Cherokee Name: Ta-Gart,
Born: Dec. 12,1812, near New Echota, GA, Near present day Rome, GA.,
Died: Feb. 3,1892,Webbers Falls,I.T.,Ok., 
Buried: Hanks County Cemetery near Muskogee, OK.
Father:Alexander McCoy, Mother: Aky Gunter
Married:
Charlotte Ratliff
Children:
Emma Walker McCoy, B:April 3,1841, D: Feb.8,1900, 
    M:April 11,1861, Calvin Hanks, B: Feb.8,1836, D: May 16,1879, *STARR page 638,649
Married: July 27,1852,
Lucy Jane Adair, Born: Sept.14,1835, Tenn. Died:Nov. 4,1882, I.T.
Father: Benjamin Franklin Adair, Mother: Eliza Martin,
CHILDREN: 
Pauline J. McCoy, B: Jan.24,1853, Saline Dist.,C.N., D: Feb.26,1921 
  Married: Marshall Mann, Mar.24,1873 * STARR page 619
Waddy T. McCoy, B; Feb. 26,1856, Saline Dist.,C.N., D: Dec. 29,1925, M: Lue ?
Chester Fields McCoy, B: May 14,1859, D: Nov. 13,1942,
Minnie Cherokee McCoy, B: Feb. 20,1862, Near Old Ft. Gibson, I.T., Died: Dec.20,1938, Tulsa,ok.
   Married: Martin Bell
Ida L. McCoy, B: March 4,1865, D: Dec. 29,1932, M: ? Scott
Nannie A. McCoy, B: Aug. 17,1867, D: Dec.19,1932, M: William H. Winget  

1. Many of the entries were taken from pages of an old McCoy journal.
2. Eastern Cherokee Applications: #2679,#2952,#4003,#4728,#6032
3. Obituary Of Chester F. McCoy.
4. According to Starr's "History OF The Cherokee Indians" John L. McCoy had these Wives:
      -Charlotte Ratliff
      -Emma Bennett
      -Lucy Jane Adair
      -Catherine Chambers
      -Laura Riley

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