Nigudayi' was born in the Cherokee Nation about 1764. Based on her marriage to a white man, Samuel Riley, and his connections to Doublehead, her father is believed to be Tal-tsu’ska Doublehead
" She married SAMUEL RILEY a white trader and interpreter about 1790. Samuel was married concurrently to her sister, Gulustiyu. Nigodigayu and Samuel were the parents of five children, James, Catherine, Nelson, Martha, and Madison. [1] Samuel died in March 1819 at Blue Springs in Roane County, Tennessee.
1. JAMES RILEY, born 1792, married Jenny Shields and they had four children:
Lewis Riley
Susan Riley
Malinda Riley
Nannie Riley
2. CATHERINE RILEY, born about 1800, married Andrew Lacey and they had six children:
Ensley Lacey
Amanda Lacey
Eliza Lacey
Macy Lacey
Alexander Lacey
Catherine Lacey
3. MARTHA RILEY, born about 1802, married John Hall and they had three children:
Elizabeth Hall
Ellen Hall
Martha Hall
4. NELSON RILEY, born about 1803, first married Mary Cordell and had two children:
Martha Jane Riley
Louisa Riley
His second marriage was to Elizabeth Thompson and they had seven children:
Ellen Riley
Margaret Riley
Julius Riley
Joseph Riley
Mary Ann Riley
Perry Andre Riley
Charles Riley
Nelson died between 1848 and 1851
5. MADISON RILEY, born about 1808" [2]
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