Col. Adam “David” Taitt

From Encyclopedia of Alabama: David Taitt:

Taitt became more immersed in Creek society with his arranged marriage to Sehoy III, a cousin of influential Creek leader Alexander McGillivray, likely in the spring of 1776. The couple had a son, Davy Tate.

The events of Taitt's life were recounted in Gen. Thomas Woodward's Reminiscences of the Creek, or Muscogee, Indians, published in 1859. However, Woodward mistakenly refers to "John Tate" in his work and states that he died on the Chattahoochee River. These errors have led to some confusion regarding Taitt's identity. Indeed, there is even a historical marker bearing the name "John Tate" in Georgia.

Note that in "The McGillivray and McIntosh Traders, On the Old Southwest Frontier 1716-1815" Amos J. Wright extensively discusses identity of Sehoy III's husband and concludes that it was one Adam Tate.

From Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 2 2017, 19:40:17 UTC

Christened 11 April 1797. "David Tate, Son of David Tate. Born in West Florida in the Indian Nation in the Year 1779"

• Native Americans, The McGillivrays, Weatherford, David Tate and Sam Moniac stories about them from 1874