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Nathaniel Gist

Nathaniel Gist Life story


Nathaniel Gist was born in Maryland and fought during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. He was reputed to be the father of Sequoyah the famous Cherokee by Wurteh Watts. Like his father Christopher Gist, he served in Braddock's Expedition in 1755 and the Forbes Expedition in 1758.

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