Two Crows aka Cornelius Doghearty

Greetings. My name is David Brown . I portray a quasi-fictional historical character living in the backwoods of Southern North America in the 1750’s. I am the son of an expatriate Scots-Irish who’s run off from indentured servitude to become a trader and packhorseman in the backcountry of colonial South Carolina & have dealings with the Creek and Cherokee nations. The real Cornelius Dougharty (the way he spelled it) was perhaps the earliest English trader to set up shop in the Overhill Settlements of the Cherokee Nation.  Various sources have him crossing the Unaka Ridge and going down the Unicoi Turnpike as early as 1710, this is unlikely since other records put his death at around 1790 and if both dates are true he would have been roughly 100 to 110 years old. Cherokee and Shawnee genealogists put his birthdate at 1720. He is said to have married Ahneewakee, the adopted Shawnee daughter of Moytoy about 1739. His wife's Shawnee heritage makes Cornelius an ancestor for both tribes. We do know for certain that Cornelius lived at Hiwassee Old Town (located about where US Highway 411 crosses the Hiwassee River in southeast Tennessee) and therefore must have experienced and survived the smallpox epidemic of 1739 that caused the area to remain otherwise uninhabited for many years thereafter. Records from the Fort Loudoun period show him to have been a trader, wagoneer, and provisioner. He raised cattle, horses, and hogs.

Let me know if you see French John, Savanna Tom, or Lantangnac.The English have put a good price on their scalps.

(You are listening to "Jock O'Hazledean," as recorded by Michael Cantrell on his album "Sanctuary." See Music Info for further information.)