1687 - 1770 (83 years)
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Name |
Moytoy I |
Birth |
1687 |
Gender |
Male |
_UID |
1420D8EBE66BD911BE2700C0267EFAB025CA |
Death |
1770 |
Person ID |
I475 |
Finchum |
Last Modified |
21 Jan 2005 |
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Notes |
- [1177] Original data from Ellingsworth with birth as about 1690. It is not clear at present if this Moytoy is the son or grandson of Amatoya Moytoy. See note at Amatoya Moytoy. From Hicks' website - Moytoy Pigeon, of Tellico; Supreme Chief of the Cherokee 1730-1760. The Eastern Bands of Cherokee, by John R. Finger, Univ. of TN Press,Knoxville: [Early Cherokee society was atomized into clans with individualchiefs]... Sir Alexander Cuming boldly addressed this problem in 1730by traveling to Cherokee country and proclaiming a single chief,Moytoy, as the first chief and King of his people. from Don Chestnut's webpage;www.users.mis.net/~chestnut/pages/cherokee.htm Moytoy: a Cherokee chief recognized by the English as "emperor" in1730. Both the correct form and the meaning of the name areuncertain; the name occurs again as Moytoy in a document of1793; a boyupon the East Cherokee reservation a few years ago bore the name ofMa'tayi, for which no meaning can be found or given. Old Frontiers, by John P. Brown, also details a Moytoy of Settico whowas rampaging through VA after the death of "Emperor" Moytoy ofTellico, and in the Colonial Records of SC, 1754-1765, a letter dated1/31/1757 references a "Moyatoya, son to the Mankiller of Highwasseydeceased". [Moytoy's son, Raven of Hiwassee had a son called Moytoywho could be this Moytoy of Settico]
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