My grandmother on my mom's side - yes my lilly white mom who's maiden name is Cross (very English) - mom Maudene Rowe Cross is the one that carries American Indian. My grandmother's 4th grandmother Sarah Cooper was the daughter of Nancy Black Fox. Nancy's father was Chief Black Fox who married Daughter Attakullakulla - whose father was Chief Attakullakulla whose father and mom was White Owl Raven and Nancy Moytoy. (Are you still with me).........

Chief Attakullakulla

Apparently I come from a long line of influential Cherokee chiefs. I love you grandma - who'd have thought your milky skin would reveal Cherokee? Grandma always said her grandmother Allie Vallines was American Indian. As soon as I discovered her grandmother's roots I gave grandmother a call and relayed the information. My grandmother is 83.............she was very thrilled.

So let me tell you a little bit about White Owl Raven based on Emmett Starr's history of the Cherokee:

White Owl Raven 1680 - 1741

Husband of Anawaya Nancy Moytoy
White Owl Raven was an Algonguin Infant when captured, He was adopted by the Cherokee Tribe and was raised by Woman Nancy,and was of another clan,could have been Paint Clan, which allowed him to marry Nancy Moytoy of the Wolf Clan,as People of the same clan are forbidden to marry by Cherokee Law. Later he was adopted by a man called Trader Tom Watts.,who was the friend and business partner of Thomas Pasmere Carpenter, He married Nanye Hi Nancy Moytoy II, This story by Old Frontiers, by John Brown and by Emmett Starr's history of the Cherokee.

Nancy Moytoy of the Wolf Clan (born ca. 1683)

Daughter of Amatoy Moytoy 1683 - 1741

Nancy Moytoy of the Wolf Clan (born ca. 1683) was a member of the Cherokee/Shawnee Moytoy-Carpenter dynasty. She was the eldest daughter of the Cherokee chief Moytoy I of Chota and the mother of Attacullaculla. She was the wife of Moytoy III (Savannah Tom Carpenter), who was Attacullaculla's father, and later to his adopted brother Moytoy IV (Raven of Chota Carpenter). Her mother was Quatsy of Tellico, of the Wolf Clan.

Nancy Moytoy was the daughter of Chief Amatoya Moytoy I, she married White Owl Raven who was a captive Algonquin,and who was adopted into the clan, and raised by another Cherokee Woman named Nancy.

Children of Nancy Moytoy and White Owl Raven:

1. Chief Attakullakulla-born 1708 in Seivers Island,Tn and died May 1777,In Natchestown, NC which is now Tennessee.

2. Killaneca the Buck-born 1712,Tellico,TN- 1761, Cherokee, TN

3. Killaque Raven- born 1714-Tellico,TN- died 1757-TN

4. Tame Doe Raven, born 1716,Cherokee Nation,TN died 1760,Cherokee, TN

5. Betsy Owl Raven, born 1730,Cherokee Nation,TN died May 1777, Alabama

I believe my journey has ended with White Owl Raven since he was kidnapped and later adopted but I hope I have more to share to you on the Moytoy side.

DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE??