Thomas Cordery

Biography

Thomas was born around 1763 to Thomas Cordery, an innkeeper living in St. George's Parish in Georgia. His mother's name is not known.

He was a white man who married Sonicooie, a Cherokee full-blood, abt.1784-85. They had 8 children together: Sarah, Lucy, Nancy,Charlotte, David, Hettie, Early and Susan.

Sometime before 1820, Thomas left Sonicooie to marry another woman and at least one child, Shadrach Cordery, came from this marriage.

Sources

• Shadburn, Don L., Unhallowed Intrusion, A History of Cherokee Families of Forsyth County, Georgia, McNaughton & Gunn, 1993, pp. 84-87.
• Hampton, David K., Cherokee Mixed-Bloods, 2005.
• Starr, Emmet, History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore, reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., originally published 1921, p.391. Book, History of the Cherokee Indians
• www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Cordery/6000000006709209476
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QTT-7LP : accessed 2018-01-17), entry for Thomas /Cordery/.

"United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:XHGL-YLJ : Wed Mar 15 17:15:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Thos Cordery, 1830.

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cordery-1
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THOMAS CORDERY was born Abt. 1763 in Georgia, and died 1840 in near Cumming, GA.
He married SUSANNAH SO-NI-GU-I Abt. 1785, daughter of SO-NI-GU-I.
She was born Abt. 1764.

• 1817-19 Reservations: July 1817, #5, west of Chatahoochee, in Right of Wife, 4 in family
• Blood: Irish
• Note: "Indian Countryman"

Notes for SUSANNAH SO-NI-GU-I:

• Cordery 1 Thomas Cordery +Susannah nee Sonicooie; The way this is written indicates that Susannah Sonicooie had been previously married but the married name is not known.
• Blood: Full Blood Cherokee
• Clan: Ani'-Ga'tâge'wi = Kituah or Wild Potato (Sonicooie)

Children of THOMAS CORDERY and SUSANNAH SO-NI-GU-I are:
2. i. NANCY ANN2 CORDERY, b. Abt. 1782.
3. ii. LUCY ELIZABETH CORDERY, b. Abt. 1784; d. Bet. 1851 - 1895.
4. iii. SARAH CORDERY, b. Abt. 1786, Georgia; d. July 14, 1842.
5. iv. CHARLOTTE CORDERY, b. 1788; d. March 17, 1883.
6. v. DAVID CORDERY, b. Abt. 1794; d. Abt. 1839.
7. vi. HETTY CORDERY, b. Abt. 1801; d. Bef. 1851.
8. vii. EARLY CORDERY, b. November 28, 1807.
9. viii. SUSAN CORDERY, b. Abt. 1809, CNE [Forsyth Co, GA]; d. Bet. 1851 - 1895.

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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1 Thomas Cordery. Susannah nee Sonicooie.
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1. 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.
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