Buried: Van Zandt County, Texas

One-eighth Cherokee who negotiated first treaty with Mexico in 1822. Killed on orders of Duwali after supporting Fredonian's against the Mexican Government

Buried: unknown

Full blood leader of the Texas Cherokees. He was killed at the Battle of the Neches in Van Zandt County, Texas.

Buried: unknown in Van Zandt County, Texas

Son of Duwali. Killed by Texas Army in San Saba County while attempting to flee to Mexico.

Buried: unknown in San Saba County, Texas

Mixed-blood leader of the Choctaws and Chickasaws on Attoyac Bayou, who were a party to the treaty of 1836 with the Republic of Texas. Son of Henry Butt Thompson and a three quarter blood Choctaw-Chickasaw, Margaret McCoy. He was related to a number of Cherokee families by virtue of his white Thompson relatives that married into the Cherokee Nation. He returned to the Choctaw Nation in the summer of 1840, following an aborted attempt to gain lands from the Republic of Texas along with Cherokee's, Devereaux & Samuel Bell.

Buried: Fort Towson (Choctaw Nation), Oklahoma

Full blood leader of Anadarko Indians who gave assistance and shelter to Cherokee's, Delaware's and Choctaw's following the July 1839 attack on them by the Texas Army

Buried: unknown

Mixed-blood Pakana Muscogee leader who settled among the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians at Mt. Tabor. Following his death and that of his son, all known Muscogee families left the area and settled in Polk and Tyler Counties, where some became part of the Alabama-Coushatta tribes and others eventually relocated into the Creek Nation in Oklahoma. Berryhill Creek in Rusk County, Texas is named after him.

Buried: Mount Tabor Indian Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas

Andrew M. Vann was a resident of the Texas Cherokee Nation on July 20, 1833. He was elected Assistant Chief of the Cherokee Nation on June 28, 1840, in place of his brother Joseph Vann, who had resigned. During his residence in Texas, he served in a diplomatic role as representative of the Texas Cherokees to the Mexican government in numerous meetings in Matamoras, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He supported a Cherokee alliance with Mexico against the rebel Texans.

Buried: (Cherokee Nation) Oklahoma

Cherokee leader who enjoyed war with the Osages more than becoming a part of Duwali's band.

Son of Duwali, his band was known to generally stay close to the Red River in northern Texas, south of the Choctaw Nation.

Buried: unknown

He was a half blood Cherokee and the first true leader of the Mt. Tabor Community. He settled in Texas with Duwali at an early date. He was son of half blood Cherokee John Bell Jr. a signer of the Treaty of New Echota and his half blood wife Charlotte Adair. He later married Juliette Lewis Vann the daughter of David Vann and Jennie Chambers. His group joined the Mexicans under Vicente Cordoba in open hostilities against the Republic of Texas after a failed attempt to secure lands from Texas, along with his brother Samuel and William Thompson in the spring of 1840. He participated in the Cherokee-Mexican loss at the battle of San Antonio. Later he negotiated the treaties of 1843 and 1844 with Texas President Samuel Houston, thereby ending hostilities with the Republic of Texas. Went to California to find gold with his brother Samuel in 1849, where Samuel later died. He returned to Texas and served in Confederate Cherokee Units during the American Civil War. Devereaux died in 1875 from injuries he previously sustained as a prisoner of war during the Civil War.

Buried: Mount Tabor Indian Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas

Half blood Cherokee, the son of John Bell a whiteman and a full blood Cherokee woman. He later married another half blood Cherokee, Charlotte Adair. He was the father of Devereaux Jarrett Bell. John was one of the signers of the Treaty of New Echota, which led the removal of the Cherokees from the east in 1838.

