149. Elizabeth 'Betty'⁴ Oxberry (Mary 'Molly'³ Colbert, Gen. William 'Billy' "Chooshemataha"², James Logan¹)⁽¹³³³⁾ (#1924) was born in Pontotoc, MS 1799.⁽¹³³⁴⁾ Elizabeth died 5 NOV 1848 in Boggy Depot, Atoka Co., Choctaw Nation, IT, at 49 years of age.

She married twice. She married John Harrison (James Harris?) in MS, before 1817.⁽¹³³⁵⁾ (John Harrison (James Harris?) is #2003.) (Additional notes for John Harrison (James Harris?)⁽¹³³⁶⁾)

Sometime after the birth of their son Cyrus, born in 1817, she left John Harrison. When he tried to join her and her family later in Indian Territory, she changed her name to Betty Harris, to deny his relationship. (Hatchett Family Group Sheets.)

She married Malcom McGee before 1820.⁽¹³³⁷⁾ (Malcom McGee is #2005.) Malcom was born in New York City, Manhattan Co., NY, 1757.⁽¹³³⁸⁾ Malcom⁽¹³³⁹⁾ was the son of Scot Highlander Mcgee and wife. Malcom died 5 NOV 1848 in Boggy Depot, Atoka Co., Choctaw Nation, IT, at 91 years of age. His body was interred NOV 1848 in Boggy Depot Cemetery, Atoka Co., Choctaw Nation, IT. Malcom's occupation: U.S. Interpreter in Chickasaw Nation, 1792-1830.⁽¹³⁴⁰⁾ He was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. Malcom was divorced from Elizabeth 'Betty' Oxberry 1821.

Malcom McGee was born in 1757 and his father was killed that year in the struggle for Fort Ticonderoga. His mother then removed to Illinois country, where in 1767 they came into contact with Chickasaw agent John McIntosh. McIntosh took McGee back to Chickasaw country and sent him to school at Mobile. Upon his return to the Indian country, McGee married a Choctaw named Kanahhoyo, settled near present Old Houlka, Mississippi, and fathered a son named Samuel. Later, after his first wife's death, He married Elizabeth Oxberry, a Chickasaw, and fathered a daughter named Jane. They seperated in 1821. McGee was the Chackasaw tribe's principal interpreter from 1786 to 1818, though in 1794 he was replaced temporarily by William McLish for dealing with the Spanish. In 1804, he refused to interpret any longer without a raise, and his salary was raised to $500 a year. In 1841, (seven years before his death in 1848), McGee gave a lengthy interview to Lyman Draper on the history of the Chickasaw Indians. Draper made over 20 pages of handwritten notes on this interview. These notes are now in the custody of the Wisconsin Historical Society, and are microfilmed as a part of the "Draper Collection".

She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818.⁽¹³⁴¹⁾ Elizabeth was divorced from Malcom McGee 1821.

Elizabeth 'Betty' Oxberry and John Harrison (James Harris?) had the following child:

+ 476 i. Cyrus⁵ Harris was born 22 AUG 1817.

Elizabeth 'Betty' Oxberry and Malcom McGee had the following child:

+ 477 ii. Jane McGee was born 1820.

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