Person:Kanagatoga Moytoy (1)

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Kanagatoga Moytoy
b.1690 Chota, Blount, Tennessee, United States
d.Aug 1761 Chota, Blount, Tennessee, United States
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m. 1680
  1. Tistoe Moytoy
  2. Oukah-Ulah Moytoy
  3. _____ Do-yo-stiBet 1678 & 1701 - Bet 1723 & 1789
  4. Pigeon of Tellico1680 - Est 1730
  5. Nancy Moytoy1683 - 1741
  6. Kanagatoga Moytoy1690 - 1761
  7. Annawakee Moytoy1710 -
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Name[1] Kanagatoga Moytoy
Alt Name[1] Standing Turkey
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1690 Chota, Blount, Tennessee, United Stateson the Little Tennessee River
Death[1] Aug 1761 Chota, Blount, Tennessee, United Stateson the Little Tennessee River

Chief "Old Hop" Kanagatoga ended the British appointed rulership over the Cherokees and became Princeple headman about 1753. He lived in Chota. During the French and Indian wars (1754 - 1763) he kept active relations with the English and their enemies, the French. Oconostota and Kittagusta were his trusted advisors. Old Hop was the chosen leader of the Cherokee through his death in 1761.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chief "Old Hop" Kanagatoga , in Weavercat. Ancient Family Lines
    13 Feb 2006.

    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=celticcat&id=I2588

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