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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 Abt 1758 - Abt 1855 (~ 97 years)
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| Name |
Iklannabee (Ikenaby, Iklanby) John CARNEY |
| Born |
Abt 1758 |
East Choctaw Indian Territory  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1800 |
Craven, North Carolina [4] |
| Census |
1820 |
Choctaw Nation East, Old Marion County Mississippi now Lawrence County, Mississippi [4] |
| FamilySearch ID |
G9VN-NW3 |
| Name |
Ikkenaby |
| Name |
Ikleabi |
| Name |
John CARNEY [4] |
| Naturalization |
[4] |
| His name is in the Register of Choctaw's wishing to become citizens as entered by the government agent |
| Residence |
1840 |
Lawrence, Mississippi [4] |
| _UID |
64C954B3FCF541C5B1BCF84ACF97C38A8D83 |
| Died |
Abt 1855 |
Choctaw Indian Territory, Mississippi |
| Person ID |
I1369 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Father |
Captain Thomas Arthur CARNEY (KEARNEY), b. Abt 1732, Orangeburg, South Carolina, British Colonial America , d. 1783, Georgia (Age ~ 51 years) |
| Mother |
Indian Woman CHOCTAW, b. Abt 1740, Indian Territory , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Family ID |
F50573638 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Sally Ann KEARNEY (CARNEY), b. Abt 1758, Ireland , d. Bef 1850, Bogue Chitto Station, Old Marion Co, Missisippi (Age ~ 91 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1775 |
Mississippi |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth CARNEY, b. East Choctaw Indian Territory , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. John CARNEY, b. 1775, Chocktaw Indian Territory, Mississippi , d. 21 Mar 1855, Marion County, Mississippi (Age 80 years) |
| | 3. Sarah "Sallie" CARNEY, b. Abt 1788, East Choctaw Indian Territory , d. Bef 1850 (Age ~ 61 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F737 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- A Choctaw Indian Chief or Captain of warriors - bestowed through the maternal line as dictated by Indian tradition, as his white trader father married the daughter of an Indian Chief to secure trade relations as customary at the time. Other spellings: Ikenaby, Iklenaby - In Choctaw language, iklanna means 'half' in relation to blood (brother), and the full meaning was "Half-blood Warrior". Many Choctaw families helped their daughters select a trader as husband. Both Traders and elite Choctaw families sought these unions but chiefs like Franchimastabe and Taboca controlled the actions of such foreigners who wished to become part of Choctaw Society. Elite power became increasingly associated with these foreigners and their imported goods. Only elite Choctaws had marriageable access to traders and only elite Choctaw women married these traders in the late eighteenth century.
Iklannabee's father and mother are unproven at this moment, and my conclusion as to their identity is circumstantial. It is believed his father was a white Indian Trader named Arthur Carney and his mother a Choctaw woman, daughter to a chief, thus his designation along the matriarchal line as a "Captain" under a "small medal" chief. One of his wives was Sally Ann Kearney, his first wife and who is believed to be from Ireland. Her family died on the journey to their new land from a fever, and she was placed as a child with her cousins in North Carolina/Tennessee. The exact family relationship with her American family cannot be determined, but she married her distant cousin Iklannabee who from that point forward began using his and her families surname and was from then known as John Carney among whites.
DNA testing of several Carney Family volunteers has confirmed the Mississippi John Carney (B: 1775) line is related through an exact match with 37 markers to the Tennessee John Carney (B: 1748) line. Despite other researchers speculation, we cannot merge Iklannabee into John Carney (B: 1748) who is believed to be his half-brother. Reasons: (1) That John Carney has children with sufficient documentation proving that they were born and partially raised in the North Carolina and then arrived in Tennessee territory in 1783 - Iklannabee birthdate firmed up about 1758 and would have been father at 12. (2) Iklannabee was Indian in appearance, and ? breeds were not then allowed to own land in Tennessee/North Carolina or serve as juror. (3) It is shown in several Censuses that John and his children were never mentioned to be anything other than white.
The plausible conclusion as evidenced by the DNA testing and rolls, censuses, land deeds, etc is that Iklannabee of Mississippi and John Carney (B: 1748) of Tennessee have the same father, believed to be the same Indian Trader who plied his wares in Indian Territory. The Choctaw Indian Territory extended from Mississippi to eastern Alabama and up the Natchez Trace into Tennessee.
