Sophia DURANT

  General Notes:

NOTES:
She was the great granddaughter of Captain Jean Baptiste Louis DeCourtel Marchand, French commander of Fort Toulouse in Alabama; and Sehoy I, Indian princess of the prestigious Wind Clan (Hutalgalgi), the highest ranking tribe of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

Her grandfather 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 maternal uncle 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.

Two of her cousins were William "Red Eagle" Weatherford and William "White Warrior" McIntosh, who were also born into the powerful Creek Wind Clan ("Hutalgalgi"), became the most important Muscogee leaders in the early 19th century, and fought on opposing sides of the Creek War (1813-1814).

  Research Notes:

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