The profile for Nancy Moytoy Goodman (Moytoy-148) seems to be a mash-up of three different women, currently attached to a husband named Joseph Goodman (Goodman-2114) and with a son named Obediah (Goodman-5005). A couple of us have been trying to clean up this family group, but we could use some help.
Some of the sources on the profile point to a white woman named Nancy, (abt. 1760-1825) the apparent wife of a Cumberland settler named William Loggins (c. 1740-1818). No marriage record has been found as of yet so her LNAB should be Unknown, current name is Loggins. They lived in Montgomery, Tennessee where William received a grant of land in 1786. Nancy appears on the 1820 U.S. Census as head of household after William's death. Whoever she was, William's wife was not Cherokee. He was actively involved in attacking Cherokee villages following an attack by the Cherokee on his settlement.
The second Nancy was a Cherokee woman, the sister of the famous Doublehead. Almost nothing is known of her beyond her name and her siblings. She should have an LNAB of Cherokee since she did not have a surname. There are references to her in a letter written by John Chisholm, and "Big Nance Creek" in Alabama may have been named after her. Researcher James HIcks believes she was married to a Cherokee man named The Badger.
The third woman is the mother of a man named Obediah Goodman. Currently the parents of Obediah are unknown, although many on-line trees list a father named Joseph and a Native American woman and/or a woman named Elizabeth. A couple named Joseph and Nancy Michie Goodman lived in Albemarle County Virginia. They are well-documented with no known connection to Obediah. Nancy Michie Goodman now has her own profile [Moytoy-214]. Extensive Melungeon research conducted by Roberta Estes and others [
http://www.dnaexplain.com/publications/PDFs/MelungeonsMulti-EthnicPeopleFinal.pdf] connects Obediah to families from Louisa and Rockingham counties in Virginia; his DNA tested descendant showed no Native American connection. .
I think this profile was originally meant to be the Cherokee "Na-ni" or Nancy, in which case Nancy Loggins needs a new profile of her own. Neither of these woman has any connection to anyone named Goodman.
If anyone knows more about these families, please lend a hand with separating these women.
