Jenny (Ghi-Na-Klauggs-Ky) Fields (Buffington) - Was Jenny (Ghi-Na-Klauggs-Ky) Fields (Buffington) the same person as Jennie (Buffington) Fields

The two Wikitree profiles are waiting to be merged since they represent the same person. Richard Fields had only one wife named Jennie. I've posted the results of my research on https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Buffington-252

Eastern App 1394 was filed by Ezekiel Fields, #1641 by George Fields, sons of Ezekiel Fields and Mary Ann "Polly" Sexton. They were illiterate so someone else filled out their applications, it appears to be the same person for both since the apps are mostly identical. They listed grandparents Richard Fields and Jennie Buffington. They also attempted to translate the names of family members into Cherokee but there doesn't appear to be any evidence anyone ever went by those names. Someone else was writing down what they thought Ezekiel (or George) said. Other descendants did not list any Cherokee names for Richard or Jennie or themselves.

Tlo-ge-s-i is the Cherokee word for "Field." I think that's what Ezekiel and George were saying. "Ghi-na" is "Jennie", etc. My guess is the person filling out the form asked "What were their Cherokee names?" and George and Ezekiel took that to mean "What were their names in the Cherokee language?"