UPDATE: DNA results from descendants of three different sons of James Estes and Rebecca Mouler Nolan Estes confirm that Rebecca was not Native American, but of European ancestry. Perhaps she was a captive of the Creeks or the daughter of military parents involved in the movement of the Creeks out of Alabama.
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"Many stories have been circulated about Rebecca's ancestry and that of her adoptive parents. We have one story stating Rebecca was a Creek Indian. A Mr. Nolan found Rebecca, about 12 years of age, on a bank of the Black Warrior River in Alabama. in 1836 the United States Government was removing the Creeks from Alabama and settling them west of the MIssissippi River. Many Indians died during this trek. Perhaps Rebecca's parents were dead or possibly were unable to care for her.
Another story has Rebecca a member of a prominent Osage Indian family. At any rate, Mr. Nolan and his wife, Mary, raised Rebecca and she was now known as Rebecca Mouler Nolan. None of these tales has been verified."
Source: Mary Pauline Cole, wife of Hugh Pryor Cole, grandson of Thomas Newton Estes and great-grandson of James Estes and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
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"Found on the Black River in Alabama when she was young, maybe a baby. She was full blooded Creek Indian, adopted by the Nolan family. During the Civil War she took her family to Iowa for safety after her husband was killed. She returned after the War to Fulton County."
Source: Mary Edith Estes Wilson, daughter of Hugh Pryor Estes and granddaughter of James and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
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"My g-g-g grandmother was a Creek who was on the Trail of Tears from Alabama to Oklahoma. She got separated from her family and was found along a river in Arkansas. A white family named Nolan took the ten-year-old girl in and raised her as their own. The census of 1840 shows the Nolan family with 28 children. Pretty good reason to believe the Nolan's adopted a sizable number of Creek refugees. My ggg grandmother's name was Rebecca Nolan. She married James Madison Estes and bore 8 children that I know of. Her husband died during the Civil War."
Source: Marshall Ira Trimble, Arizona Historian, 2nd great grandson of Calvin Estes, 3rd great grandson of James and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
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The Black River is partially located in Lawrence County, Arkansas, an area that is consistent with a possible route for the "Trail of Tears" used for the movement of the Creek Indians from Alabama to the Indian Territory, during the period when Rebecca would have been 10-12 years old. - Jim Estes
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"Many stories have been circulated about Rebecca's ancestry and that of her adoptive parents. We have one story stating Rebecca was a Creek Indian. A Mr. Nolan found Rebecca, about 12 years of age, on a bank of the Black Warrior River in Alabama. in 1836 the United States Government was removing the Creeks from Alabama and settling them west of the MIssissippi River. Many Indians died during this trek. Perhaps Rebecca's parents were dead or possibly were unable to care for her.
Another story has Rebecca a member of a prominent Osage Indian family. At any rate, Mr. Nolan and his wife, Mary, raised Rebecca and she was now known as Rebecca Mouler Nolan. None of these tales has been verified."
Source: Mary Pauline Cole, wife of Hugh Pryor Cole, grandson of Thomas Newton Estes and great-grandson of James Estes and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
"Found on the Black River in Alabama when she was young, maybe a baby. She was full blooded Creek Indian, adopted by the Nolan family. During the Civil War she took her family to Iowa for safety after her husband was killed. She returned after the War to Fulton County."
Source: Mary Edith Estes Wilson, daughter of Hugh Pryor Estes and granddaughter of James and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
"My g-g-g grandmother was a Creek who was on the Trail of Tears from Alabama to Oklahoma. She got separated from her family and was found along a river in Arkansas. A white family named Nolan took the ten-year-old girl in and raised her as their own. The census of 1840 shows the Nolan family with 28 children. Pretty good reason to believe the Nolan's adopted a sizable number of Creek refugees. My ggg grandmother's name was Rebecca Nolan. She married James Madison Estes and bore 8 children that I know of. Her husband died during the Civil War."
Source: Marshall Ira Trimble, Arizona Historian, 2nd great grandson of Calvin Estes, 3rd great grandson of James and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
The Black River is partially located in Lawrence County, Arkansas, an area that is consistent with a possible route for the "Trail of Tears" used for the movement of the Creek Indians from Alabama to the Indian Territory, during the period when Rebecca would have been 10-12 years old. - Jim Estes
UPDATE: DNA results from descendants of three different sons of James Estes and Rebecca Mouler Nolan Estes confirm that Rebecca was not Native American, but of European ancestry. Perhaps she was a captive of the Creeks or the daughter of military parents involved in the movement of the Creeks out of Alabama.
