Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Name(CORDERY), Son-Eh-Coo-Ih
Birth Dateabt 1764
Birth PlaceCherokee Nation (East)
Death Dateabt 1835 Age: 71
Death PlaceSuwanee, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Misc. Notes
Susannah [Son-eh-coo-ih] married a white man, Thomas Cordery around 1785 in the old Cherokee Nation. They lived in a village known as "Suwanee Old Town," now in northwest Georgia. She raised 8 half-blood children herself, and Thomas was not around much.

Her eldest child, Sarah Cordery Rogers, married John Rogers, Jr. of the Chattahoochee, and they in turn had 12 children, all of whom survived to adulthood.

Susannah was a matriarch of the Blind Savannah, or Wild Potato Clan. Some list her date of death as 1818 but there seems to be no proof of that. According to historian Don L. Shadburn, Susannah was likely buried on the hillside overlooking the Rogers Bridge area in present day Gwinnett/Forsyth/John's Creek area. He recalls observing some unmarked graves in that area during his research in the 1970's.
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1763
Birth PlaceSt. George Parish, Burke County, Georgia
Death Dateabt 1840 Age: 77
Death PlaceCumming, Forsyth Coiunty, Georgia
Misc. Notes
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.

Sometime before 1820, Thomas left Sonicooie to marry another woman and at least one child, Shadrach Cordery, came from this marriage.
Marr Dateabt 1785
Marr PlaceGeorgia
Last Modified 3 Jan 2022Created 11 Apr 2023 by Robert Avent