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Father- Dempsey Holland born abt 1790 in Georgia U.S.
Mother- June born abt 1795

The Sayings and Deeds of Muhammad (son of Abdallah) and His Companions

One of Muhammad's popular claims is that God commanded him to fight peop le
until they become Muslims and carry out the ordinances of Islam. All Mu slim
scholars without exception agree on this. Muhammad said:

"I have been ordered by God to fight with people till they bear testimo ny to
the fact that there is no God but Allah and that Mohammed is his mes senger,
and that they establish prayer and pay Zakat (money). If they do i t, their
blood and their property are safe from me" (see Bukhari Vo l. I, p. 13).

Scholars understood this claim to mean the waging of offensive wars again st
unbelievers in order to force them to embrace Islam as individuals or c
ommunities. This is exactly what Muhammad himself did in carrying out God 's
commandment to him.

Hafsa, may Allah be pleased with her, was the daughter of Sayyiduna Umar i bn
al Khattab. She had been married to someone else, but was widowed wh en she as
still very young, only eighteen. Umar asked both Abu Bakr and Ut hman ibn
Affan, one after another, if they would like to marry her, but th ey both
declined because they knew that the Prophet (peace and blessin gs of Allah be
upon him) had expressed an interest in marrying her. When U mar (may Allah be
pleased with him) went to the Prophet (peace and blessin gs of Allah be upon
him) to complain about their behavior, the Prophet smi led, and said, "Hafsa
will marry one better than Uthman and Uthman will ma rry one better than
Hafsa." Umar was startled and then realized that it w as the Prophet was
asking for her hand in marriage. HE was overcome with d elight. They were
married just after the battle of Badr, when Hafsa was ab out twenty years old
and the Prophet as fifty-six. By this marriage, the P rophet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) strengthened the ties be tween two of his
closest Companions, the two who would become the first t wo rightly guided
khalifs after his death. He was now married to the daugh ter of Abu Bakr,
A'isha and to the daughter of Umar, Hafsa.

Two of the other closest Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessin gs of
Allah be upon him) who would become the third and fourth Rightly gui ded
Khalifs were also connected to the Prophet through marriage. Uthman i bn Affan
(may Allah be pleased with him) married Ruqayya, then daught er of the
Prophet, in Mecca, and then, after her death in Medina, soon aft er the battle
of Badr, he had married Umm Khulthum, also the daughter of t he Prophet. It
was because he married two of the daughters of the Proph et (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) that Uthman was given the ti tle of Dhun
Nurayn, which means 'the possessor of two lights'. And Ali i bn Abi Talib (may
Allah be pleased with him) had married Fatima, the young est daughter of the
Prophet, shortly before the Prophet had married A'isha .

Hafsa, like A'isha with whom she became close friends, was never at a lo ss
for words, and was not afraid to argue with the Prophet (peace and bles sings
of Allah be upon him) who was content to allow her to say what she t hought.
One day, while speaking to Hafsa's mother Umar (may Allah be pleas ed with
him) said, "I think I shall so and so." Whereupon his wife replie d, "But it
would be better if you did such and such." "Are you arguing wi th me, woman?"
said Umar who was a fierce man who did not expect his wiv es to talk back at
him. "Why not?" she answered. "Your daughter keeps argu ing with the Messenger
of Allah until she upsets him for the whole day." U mar (may Allah be pleased
with him) immediately put on his cloak and we nt directly to his daughter's
house. "Is it true that you argue with the M essenger of Allah?" he asked.
"Indeed I do." She replied. Umar was just ab out to chastise her for what he
considered were bad manners, when the Prop het (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) came into the room and wou ld not allow him to even touch her. So
Umar went round to visit Umm Salam a, to whom Umar was related in order to try
and influence Hafsa's behavi or through her.

"I wonder at you, Ibn Khattab," she said, after she had listened to him. " You
have interfered in everything. Will you now interfere between the Mess enger
of Allah and his wives?" Sayiduna Umar when relating this inciden t,
continued, "And she kept after me until she mad me give up much of wh at I
thought proper." Some sources say that the Prophet divorced Hafsa wi th a
single divorce and that Umar was heart broken when this happened a nd began to
throw dust on his head.

