Individual Details
Joseph COODY
(1766 - 11 Oct 1859)
NAME ALSO SPELLED COODEY IN SOME PUBLICATIONS.
Joseph Coody registered for a life reservation near Chattanooga,receiving 640 acres. He served as a delegate to the 1825 CherokeeConstitutional Convention, along with his son, William Shorey Coody, andfought U.S. efforts to displace the nation. In 1827 he wassuperintendent of elections for the Constitutional Coventon in theChickamauga District. On Nov. 28, 1833, he registered to accept removalto the West.
Joseph Coody was age 50 when enduring the trip to Indian Territory.Joseph listed 13 slaves and 6 children to go on the journey. Two adultsons also went. They left March 14, 1834, even though suffering anoutbreak of measles. They reached Little Rock on April 6, but the riverwas too shallow to proceed. Then cholera struck. Somewhere along thetrail, their daughter Rosa Hortentia died and they lost four slaves.Their adult daughter Mary (Polly) Scales also died in passage to theWest. They reached Ft. Gibson on May 10, and Joseph Coody settled on theMayou Menard off the Arkansas River, east of Fort Gibson on May 16. SonWilliam settled there, too. Joseph operated a grist mill and tradingstore on the old stage road between Ft. Gibson and Talequah. After thedeath of Sequoyah, Joseph and William took over the salt works on Lee'sCreek, which had been granted to Sequoyah as compensation for loss of hissaline in Arkansas. They operated the salt spring under the name of J.Coodey & Son. In a letter Joseph wrote in 1837 from Indian Territory toJohn Ross in the east, he refers to the build up of troops in Fort Gibsonapparently in preparation for receiving transported Cherokee. He refersto his wife as "the old lady." He was a Supreme Court Judge, author ofthe first Cherokee Constitution in 1837. Affiliated with the TreatyParty in Georgia, but moderate in the West. His brother-in-law, Andrew,who signed the infamous treaty of removal gave the name Coody to one ofhis sons, implying a close relationship. Information from Karen Cooperemail.
According to Indian Pioneer History, Vol. 97, Joseph and Jane are buriedin the old Joseph Coodey Cemetery, now called the Holland Cemetery. Thecemetery is located 2 miles west of the Woodall School, 500 yards northof Hwy 62. They are buried with square solid sandstone markers, solidslab on top. Their home was about 100 yards north of Hwy 62. Accordingto the article, written in April 1937, there is a seven-gable house nowlocated on the Coodey home location. During our visit to this area inApril 2003, we were unable to locate this site.
According to Settlers and Intruders on Cherokee Indian Lands 1801-1816,on May 1 1803, Joseph Coody was granted permission to stay in theCherokee Nation during his conducting himself in conformity to the laws.
This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/sargyres/4/data/234
This individual was found on GenCircles at:http://www.gencircles.com/users/esparza/1/data/10816
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Joseph Coody registered for a life reservation near Chattanooga,receiving 640 acres. He served as a delegate to the 1825 CherokeeConstitutional Convention, along with his son, William Shorey Coody, andfought U.S. efforts to displace the nation. In 1827 he wassuperintendent of elections for the Constitutional Coventon in theChickamauga District. On Nov. 28, 1833, he registered to accept removalto the West.
Joseph Coody was age 50 when enduring the trip to Indian Territory.Joseph listed 13 slaves and 6 children to go on the journey. Two adultsons also went. They left March 14, 1834, even though suffering anoutbreak of measles. They reached Little Rock on April 6, but the riverwas too shallow to proceed. Then cholera struck. Somewhere along thetrail, their daughter Rosa Hortentia died and they lost four slaves.Their adult daughter Mary (Polly) Scales also died in passage to theWest. They reached Ft. Gibson on May 10, and Joseph Coody settled on theMayou Menard off the Arkansas River, east of Fort Gibson on May 16. SonWilliam settled there, too. Joseph operated a grist mill and tradingstore on the old stage road between Ft. Gibson and Talequah. After thedeath of Sequoyah, Joseph and William took over the salt works on Lee'sCreek, which had been granted to Sequoyah as compensation for loss of hissaline in Arkansas. They operated the salt spring under the name of J.Coodey & Son. In a letter Joseph wrote in 1837 from Indian Territory toJohn Ross in the east, he refers to the build up of troops in Fort Gibsonapparently in preparation for receiving transported Cherokee. He refersto his wife as "the old lady." He was a Supreme Court Judge, author ofthe first Cherokee Constitution in 1837. Affiliated with the TreatyParty in Georgia, but moderate in the West. His brother-in-law, Andrew,who signed the infamous treaty of removal gave the name Coody to one ofhis sons, implying a close relationship. Information from Karen Cooperemail.
According to Indian Pioneer History, Vol. 97, Joseph and Jane are buriedin the old Joseph Coodey Cemetery, now called the Holland Cemetery. Thecemetery is located 2 miles west of the Woodall School, 500 yards northof Hwy 62. They are buried with square solid sandstone markers, solidslab on top. Their home was about 100 yards north of Hwy 62. Accordingto the article, written in April 1937, there is a seven-gable house nowlocated on the Coodey home location. During our visit to this area inApril 2003, we were unable to locate this site.
According to Settlers and Intruders on Cherokee Indian Lands 1801-1816,on May 1 1803, Joseph Coody was granted permission to stay in theCherokee Nation during his conducting himself in conformity to the laws.
This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/sargyres/4/data/234
This individual was found on GenCircles at:http://www.gencircles.com/users/esparza/1/data/10816
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Events
| Birth | 1766 | Horns Creek, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 1787 | Cherokee, Alabama, United States - Elizabeth Tassel "Great Eagle" "Elis" CARPENTER | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1788 | Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, East, United States - Elizabeth Tassel "Great Eagle" "Elis" CARPENTER | |||
| Residence | 1790 | Edgefield, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | Bet 1817 and 1819 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||
| Immigration | 28 Nov 1833 | Indian Territory, Oklahoma | |||
| Death | 11 Oct 1859 | Checotah, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Tassel "Great Eagle" "Elis" CARPENTER (1760 - 1830) |
| Child | Sarah COODY (1788 - 1849) |
| Father | Arthur Archibald COODY ( - ) |
| Mother | Edith VANN , Cherokee Nation East,Georgia,USA (1750 - 1805) |
Endnotes
1. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999).
2. , Cruse Family Tree (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Joseph Coody.
3. Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1790; Census Place: Edgefield, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 510; Image: 322; Family History Library Film: 0568151.