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Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert 1742–1836 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 08 Aug 1742

Birth Location: Chickasaw Indian, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Death Date: 1836

Death Location: Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States of America

Father: Chief Nation)

Mother: (Halfblood wife

Spouse(s): Jessie Moniac

Children(s): Polly Colbert

The story of Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert began in 1742 in Chickasaw Indian, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States. Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert married Jessie Mimey Moniac, and had children including Mary Colbert Molly, Polly Colbert, Susie Colbert. Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert passed away in 1836 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert began in 1742 in Chickasaw Indian, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States.
  • Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert married Jessie Mimey Moniac, and had children including Mary Colbert Molly, Polly Colbert, Susie Colbert.
  • Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert passed away in 1836 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Chief Nation)
1721–1784
Birth Location: Plum Tree Island, North Carolina, USA
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(Halfblood wife
1730–1822
Birth Location: Chickasaw, Mobile, Alabama, United States
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Spouses(s)

Jessie Moniac
–1846
Birth Location: Echota Village, Monroe Co., AL, Alabama, USA
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Children(s)

Polly Colbert
1758–1850
Birth Location: Chickasaw Nation-East (now Alabama), Alabama, USA
PC

Maj. Colbert's Ancestors

Self
Maj. Colbert
1742–1836
Birth Place: Chickasaw Indian, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
Parents
Chief James Logan Colbert (Adopted into Chickasaw Nation)
1721–1784
Plum Tree Island, North Carolina, USA
(Halfblood (Chickasaw) Mary “Iksa Incunnomar” Colbert 3rd) wife
1730–1822
Chickasaw, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Grandparents
CHIEF (William DeBlainville Chooshemataha) Colbert
1695–1784
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Colbert
1640–1710
Jannet Blainville
1650–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Cuthbert
1586–1672
Mary Cuthbert*^
1605–

Maj. Colbert's Descendants

1.
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Maj. (Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo) Colbert (08 Aug 1742–1836) m. Jessie (Mimey) Moniac (–01 Feb 1846)
  1. 1. Polly Colbert 1758–1850

Maj. Colbert's Timeline

2 Records

1742
08 Aug 1742
Birth of Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert in Chickasaw Indian, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
Chickasaw Indian, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
1836
1836
Age 94
Death of Maj. Gen. William "Billy" Chooshemataha Pyaheggo Colbert in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States of America
Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 08 Aug 1742
    Event Place: Chickasaw Indian, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1836
    Event Place: Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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