***
"Many stories have been circulated about Rebecca's ancestry and that of her adoptive parents. We have one story stating Rebecca was a Creek Indian. A Mr. Nolan found Rebecca, about 12 years of age, on a bank of the Black Warrior River in Alabama. in 1836 the United States Government was removing the Creeks from Alabama and settling them west of the MIssissippi River. Many Indians died during this trek. Perhaps Rebecca's parents were dead or possibly were unable to care for her.
Another story has Rebecca a member of a prominent Osage Indian family. At any rate, Mr. Nolan and his wife, Mary, raised Rebecca and she was now known as Rebecca Mouler Nolan. None of these tales has been verified."
Source: Mary Pauline Cole, wife of Hugh Pryor Cole, grandson of Thomas Newton Estes and great-grandson of James Estes and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
"Found on the Black River in Alabama when she was young, maybe a baby. She was full blooded Creek Indian, adopted by the Nolan family. During the Civil War she took her family to Iowa for safety after her husband was killed. She returned after the War to Fulton County."
Source: Mary Edith Estes Wilson, daughter of Hugh Pryor Estes and granddaughter of James and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
"My g-g-g grandmother was a Creek who was on the Trail of Tears from Alabama to Oklahoma. She got separated from her family and was found along a river in Arkansas. A white family named Nolan took the ten-year-old girl in and raised her as their own. The census of 1840 shows the Nolan family with 28 children. Pretty good reason to believe the Nolan's adopted a sizable number of Creek refugees. My ggg grandmother's name was Rebecca Nolan. She married James Madison Estes and bore 8 children that I know of. Her husband died during the Civil War."
Source: Marshall Ira Trimble, Arizona Historian, 2nd great grandson of Calvin Estes, 3rd great grandson of James and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
The Black River is partially located in Lawrence County, Arkansas, an area that is consistent with a possible route for the "Trail of Tears" used for the movement of the Creek Indians from Alabama to the Indian Territory, during the period when Rebecca would have been 10-12 years old. - Jim Estes
***
"Many stories have been circulated about Rebecca's ancestry and that of her adoptive parents. We have one story stating Rebecca was a Creek Indian. A Mr. Nolan found Rebecca, about 12 years of age, on a bank of the Black Warrior River in Alabama. in 1836 the United States Government was removing the Creeks from Alabama and settling them west of the MIssissippi River. Many Indians died during this trek. Perhaps Rebecca's parents were dead or possibly were unable to care for her.
Another story has Rebecca a member of a prominent Osage Indian family. At any rate, Mr. Nolan and his wife, Mary, raised Rebecca and she was now known as Rebecca Mouler Nolan. None of these tales has been verified."
Source: Mary Pauline Cole, wife of Hugh Pryor Cole, grandson of Thomas Newton Estes and great-grandson of James Estes and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
"Found on the Black River in Alabama when she was young, maybe a baby. She was full blooded Creek Indian, adopted by the Nolan family. During the Civil War she took her family to Iowa for safety after her husband was killed. She returned after the War to Fulton County."
Source: Mary Edith Estes Wilson, daughter of Hugh Pryor Estes and granddaughter of James and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
"My g-g-g grandmother was a Creek who was on the Trail of Tears from Alabama to Oklahoma. She got separated from her family and was found along a river in Arkansas. A white family named Nolan took the ten-year-old girl in and raised her as their own. The census of 1840 shows the Nolan family with 28 children. Pretty good reason to believe the Nolan's adopted a sizable number of Creek refugees. My ggg grandmother's name was Rebecca Nolan. She married James Madison Estes and bore 8 children that I know of. Her husband died during the Civil War."
Source: Marshall Ira Trimble, Arizona Historian, 2nd great grandson of Calvin Estes, 3rd great grandson of James and Rebecca Nolan Estes.
***
The Black River is partially located in Lawrence County, Arkansas, an area that is consistent with a possible route for the "Trail of Tears" used for the movement of the Creek Indians from Alabama to the Indian Territory, during the period when Rebecca would have been 10-12 years old. - Jim Estes
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