Wife of of Stephen Whitaker; lived in Cherokee County with nine children.

Elizabeth Whitaker was born in what became Polk County, Tennessee, but in 1820 that territory was still part of the Cherokee Nation. Elizabeth, who was 3/8 Cherokee and belonged to the Ani-Wâdi (Red Paint) Clan, was a descendant of John Anthony Foreman, a Scottish immigrant who lived and traded among the Cherokees. Stephen Whitaker was adopted into the tribe.