Samuel Candy, Jr.

Samuel was a Cherokee man

Biography

Samuel Candy, Jr. was the first child of Ka-ti, and was the grandson of Nan-ye-hi, Nancy Ward. He married a woman named Wutti/Betsy West about 1798. They were the parents of seven children, Ollie, Nancy, Thomas, George W., John W., Samuel, and Peggy. [1] The 1835 Cherokee census shows the family living on Candy's Creek, Cherokee Nation (now Tennessee). [2] Samuel died July 6, 1837. [3]

Sources

↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. pp. 106-107
↑ Tyner, James. Those Who Cried. Transcript of 1835 Cherokee census. Chi-ga-u, Inc. Norman, OK. 1974., p. 171
↑ Hampton, p. 107

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Candy-114
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SAMUEL CANDY, JR (CATHERINE5KINGFISHER, NANCY4WARD, TAME3DOE, NANCY2MOYTOY, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1768, and died July 06, 1837.
He married ELIZABETH WEST.She was born Abt. 1774.

• 1817-19 Reservations: June 08, 1818, #125, Little Kinka Creek, Native, 6 in fam, enrolled for AR
• 1835 Census roll: Candy's Creek, McMinn Co, TN

1835 Superintendent for Five Civilized Tribes -Cherokee Census - 1835: Vol 14
Hair Coward (Conrad) - 8 Cherokee half -bloods, owning 7 slaves. One farm, two farmers, 5 read Cherokee, 4 weavers, 4 spinsters and 6 reserves.
Source: Typedwritten copy of Census of 1835 of Cherokee Indians taken prior to removal to Indian Territory - in Indian Archives Division, Oklahoma Historical Society. Copies of manuscripts in the Office of the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Cherokee - Census Roll of 1835, pg. 11-12 (Candy’s Creek). Compiled from original record by Grant Foreman @ https://www.okhistory.org/research/digital/foremantrans/foreman.sup...
(This document presents items of information regarding the Cherokee families residing in Tennessee prior to the Indian removals. It includes the names of heads of families only; the number of persons in each family, degree of blood, education, occupation, and family possessions.)

• 1835 Smith Resolution: Amohee, voted Nay; anti-treaty
• Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)

Children of SAMUEL CANDY and ELIZABETH WEST are:
340. i. THOMAS TSA-TA-GA-DI-HI7 CANDY, SR, b. Abt. 1792, CNE; d. Abt. 1863.
341. ii. OLLIE CANDY, b. Abt. 1794; d. Abt. 1851.
342. iii. NANCY CANDY, b. Abt. 1796.
343. iv. GEORGE WASHINGTON CANDY, b. 1799, Candy's Creek, McMinn, TN; d. May 09, 1856.

	v.	 	SAMUEL CANDY III, b. Abt. 1800; d. Bef. 1906.

• Education: October 13, 1819, Brainerd Mission

344. vi. JOHN WALKER CANDY, b. 1803; d. July 1868.
345. vii. PEGGY CANDY, b. Abt. 1808; d. Bef. 1906.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com,, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...
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Ghigau

Descendants of the Ghi-ga-u, commonly called Nancy Ward.

11 Ghi-ga-u. Kingfisher and Bryan Ward. A22
1122 Catherine. Samuel Candy, John Walker, Ellis Harlan. A23
2 Fivekiller. * Catherine.
OK 3 Elizabeth Ward. Joseph Martin and Hughes.
111213 Samuel Candy. Elizabeth West.
2 John Walker. Elizabeth Sevier nee Lowrey.
OK 3 Jennie Walker. Charles Fox, Taylor and John Mcintosh.A53
4 Nannie Harlan. Caleb Starr.
5 Sallie Harlan. Jacob West.
6 Ruth Harlan. Joseph Phillips.
7 Elizabeth Harlan. Peter Hildebrand.A25
8 George Harlan. Nannie Sanders, Annie May,* Eliza Riley. *
9 Ezekial Harlan. Hannah Lewis.
10 Susannah Harlan. Otterlifter.

Source: Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.
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Ka-ti, daughter of Nanyehi the Ghigau (Nancy Ward - Beloved Woman)

   2. Ka-ti, born on c1752 at Cherokee Nation (now TN). 

She married,
first, to Samuel CANDY; and married,
second, to John WALKER and married,
third, to Ellis HARLAN, born on 1733? at Chester county, PA; son of Ezekiel HARLAN and Hannah OBORN.

      Child of Samuel CANDY and Ka-ti was as follows:

          4.     i. Samuel CANDY Jr., born c1768; married Elizabeth WEST.

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