Buried: Mount Tabor Indian Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas

Non-Indian, married to Annie Martin, daughter of Judge John Martin, who was the half brother of Chief Richard Fields and the first Chief Justice of the Cherokee Nation. Purchased 10,000 acres of land in Rusk County to give legal title to the Cherokees of Mt. Tabor. John Martin was the half brother of Texas Cherokee Chief Richard Fields. Benjamin was the 2^nd cousin of William Thompson and Archibald Thompson. His sister Rachel married a half blood Cherokee, Walter "Black Watt" Adair. His brothers Johnson and James Allen Thompson both married Cherokees of the Lynch family, but remained in the Cherokee Nation.

Buried: Thompson Cemetery, Laird Hill, Rusk County, Texas

Mixed-blood Choctaw-Chickasaw and brother of William Thompson and first Choctaw Leader of the Mt. Tabor Community. He was believed to have been in Texas with his brothers prior to 1839 but retuurned to Mississippi following the Cherokee War. He returned to Texas in 1851 settling among his Cherokee relatives at Mount Tabor. He later along with members of the Cherokee Harnage and Cooper families settled just south of Mount Tabor and across the Smith County line near Overton, Texas. His first wife was Elizabeth Jackson a full blood Choctaw and the sister of his brother Henry's wife. His second wife was Anna Strong Thompson, his first cousin by his uncle John Thompson and Mary Strong.

Buried: Asbury Cemetery (Indian side), Smith County, Texas

Half blood Cherokee, the son of John Bell Jr. and Charlotte Adair-Bell

Buried: Mount Tabor Indian Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas

Was with Duwali in Texas but returned to the Cherokee Nation in 1839. Not known when he actually returned to Mt. Tabor but was there before 1860. Killed in 1863 by pro-Union "Pin" Cherokees during Civil War

Buried: unknown in Oklahoma

Watie who was three fourths Cherokee, was elected Principal Chief of all the Southern Cherokees in 1863. He was the only Indian to reach rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate Army and last Confederate General to surrender to Union Forces. Watie remained in the Cherokee Nation after War. Son of Oowatee a full blood Cherokee and Susannah Reese a half blood Cherokee. He was married to Sarah Caroline Bell the daughter of John Bell Jr. and Charlotte Adair-Bell.

Buried: Oklahoma

Half blood son of John Bell Jr. and Charlotte Adair-Bell.

Buried: Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma

1^st Principal Chief of Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands. Son of George Washington Adair "son of Black Watt and Rachel Thompson-Adair" and Martha "Patsy" Martin "daughter of Judge John Martin.

Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia

Quarter blood leader of the Choctaw Confederate community in Smith County and son of William Thompson. Led a large group of Texas Choctaws into the Chickasaw Nation to seek enrollment with the Dawes Commission in 1895 resulting in the case of William C. Thompson et al vs. Choctaw Nation.

Buried: Marlow City Cemetery, Marlow (Chickasaw Nation), Stephens County, Oklahoma

He was the son of Ambrose Harnage a whiteman and Nancy Sanders a half blood Cherokee of the Bird Clan. He married Nancy Mayfield, the daughter of Jesse Mayfield a whiteman and Sallie Walker Starr the great granddaughter of Nancy Ward.

Buried: Asbury Cemetery (Indian side), Smith County, Texas

Primarily Trinity County community leader after leaving Rusk County in 1881. Formed basis for Texas Lumber Industry. Son of Benjamin Franklin Thompson and Annie Martin-Thompson.

Buried: Thompson Cemetery, Laird Hill, Rusk County, Texas

1^st Principal Chief of Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands. Son of George Washington Adair "Grandson of Black Watt and Rachel Thompson-Adair" and Martha "Patsy" Martin "daughter of Judge John Martin.

Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia

2^nd Chief under William Penn Adair. Son of David Vann and Martha McNair

Buried: unknown but believed to be in Sonora, Mexico

Led first law suit into the United States Supreme Court, was the first Primary TCAB leader that did not reside at some point at Mount Tabor

Buried: unknown

Primary Attorney for Band

Appointed by President Harry S. Truman, as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1948 while serving as the Chairman of the Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands. Elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1971. Descendant of Texas Cherokee Chief Richard Fields.

