Canoe, Abigail Akweegayla

Female 1755 - 1820  (65 years)


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  • Name Canoe, Abigail Akweegayla  [1, 2
    Birth 1755  Ashe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    FSID LKL5-9SM  [2
    Death 1820  Creston, Ashe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial 1820  Charles and Abigail Roark Family Cemeter, Creston, Ashe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I31757  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Family Roark, Charles Sr.,   b. 1750, Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1830, Charles and Abigail Roark Family Cemeter, Creston, Ashe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
     1. Roark, Mary Polly,   b. 1785, Creston, Ashe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1861, Leslie, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F12177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1755 - Ashe, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1820 - Creston, Ashe, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1820 - Charles and Abigail Roark Family Cemeter, Creston, Ashe, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Abigail Akweegayla Roark
      Abigail Raven Canoe
      BIRTH 1755 North Carolina, USA
      DEATH 1820 (aged 64–65) Creston, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
      BURIAL Charles and Abigail Roark Family Cemetery Creston, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
      MEMORIAL ID 54197476 · View Source

      When Abigail (Eastridge)a kwee gay (Raven) Dragging Canoe was born in 1760 in Ashe, North Carolina, her father, (Andrew, was 26, and her mother, Leaf, was 26. She married Charles Roark and they had ten children together. She also had one son from another relationship. She died in 1820 in Creston, North Carolina, at the age of 60, and was buried there. She was a Cherokee Indian.

  • Sources 
    1. [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave.
      https://www.findagrave.com/

    2. [S790] WORLD: Family Search, Ancestral File.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies