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Samuel Candy Jr. (abt. 1768 - 1837)

Samuel Candy Jr.
Born about in Cherokee Nation (East)map
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[spouse(s) unknown]
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Died at about age 69 in Cherokee Nation (East)map
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Biography

Samuel was Cherokee.

Samuel Candy, Jr. was the first child of Ka-ti, and was the grandson of Nan-ye-hi, Nancy Ward. He married a woman named Wutti/Betsy West about 1798. They were the parents of seven children, Ollie, Nancy, Thomas, George W., John W., Samuel, and Peggy. [1] Samuel took a reservation of land under the Treaty of 1817 stating that he had a family of six. The 1835 Cherokee census shows the family living on Candy's Creek, Cherokee Nation (now Tennessee). [2] Samuel died July 6, 1837. [3]

Sources

  1. Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. pp. 106-107
  2. Tyner, James. Those Who Cried. Transcript of 1835 Cherokee census. Chi-ga-u, Inc. Norman, OK. 1974., p. 171
  3. Hampton, p. 107




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