Then the Prophet took her back after Jibril had descended and said to hi m.
"Take Hafsa back. She fasts and prays and she will be your wife in t he
Garden." Like A'isha, Hafsa memorized the entire Qur'an by heart. The w ritten
copy of the Qur'an which was recorded by Zayd ibn Thabit on Abu Bak r's
instructions, and which was then given to Umar for safekeeping, was th en
given by Umar to Hafsa to look after. When Uthman eventually became t he
khalif, he instructed several written copies of the Qur'an to be ma de so that
they could be sent to the main centers of the now rapidly expan ding Muslim
empire, and it was the copy in Hafsa's keeping that was use d, after it had
been meticulously checked for its accuracy by referri ng to all the other
written records of the Qur'an and to all the Muslims w ho knew the Qur'an by
heart.

Hafsa lived with the Prophet in Medina for eight years, may Allah bless h im
and grant him peace and lived on for another thirty four years after h is
death, witnessing with joy the victories and expansion of Islam under h er
father's guidance, and with sorrow the troubles that beset the Muslim c
ommunity after the murder of Uthman.

Conall Each-luath (born 312 A.D.; "each:" Irish, Lat. "eq-uus," Gr. "ik-ko s" a
horse; "luath:" Irish, agile, Welsh "lludw," nimble, or Conall of T he Swift
Steeds): Son of Lughaidh Meann; No. 90 on the line of Heber.

Source: Genealogy of Old & New Cherokee Indian Families, by George Morris on
Bell, Sr.

Earliest known ancestor of the de Baux family, per de Baux Family websit e:
http://www.delbalzo.com/baux_new.htm

Peggy Trahern
See Also: http://jenniferhsrn2.homestead.com/mississippi.html
The rumors reguarding Peggy Trahern do not end. It is known she is outsi de
the Choctaw Nation in 1830, and had been for at least five years. She a
pparently abandoned her Juzan children, as they are listed in Juzan's hous
ehold on the Armstrong Rolls. She is listed under the Leflore distri ct on the
Armstrong Rolls, but like William Trahern, (Wesley's son ), it is an addition,
suggesting perhaps the omission of the names was not ed, and then added.
Curiously enough, this is not the district in which ei ther had spent their
lives. A more correct annotation would have been t he Pushmataha district, or
Six Town's. Where was Peggy during this time?

The truth may never be known, but there are rumors. One researcher suggest ed
she was in Virginia with James Trahern, this is possible, but seems unl ikely,
as in 1820, James Trahern Sr. is listed with a wife and three child ren, one
son, and two daughters in Pittsylvannia County, VA. Another rumo r, probably
with more credence, was that Peggy was the mistress of anoth er man. Some say
it may have been John Donely, who is also rumored to ha ve been the father of
Delilah's five children also included in the supplem ent. John Donely was the
father in law of Greenwood Leflore, and the ma il carrier for the Choctaw
Nation. However, another rumor, which has ve ry little information, but alot
to consider, is that Peggy had daughter wi th a French man. That daughter Mary
Joseph Moran, married John B. Ladnie r. The descendants of this family supply
the following information, the na me of Mary's mother was Noahtimah, and she
was known by the name Marguerit e. Noahtimah's father was Opaha, a subchief
who answered only to Pushmatah a. The family also has an oral tradition that
this woman was Peggy Trahern .

What gives this rumor some weight is that there is a Noahtimah under Artic le
14, who was signed up to remain in Mississippi. She is listed as havi ng four
children two over 16, and two under. Peggy is not found in any cen sus, and
with the exception of the Treaty and her land scrip,  her whereab outs are
unknown. Perhaps she was in the household of this man, and as h is mistress,
he supported his children, but not her minor Trahern childre n. The truth is
probably lost in history, but the rumors, live on.

