Application #2448, as Rebecca Neugin Trancript: MILLER APPLICATION # 2448 Rebecca Neugin .Ê Residence: Hulbert, Okla. Admitted Reasons: Aunt of #1386. Applicant enrolled as "Wa-kee", 508 Tahlequah. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Washington, D. C. Sir: I hereby make application for such share as me be due me of the fund appropriated by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, in accordance with the decrees of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, and May 28, 1906, in favor of the Eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith subjoined. 1. State Full Name: English Name- Rebecca Neugin Indian Name- Wa-ki 2. Residence- Northern Dist. Ind. Ter. 3. Town and Post Office- Hulburt (Locust Grove) 4. County - Cherokee Nation. 5. State-- Ind. Ter. 6. Date and Place of Birth-- about 1835 in Old Cherokee Nation. 7. By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more than one relative living in 1851, set forth each claim separately: (1st) Claim through self being on roll (2) Claims through father, Tic-ka-neiski 8. Are you married? Widow 9. Name and age of wife or husband- Born in Old Nation Bark Neugin. 10. Give names of your father and mother, and your motherÕs name before marriage- Father- English name-Ketcher Indian name- Ti-ka-nee-ski Mother- English name- Sally Indian name- Maiden name- Unknown 11. Where were they born? Father- In Old Cherokee NationÊ Mother- In Old Cherokee NationÊ 12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time Father- In Tahlequah Dist Cherokee NationÊ Mother- Was Dead 13. Date of death of your father and mother? Father- about 1858Ê Mother- Died Before ???? 14. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- Enrolled in 1851 Mother was white woman. 15. Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living, give date of death- (** This starts with # 7..paper covering the answer. I don't have a copy of the ones covered) (7) Ben Ketcher Born In Old Nation Died about 1888 (8) Linnie " Born In Old Nation Died about 1886 (9) Rebecca Neugin Born In Old Nation Living (10) John Ketcher In Cherokee Nat Before 1851 Died 1904 16. State English and Indian name of your grandparents on both fatherÕs and motherÕs side, if possible- FatherÕs SideÊ UnknownÊ Katy StillÊ MotherÕs Side Unknown Unknown 17. Where were they born? All born in Old Nation 18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Katy Still was only one living, In Tahlequah Dist. 19. Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths (1) English name-Ê Indian name- Da-ki (female) Living in 1851 Residence- In Tahlequah Dist C. N. (2) English name- Indian name-Ae-li Died before 1851 Residence- In Tahlequah Dist. C. N. (3) English name- Indian name- Residence- (4) English name- White on Mothers side. Indian name- Residence- 20. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- Was enrolled in 1851 and all subsequent rolls. 21. To expedite identification, claimant should give the full English and Indian names, if possible, of their paternal and maternal ancestors back to 1835. REMARKS (Under this head the applicant may give additional information that he believes will assist in proving his claim). Note: Answers should be brief but explicit: the words ÔyesÕ , ÔnoÕ, and ÔunknownÕ may be used in cases where applicable. Read the questions carefully. I solemnly swear that the foregoing statements made by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Signed:Rebecca (her mark) Neugin Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of October, 1906 Signed: Wm. Rasmus? Notary Public AFFIDAVIT (The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses who are well acquainted with the applicant.) Personally appeared before me Alie Downing and Joe Vann , who being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted with Rebecca Neugin , who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known her for 50 years and 50 years, respectively, and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that the statements made by her are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in her claim. Witnesses Signatures: Alie (her mark) Downing Joe (his mark) Vann J. W. Duncan Jess Beck Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 20th day of October, 1906 Wm. Rasmus? Notary public #2448 Miscel. Rebecca Neugin being first duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the great aunt of Nancy M. J. Hibbs (14). My father's name was Big Te-cah-ne-ye-skee. I had two brothers named Dan and John. My name was Wa-kee. (See Tah. 508). Signature of witness. Rebecca Neugin. Subscribed and sworn to before me at Muskogee, okla. this 23rd day of September 1908. H. C. Black. Ass't to Special Commissioner of the Court of Claims. [Transcribed by Katy Pitts, July 2003]
