Very little is known about the Cherokee wife of Ludovic Grant. Emmet Starr simply recorded her as "a woman of the Long Hair clan." [1][2]
A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that "Eughioote" was the name most commonly used for her. Elizabeth, Coody and Tassel are names that have also been associated with her. Until we find valid sources for any name, she has been changed to Unknown Cherokee.
A previous version of this profile also claimed, without source, that she was daughter of “Warrior of Tomatly”. Ludovic Grant had a trading post at Tomatley, so the logical assumption is that his wife’s father was an important man of that town. The “Warrior of Tomatly” was alive in 1755, [citation needed] too old to be her father.
Ludovic Grant first lived in the Cherokee town of Great Tellico, so it is assumed this is where she was born, where they married and where their child (or children) was born. Her 1706 birth year is estimated from the birth of her first child who was born about 1728. Some researchers believe that marriages between Cherokee women and white traders were made for diplomatic and political reasons,[3] and traders certainly married Cherokee women to gain the status they needed to be effective in the nation - non-Cherokees had no status and without a clan they were essentially non-persons. [4] In return, the wife and her family now had access to an important man and to valuable trade goods. Grant's wife was the daughter of a headman possibly named Tassel (not the chief known as Old Tassel). By 1740 Grant had his own trading post at Tomatly, where his wife and her father had moved. [5]
Ludovic and his Cherokee wife were the parents of a daughter, possibly called Mary, who married William Emory, the son of trader John Amory. [6] There is speculation that there was another daughter named Catherine or Susannah.
The date and place of death of Ludovic's wife is unknown, but is assumed to be about 1750. Grant died in Charleston about 1757.
There is an unsourced Find a Grave memorial noted with her name "Elizabeth Eughioote Coody Corntassel Grant", it also has her death date as 1727.[7]
Sources
↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee People. Warden Co., Oklahoma City, OK, 1924 p.466
↑ Grant, Ludovic. Historical Relation of the Facts. "It's about thrity year's since I went into the Cherokee Country where I have resided ever since." Charleston Probate Court Book, 1754-1758, p. 301, reprinted in The Journal of Cherokee Studies, Vol. XXVI, pp. 3-15. Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, N.C. 2008.
↑ Cumfer, Cynthia. Nan-ye-hi Diplomatic Mother, chapter in Tennessee Women. Their Lives and Times. University of Georgia Press, Athens, 2009
↑ Perdue, Theda. Cherokee Women. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1998 p. 49
↑ numerous letters from Grant during this period state they are from Tomatli. Journal of the Commons House of Assembly South Carolina, 18 July 1740, 17 December 1740.
George Morrison Bell. Genealogy of Old and New Cherokee Indian Families. (Barlesville, OK: , 1972) Copy at Muskogee , OK public library.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Unknown 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 Unknown:
Tassell-77 and Cherokee-209 appear to represent the same person because: These two profiles represent the same person-- the Cherokee wife of Ludovic Grant. The estimated dates on Cherokee-209 are more aligned with the age of Ludovic. We will need to resolve the issue of her being mother of a woman born in 1700.
No source. He was probably a different man. Ludovic Grant had a trading post at Tomatley, so the logical assumption is that his wife’s father was an important man of that town. The “Warrior of Tomatly” was alive in 1755, if it was the same man he would have to be pretty old to be her father.
This woman should actually be listed as Unknown Cherokee. There is no factual information on the wife of Ludovic Grant and as such her parents are completely unknown. There was no such person as Ka Yv Ta Tse Tassel. The real Corn Tassel/ Old Tassel was born in the 1730s.
Eughioote Tassel was the mother of Elizabeth Tassell and the father of Elizabeth and spouse of Eughioote was Jacob "Long Tassel" Castle, The Warrior of Tomalty, Long Tassel's home base were he had 4 native brides, by legend two cherokee and two Shawnee, and 20 children, was Castlewood, VA. His primary wife was Sowege, a Shawnee woman. Mary Grant married Wm. (Emory) Hembree a trader, and William Nelson. I am working pretty hard on these three women because they are my direct maternal line, and you have been a tremendous help!
Tassel-10 and Coody-1 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same person. She is probably NOT the mother of Mary Grant, but regardless there is only one of her.
her father is Rayetaeh Utisdgata coo di,his mother is Oo-Yo-sti-otiyo ,her father is
CHEIRF MOYOTY Amatoya of tellico , the first empror of the cherokee nation, my family are direct descendants of EUGHIOOTIE COODY TASSELL ,YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONES (MARY EMORY GRANT ) is her christian name , all derived from the great SHAWNEE CHIEF CORNSTALK , tassell means corn tassell corn stalk , wolf clan and double head clan , wind clan wild potato clan,originated from where? VA,most died in washington TN .one is in NC ,ELIZABETH IS IN NC MARY IS IN TN
her child was mary emory buffington. elizabeth emory buffington, thomas buffington, GILMER GILMER CO GA,fort buffington GA now is GILMER CO GA married Ezekiel buffington ,my great great great grandparents i have some picture ,one of TIANNA ROGERS , one of CHIEF Amatoya MOYTOY , one of chief JOHN JOLLY also,Tianna married SAM HOUSTON, we are also related to her granddaughters husband chief JOHN ROGERS ,daughter Tianna Rogers ,ELIZABETH ROGERS
her father name is ( Rayetaeh Utisdgata coo di , son of Oo-Yo-sti-otiyo daughter of the great cherokee empror CHEIF MOYTOY Amatoya of tellico,died in 1741, all derived, from the cornstalks of VA ,chief corn stalk and Pocahontas,yes i am correct and right
"Her father was also known as "Warrior of Tomatly"."
edited by Kathie (Parks) Forbes
CHEIRF MOYOTY Amatoya of tellico , the first empror of the cherokee nation, my family are direct descendants of EUGHIOOTIE COODY TASSELL ,YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONES (MARY EMORY GRANT ) is her christian name , all derived from the great SHAWNEE CHIEF CORNSTALK , tassell means corn tassell corn stalk , wolf clan and double head clan , wind clan wild potato clan,originated from where? VA,most died in washington TN .one is in NC ,ELIZABETH IS IN NC MARY IS IN TN