Bibliography
Foreman, Grant Indian Removal
Cushman, H. B.  History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez Indians
American State Papers, Vol. 7 and Vol. 8
Kidwell, Clara Sue Choctaws and Missionaries in Mississippi, 1818-1918
Halbert, H. S. and Ball The Creek War
Halbert, H.S. Sketches of Choctaw Mingos, Indian Countrymen and Families

Some Other Sources
Notes of Loretta Coppick, Juzan  descendant
Email discussions with Ron Shauhan, Chris Morgan, Judy Scruggs, Sandra Ril ey, 
and Evelyn Vasconelles
Dawes Census Cards
1885 Choctaw Nation Census
1855 Skullyville Census
Land Scrip of Peggy Trahern, Delilah's  heirs, Chief Pushmataha's widow
Obituary of James Trahern Jr.
Doug Barkley
Deed of Lauderdale County dated 1840
Eliza Ann Flack's Will
Washington County Court Records
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

[Mieirs.ftw]
Peggy is in the supplement to the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. I have f
ound a land document which lists the names of her two fatherless childre n, as
mentioned. Rumor has it Peggy is also a niece (I suspect it is gra nd niece)
of Chief Pushmataha. Another rumor has John Charles Juzan as h is nephew
through a relationship between his father and Chief Pushmataha 's sister. This
would explain why Peggy was included specifically in the T reaty, as she was
related to several important people at the time. Chief P ierre Juzan would
have been her nephew, Chief Greenwood Leflore may have b een her cousin. Peggy
would have been full choctaw, which explains why Jam es N. Trahern was 1/2.
See notes under Pushmataha, Phoebe, and John Charl es Juzan as well.

A quote from a printed source (I can't find the reference) linking Peg gy to
John Charles Juzan, and to Chief Pushmataha

Successor as Chief fell to his nephew (on his wife's side) by name of Okla
homa. He had a nephew named Nitakachieubih (Nitakechi). Pushmataha's sist er
was Natona. Her daughter Shanke who had a daughter. Natona's great gra nd
daughter was Eliza Ann Juzan Flack. John Charles Juzan took 2 wives, ni eces
of Pushmataha -- Peggy Trahern and Phoebe, dau of Oklahome.

A note r/t Noahtimah (found on list to stay in Mississippi, and rumor ed to be
Peggy Trahern, sent to me by another researcher, Kathleen Bennett

In some of our family paperwork I have found a reference to our Noatimah s
tating in 1825 she had two minor children and declared that she did not wa nt
to be removed from Mississippi. I believe our Noatimah and yours m ay be the
same person. It is my understanding that she was the daught er or the
granddauhter of Opaha, who was a "Choctaw Chieftain who answer ed only to
Pushmataha." See below for info on Pushmataha. Although I don 't know enough
about finding things on the web I have a copy of this in fo which states it
was copied "Dec
9, 1967 from SOURCE MATERIAL, FOR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY, JACKSON COUNTY, Vo l.
30, Pg. 116" listed under 'Prominent Indian Men and Women'.

There is also a NOTE which states: "The French gave Noahtimah the name Mar
guerite." And as you may know Marguerite is the French version of Margare t.
Peggy is a nick-name or diminutive name for MARGARET.

Additional Information: Brenda Lewis,  http://worldc
onnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=deedee1&id=I148
"Nutbook Copies", Noahtimah was the daughterof Opaha, who was directly res
ponsible to Pushamata, Chief of the Southern District of the Choctaw Natio n.
Opaha was a Chieftan (sorta). Noahtimah was given the name Margaret te by the
French. She died in New Orleans in 1842 and her body was broug ht back to
Biloxi. Some saythat she was burried in back of the Moran Cemta ry, and others
said that her body was taken at night by scoooner to Bayou La Batre where she
was burried. Nomarked grave has been located. Noahtima h, who was given the
name Margarette, also had a daughter Margarette. S he had a daughter Martha.

