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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

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 Elizabeth Running Spring Shawano 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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Biography

  • 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 Elizabeth Running Spring Shawano 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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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
Capt (John Waite of) Malden
1628–1693
St, Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Mary (Shawano) Powhatan
1635–1665
Chowan Co. Carolina Colony (N C), British Colonial America.
Son (of Shawano, Chickamauga, Wolf Clan Chief) Kispokoha,
1635–1685
Chowan County, North Carolina, USA
Shawnee (Chief Hokolesqua Opechan Stream Cornstalk) Powhatan
1640–1665
Shawnee Nation, Lower Shenandoah Valley - now Frederick, Virginia, Pre Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Shawano Clan
1590–1667
Chief Shawnee
1545–1645
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 Shawano) Green (1680–aft 1750)
  1. 1. Winifred (Dorcas) Green 1700–1748 m. William Sizemore 1700–1785
    1. 1. Susannah (Caroline) Davis 1730–1760 m. Aaron ('Chief RedBird' 'Dotsuwa' 'Tochuwor') Brock 1721–1797
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Morning Dawn Cherokee Indian) Princess 1758–1813 m. Stephen (L) Tudors 1770–1843
        1. 1. Elizabeth Tudors 1802–1867 m. Joseph Proffitt 1793–1867
    2. 2. Edward ("Old Ned") SIZEMORE 1725–1780 m. Elizabeth (Rachel) Jackson 1725–1760
      1. 1. George (Edward "All"") SIZEMORE 1750–1820 m. Agnes ((Aggie) Cornett .) Shepherd 1750–1839
        1. 1. Catherine (Dolly 'Katy') Sizemore 1770–1861 m. James Hart 1765–1824

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

Sources

    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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