[3] Because inheritance and property within the confederacy were controlled matrilineally in early Muscogee society, her daughters and their descendants became influential in shaping tribal membership and relations with people they enslaved.
[10] Amos J. Wright, who analyzed for over two decades the genealogical history of her family,[11] reported that various historical records note her heritage was through the Tuskegee tribal town,[2] but also there are indications that her son was known as the "Talapuche Chief" (also styled Tallapoosa).
[12] Linda Langley, a professor at Louisiana State University at Eunice in anthropology and sociology, argued that she was more likely Koasati.
[15] Sehoy grew up in the area near Fort Toulouse, which the French constructed after the Yamasee War (1715-1716) at the request of Alabama leaders.
[18] Some sources indicate that Sehoy married Marchand in 1722,[19] in a ceremony which might have been conducted under Muscogee as opposed to French law.