References for the Brief Genealogy and
Summary of Events of the
Ridge-Watie-Boudinot and
Ridge-Paschal-McNeir families.
| McNeir, Forest W. | Forest McNeir of Texas, The Naylor Co., San Antonio, Texas 1956 |
| Dale, Edward and Litton, Gaston | Cherokee Cavaliers,University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1939 |
| McNeir, George Watie | Genealogy of the Ridge-Paschal-McNeir Families 1837-1966, privately printed pamphlet 1966 |
| Stuart, Kathryn Agnes Paschal McNeir (1906-1998) | A Brief Biography of
the Indian Princess Sarah Ridge, privately
printed booklet (Note: The family does not like this title because there is no such thing as an Indian "princess," however, that was a common usage at the time) |
| Wilkins, Thurman | Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1970 |
| Franks, Kenny A. | Stand Watie and the Agony of the Cherokee Nation, Memphis State Univ. Press, 1979 |
| Ehle, John | Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation, Doubleday, 1988 |
| Perdue, Theda (edited by) | Cherokee Editor - The Writings of Elias Boudinot, Univ. of Georgia Press, 1996 |
| Knight, Wilfred | Red Fox - Stand Watie's Civil War Years in Indian Territory, Arthur H. Clark Co., 1988 |
| Parins, James W. | John Rollin Ridge: His Life and Works, University of Nebraska Press, 1991 |
| Hoig, Stanley | Night of the Cruel Moon - Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears, Facts On File, Inc., Library of American Indian History, 1996 |
| Remini, Robert V. | The Legacy of Andrew Jackson - Essays on Democracy, Indian Removal, and Slavery, Louisiana State University Press, 1988 |