TREATY OF DANCING RABBIT CREEK Editor Daily Herald: Gulfport, Mississipp i,
October 4, 1935
It is a matter of historic interest generally and more so to the Choctaw I
ndians and their descendants, residing in the state of Mississippi, to kn ow
something of this treaty which was concluded between the United Stat es and
the chiefs, captains and head men of the Choctaw nation on Septemb er 27,
1830. The purpose of this treaty was to get the Choctaws to exchan ge all of
their land within the State for lands in what was then the Indi an Territory,
which is now Oklahoma State.

Dancing Rabbit Creek, were this treaty was concluded is near Mashulavill e,
Noxubee County, Mississippi.
The commissioners of the United States, in the treaty were Secretary of Wa r,
John B. Eaton, and John Coffee, who arrived at Dancing Rabbit Cre ek on
September 15, 1830, and on Septemer 18, the commissioners met the ch iefs,
captains, head men, and warriors of the Choctaw people at which ti me John
Eaton made a speech to these Indians, a copy of which is in the ha nds of this
writer, quoting one paragraph thereof only: "By direction of y our Great
Father we have come amongst you. It is not your land we seek, b ut your
happiness. If you remain you will be subject to the jurisdicti on of courts,
pay taxes, etc., and if you are satisfied that in such condi tion you would be
unhappy, then agree to remove beyond the Mississippi whe re you will be able
to live under your own laws. Record the votes of yo ur head mean, and let us
know who is willing to remove and who are oppose d. In 1820, by a treaty, a
fine country was given you for the use of yo ur people. It was the
understanding at that time that the Choctaws would r emove. Ten years are
passed and you are still here. If you prefer to li ve here, surrender the
lands west, or othewise remove to them. Hereaft er we will not treat with
you."

About 25 per cent of these Choctaws did not choose to go, and refused to a
ccept the terms of the treaty as then submitted and to make proper provisi ons
for them, Article 14 of the said treaty was afterwards inserted therei n,
which provided that each one reamining would receive a section of la nd to be
afterwards surveyed and located, and script was issued by the gov ernment to
the Indians representing their claims, but the government fail ed to fully
carry out this agreement with the Indians and in 1852 Congre ss made an
appropriation to pay each of them which has never yet been don e, and the
matter is now pending in Washington, and which will be watch ed with great
interest by these Indians and their descendants.

Probably the daughter of Khaneferre Sebekhotep IV, but not necessari ly by his
wife Tjani.  A "hereditary princess" was not necessarily a Pharo ah's
daughter, but there are instances of this period where known Pharoah 's
daughters are only described by this title. Paternity of Sebekhotep dep ends
on this supposition plus some chronological dead reckoning. Tjani w as his
wife but not necessarily the mother of Sebekhotep,

Grandaughter of Hopia Iskitina, mingo under Mushulatubbe. From book "Li fe and
Times of the original Choctaw Enrollees" by Wilbor Wilson.

There is one source in this book that refers to Hopia as her father rath er
than grandfather but there are several others that refer to him as t he
grandfather. = Jana Ross

Sallie married Calvin David Ervin in MS (in 1832) and they came to Indi an
Territory together. They had 13 children, 10 girls and 3 boys. Calvin w as
born in NC on 6-21-1816 and died in Hartshorne, I.T. on 12-10-189 2. He was a
school teacher, carpenter, and postmaster. Sally was bo rn in MS and died in
Doaksville, I.T., buried in the family garden.

Source: LDS database: "Byzantium" by Norwich
Theophylactus was an Armenian peasant who had the good fortune to save t he
life of *Basil I and hence was installed as a member of his personal gu ard.

He was Exilarch of the Jews in Babylon about 400-415.
Sources:
1.  Stuart, R.W. "Royalty for Commoners" line 329.
2.  ..., "Encyclopedia Judiaca", Vol.6, pp.1024-1025.
3.  ..., "The Jewish Enclyclopedia" Vol.V, pp.288-290

Knight of the Garter, descendant of the Sureties Roger and Hugh Bigod.

His name came from the fact that the hair of his eyebrows was red; the wo rd
"abrudhruadh" means "red eyebrows".

Born ca. 549 BCE