Love all these stories, though I don’t necessarily believe them to convey the total truth. History never reveals the total truth…only what the writer wishes to be remembered.
[…] of Alexander McGillivray, and had cultivated Durant’s Bend on the Alabama as early as 1786; and Mrs. Sophia Durant appears to have been living on Little River in 1790, when, by her authority and resolution, she […]
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Love all these stories, though I don’t necessarily believe them to convey the total truth. History never reveals the total truth…only what the writer wishes to be remembered.
My ancestor!
Hi sophia mcgillvray was my 4ggm. What a remarkable women. DEBBIE
Hi sophia mcgillvray was my 4ggm. What a remarkable women. Debbie Shaw
Becky Lumpkin Stowe
Sheryl Bishop Somathilake
Want more on this area of the state –
Sophia Mcgillivray Durant was my 6gg her daughter Polly Durant mother of Ward Coachman Chief of Muscogee Creek as while
[…] of Alexander McGillivray, and had cultivated Durant’s Bend on the Alabama as early as 1786; and Mrs. Sophia Durant appears to have been living on Little River in 1790, when, by her authority and resolution, she […]