Lieut Redbird “Tor-gu-wah” Sixkiller
Birth: 21 Jun 1807
Death: 21 Oct 1898 (aged 91) Locust Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial: Sixkiller Cemetery, Locust Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
Memorial #: 5935708
Bio: 22 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. Added to virtual cemetery for the Goingsnake Massacre of 1872, he is mentioned in news reports as one of the survivors. 2) The Indian Home Guard were volunteer infantry regiments recruited from the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory to support the Union during the American Civil War.The leaders of all of the Five Civilized Tribes signed treaties with the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War. Many of the tribal members, however, did not support the Confederacy, and, not being organized, were driven from Indian Territory with a large loss of life. Most fled to Kansas and Missouri. Many of the "Loyal" Indians volunteered for Union duty in order to get control back from the Confederate generals. The Indian Home Guard regiments fought mostly in Indian Territory and Arkansas. It was mainly due to these Loyal Indians that the Five Civilized Tribes were able to retain any of their lands following the end of the Civil War.
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add LOD. [Courtesy of Brian Hogan. Thanks!]
06 DEC 2020 SAC w/information: The birth and death dates on the (later erected) monument are in error. Please check the contemporary obit (longer one) in the picture gallery. Given his date of death and age of 91 y 4m. His dates are as I have corrected them. I have a letter from a personal friend of Redbird's, Rev. Davie Hogan, saying Redbird thought his exact date of birth to be unrecorded and unknown. But he remembers he was twelve at the time of the Cherokee Treaty so 1807 is accurate. [Contributor: Brian Hogan (47294350) • Thanks!]~Born in Cherokee Nation. Served in Civil War as Troop Commander (Lieut.) for 3rd Indian Home Guard. His wives include Pamela Whaley, M/o Samuel Sixkiller; Lucas Sixkiller; and Rachel Jane (Knight): Marr. Caroline, M/o John Martin Sixkiller & Caroline Elizabeth Sixkiller (J.L.Vann
Marr. Nannie Rattling Gourd, M/o Joseph Sixkiller; and married Elizabeth [Foreman] Sixkiller, m/o Elizabeth Sixkiller (Grass). His son, Samuel, served with his father in the Civil War; Samuel was later killed during his duty as a lawman in the 1880's in Indian Territory. Redbird was the son of (Rufus) Sixkiller and (Betsy) Gu-er-tsa Smith.
Family Members
Parents
Rufas Sixkiller 1776-1856
Spouses
Permelia Whaley Sixkiller 1821-1863
Elizabeth Foreman Sixkiller 1825-1898
Siblings
Blackhaw Sixkiller Unknown-1875
Delaware Sixkiller Unknown-1864
Cricket Sixkiller 1806-1862
Anderson 'Qua-Wa-De-Che-Ga' Unidentified Sixkiller 1816-1892
Frog Sixkiller 1827-1891
Soldier Sixkiller 1830-1895
Taylor Sixkiller 1830-1889
Children
Samuel Sixkiller 1842-1886
Mary M. Sixkiller Holt 1845-1926
Rachel Jane Sixkiller Knight 1848-1919
Luke Sixkiller 1851-1925
Martin Sixkiller 1856-1900
Henry P. Sixkiller 1858-1890
Joseph Sixkiller 1867-1941
Maintained by: Wes T. (48190645)
Originally Created by: Patricia Mechling (19483256)
Added: 6 Nov 2001
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5935708/redbird-sixkiller
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5935708/redbird-sixkiller : accessed 12 January 2022), memorial page for Lieut Redbird “Tor-gu-wah” Sixkiller (21 Jun 1807–21 Oct 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5935708, citing Sixkiller Cemetery, Locust Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Wes T. (contributor 48190645) .
