Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMargaret “Peggy” Shanke
Birthabt 1771, Mississippi
Death1856, Mississippi
MotherNahomtima (1752-1795)
Misc. Notes
Full blood Choctaw.
Listed as Trihan on the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
The rumors regarding Peggy Trahern abound. Peggy Trahern was the sister of Chief Oklahoma, and presumably Nitakechi as well, their mother was Nahomtima, the sister of Chief Pushmataha. In the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek Supplement, Article 2, Peggy and her two children were alloted land. According to statements made by descendants of Eliza Ann Flack, Peggy Trahern was the mother of 8 children by Charles Juzan, including Chief Pierre Juzan.
It is known she was outside the Choctaw Nation in 1830, and had been for at least five years. She apparently abandoned her Juzan children, as they are listed in Juzan's household on the Armstrong Rolls. She is listed under the Leflore district on the Armstrong Rolls, but like William Trahern, (Wesley's son), it is an addition, suggesting perhaps the omission of the names was noted, and then added. Curiously enough, this is not the district in which either had spent their lives. A more correct annotation would have been the Pushmataha district, or Six Town's. Where was Peggy during this time?
Peggy and her sons, Jeremiah and James N. Trahern sell their land to Harriet Sims approved in 1851.

According to some researchers, Peggy was half french, yet her son James, claimed he was 1/2 choctaw, as did his children. Another note, is that by all appearances, his father was a white man, so for that reason, I believe Peggy was not a french indian, but a full blooded choctaw.
Registered for a reserve for herself and her "two fatherless children" by the 1830 treaty. She was then living outside the Choctaw Nation. (Most likely in Hinds County, MS) In 1831 she was enrolled in LeFlore's district. She was allowed 480 acres by the 1830 treaty, and was given the E1/2 S7 T22 R5E in Yalobusha County, Mississippi (she had additional acreage, see note under son James)
American state papers, Vol 3, p 395...
Peggy Trihan lots 1, 6,7 section 7 town 22 r 5e and lots 8,9,14 and 15, town 21, r5e
Spouses
Birthabt 1760, Mobile, Mobile Co, AL
Death1839, Lauderdale Co, MS
Misc. Notes
He was French and 1/2 Choctaw indian.
They were married and had children: Delilah (1798-1859), Mary (1799-29 Sep 1868), Rebecca (1804-4 May 1854), Pierre Gabriel (1805-Aug 1841), William (1807), Jackson (1808-1860), Lucy (1809), and Eliza Ann (1819-25 July 1890).
Marriage1792, Indian City, Payne Co, OK
Birthabt 1770, Prince George's Co, MD
Death1829, Jackson, Hinds Co, MS
FatherNehemiah Trahern (1725-1804)
MotherAmelia (1746-1818)
Misc. Notes
There was little proof and lots of confusion about who was the husband of Peggy Trahern.... although the link to her children is clear.
James lent his brother Wesley money in 1807 to start his plantation. There are references to James Sr. in Mississippi Territory in 1814, 1819 and 1827. He is in VA in 1820 when his mother died. From the census of 1820, James Trahern Sr. is listed in Pittsylvannia County, VA with a wife, two daughters (or females), and a son. His brother Samuel also shows up, he has two men living with him, one would be his brother William's age, the other could be a son or a nephew. James Sr. contested how William handled the estate for their brother Wesley in 1832, claiming his loan as an outstanding debt.
Marriage1813
ChildrenJames Nichols (~1814-1883)
 Jeremiah “Jerry” (1824-1856)
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