Buried: Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma

1^st Principal Choctaw Leader. Grandson of Archibald Thompson and his brother Henry Thompson Jr., great nephew of William Thompson, cousin of Benjamin Franklin Thompson and Rachel Thompson-Adair. His application for enrollment with the Dawes Commission mysteriously disappeared as did at least 42 other Texas Choctaw applications. Only those that were a party to the William C. Thompson et al vs. Choctaw Nation case were ever enrolled as citizens by blood. On appeal, his daughter Althea was told that no such applications existed, although letters from the Choctaw Nation Advisory Board to Martin Luther Thompson proved otherwise. He married Inez Monterey Fannin the gr. great granddaughter of Apukshunnubbee.

Buried: Asbury Cemetery (Indian side), Smith County, Texas

One of the original Thompson Reunion Committee organizers, who have held annual meetings for the Thompson Choctaw descendants each year since 1946. He is descended from Henry Thompson Jr. (3/8 Choctaw-Chickasaw) and his full blood Choctaw wife Priscilla Jackson. Brad is currently an insurance agent who resides in Stephenville, Texas.

One of three primary historians of the Texas Choctaws and history professor at Texas A&M University-College Station, until his death in 2000. Irv was a strong and vocal supporter of the Choctaws taking the dominant role in band affairs. He was also well known in academic circles regarding his writings on agriculture in east Texas. Irv was the grandson of Martin Luther Thompson and Inez Monterey Fannin-Thompson.

Buried: Henderson, Rusk County, Texas

First female to serve as a member of the Texas Cherokee Executive Committee following the resignation of R. Nick Hearne in 1991. She remained in that capacity until her death in 1993. Cecil was the granddaughter of Martin Luther Thompson and Inez Monterey Fannin-Thompson.

Buried: Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Primary organizer along with J. Charles Thompson of the Thompson-McCoy Chickasaw-& Choctaw Descendants Association in 1996. Sought adoption of the band into the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and strongly sought the Thompson-Choctaws dominance in band affairs. Bill owned a chain of grocery stores in southern Oklahoma, mostly in the Chickasaw Nation. Bill was the gr. great grandson of Lt. Col. William C. Thompson. Bill served on the Texas Cherokee Executive Committee from 1991, following the resignation of Judge Foster T. Bean, until his death in 1997.

Buried: Marlow City Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma

Took over as Chairman of the Mount Tabor Community part of the Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands after the resignation of W.W. Keeler upon his election as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Foster is an original enrollee on the Guion Miller Roll at the age of 3. He is the grandson of John Ellis Bean and Henrietta Cloud Dannenburg. John Bean was the son of Ruth Starr. Foster also served as a Circuit Judge and local attorney in the Kilgore, Texas area for many years. He still maintains an office in Kilgore today.

Descendant of Choctaw Henry Thompson Jr., brother of Archibald and William Thompson and Henry's wife Priscilla Jackson a full blood Choctaw; descended from Apukshunnubbee a full blood Choctaw, through Sally Doak-Fannin; descended through Elizabeth Hicks-Horton, the daughter of Rueben Hicks and Chomoctay a full blood Chickasaw. Rueben the grandson of Nathan Hicks a whiteman and Nayehi a full blood Cherokee. Jerry currently serves as tribal administrator and resides near Overton, Texas.

Served as Chairman of the Executive Committee for three months. Descendant of Texas Cherokee Chief Richard Fields. Wendell served a number of years as a Pharmacist in Tyler, Texas but currently resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma

First woman to hold position of Chairperson. First non-Cherokee "Choctaw" descendant to hold leadership position over entire band. Descended from William Thompson and Elizabeth Jones Mangum, through their son Arthur, brother of William C. Thompson; Also descended from Sohoy a full blood Creek (Muscogee) and from Mushhulatubbee a full blood Choctaw. Terry and her husband Jimmy currently run a number of successful businesses in east Texas.