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Rose Rogers (Rose McCrackin)
Rose was born and lived in the Goingsnake District, Cherokee Nation. During the war, she went south to the Choctaw Nation with Cornelius Wright. She had a daughter named Emma Austin (Wright), who is listed in the 1880 roll as Emiline McCrackin. Between Stephen Austin (Choctaw) and Emma, Rose had five grandchildren for whose enrollment she applied: Robert Austin (age nineteen), Hannibal (eighteen), Lulu (Lula, fifteen), Frank (thirteen), and Elizabeth (twelve). Robert, Frank, and Lula were enrolled in the Kern-Clifton Roll, but Rose said that Hannibal and Eliza were “knocked off” the roll. The enrolled children also drew money. All these grandchildren were enrolled as Cherokee Freedmen.
According to Rose’s testimony for Martha Albert, Rose and Martha appear to have been close friends, given that they were children together, living only five miles apart. Rose later stated in her testimony that they were “raised together; gathered hazel nuts together.” However, they only reunited after the war, in 1900. At this time, Rose strongly asserted her right to testify for Martha, saying, “I am qualified; I want to state what I know.”