Sookie "Granny Hopper"

• Sex: F
• Birth: about 1740 / 1745 in Chota, Cherokee Nation East
• Death: 1820 in Cherokee, Washington, Tennessee, United States
• Parents unknown

Family

A “David McDaiel” appears on a list of licensed traders to the Cherokee 1750-54.

According to descendant Clara Ward (1859-1946), her great-great grandmother, Granny Hopper, married a “Scotchman” named McDaniel and they were the parents of three children,

1. Katy/Catherine,
2. Alexander, and
3. Lewis. Alexander had a daughter named Susan, the wife of James Raper. She was born about 1813 and died in 1860.

Starr’s “History” does not list any parents for Katy or Alexander and lists them only with their spouses

Notes

Note from Cherokee Historian Kathryn Forbes:

The woman known as “Granny Hopper”, likely born abt. 1740-45 is real, although very little is known about her, including her birth name. “Granny” first appears in a genealogy prepared by descendant Clara Ward (born 1859) which she based on her family’s records, stories, and family Bible. <ref> Muriel Hazel Wright. Spring Place Moravian Mission and the Ward Family of the Cherokee Nation, CreateSpace (amazon.com) 2013. (original data from the genealogical notes of Miss Clara A. Ward and others). Originally published by Co-operative Publishing Co., Guthrie, OK 1940. p. 86

Emmet Starr did not include Granny Hopper in his History of the Cherokee Indians. <ref> Emmet Starr. History of the Cherokee Indians, The Warden Co., Oklahoma City, 1921.

Muriel Wright implies, but does not state, that Granny Hopper was the daughter of Old Hop even though Miss Ward’s genealogy begins with Granny and makes no mention of her parents. <ref> Wright, p. 46 and 86
Many genealogists believe that any connection between Old Hop and the name ‘Hopper’ is only coincidental. Hopper may be the name of a later husband since it was “Granny’s” name in her old age. It is not known where or how the names ‘Su-gi’ or “Sookie” were attached to her. “Granny Hopper” and a trader named McDaniel (first name or names uncertain) were the parents of Alexander (b. abt. 1768), Caty (b. abt. 1763), and Lewis (b. abt. 1770) McDaniel. Their descendants can be found in many records. <ref> Wright, p. 86, Starr p. 382, 391, and others

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Fictional Moytoy
about 1729 – Deceased • LRVZ-ZD3

• Residence: Georgia, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 31 2020, 15:11:52 UTC

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