  Interview	1932	Hulbert,,,Oklahoma,USA,
  	Interviewed by Grant Foreman for the WPA pioneer history project. Indian Removal, Grant Foreman, pp. 242, 302 footnote 18. "When the soldiers came to our house, my father wanted to fight, but my mother told him that the soldiers would kill him if he did and we surrendered without a fight. They drove us out of our house to join other prisoners in a stockade. After they took us away, my mother begged them to let her go back and get some bedding. So, they let her go back and she brought what bedding and a few cooking utensils she could carry and had to leave behind all of our other household possessions. My father had a wagon pulled by two spans of oxen to haul us in. Eight of my brothers and sisters and two or three widow women and children rode with us. My brother Dick who was a good deal older than I was, walked along with a long whip which he popped over the backs of the oxen and drove them all the way. My father and mother walked all the way also. The people got so tired of eating salt pork on the journey that my father would walk through the woods as we traveled, hunting for turkeys and deer which he brought into camp to feed us. Camp was usually made at some place where water was to be had and when we stopped and prepared to cook our food other emigrants who had been driven from their homes without opportunity to secure cooking utensils came to our camp to use our pots and kettles. There was much sickness among the emigrants and a great many little children died of whooping cough." ( Rebecca Neugin in an interview with Grant Foreman. Details of this story were passed down to Rebecca by her mother.) Taken from Indian Removal, by Grant Foreman, University of Oklahoma, 1932.
  Reference Number	1622
  Died	15 Jul 1932	Hulbert,,,Oklahoma,USA,
  	According to Grant Foreman.Foreman Footnote: Mrs. Rebecca Neugin died near Hulbert, Oklahoma in the summer of 1932, at the age of nearly a hundred years. Mrs. Neugin, who was a small child when her people removed from the East, could recall only one incident of that experience, and that was her pet duck that she cherished and would not leave behind. She carried it in her little arms until she squeezed the life out of it, and grieved to see it thrown by the roadside. The poignent memory of that childish love and grief remained with her more than 90 years. p. 283, Grant Foreman, The Five Civilized Tribes, University of Oklahoma Press, 7th Printing, 1980.
  Person ID	I302	Poncy-Mandeville-Thompson-Hedrick
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2009
  Father	Tickaneesky STILL,   b. Abt 1800,   d. Abt 1858, ,,,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST,
  Mother	Sally UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F7227	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Bark NEUGIN,   b. Abt 1830,   d. 2 Oct 1885
  Children	1. Sabra NEUGIN,   b. 1859, ,,Going Snake District,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST,   2. Neal NEUGIN,   b. 1866,   d. Aft 1906   3. Henry NEUGIN,   b. 1870, ,,Going Snake District,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST,   4. Eliza NEUGIN,   b. 1871   5. Dave NEUGIN,   b. 1873   6. Katie NEUGIN,   b. 1880, ,,Tahlequah District,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST,
  Family ID	F1043	Group Sheet
  Family 2	John SMITH
  Children	1. Cynthia SMITH,   b. Abt 1852, ,,,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST, ,   d. Abt 1881, ,,Canadian District,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST,   2. Jack SMITH,   b. Abt 1856, ,,Going Snake District,Indian Territory,CHEROKEE NATION WEST,
  Family ID	F1172	Group Sheet

