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William Duane Kurz
Query: My mothers maiden name was Lenora Jean Dale. I was born in Idabel, Oklahoma and lived in Broken Bow the first 8 years of my life. My great great grandfather is supposed to be full blood Cherokee. He married a white woman.
Posted: April 2009
LeAnne Aycock
Query: Elmore/Mitchell-Johnston County, NC. I have been told that my great-grandmother was 1/2 Cherokee. Her maiden name was Hattie Elmore and her parents were Jim and Henryetta(?) Elmore. She married Allen(?)Mitchell and had three children-Malcolm, Harvey and Ola(my grandmother).I have a picture of my grandmother and her brothers when they were between the ages of 6-12 and you can see the Indian features in them very clearly. I could never get my grandmother to talk about the Indian side, although her mother’s sister told the some of the family that she was 1/2 Cherokee. The Elmore family is not listed on the census for Johnston County until 1910, so I’m not sure where they were before that. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: April 2009
Sara Pitts
Query: I am searching for family members from my fathers side, PITTS. My grandmother is listed in the Dawes Rolls, name Lucile Neoma COX born 3/3/1919. Her father was James COX who was the son of Rebecca DUNCAN and Zeno COX. Rebecca’s mother was DORCAS DUNCAN who was full blood Cheokee who traveled to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. My grandmother was raised on the land her family received at the end of the Trail in Oklahoma City, OK. She married Ogene PITTS (born 1916) also of OK City. Ogene had (2) sisters named Birdell and Ravenell PITTS. I belive my grandmother had a brother named James COX and (2) sisters, I do not know their names. I’d like to get in touch with anyone who is or may think they are related to this family.
Posted: April 2009
Cornelius McKinley
Query: I’ve learn a lot about my heritage. I tried to send emails out to some, but their email accounts no longer exist. This is what I wrote: Are you still trying to find information? You may learn more about my heritage here. www.myspace.com/djsupersport I’m choctaw, cherokee, french, german, haitian, hispanic-heritage, scottish-irish, and jamaican. I hope my finding can help. You can see it in my resemblence.
Posted: April 2009
Kelly Koontz
Query: I Am looking for any information on Charles Koontz. right before he passed he told us that he was indian and that he was taken from an orphange in oklahoma area put on a train and sent to live with family this is what I have the 1920 census says that Mesech and sarah A were his aunt and uncle w/ John, Andrew, alta and eugen as cousins. Any information is wanted
Posted: April 2009
Cindy Young
Query: looking for any information regarding a cherokee great great great grandmother who would have married a Harvey,in western Ky.possibly white plains
Posted: April 2009
Kaitlynn Darling
Query: I am Looking for any information on my great great grandmother Lear Whitedove Gabbarad. She is said to be full blooded cherokee indian. She married when she was 13 to a white man and had 13 children. It is said that she was adopted off an Indian reservation. If anyone has any information it would be very valuable to me and to my family. Thanks.
Posted: April 2009
Joannie
Query: I was told that my Grandfather Samuel N. Cloud, was part Cherokee. His parents were Benjamin and Nanny Rose Cloud. Thanks Joannie
Posted: April 2009
Dana Brian Stewart
Query: My genealogy has been stumped for 15 years. Our family bible tells us that a william franklin stewart (or stuart), married Caroline, a cherokee girl. they moved to Texas and had james calvin stewart in 1852 (or 1853). james calvins bible is the one we have, and it gives no birth, or marriage dates for either of his parents–william & caroline. can you help? Thank You.
Posted: April 2009
Chasity
Query: Hi! I am looking for information on the “Justice” name. I need to know the origin. My great grandfather was full-blooded Cherokee Indian. His name was Benjamin Justice. He married Lula Person. They both lived in Oklahoma, but later moved to Texas to raise a family. There was also a John Jacob Justice in our family as well who married Laraine Swarington. I don’t know for sure if “Justice” is the real name due to history, but wanted to find out if maybe they originally had Indian last names.
Posted: April 2009
Mary Vivian
Query: I have just a little reseach on my family history. This is what I have so far. Peasant Williams Born in So. Carolina. Indian Chief Roll # 3 1900 Indian Territory Pg. 78 Township 18 range 25. He was a 68 yr old farmer. Wife unknown. I would like this name and info! Was she also Indian? He moved from So Carolina to Kentuck where son John Wesley Williams was born. John Wesley Williams was a Cherokee Indian Chief. John Wesley Williams moved to Araknsas. Information found in the Ft. Smith Library. John Wesley son is James Eliot Williams. I am sure there were other children. James Eliot Williams Born 1-5-1860-died 6-18-1959 (He was married more than once). Married Mary Aley Dobbs born 2-20-1860 died 7-04-1919. Child born to this marriage was Miranda Iantha Angeline(Addie) Williams. My Grandmothers.
