Elise MONIAC

  General Notes:

NOTES:
Her husband was Alexander McGillivray who became Chief of the Upper Creek (Muscogee) Indians, one of the most powerful and historically important Native American chiefs among the Creek of the Southeast.

Her father-in-law was Lachlan McGillivray (of the Clan MacGillivray Chiefs Lineage, part of the Clan Chattan Confederation of the Scottish Highland) who migrated to the Colonies and became a wealthy fur trader and planter in Georgia.

Her nephew was Major David Moniac, an American military officer who in 1822 became the first Native American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Her brother-in-law was famed Chief "Red Eagle" of the Wind Clan (Hutalgalgi), the highest ranking tribe of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

  Research Notes:

-- Biography of Alexander McGillivray(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McGillivray)
-- Biography of Lachlan McGillivray (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachlan_McGillivray)
-- Biography of Sehoy lI McGillivray (Marchand) (http://www.geni.com/people/Sehoy-lll-Hatali/6000000006374909418)

Elise married Alexander McGILLIVRAY Sr., son of Lachlan Liath McGILLIVRAY and Sehoy II MARCHAND. (Alexander McGILLIVRAY Sr. was born on 15 Dec 1750 in Montgomery County, Alabama, died on 17 Feb 1793 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida and was buried in Choctaw Bluff, Clarke County, Alabama.)