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Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot 1760–1810 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1760

Birth Location: Old Cherokee Nation East, British Colonial America

Death Date: 1810

Death Location: Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Father: John Lightfoot

Mother: MARY Cherokee)

Spouse(s): John Governer

Children(s):

In 1760, Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot entered the world in Old Cherokee Nation East, British Colonial America, born to John Benge Lightfoot And Mary Clack Ga Ho Ga Of The Deer Clan Full Blood Cherokee. Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot married John Henry Moore Adair Cherokee Senator Major General Governer. Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot passed away in 1810 in Laurens, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1760, Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot entered the world in Old Cherokee Nation East, British Colonial America, born to John Benge Lightfoot And Mary Clack Ga Ho Ga Of The Deer Clan Full Blood Cherokee.
  • Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot married John Henry Moore Adair Cherokee Senator Major General Governer.
  • Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot passed away in 1810 in Laurens, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Lightfoot
1725–1806
Birth Location: Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
JL
MARY Cherokee)
1730–1790
Birth Location: Cherokee, Georgia, United States
MC

Spouses(s)

John Governer
1757–1815
Birth Location: Chester, South Carolina
JG

Children(s)

Nancy Lightfoot's Ancestors

Self
Nancy Lightfoot
1760–1810
Birth Place: Old Cherokee Nation East, British Colonial America
Parents
John Benge Lightfoot
1725–1806
Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
MARY (CLACK Ga-Ho-Ga of the Deer Clan (Full Blood) Cherokee)
1730–1790
Cherokee, Georgia, United States
Grandparents
Philip (W. "The Merchant Prince" Lightfoot Honorable) General
1689–1748
Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States
Chief (Dutch Tau-chee Broom Cherokee (Deer) Clan)
1685–1745
Broomtown, Cherokee, Georgia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Major {VA}
1643–1708
Pigeon Broom
1665–1760
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Honorable {EN}
1596–1648
Elizabeth {EN}
1601–1683

Nancy Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1760
1760
Birth of Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot in Old Cherokee Nation East, British Colonial America
Old Cherokee Nation East, British Colonial America
1810
1810
Age 50
Death of Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot in Laurens, South Carolina, USA
Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Old Cherokee Nation East, British Colonial America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1810
    Event Place: Laurens, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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