My son was told that Pleasant might not be recognized by the Cherokee nation if he did not come on the Trail of Tears. I have never read where they had a choice in this matter. One question regrading this, is how did they go from South Carolina,to Kentucky then in Arkansas and later on to Oklahoma if not with at least one of the groups going on the Trail of Tears? Did he denounce his Indian citizenship? I pray someone can help us. We have been trying for years to find out about our Indian heritage. It is who we are.
Posted: April 2009
A.C. Williams
Query: I am trying to contact Donna Snow who posted an email on this site in 2003 but her email is no longer valid. May have a definite connection with her family tree through Joseph Wyatt Williams of Ripley, Tennessee and would like to share info. Any help in contacting her would be appreciated.
Posted: April 2009
Jacqueline Wolf
Query: grand fathers name was charlie wolf but was called snooks his mothers name was sara wolf. I have always been told that she was full cherokee/
Posted: April 2009
R. Diamond
Query: I’m looking for information on my great, great grandmother. Her name was Rose Etta Youngblood. I was told her father was the Chief of the tribe in Cherokee North Carolina, unsure which village. Any help would be appreciated.
Posted: April 2009
Janine
Query: I am looking for information on a Magdalena Martin, born in 1876. I have no other information other than the year she was born. However, she did marry an Ostoqio Martelles from Puerto Rico and raised a family of 8 in Hawaii. One of her daughters (my ggrandmother) said she was Cherokee. Any information is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Posted: April 2009
Fran Schmidt
Query: I was reading your message boards and found a message posted by Myra Campbell. Her email address is no longer valid. She was asking about her Grandmother, Helen Brown. Her father was born in Bennington OKlahoma. My father was also born in Bennington OK and his mother was Helen Brown. I have some information on Helen. Myra, if you’re still out there, let me know. I will be glad to share the information I have.
Posted: April 2009
Kathy (Walker Hilliard) Earnheart
Query: Looking for any info on HILLIARD or TANNER ancestry. Not sure how accurate the following info is: was told that my g or gg grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee. Descendant of JESSE TANNER b:3/2/1849, d: 11/23/1944 AND ISAAC HILLIARD b: 1830 on my mother’s side Her Mother’s name Lizzie Tanner b: 3/20/1886. Thank you.
Posted: April 2009
Dusti Selin
Query: Looking for information on the MULKEY family, more specifically, my great-grandfather Rufus. My father’s name is James Roy Mulkey, JR, my grandfather’s name is James Roy Mulkey and my great-grandfather is Rufus. We are from the area of Kokomo, Indiana. I have not been able to find any information on Rufus who is my Cherokee ancestor.
Posted: April 2009
Holly Steindl
Query: I am looking for information on my great-grandmother. Her name was Hattie Florence Sullivan. Born in Texas on 6-23-1885. We do not know much about her as she kept her information quiet. She had 3 children, Jack, Rosa and Buster. No idea who the father was.
Posted: April 2009
Daronda Lightfoot
Query: My Grandfather name is George Lightfoot and I’m trying to trace my indian roots and find out what tribe my great,great, ect. belongs to in the indian ancestory
Posted: April 2009
Deborah
Query: I am looking for any information on my great grandmother’s family. My great grandmother’s name was Serena McDaniel, born in 1873 (possibly 1874 but don’t think so), married in 1890 to Isaac Marion Weaver in Massac County IL. I know this and everything after. I need to find info about her family to trace the Cherokee roots. We know that my g-grandma’s mother’s first name was Eveline and that she was born in Tennessee, date unknown. Beyond that, we know virtually nothing. Not her maiden name, not even my g-grandmother’s father’s first name, only that his last was McDaniel. We don’t know her parents’ names, nothing. By 1890 though, my 2x great grandmother had remarried to a man with the last name Holden, which we know because she had to sign for my g-grandmother to get married since she was only 16. This information I have is sketchy at best, but does anyone have any clues for me or a direction to point me in?
Posted: April 2009
Suzie Ridge
Query: I’m looking for any information on John Ridge (a829-1907) and his wife Catherine Borden(1838-1920) they lived in NC – Blount and Sevier Co.,TN. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: April 2009
Michael J Hubbard
Query: i’m looking for any ancesters of william howell hubbard, he is my great grandfather on my dads side, or john rufuse burleson, i believe his family is in oklahome.
