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James Logan Colbert 1721–1784 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1721

Birth Location: Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1784

Death Location: Alabama, Alabama, USA

Father: CHIEF Colbert

Mother: Dorothy Colbert

Spouse(s): Sopha Hoya

Children(s): Kanahoya" Colbert

James Logan Colbert was born in 1721 in Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Chief William Deblainville Chooshemataha Colbert And Dorothy Mimey Vernon Colbert. James Logan Colbert married Sopha Minta Nahettaly Ishtanaha Hoya, and had children including Kanahoya Friend Seeker Choctaw Indian Colbert. James Logan Colbert passed away in 1784 in Alabama, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • James Logan Colbert was born in 1721 in Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Chief William Deblainville Chooshemataha Colbert And Dorothy Mimey Vernon Colbert.
  • James Logan Colbert married Sopha Minta Nahettaly Ishtanaha Hoya, and had children including Kanahoya Friend Seeker Choctaw Indian Colbert.
  • James Logan Colbert passed away in 1784 in Alabama, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

CHIEF Colbert
1695–1784
Birth Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Dorothy Colbert
1705–1837
Birth Location: Chickasaw Nation, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sopha Hoya
1720–1768
Birth Location: Chickasaw Indian Nation, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
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Children(s)

Kanahoya" Colbert
1760–1786
Birth Location: Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, East
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James Colbert's Ancestors

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James Colbert
1721–1784
Birth Place: Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
CHIEF William DeBlainville Chooshemataha Colbert
1695–1784
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Dorothy (Mimey Vernon) Colbert
1705–1837
Chickasaw Nation, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
Grandparents
Andrew Colbert
1640–1710
Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland
Jannet (D') Blainville
1650–1700
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Colbert
1600–1672
Mary Drakies
1605–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander sc-sc-sc
1565–

James Colbert's Descendants

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James (Logan) Colbert (1721–1784) m. Sopha (Minta Nahettaly Ishtanaha) Hoya (1720–1768)
  1. 1. Kanahoya" (Friend Seeker" Choctaw Indian) Colbert 1760–1786 m. Malcolm McGee 1758–1848
    1. 1. Catherine (Kate) Magee 1782–1850
      1. 1. Elias Cole 1801–1848
      2. 2. Barbara Coley 1800–1852 m. Wilmington Harris 1811–1850
        1. 1. Helen (Blanche Gray) Harris 1840–
        2. 2. Salina (Emmaline Catherine) Harris 1831–1907
        3. 3. Barbara (Evans) Harris 1838–1900
        4. 4. Newton (M) Harris 1838–1910
        5. 5. Emilee Nickleson 1859–
      3. 3. Barbara 1810–1835
      4. 4. Katherine Cole 1810–1859
        1. 1. Mary Ellis 1834–1900
      5. 5. Abbott (G) Cole 1812–1872
      6. 6. Samuel (J) Cole 1825–1902 m. Mary Colly 1849– m. Julia (Ann) Weddle 1836–1902
        1. 1. George (Jonas) Cole 1849–1935
        2. 2. Thomas (Preston Cole) Sr 1857–1942
        3. 3. John (Franklin) Cole 1860–1927
        4. 4. William (M) Cole 1855–1878
        5. 5. Branch (Hamilton) Cole 1848–1902
        6. 6. Archibald (H) Cole 1846–1910
      7. 7. William Cole 1812–1895 m. Matilda (Young) Cole 1819–1911
        1. 1. Aaron (Monroe) Cole 1850–1917 m. Nancy (Jane) Peters 1856–1940
        2. 2. Barbara (Lois) Cole 1855–1933
        3. 3. William (Patton) Cole 1863–1956

James Colbert's Timeline

2 Records

1721
1721
Birth of James Logan Colbert in Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
1784
1784
Age 63
Death of James Logan Colbert in Alabama, Alabama, USA
Alabama, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1721
    Event Place: Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1784
    Event Place: Alabama, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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