Sue and the Gill Family

And worse Sue was overly friendly with the Gill family. It was a disgrace to know you were part Indian. They had a reputation of being wild and wooly. One of their boys went to a party and rode right into the house on his horse. Little Red Fox was their grandmother. However they were Cherokee, the top brand of Indians.

Sue’s family picked out a fine young man. She was to marry him tomorrow. It was going to be a beautiful day. Sue slipped off from home that night. She and Marshal Mote Gill married the next day, Jan. 25, 1865. Sue would always giggle about it.

Sue’s mother got real mad and Sue never saw her again.

Marsh’s brother who rode into the house on his horse was later shot. He had got out of the Civil War at 24. He had a big old buckshot in his arm, inside above his elbow. He carried it all his life. He would let you feel of it. They went to his sister’s in Birmingham, Matilda Rogers. He had a job waiting.