Cherokee County, OKGenweb
The Family Line of Nelly Johnson
Copyright Date: 5/18/2003	
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Submitted by: Jim Johnson, Adair Co., tsali@sbcglobal.net 2003.
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Generation No. 1
1.  Nelly Johnson, born between 1800 to 1817 (est.).  East of the Mississippi 
river.  Died in Cherokee Nation Indian territory.
Children of Nelly Johnson:
a)  Ellis Johnson (Ju no yah gee/Choo no yeh kee), born between 1833 and 
1834 in North Carolina.  Died Dec. 18, 1899 in the Cherokee Nation Indian 
territory.
b)  Nat to sue yah
c)  Cah ca tah
d)  Chi na tah
e)  Yu ska loot
f)  Cha le lah
g)  Nah ya coo
h)  Jim Sax ky
I)   John Mixwater (Ah ma su ye)

Generation No. 2
2.  Ellis Johnson:  First wife was Lucy Mik a lalk ((Cut ti clay it), the 
daughter of Mik a lalk and Dorke.  Lucy was born between  1831 and 1832, 
east of the Mississippi river (in the old Cherokee Nation).  She died around 
1876 to 1878 in the Cherokee Nation Indian territory.  Second wife was Lydia 
Fox.  No children listed.
  
More about Ellis Johnson:  He was elected in 1879 as a Cherokee Nation 
councilor for the Tahlequah District;  He was a private in the Third 
Indian Home Guard, Co. C.

Children of Ellis and Lucy:
a)  Blue Johnson (Sar go ne ga) Born abt 1857 in the Cherokee Nation Indian 
Territory.  Died Oct. 5, 1903.
b)  Mary Johnson  Born on 1867 in the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory.  
(Spouses were Henry Sour john & James Smith).

Generation No. 3
3.  Blue Johnson:  First wife was Polly Tucker, the daughter of Jerry Tucker 
and Nancy ?.  Born abt 1860 in the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory.  Died 
between 1898 to 1899 in the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory.  Second  wife 
was Jennie Scraper, the daughter of Otter Scraper and ?.  Third wife was Wilda 
Williams, the daughter of John Williams and Caty Smith (Caty was the daughter 
of Flea Smith and Lucy Manning).  Born in 1866 in the Cherokee Nation Indian 
Territory.  Died between 1955 to 1965 in Cherokee Co. Okla. 
 
Children of Blue and Polly:
a) Mike Johnson  (aka Mike Waterfalling)  Born in 1881 in the Cherokee Nation 
Indian Territory.  His wife was Lucy Arnold.

Children of Blue and Jennie:
a) Elizabeth Johnson  Born April 1887.  Died Nov. 21, 1949 in Adair Co. Okla.
(Spouses were Samson Leach and Watt Christie).
b) Lula Johnson  Born 1889

Children of Blue and Wilda:
a) Davis Johnson  Born July 6, 1889 in the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory.  
Died on June 10, 1975 in Cherokee Co. Okla.
b) Andrew Johnson  Born Nov. 14, 1892 in the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory.  
Died Jan. 7, 1968 in Cherokee Co. Okla.
c) Levi Johnson  Born 1894 in the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory.  Died 1963.  
(Spouse was Lillie Waterfallen).

Generation No. 4:
4.  Davis Johnson  married Nancy Waterfallen, the daughter of Waterfallen and 
Polly Tucker.  Born Nov. 14, 1888 in the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory.  
Died July 7, 1948.

Children of Davis and Nancy:
a) James Johnson  Born 1910.  Died in Cherokee Co. Okla.
b) Bill Johnson  Born Feb. 25, 1912 in Cherokee Co. Okla.  Died June 27, 1986 
in Cherokee Co. Okla.
c) Ellis Johnson  Born June 17, 1914 in Cherokee Co. Okla.  Died April 13, 
2003 in Tulsa, Ok.
d) Blue Johnson  (My father) Born Feb. 13, 1919 in Cherokee Co. Okla.  Died 
Dec. 19, 1995 in Cherokee Co. Okla.
e) Andy Johnson  Born Jan. 23, 1925 in Cherokee Co. Okla.  Died Aug. 9, 1995 
in Cherokee Co. Okla.