Sequoyah

Sequoyah (ᏍᏏᏆᏱ in Cherokee) (c.1767 - July or August 1843), known as George Guess, Guest or Gist, was a Cherokee silversmith who invented the Cherokee syllabary.

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The exact place and date of Sequoyah's birth are unknown, as no written record exists. Speculation and guess-work by historians place his birth at some point between 1760 and 1776. As for the location, speculation places it in either Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama or South Carolina. James Mooney, a prominent anthropologist and historian of the Cherokee people, quotes a cousin in saying that Sequoyah and his mother spent his early years in the village of Tuskegee in Tennessee.

Cherokee: :Alternate meanings: Cherokee (disambiguation)...

1767: 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar)....

July: July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days....

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