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Note: **** IMPORTANT NOTE **** Records of the 1800's were written by white's who had to use phonetic's to spell the names of those entered on census records and other documents. Because of this the same persons name may have different spellings on the various documents of the day. Chow-E-You-Cah may also be spelled Chowayokah or other spellings. It should also be noted that the Overhill Cherokee (Those east of the Tn Valley) often ended sentences with an AH sound which was not the case in Tn. Without a definitave translation of her name a properly pronounced version is suspect. My best guesses would be chowayuk, chowayok or even choweyuk.
As an added note one should know that the name Cherokee is derived from the name for the prophets, cheataghge, or men of devine fire. The Cherokee are actually the Tsalaghi pronounced Shalagee.
There is no letter R in their language and no capital letters in their alphabet. The name Cherokee George is without doubt a name adopted from the influence of white settlers in the area. Their language foundation is Iriqoian.
The Cherokee of the 1800's claimed the Powhattan Indian as their blood relatives.
1851 Drennen Roll page 44 lists Chow-e-you-cah, George &Susannah. George is listed on North Carolina Census roll of 1835 in Nottley River District. source "Those who Cried" byTyner.
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Cherokee George, page 31 (North Carolina) on the '1835 CherokeeEast of the Mississippi Census Index'.http://members.aol.com/rarebk/1835c.html
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http://www.goldenbranches.com/nc-state/cherokee/chindian.html
Cherokee Indian Census 1835
Preparatory to the Removal 1838
(In what would later become Cherokee County)
Heads of Families Cherokee George
Residence (Streams) Notley River
No. 3
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