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Creek. He then testifies that his mother, "died in Hancock County within six months after the Treaty was ratified (February 24,1831)." If she died within six months after the ratification, this would place her year of death in 1831. We think he was actually referring to Chamnay's, date of death, his Grandmother. Then, in another statement, Lexy states his mother "stayed on her land for 3 or 4 years after the Treaty was signed" (in 1830). If accurate, she would have died in 1833 or 1834. Then we find her granddaughter, Amelia Favre Ladner, in a U. S. Government deposition, stating that her grandmother died in Hancock County, Mississippi when she was "about the age of 7 or 8." Amelia stated that she was born in 1827, which would place her grandmother's death about 1834 or 1835. See more on Amelia below. This deposition, and many others, are found at the National Archives in Washington, D. C., Record Group #75, Part 1 (Choctaw), # 57990-09-053, MCR 2415. Based on the above, we will place her death date at "about 1834" until we can find something more specific.
Pis-ti-ok-o-na - as found in the same government records as above, but in the "Abstracts # D,
Section 14. This is a recap by Pistikiokonay's son, "Lixey Farver," saying she lived on "Bogue Foo-Kah Creek" with her family before the Treaty of 1830, moved to Hancock County, and died there. From other records, the family, together or separately, moved to Hancock County in the early 1830s and were called the "Bay Indians." The land where they lived in Lauderdale County is describe as "SE %, Section 9, and Range 15 East." This application for a land claim was rejected on September 30, 1854.
Pistiakona - as found on the deposition, for the Federal Government, by her great-grandson,
"Joseph Joel Farve," on March 20,1906, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Mary Ann Favre -- as found in the Mobile, Alabama Deed records, Book 2, p. 676. She is named as the "widow and relect of Simon Favre, deceased" where she sells all of her Alabama property to Henry Saucier on March 18,1829. The record also states that she was living in Hancock County at that time.
Mariana Favre - as found on the baptism of "Carlos Favre" dated March 25,1809. This record says he "was about age 16" at that time, or born in "about 1793." This record is found at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana, (Baptism Book 5, p. 59). We believe this Carlos Favre is actually, Charles Favre, a known son of Simon Favre and Pistikiokonay. Carlos is the Spanish spelling of Charles. In two depositions, he (Charles Favre, Sr.) gives his own age as born in 1798. We assume the Priest simply errored when he gave the child's age. We feel more comfortable with the birth year of 1798 because he gave this date himself.
Marion Mahonah -- Amelia Favre Ladner (daughter of Charles Favre, Sr. and Carmelite LaFontaine), in her deposition stated above, says her grandfather was Simon Favre and his wife, her grandmother, was "Marion Mahonah." When asked if she ever heard of "Pistikiokonay," she said she has never heard that name! Amelia was age 79 atthe time of her deposition and was accurate on most of what she told the Government Indian Agent. Why she could not remember the name of "Pistikiokonay" is unknown, while other sources clearly refer to Amelia's grandmother as Pistikiokonay? Records show there was an Indian family in Hancock County that went by the "Mahonah" name, while it was spelled many ways.
Her brother, Charles Favre, Jr., married a woman called Celestine "Celest" "Tateen" "Ma-ka-hi-yah" Thomas. Also, in the records of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, we find a family(s) of Indians called: Macahaia, Macahana, Macahahe, Macahara, etc. Clearly, there was an Indian family in the 1800s called "Mahonah," etc. living in Hancock County at that time. Possibly this was another Indian name for Pistikiokonay, as Indians sometimes went by more than one name. We personally think she confused her grandmother's name with her brother, Charles Favre, Jr., wife's name.
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