Ellen Beck was the daughter of Luge Beck (1/2 Cherokee,1/2 Black) and Tempy Beck; her parents had once been slaves owned by Jeffery Beck, a Cherokee; she was born in the Delaware Dist. of the Cherokee Nation, IT.
She married (1) George Goldsby a mulatto and a Buffalo soldier with the rank of First Sgt. in the US Army who had fought for both the North & the South during the Civil War. George was stationed at Fort Concho and Ellen began working as a laundress.
They had the following children: Georgia Ellen Beck who married Mose Brown, Crawford (Cherokee Bill), Clarence and Luther Brown (all buried at Citizens).
After being abandoned by her husband at Fort Concho, Ellen moved her family to Fort Gibson. She left Crawford with an elderly black lady named "Aunty" Amanda Foster who cared for him until he was 7 years old.
Ellen stayed with the Army at Fort Gibson as a laundress and marrried (2) William Lynch (buried at Citizens).
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Re: more ancestors on my Mom's side-LYNCH surname By:Bennie McRae
Date: 6/23/2007, 8:57 pm In Response To: Re: more ancestors on my Mom's side-LYNCH surname (Angela Y. Walton-Raji)
In a pension deposition Ellen Beck (Goldsby - Lynch) stated that she was born in the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation. Her father was Luge Beck, described as being a Cherokee of the half blood, and mother was Tempy Beck. Both had been slaves once owned by Jeffery Beck, a Cherokee.
After being abandoned at Fort Concho, Texas by her first husband, First Sergeant George Goldsby, D Troop, Tenth U. S. Cavalry, Ellen moved with her four children to Fort Gibson, Indian Territory.
On June 27, 1889, Ellen married William Lynch in Kansas City, Missouri. Lynch was a private in K Troop, 9th U. S. Cavalry. He had served during an earlier enlistment with H Troop, 10th U. S. Cavalry.
William Lynch was born in Waynesville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles northeast of Cincinnati.
George Goldsby was born in Selma, Alabama.
William and Ellen are buried in the Cherokee National Cemetery at Fort
She married (1) George Goldsby a mulatto and a Buffalo soldier with the rank of First Sgt. in the US Army who had fought for both the North & the South during the Civil War. George was stationed at Fort Concho and Ellen began working as a laundress.
They had the following children: Georgia Ellen Beck who married Mose Brown, Crawford (Cherokee Bill), Clarence and Luther Brown (all buried at Citizens).
After being abandoned by her husband at Fort Concho, Ellen moved her family to Fort Gibson. She left Crawford with an elderly black lady named "Aunty" Amanda Foster who cared for him until he was 7 years old.
Ellen stayed with the Army at Fort Gibson as a laundress and marrried (2) William Lynch (buried at Citizens).
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African-Native American Genealogy Forum
Re: more ancestors on my Mom's side-LYNCH surname By:Bennie McRae
Date: 6/23/2007, 8:57 pm In Response To: Re: more ancestors on my Mom's side-LYNCH surname (Angela Y. Walton-Raji)
In a pension deposition Ellen Beck (Goldsby - Lynch) stated that she was born in the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation. Her father was Luge Beck, described as being a Cherokee of the half blood, and mother was Tempy Beck. Both had been slaves once owned by Jeffery Beck, a Cherokee.
After being abandoned at Fort Concho, Texas by her first husband, First Sergeant George Goldsby, D Troop, Tenth U. S. Cavalry, Ellen moved with her four children to Fort Gibson, Indian Territory.
On June 27, 1889, Ellen married William Lynch in Kansas City, Missouri. Lynch was a private in K Troop, 9th U. S. Cavalry. He had served during an earlier enlistment with H Troop, 10th U. S. Cavalry.
William Lynch was born in Waynesville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles northeast of Cincinnati.
George Goldsby was born in Selma, Alabama.
