Sarah Ridge was the daughter of Major Ridge (a famous Cherokee) and Susannah "Susie" Catherine Wickett (both buried at Polson Cemetery, Delaware Co., OK); she had the following siblings: Nancy (1799-1817), John Ridge (1802-1839, buried at Polson), Unknown baby boy who died at birth, and Walter S. Ridge (1806-1851, buried at Polson).
She married on 27 Feb 1837 in East Brainerd, TN, George Washington Paschal (a lawyer); they had the following children: Emily Anderson (1838-1844), George Walter (b. 1841), Susan Agnes "Soonie" (1843-1846), Ridge Watie (1845-1907), Emily "Agnes" Paschal McNeir (buried at McNeir with her husband William), and John Franklin Paschal 1848-1849).
Sarah & George moved to Galveston, TX, when Emily Ages was 6 months old. Stand Watie killed James Foreman, a white man, in self-defense and George Washington Paschal represented Stand in court, and Stand was found innocent--the first Indian to be cleared of a white man's murder in a white man's court.
Sarah and George divorced and she married Charles Sisson Pix (a man 19 yrs. younger) at the home of TX Gov. Mirabeau B. Lamar; they had once child: Charles Forest Pix (buried at McNeir). Sarah traded her land in Galveston for 500 acres at Smith Point, Chambers Co., TX. Sarah & Charles ran a cattle ranch there and used the cattle brand "The Lizard" which her father Major Ridge used and her daughter Emily "Agnes" Paschal McNeir used. The brand is burned into the wall at the Klehberg Center at Texas A&M and is currently at the Chieftain's Museum/Major Ridge Home in GA.
Sarah and Charles were divorced and her daughter Emily Agnes wrote the brief for her mother who was able to keep her "disputed" property and who became the first woman in TX to keep her property after a divorce.
All of Sarah's possessions were left to Emily Agnes who had married William McNeir. There is a historical marker (see photo of marker) on the outside of the McNeir Cemetery (FM 562) dedicated to Sarah Ridge Paschal Pix.
[Source and Photos: Paul Ridenour and his wife Dottie (a Ridge descendant at their website]
She married on 27 Feb 1837 in East Brainerd, TN, George Washington Paschal (a lawyer); they had the following children: Emily Anderson (1838-1844), George Walter (b. 1841), Susan Agnes "Soonie" (1843-1846), Ridge Watie (1845-1907), Emily "Agnes" Paschal McNeir (buried at McNeir with her husband William), and John Franklin Paschal 1848-1849).
Sarah & George moved to Galveston, TX, when Emily Ages was 6 months old. Stand Watie killed James Foreman, a white man, in self-defense and George Washington Paschal represented Stand in court, and Stand was found innocent--the first Indian to be cleared of a white man's murder in a white man's court.
Sarah and George divorced and she married Charles Sisson Pix (a man 19 yrs. younger) at the home of TX Gov. Mirabeau B. Lamar; they had once child: Charles Forest Pix (buried at McNeir). Sarah traded her land in Galveston for 500 acres at Smith Point, Chambers Co., TX. Sarah & Charles ran a cattle ranch there and used the cattle brand "The Lizard" which her father Major Ridge used and her daughter Emily "Agnes" Paschal McNeir used. The brand is burned into the wall at the Klehberg Center at Texas A&M and is currently at the Chieftain's Museum/Major Ridge Home in GA.
Sarah and Charles were divorced and her daughter Emily Agnes wrote the brief for her mother who was able to keep her "disputed" property and who became the first woman in TX to keep her property after a divorce.
All of Sarah's possessions were left to Emily Agnes who had married William McNeir. There is a historical marker (see photo of marker) on the outside of the McNeir Cemetery (FM 562) dedicated to Sarah Ridge Paschal Pix.
[Source and Photos: Paul Ridenour and his wife Dottie (a Ridge descendant at their website]
Sarah Ridge was the daughter of Major Ridge (a famous Cherokee) and Susannah "Susie" Catherine Wickett (both buried at Polson Cemetery, Delaware Co., OK); she had the following siblings: Nancy (1799-1817), John Ridge (1802-1839, buried at Polson), Unknown baby boy who died at birth, and Walter S. Ridge (1806-1851, buried at Polson).
She married on 27 Feb 1837 in East Brainerd, TN, George Washington Paschal (a lawyer); they had the following children: Emily Anderson (1838-1844), George Walter (b. 1841), Susan Agnes "Soonie" (1843-1846), Ridge Watie (1845-1907), Emily "Agnes" Paschal McNeir (buried at McNeir with her husband William), and John Franklin Paschal 1848-1849).
Sarah & George moved to Galveston, TX, when Emily Ages was 6 months old. Stand Watie killed James Foreman, a white man, in self-defense and George Washington Paschal represented Stand in court, and Stand was found innocent--the first Indian to be cleared of a white man's murder in a white man's court.
Sarah and George divorced and she married Charles Sisson Pix (a man 19 yrs. younger) at the home of TX Gov. Mirabeau B. Lamar; they had once child: Charles Forest Pix (buried at McNeir). Sarah traded her land in Galveston for 500 acres at Smith Point, Chambers Co., TX. Sarah & Charles ran a cattle ranch there and used the cattle brand "The Lizard" which her father Major Ridge used and her daughter Emily "Agnes" Paschal McNeir used. The brand is burned into the wall at the Klehberg Center at Texas A&M and is currently at the Chieftain's Museum/Major Ridge Home in GA.
Sarah and Charles were divorced and her daughter Emily Agnes wrote the brief for her mother who was able to keep her "disputed" property and who became the first woman in TX to keep her property after a divorce.
All of Sarah's possessions were left to Emily Agnes who had married William McNeir. There is a historical marker (see photo of marker) on the outside of the McNeir Cemetery (FM 562) dedicated to Sarah Ridge Paschal Pix.
[Source and Photos: Paul Ridenour and his wife Dottie (a Ridge descendant at their website]
She married on 27 Feb 1837 in East Brainerd, TN, George Washington Paschal (a lawyer); they had the following children: Emily Anderson (1838-1844), George Walter (b. 1841), Susan Agnes "Soonie" (1843-1846), Ridge Watie (1845-1907), Emily "Agnes" Paschal McNeir (buried at McNeir with her husband William), and John Franklin Paschal 1848-1849).
Sarah & George moved to Galveston, TX, when Emily Ages was 6 months old. Stand Watie killed James Foreman, a white man, in self-defense and George Washington Paschal represented Stand in court, and Stand was found innocent--the first Indian to be cleared of a white man's murder in a white man's court.
Sarah and George divorced and she married Charles Sisson Pix (a man 19 yrs. younger) at the home of TX Gov. Mirabeau B. Lamar; they had once child: Charles Forest Pix (buried at McNeir). Sarah traded her land in Galveston for 500 acres at Smith Point, Chambers Co., TX. Sarah & Charles ran a cattle ranch there and used the cattle brand "The Lizard" which her father Major Ridge used and her daughter Emily "Agnes" Paschal McNeir used. The brand is burned into the wall at the Klehberg Center at Texas A&M and is currently at the Chieftain's Museum/Major Ridge Home in GA.
Sarah and Charles were divorced and her daughter Emily Agnes wrote the brief for her mother who was able to keep her "disputed" property and who became the first woman in TX to keep her property after a divorce.
All of Sarah's possessions were left to Emily Agnes who had married William McNeir. There is a historical marker (see photo of marker) on the outside of the McNeir Cemetery (FM 562) dedicated to Sarah Ridge Paschal Pix.
[Source and Photos: Paul Ridenour and his wife Dottie (a Ridge descendant at their website]
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