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Osceola (, 2007 BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE Osceola was born in 1804 in the village of Tallassee, Alabama around current Macon County . His mother Polly Coppinger was daughter of Ann McQueen who was part Muscokgee Indian . Many sources state that Osceola's father was an English trader, William Powell, but others claim that Osceola's father was a Creek Indian who died soon after Osceola's birth, and that William Powell married Osceola's mother afterwards. As a result of the association with William Powell, some contemporary whites persisted in calling the young man Billy Powell. Osceola claimed to be a full-blood Muscogee. Genealogical Testing of what is believed to be Osceola's hair suggests he was of mixed ancestry. Osceola's great grandfather James McQueen was the earliest white man to trade with the Creek Indian's in Alabama in 1714 and remained there as trader and Indian leader the next 80+ years. James McQueen's daughter Ann married Jose Coppinger and their daughter Polly was the mother of Osceola. In 1814 Osceola and his mother moved to Florida alongside other Creek Indians. In adulthood he received his name; ''Osceola'' is an anglicised form of the , 2007 RESISTANCE AND WAR LEADER |
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