During the Spanish-American War of 1812, Iklannabee (Ikenaby) served under Andrew Jackson, who was later to lead the United States as its President. It is unknown how much action he may have been involved in, since in 1813, Andrew Jackson's militia force of 2,000 men which had been intended for the occupation of Pensacola and St. Augustine, was ordered to stand down. They were no longer needed in West Florida due to war developments, and the War department ordered the men be dismissed from the service while at Natchez, as they were impatiently in readiness for an advance on the British, Spanish and Indians. General Jackson was so disappointed by the order, that he had the men transported back to Tennessee at his own expense.
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the last in a series of six treaties between the United States government and the Choctaw Nation of Mississippi, was signed on September 27, 1830, between the two prongs of the Big and Little Dancing Rabbit Creeks in present-day Noxubee County, Mississippi. John H. Eaton and John Coffee represented the government, and Greenwood Leflore represented the Choctaw Nation. Under the agreement of the treaty, the Choctaw Nation surrendered their remaining lands east of the Mississippi River to the government and as compensation; the government gave them the land beyond Arkansas (present-day Oklahoma) as a new Indian territory. Another stipulation was that the Choctaws were to relocate during 1831-1833. Treaty was signed by Jerry Carney, Ittabe (Ikenaby - phonetic K is tt as signed here and some other documents) and many others.
Armstrong Roll - Application to remain in Mississippi as Citizen - May 7, 1831; Iklanabee, Children: 0 under 10, 3 over 10, Indian man.
However, Iklannabee was unsuccessful in preventing his family from being sent to Oklahoma reservation and Emigrated to Skullyville, Indian Territory in the winter of 1833:
Muster Roll of Choctaw Indians who arrived in Ark. District, Choctaw
Country West, A.D. l832 and l833 of the 2nd Emigration - Agency Depot:
Skullyville, I.T.: Iklannubbee - in family: 2 males; 2 females; l child;
No. of deaths in l833: 2; Total arrived: 5 in Jan. 25, l833. Iklannabee. emigrated in the company of Mingo Homah, Capt. There is an Ikleabi and and Iklannabbee listed on the 1831 Armstrong roll, and Iklannabbe is our relative.
Library of Congress, Senate, 23rd Congress, 1st Session 1834, Public Lands: Volume 7, page 129. List of claims allowed: "Ibakanaba, 400 acres, Capt. at treaty, purchased by J.H. Horne-Relinquished"
There are some in the family who feel Iklannabee returned to Mississippi after the Emigration because a John Carney is found in the household of Elijah (B: 1803) in 1850. This John is not Iklannabee but his son John Carney B: 1775, aged 70 as correlated precisely to his particulars. Also, Iklannabee is found in the final days of his life on the reservation in 1855 census roll. He still may have returned to his homeland in later years to Mississippi, as he was entitled to as shown in: Choctaw Case Claim 285, Shows Iklanabbe (Col. Wards Register) entitled to 640 acres @ $1.25.
Nonetheless, the Choctaws who preferred to remain in or return to Mississippi after lengthy court cases, received land allotments, became subject to Mississippi law, and were no longer subject to the laws of the Choctaw tribe. Each adult Choctaw who chose to remain in Mississippi received 640 acres of land. Each child over the age of ten received 320 acres while each child under the age of ten received 160 acres of land. Approximately 5,000 Choctaws chose to remain in Mississippi.
Still, the family movements of Iklannabee have shown a degree of restlessness, as did many other family members who moved up and down the Natchez Trace and Choctaw Indian lands. An 1813 lawsuit involving a land dispute in Davidson County, Tennessee (re: the State of Tennessee against JOHN KERNEY, SR., JOHN KERNEY, JR. and ELIJAH KERNEY. Reference: Book - Davidson County, Tennessee County Court Minutes was settled out of court), might indicate the presence for the first time of Iklannabee, now known as John Carney in the white man's world, as being in Tennessee, but this is considered very unlikely and thought to be his son, John Carney born in 1775.
Additional Sources: Over 500 pages of Notes, Records and Files at the Carney DNA Project Jim Carney www.avocadoridge.com/jim March 2010
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| Sources |
- [S423] Alice Weber, Alice Weber.
- [S424] A Choctaw Reference Grammer, George Aaron Broadwell, (Page 335 19.1.18), Name meaning for iklanna (Reliability: 3).
- [S425] National Archives, Application for citizenship by Iklanabee to remain in Missi ssippi. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Sep 2023), entry for Iklannabee (Ikenaby, Iklanby) John CARNEY, person ID G9VN-NW3. (Reliability: 3).
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