• Photos		Rebecca Neugin in 1932 This is a photo of Rebecca Tickaneesky Neugin at the time of her interview in 1932.
  		Rebecca Tickaneesky Neugin Rebecca Tickaneesky Neugin, taken in the early 1900s.
  Histories	Rebecca Tickaneesky Neugin Including her 1932 interview by Grant Foreman

• Notes

  According to family legend, Rebecca Neugin, whose Cherokee name was Wa kee, lived to 114 years of age. She was married to John Smith and had a daughter, Cyntha (our ancestor). She was 1/8 white. Emmett Starr's genealogy lists Rebecca Tickaneesky who married John Smith and then Bark Nugen. Rebecca Neugin was interviewed by Cherokee historian Grant Foreman in 1932, at the age of ninety-eight. She was one of the last survivors of the Trail of Tears (she was three years old at the time). In the interview she mentions an older brother, Dick, and eight other brothers and sisters. According to Starr, Rebecca Tickaneesky was the third youngest of ten children and had an older brother named Richard. Toward the end of her life (from at least 1907 on) she lived in Hulbert, about nine miles from Tahlequah. from Hicks: 285. REBECCA5 TICKANEESKY (TICKANEESKY4 STILL, CATHERINE3 DOWNING, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1840, and died Aft. 1906. She married (1) JOHN SMITH Bef. 1855. He was born Abt. 1826. She married (2) BARK NEUGIN Bef. 1859, son of NEUGIN and DA-NI HATCHET. He was born Abt. 1830, and died October 02, 1885. More About REBECCA TICKANEESKY: 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 508 as Wa-kee 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 1636 as Becca Nugen 1890 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 3012 as Becky Nugen 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 6294, roll# 28284 as Rebecca Neugin 1906-09 Miller roll: Locust Grove, OK, ap# 2448, roll# 19985 as Rebecca Neugin Blood: 1/2 Cherokee Notes for BARK NEUGIN: In Starr's Downing 1-2-15-1-8 family group, Bark's surname is spelled NUGEN; hovever, his wife spelled it NEUGIN. More About BARK NEUGIN: 1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 305 as Choo-no-yeh-kee 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 1635 ÊÊÊÊÊ Children of REBECCA TICKANEESKY and JOHN SMITH are: 783. i. Ê CYNTHIA6 SMITH, b. 1855; d. Abt. 1881. Ê ii. Ê JACK SMITH, b. Abt. 1856. ÊÊÊÊÊ Children of REBECCA TICKANEESKY and BARK NEUGIN are: 784. iii. Ê SABRA6 NEUGIN, b. 1859, Going Snake Dist, CNW; d. Aft. 1906. 785. iv. Ê NEAL NEUGIN, b. 1866; d. Aft. 1906. Ê v. Ê HENRY NEUGIN, b. 1869, Going Snake Dist, CNW; d. Aft. 1906; m. RACHEL DOWNING, Bef. 1902; b. 1852, Skin Bayou Dist, CNW; d. Aft. 1906. Ê More About HENRY NEUGIN: 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 1637 1890 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 3015 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 6318, roll# 15065 1906-09 Miller roll: Locust Grove, OK, ap# 2447, roll# 19970 Blood: Full Blood Cherokee (per Dawes) Ê More About RACHEL DOWNING: 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlaquah, 1826 as Rachel Potts 1890 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 1754 as Rachel Potts 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 6318, roll# 28934 as Rachel Neugin 1906-09 Miller roll: Hulbert, OK, ap# 2443, roll# 19971 as Rachel Neugin Blood: Full Blood Cherokee 786. vi. Ê ELIZA NEUGIN, b. 1871; d. Aft. 1906. 787. vii. Ê DAVE NEUGIN, b. 1873; d. Aft. 1906. 788. viii. Ê KATIE NEUGIN, b. 1875, Tahlequah Dist, CNW.

• Sources

  [S6482] Personal knowledge or estimate. Duane Poncy, personal estimate base on research and family records. This Date is also listed on the Hicks Family Page. [S1336] History of the Cherokee Indians. Emmett Starr, History of the Cherokee Indians. Starr lists Rebecca's birthdate as c. 1852. This could not be accurate, unless she is a different individual. Her daughter could not have been born later than 1855.