Nancy was born in old Cherokee Nation of middle, Tennessee to William Young; the brother of John Gah-la-noo-ha-Sky Young. Her English speaking skills were very limited and what she did speak was very broken.

Jane (Young) Ritter was definitely not on the Guillion Miller Roll or the Dawes Roll. I have all the Dawes applications for the Young and Ritter families who applied for citizenship into the Cherokee Nation of I.T.

Jane was 4/4 (Tsa-la-gi) Cherokee by blood. Her children and grandchildren were denied enrollment into the Cherokee Tribe of Oklahoma due to Jane (Young) Ritter not being registered on the rolls following up to the final Dawes Rolls in Cherokee Nation I.T.

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Army General President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. An estimated 4,000 of 16,543 Cherokee died from hunger, exposure and disease.

Jane had esxcaped ethnic cleansing and the forced Cherokee removal known as Nu na da ul tsun yi, (the place where they cried) by avoiding the Federal Government, the U.S. War Department and by her marriage to Everett Ritter Sr.

Beginning with the 1900 census, Native Americans are enumerated on reservations as well as in the general population. If Jane had not been the wife of Everett who was the head of household and caucasian she would not have ever been enumerated on any U.S. Federal Census. This has created difficulty in linking Jane's family to common ancestors wittnessed on applications for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation.

Witness: John Ross
Tribe: 4/4 Cherokee
of Wauhillau, Adair, OK I. T.
Dated: June 6, 1896
Witness: A. J. Smith
Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., I. T.
Dated: Nov. 19, 1894
Witness: William Young
Tribe: Cherokee
of Sallisaw, I.T.
first cousin to Jane (Young) Ritter
Witness: Lydia Matthews
Tribe: 4/4 Cherokee
McKey, Sequoyah, OK
Neice to Jane (Young) Ritter
Witness: Jefferson J. Lewis
born: JUL 1845 Marion, Co., AL
Tribe: Chickasaw
Hartford, Sebastian, AR

Bio by Daniel Paul Aldrete 4th great grandson.
This memorial is maintained by a family member