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Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy 1687–1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1687

Birth Location: Cherokee Territory, (Tennessee) North Carolina Colony

Death Date: 1760

Death Location: Tellico, Tennessee, United States

Father: Cheir Moytoy

Mother: Aganunitsi Moytoy

Spouse(s): Standing Cherokees, Oo-Yo-Sti Clan

Children(s): Ounaconoa Shawnee, Chief Clan**

In 1687, Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy entered the world in Cherokee Territory, (Tennessee) North Carolina Colony, born to Cheir A Ma Do Ya Amatoya Moytoy And Aganunitsi Quatsy Tellico Wolf Clan Moytoy. Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy married Oo Yo Sti Polly Bird Clan, Standing Turkey Kanagatoga Chief Of The Cherokees, and had children including Chief Tarchee The Long Warrior Of Tellico Great Eagle Of The Bird Clan, Ounaconoa Muskrat Shawnee. Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy passed away in 1760 in Tellico, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1687, Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy entered the world in Cherokee Territory, (Tennessee) North Carolina Colony, born to Cheir A Ma Do Ya Amatoya Moytoy And Aganunitsi Quatsy Tellico Wolf Clan Moytoy.
  • Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy married Oo Yo Sti Polly Bird Clan, Standing Turkey Kanagatoga Chief Of The Cherokees, and had children including Chief Tarchee The Long Warrior Of Tellico Great Eagle Of The Bird Clan, Ounaconoa Muskrat Shawnee.
  • Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy passed away in 1760 in Tellico, Tennessee, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Cheir Moytoy
1640–1730
Birth Location: Cheatham, Tennessee, USA
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Aganunitsi Moytoy
1650–1692
Birth Location: Cherokee, Washington, Tennessee, USA
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Spouses(s)

Standing Cherokees
1690–1761
Birth Location: Chota, Little Tennessee River, Tennessee, United States
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Oo-Yo-Sti Clan
1675–1795
Birth Location: Old, Cherokee, Alabama, United States
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Children(s)

Ounaconoa Shawnee
1716–1773
Birth Location: –
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Chief Clan**
1720–1780
Birth Location: Cherokee, North Carolina, United States
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Chief Moytoy's Ancestors

Self
Chief Moytoy
1687–1760
Birth Place: Cherokee Territory, (Tennessee) North Carolina Colony
Parents
Cheir A Ma Do Ya Amatoya Moytoy
1640–1730
Cheatham, Tennessee, USA
Aganunitsi (Quatsy Tellico Wolf Clan) Moytoy
1650–1692
Cherokee, Washington, Tennessee, USA
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Chief Moytoy's Descendants

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Chief (Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico) Moytoy (1687–1760) m. Standing (Turkey Kanagatoga, Chief of the) Cherokees (1690–1 Aug 1761) m. Oo-Yo-Sti (Polly Bird) Clan (1675–1795)
  1. 1. Ounaconoa (Muskrat) Shawnee 1716–1773
  2. 2. Chief (Tarchee "The Long Warrior" of Tellico "Great Eagle" Of the Bird) Clan** 1720–1780

Chief Moytoy's Timeline

2 Records

1687
1687
Birth of Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy in Cherokee Territory, (Tennessee) North Carolina Colony
Cherokee Territory, (Tennessee) North Carolina Colony
1760
1760
Age 73
Death of Chief Amotoya Pidgeon Tellico Moytoy in Tellico, Tennessee, United States
Tellico, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1687
    Event Place: Cherokee Territory, (Tennessee) North Carolina Colony
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Tellico, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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