Early Cordery

Early was a Cherokee man

Biography

Early was born about 1804 in the part of the old Cherokee Nation now known as Bartow County, Georgia. He had a daughter named Nancy Angeline Cordery by a unknown mother.

In 1836, he was indicted for murder in Forsyth County, Georgia and fled to Texas to escape prosecution. In 1840 he married Charlotte Berryhill and their children were Sarah Ann and David. There was another daughter, Amanda, that may also have been Charlotte's.

Sources

• Shadburn, Don L., Upon Our Ruins, A Study in Cherokee History and Genealogy, The Cottonpatch Press, 2012, pp. 102-105.
• Hampton, David K., Cherokee Mixed-Bloods, 2005, p. 22.

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cordery-7
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EARLY CORDERY (THOMAS1) was born November 28, 1807.
He married (2) CHARLOTTE BERRYHILL November 30, 1840. She was born Abt. 1820.

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Non-Resident, 29 (1896 pg 467)
• Clan: Ani'-Ga'tâge'wi = Kituah or Wild Potato (Sonicooie)

Child of EARLY CORDERY is:
52. i. NANNIE ANGELINE3 CORDERY, b. 1823, CNE [TN]; d. Bet. 1890 - 1902.

Children of EARLY CORDERY and CHARLOTTE BERRYHILL are:
53. ii. SARAH ANN3 CORDERY, b. June 14, 1842, Rusk Co, TX; d. Aft. 1906.

	iii.	 	DAVID CORDERY, b. 1844; d. 1871.

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Non-Resident , 30 (1896 page 468)

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Thomas Cordery” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0007...
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11 Thomas Cordery. Susannah nee Sonicooie.
1112 Sarah Cordery. John Rogers.
2 Lucy Cordery. Robert Rogers.
3 Nannie Cordery. Parker Collins.
4 Charlotte Cordery. Henry Vickery.
5 David Cordery. Charlotte Goss.
6 Hettie Cordery. Henry Vickery and John Vance.
7 Early Cordery. Charlotte Berryhill.
8 Susan Cordery. John Mosley.

Source: Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.