User:LloydTaylor1/Chief Red Bird

Chief Red Bird, aka Aaron Brock aka Cutsawah Brock Cherokee aka Aaron "Chief Red Bird" "Cutsawah" Brock (1721-xxxx) was friendly with early settlers and permitted them to hunt in the area. His Indian name was pronounced: "Tsalagi Ugvwiyuhi Totsu'hwa". His year of death is in dispute.

Significant life events
He led his tribe of Cherokees first to North Carolina and then to Red Bird Creek, Clay County, Kentucky. The Chickam Uaga Tribe in the area attacked the white settlers. The settlers did not distinguish between the Chickham and the Cherokees; they attacked both.

Chief Red Bird monument
In honor of Chief Red Bird and his assistance to settlers, the State of Kentucky erected a monument in Clay County, Kentucky. The attached plaque reads: "CHIEF RED BIRD was a legendary Cherokee Indian for whom this fork of the Kentucky River is named. He and another Indian, Jack, whose name was given to the creek to the south, were friendly with early settlers and permitted to hunt in area.  Allegedly, they were killed in battle protecting their furs and the bodies were thrown into the river here. The ledges bear markings attributed to Red Bird" location: near Big Creek Elementary School on Highway 66

If he died in 1797
This story is well documented by letters from the Governor of Tennessee to the Cherokee Tribes in 1797: A conflicting death story in 1979 in Kentucky, Edward Ned Mitchell and William Livingston murdered an Indian named Red Bird and an Indian named Lame Will.

Letters from the Governor of Tennessee regarding murders of Red Bird and Willie: Letter of March 17, 1797 author: Sevier, John, (1745–1815) Tennessee Governor (1796–1801) summary: This is a letter, dated March 17, 1797, written by Tennessee Governor John Sevier (1796–1801, 1803–1809) to Governor Garrard of Kentucky. Sevier discusses the murders of Red Bird and another Cherokee Indian by Mitchell and Levinstone. He calls the murders "wanton and unprovoked" and states that he wishes to have the perpetrators apprehended, although it may be difficult, and taken to Kentucky to be punished.

Letter of March 28, 1797 Knoxville, Tennessee, to Warriors Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation. John Sevier Papers, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. author: Sevier, John, (1745–1815) Tennessee. Governor (1796–1801 : Sevier) summary: This document is a letter addressed to the warriors and chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, written by Tennessee Governor John Sevier (1796–1801, 1803–1809 ) on March 28, 1797. Sevier reports that he has been requested by the Governor of Kentucky to have the two Tennessee citizens who murdered Red Bird and another Cherokee apprehended and sent to Kentucky to be tried for their crime. Sevier states that he has sent forth orders in compliance with this request, and he is now urging the Cherokee leaders to capture those from amongst their people who were responsible for the murders of several white citizens. Sevier warns the Cherokees about the dangers of bringing about a war, which could be the consequence of further acts of aggression between the citizens of the United States and those of the Cherokee Nation.

Red Bird River
Red Bird River near the line of Clay and Bell Counties to Leslie County, Kentucky was named for Chief Red Bird.

Parents and Ancestry
Different sources have two possible sets of parents: Aaron Brock, Sr. was born Dec. 8, 1721 in Virginia and died in 1811 in Clay County, Kentucky. Some say he was Chief Red Bird.

Others say his parents were Reuben Brock (1680-XXXX) Christian Place (1700–1721).

Family
In 1748 Chief Red Bird married Susannah Caroline Cherokee Davis (1725–1760), a household member of George "All" Sizemore and Agnes Cornett Shepherd (1753–1833). Their children;

Edward Brock (1743-xxxx);

Aaron Brock, II (1748-xxxx) who married Elizabeth Noe (1750-xxxx) in 1866 in Harlan, KY.

Mahala Susan Brock (1749–1820) who married Edward "Ned" Callahan (1743–1823);

Jessie James Brock (1751–1843) an American Revolutionary soldier who was granted land; Chief Red Bird and Susan moved from South Carolina to Kentucky with him. He was the first settler on Wallins Creek, Kentucky.

George Brock (1752–1839) who married Julia Ann Bruner (xxxx-1828);

Reuben Brock (1754-xxxx) who married Elizabeth Camp (1760-xxxx);

Mary "Polly" Brock (1757–1855);

James Brock (1760–1831)