William and Ellen are buried in the Cherokee National Cemetery at Fort
Ellen Beck was the daughter of Luge Beck (1/2 Cherokee,1/2 Black) and Tempy Beck; her parents had once been slaves owned by Jeffery Beck, a Cherokee; she was born in the Delaware Dist. of the Cherokee Nation, IT.
She married (1) George Goldsby a mulatto and a Buffalo soldier with the rank of First Sgt. in the US Army who had fought for both the North & the South during the Civil War. George was stationed at Fort Concho and Ellen began working as a laundress.
They had the following children: Georgia Ellen Beck who married Mose Brown, Crawford (Cherokee Bill), Clarence and Luther Brown (all buried at Citizens).
After being abandoned by her husband at Fort Concho, Ellen moved her family to Fort Gibson. She left Crawford with an elderly black lady named "Aunty" Amanda Foster who cared for him until he was 7 years old.
Ellen stayed with the Army at Fort Gibson as a laundress and marrried (2) William Lynch (buried at Citizens).
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African-Native American Genealogy Forum
Re: more ancestors on my Mom's side-LYNCH surname By:Bennie McRae
Date: 6/23/2007, 8:57 pm In Response To: Re: more ancestors on my Mom's side-LYNCH surname (Angela Y. Walton-Raji)
In a pension deposition Ellen Beck (Goldsby - Lynch) stated that she was born in the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation. Her father was Luge Beck, described as being a Cherokee of the half blood, and mother was Tempy Beck. Both had been slaves once owned by Jeffery Beck, a Cherokee.
After being abandoned at Fort Concho, Texas by her first husband, First Sergeant George Goldsby, D Troop, Tenth U. S. Cavalry, Ellen moved with her four children to Fort Gibson, Indian Territory.
On June 27, 1889, Ellen married William Lynch in Kansas City, Missouri. Lynch was a private in K Troop, 9th U. S. Cavalry. He had served during an earlier enlistment with H Troop, 10th U. S. Cavalry.
William Lynch was born in Waynesville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles northeast of Cincinnati.
George Goldsby was born in Selma, Alabama.
William and Ellen are buried in the Cherokee National Cemetery at Fort
She married (1) George Goldsby a mulatto and a Buffalo soldier with the rank of First Sgt. in the US Army who had fought for both the North & the South during the Civil War. George was stationed at Fort Concho and Ellen began working as a laundress.
They had the following children: Georgia Ellen Beck who married Mose Brown, Crawford (Cherokee Bill), Clarence and Luther Brown (all buried at Citizens).
After being abandoned by her husband at Fort Concho, Ellen moved her family to Fort Gibson. She left Crawford with an elderly black lady named "Aunty" Amanda Foster who cared for him until he was 7 years old.
Ellen stayed with the Army at Fort Gibson as a laundress and marrried (2) William Lynch (buried at Citizens).
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African-Native American Genealogy Forum
Re: more ancestors on my Mom's side-LYNCH surname By:Bennie McRae
Date: 6/23/2007, 8:57 pm In Response To: Re: more ancestors on my Mom's side-LYNCH surname (Angela Y. Walton-Raji)
In a pension deposition Ellen Beck (Goldsby - Lynch) stated that she was born in the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation. Her father was Luge Beck, described as being a Cherokee of the half blood, and mother was Tempy Beck. Both had been slaves once owned by Jeffery Beck, a Cherokee.
After being abandoned at Fort Concho, Texas by her first husband, First Sergeant George Goldsby, D Troop, Tenth U. S. Cavalry, Ellen moved with her four children to Fort Gibson, Indian Territory.
On June 27, 1889, Ellen married William Lynch in Kansas City, Missouri. Lynch was a private in K Troop, 9th U. S. Cavalry. He had served during an earlier enlistment with H Troop, 10th U. S. Cavalry.
William Lynch was born in Waynesville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles northeast of Cincinnati.
George Goldsby was born in Selma, Alabama.
William and Ellen are buried in the Cherokee National Cemetery at Fort
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