Cornblossom Doublehead

1770 - 1810  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Cornblossom Doublehead
  Birth	Between 1765 and 1770	Cherokee Nation
  Gender	Female
  Death	8 Oct 1810
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  1. Doublehead ▻ George Colbert   2. Cornblossom Doublehead,   b. Between 1765 and 1770, Cherokee Nation d. 8 Oct 1810  (Age ~ 45 years) ▻ Georg Jacob "Big Jake" Troxell   3. Tuckahoe Doublehead,   b. Abt 1787   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Margaret Mounce,  m. Abt 1815
  Person ID	I647	Main Tree
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Chuqualatague Doublehead,   b. 1740, Cherokee Nation d. Between 9 and 15 Aug 1807, Hiwasse Station, Etowah, McMinn, Tennessee, United States
  Mother	Creat "Drags Blanket" Priber
  Marriage	Between 1771 and 1799
  Family ID	F323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Georg Jacob "Big Jake" Troxell,   b. Between 18 Jan 1758 and 1759, Pennsylvania, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Peter "Little Jake" Troxell,   b. Between 1781 and 1810   d. 10 Aug 1810 (Age ~ 29 years)   2. Catherine "Katy" Troxell,   b. Between 1783 and 1814   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Troxell,   b. 1790, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States d. 1870, Saxton, Whitley, Kentucky, United States (Age 80 years)   4. Margaret "Peggy" Troxell,   b. Between 1789 and 1790, Tennessee, United States d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elizabeth "Betty" Troxell,   b. Abt 1796, Wayne, Kentucky, United States d. Aft 1850 (Age ~ 55 years)   6. Sarah Troxell,   b. 1798   d. Yes, date unknown   7. William Troxell,   b. Abt 1800   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2009
  Family ID	F324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1765 and 1770 - Cherokee Nation  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Buried in McCreary Co., KY A bronze marker marks her grave inStearns, KY. She and most of her tribe were murdered by whites in the massacre of1810 near Yahoo Falls. Cornblossom was born under the Sand Cliffs at Stearns, KY, near wherethe old Southern Railroad "Coalchute" or refueling station waslocated. Legend is that as a young girl, she accompanied her father,Chief Doublehead, at the signing of the Treateaty of Sycamore Shoals in1775, which transferred Cherokee land between the Ohio and CumberlandRivers to the Transylvania Society. Also, while protecting thetribe's secret mine, she killed a renegade. Her burial place atStearns, KY is marked by a KY State Historical Marker - 1075 near theFirst Baptist Church at Stearns and is approximately one mile from herbirthplace under the Sand Cliffs at Stearns, KY.