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John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) 1690–1748 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1690

Birth Location: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 15 Oct 1748

Death Location: Culpeper, Virginia

Father: JAMES Jim)

Mother: Susanna-Sukey Woman

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Green, Eleanor Dunn

Children(s): Winifred Green

In 1690, John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) entered the world in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, born to James Big White Wolf Green Trader Jim And Susanna Sukey Green Daughter Of The Chickamauga Wolf Clan Chief Wolf Clan Woman. John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) married Eleanor Running Spring Shawano Dunn, Elizabeth Running Spring Green, and had children including Winifred Dorcas Green. John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) passed away in 1748 in Culpeper, Virginia.

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  • In 1690, John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) entered the world in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, born to James Big White Wolf Green Trader Jim And Susanna Sukey Green Daughter Of The Chickamauga Wolf Clan Chief Wolf Clan Woman.
  • John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) married Eleanor Running Spring Shawano Dunn, Elizabeth Running Spring Green, and had children including Winifred Dorcas Green.
  • John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) passed away in 1748 in Culpeper, Virginia.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Nation)'s Ancestors

Self
John Nation)
1690–1748
Birth Place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States
Parents
JAMES “Big White Wolf” GREEN (Trader Jim)
1655–1725
Chowan County, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Susanna-Sukey (Green (Daughter of the Chickamauga Wolf Clan Chief) Wolf Clan) Woman
1665–1727
Running Water, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
John Greene
1628–1655
England
Mary ((Queen of Hearts)) Green
1635–1665
Leicester, Leicestershire, , England
Son (of Shawano Wolf Clan) Chief
1635–1685
Chowan County, North Carolina, USA
Shawano (Woman) Unknown
1640–1665
Chowan County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Shawno Clan
1590–1665
Unkown Shawano
1595–1665
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Nation)'s Descendants

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John (Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee) Nation) (1690–15 Oct 1748) m. Elizabeth (Running Spring) Green (1680–aft 1750) m. Eleanor (Running Spring Shawano) Dunn (1698–1750)
  1. 1. Winifred (Dorcas) Green 1700–1748 m. WILLIAM (EPHRAIM 'BLACKHAWK') SIZEMORE 1706–1785
    1. 1. Edward ("Old Ned" Sizemore) (Cherokee?) 1725–1780 m. Elizabeth (Rachel Aruna Hart Tribal name) Jackson 1726–1791
      1. 1. (William) (Arthur) Sizemore 1755–1858 m. Mary (Poly) Baily 1770–1862
        1. 1. Elizabeth ("Betsy" Steadman) Sizemore 1780–1880 m. Richard Tarvin 1793–1880
        2. 2. Celia Sizemore 1775–1870
      2. 2. CHIEF (OF ALL George Edward Sizemore Cherokee Indian) #2558 1755–1822
      3. 3. Lydia Sizemore 1762–1830
      4. 4. Polly Sizemore 1745–1838
      5. 5. Becky Sizemore 1752–
      6. 6. Mary (Alice Little Granny) Sizemore 1750–1851
      7. 7. Thomas (B) Sizemore 1753–
      8. 8. Phillip Sizemore 1750–
      9. 9. Mariah Sizemore 1751–1830
      10. 10. Henry Sizemore 1758–1836
      11. 11. Owen (Sizemore) Sr 1755–1836
      12. 12. William (Henderson) Sizemore 1747–1819
      13. 13. Girl Sizemore 1746–1747
      14. 14. Enoch Sizemore 1745–1837
      15. 15. John (Henderson) Sizemore 1743–1803
      16. 16. Hiram (Hayman) Sizemore 1746–1836
      17. 17. William (Ephraim) Sizemore 1750–1836
      18. 18. Myron Sizemore 1757–
      19. 19. Catherine ("Dollie") Sizemore 1745–1861
    2. 2. Henry Sizemore 1725–1780
    3. 3. Ephraim (Mulatto) Sizemore 1727–1822
    4. 4. Ephraim (Owen Sizemore Cherokee #) 5429 1742–1836
    5. 5. James Sizemore 1728–
    6. 6. George Sizemore 1729–
    7. 7. Lydia Sizemore 1735–1780

John Nation)'s Timeline

2 Records

1690
1690
Birth of John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States
1748
15 Oct 1748
Age 58
Death of John Running Fox Green (Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation) in Culpeper, Virginia
Culpeper, Virginia

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1690
    Event Place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1748
    Event Place: Culpeper, Virginia

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