Born about in Cherokee Nation (East)
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Gunter
and Catherine (Cherokee) Gunter
Sister of
Edward Gunter, Samuel Gunter, Martha Jane (Gunter) Blackburn, Elizabeth Hunt (Gunter) Schrimsher, John Gunter and Catherine (Gunter) Lipe
Wife of
Alexander McCoy
— married
1820 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Lucy (McCoy) Gatlin
Died before
before about age 25
in Cherokee Nation (East)
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Biography
Aky was Cherokee.
Aky Gunter was born about 1798, the daughter of John Gunter a white man, and his Cherokee wife Catherine . [1] She married Alexander McCoy about 1820. They were the parents of one child, Lucy. [2] Aky's date of death is unknown. Alexander married Sarah Hicks in April, 1823 but it is unknown whether Aky was still alive at this time. Aky probably died soon after Lucy's birth since her father's will included "my Grand daughter Lucy McCoy whom I have raised...." [3]
Sources
- ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979 p. 368.
- ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 371
- ↑ Foreman, Carolyn. The History of John Gunter and his Family. The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall, 1947. Alabama State Department of Archives and History. pp. 421-422. digitized at Gunter
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Aky by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Aky:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Aky by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Aky:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Tammy Smith 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Brittney (Hefley) Cotter :
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Kathie (Parks) Forbes
Any objections if I replace this cut-and-paste form Jim Hicks' website with a bio and sources?
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by Kathie (Parks) Forbes
Kristin Merritt
Gunter-355 and Gunter-271 appear to represent the same person because: This appears to be the same person.
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by Kristin Merritt
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