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Cricket “Tah-la-toh Su-dul-de-he” Sixkiller

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Georgia, USA
Death
20 Sep 1862 (aged 55–56)
Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA
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Cricket (Tah-la-toh Su-dul-de-hee) Sixkiller was the son of Sixkiller (also known as Rufas or Old Soldier) and Gu-er-tsa Smith. He was born in 1806 in Cherokee Nation East, Georgia.

He married Deborah Whaley August 1, 1838 in Georgia and they came to eastern Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Their detachment began August 28, 1838 under the direction of Hair Conrad, but Assistant Conductor Daniel Colston took over in leading the group west.

Cricket Sixkiller was elected councilor of the Cherokee Nation representing Goingsnake District in 1861, one of several in his family to serve as councilors.

Cricket and his wife Deborah had seven children -- Jacob, Nancy, Jennie, John 'Jonas', Lucinda, Susie and James.

He later married Elizabeth Foreman, daughter of Thomas Foreman Sr. and Susannah Fields. They had one daughter, Eliza Jane. Elizabeth would later marry Cricket's brother, Redbird.

Cricket Sixkiller died September 20, 1862 in Baxter Springs, Kansas during the Civil War.
Cricket (Tah-la-toh Su-dul-de-hee) Sixkiller was the son of Sixkiller (also known as Rufas or Old Soldier) and Gu-er-tsa Smith. He was born in 1806 in Cherokee Nation East, Georgia.

He married Deborah Whaley August 1, 1838 in Georgia and they came to eastern Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Their detachment began August 28, 1838 under the direction of Hair Conrad, but Assistant Conductor Daniel Colston took over in leading the group west.

Cricket Sixkiller was elected councilor of the Cherokee Nation representing Goingsnake District in 1861, one of several in his family to serve as councilors.

Cricket and his wife Deborah had seven children -- Jacob, Nancy, Jennie, John 'Jonas', Lucinda, Susie and James.

He later married Elizabeth Foreman, daughter of Thomas Foreman Sr. and Susannah Fields. They had one daughter, Eliza Jane. Elizabeth would later marry Cricket's brother, Redbird.

Cricket Sixkiller died September 20, 1862 in Baxter Springs, Kansas during the Civil War.

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