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Family Note:   Sequoyah (Sequoia) aka George Guess, Gist or Guest, was a soldier in the War of 1812 against the hostile Creek Indians. He served as a private in the company of Mounted and Foot Cherokees commanded by the Cherokee, Captain John McLamore, and forming part of Col. Gideon Morgan Jr's Regiment of Cherokee Indians. He served from Oct. 7, 1813 to Jan. 6, 1814. He reinlisted three weeks later, and his regiment took part in the famous Battle of the Horseshoe Bend that inflicted a decisive defeat on the Creeks, Mar. 27th.
These facts are known by records in the U.S. war department in the pension office. Sequoyah's widow, Sally Guess, aged 66, applied for bounty land on Oct. 17, 1855. Her claim was based on her deceased husband's service. She stated that she had married George Guess in the Cherokee Nation in 1815 and that he died in Mexico in 1843. (1812 War Records, BL WT 92949-160-55, National Archives, Wash. DC)

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