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Da-Ni was a Cherokee woman
aka Dawnee, described by the Moravian missionaries as a poor full blood woman, who was often drunk. She had at least 2 and maybe 3 husbands:
1) James Vann
…a) Jesse Vann m. Annawake Foster
…b. an unknown child who lived c.1793-1819
2) Water Hunter
…a) Robin [not to be confused with Robin Vann]
3) [unknown father]
…a) George
Source: wives of chief james vann by jerry l. clark @ https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/vann/1890/ “ gathered from Dr. Emmet Starr's HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS and his unpublished notes, claims (by Polly Scott) submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, correspondence of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee, records of the Presbyterian Brainerd mission (Chickamauga, TN), diaries of the Moravians, and list of students (with names of parents) at the Spring Place school:”
1770 |
1770
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Cherokee Nation East
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1788 |
1788
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Cherokee Nation, East
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