Posted: April 2009
Robert Pittman
Query: My Grandmother was named Lena Pittman Born 10/15/1886 She died on 2/1/1973 I have been told she was of Cherokee heritage and I am trying to figure out how do check this out? My Dad & Mom are both gone and most of the Pittman clan. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Robert Pittman
Posted: April 2009
Deborah Holloway
Query: my great grandmother (Lillian Putman Coyle)was married to William Oscar Coyle her maiden name was Putman, her mother died while she was young but her mother was cherokee She was born in Shelby South Carolina(we think)Greer Putman, Devaney Putman were biologigal brothers Nemmie and Bid Putman she had a sister who died at the age of 17 from Tb named Julinee but she may have been a half sister. She also had a 1/2 brother name John Putman
Posted: April 2009
Vera “Elaine” Panichello
Query: I an looking for information about George Myers born in Tx. His wife was Lillie A. Morgan. I was told that they were both part cherokee!
Posted: April 2009
Ron Terrell
Query: William and Annie McKee buried at Rock Springs Baptist Church near Turkey Heaven Mt. near Ranburne , Alabama. My grandmother was born 1881 and she told me we were part Cherokee and I believe Annie was full blood. Their daughter’s grave marker spelled McKee as McKay but theirs was spelled McKee. Also any info on John Jack Terrell married Elizabeth Downing and went on Trail of Tears with her to Oklahoma?
Posted: April 2009
Beth
Query: My query is two part. First, My Great Grandmother was reputed to be Cherokee. Her name was Sarah E. Guthrey (Guthrie?) and she was born in the later 1800’s in Alabama. Her family had traveled south. She married an Irish/Native man and they had several children, one of which was my Grandmother Virgina Long. My Great Grandfather, Tolley Wheeler Long, was reputed to be a mix of Irish and another Indian Native, but none can remember what tribe. If anyone has any side information, or can possibly tell me how to research this effectively, I would appreciate it greatly.
Posted: April 2009
Dennis Barber
Query: My father,Bob Barber,states he is a member of Cherokee Reservation in North Carolina. Please verify if possible.Also states he was placed as a child with aunt and uncle(Lou and Marie Moulton)at Spirit Lake,North Dakota.
Posted: April 2009
K
Query: Awiusdi, I tried to email you but your emails won’t go through. I have Darnell’s from Ashe County, North Carolina. If you’re interested in exchanging information, please email me.
Posted: April 2009
Deborah Beck
Query: I am looking for any information associated with Eleanor Josephine Branch, my great grandmother. I was told she was born and raised in Cherokee, North Carolina.
Posted: April 2009
Jay Chiles
Query: troutman relasion to cherokee
Posted: April 2009
Rickie C. Burnette
Query: I’m trying to find info on my g grandmother a annie m. stover born 1 august 1895 in roanoke virginia. She was adopted by a stover family,supposedly a doctor. She grew up near walton’s mountain area, went to college and graduated.My family tells me she was full blooded indian, some say cawtawba, but I think it could be cherokee, or choctaw, but not sure. She married before 1914 to my g grandfathera jeter bernard morris of powhatan virginia.She died 26 june 1967 in richmond virginia and is buried here. I would greatly appreciate any help on tthis matter. thanks,r.burnette
Posted: April 2009
Carolyn Espy Brady
Query: Full blooded Cherokee Indian named Catherine Sutton. Married to John Pope on June 17, 1854 in Jackson Co, Ohio.Who might have been Catherine’s parents?
Posted: April 2009
Max E Stout
Query: My father was contacted by BIA in the 1960 in southern calif. At that time it was not as popular to be American Indian and he refused the money they wanted to give him. His name was Max Gaylord Stout His birthday was 03-30-1935 he was born in Arkansas. My grandfathers name was Melvin Stout and I believe that he was beaten to death at a fairly young age. As stated it was not popular to be indian in those years. Anyway, I was just wondering if you had any information on my blood line. Thanks, Max
Posted: April 2009
Mortimis Dean
Query: Lela Dean, I know she is 100% Cherokee, my great grandmother. Lived in the Keowee area os South Carolina. Not on the Baker Roll, why?
Posted: April 2009
Julie
Query: If my Great great grandfather on my fathers side was full Blooded cherokee,what % would that give me?
Posted: April 2009
Kristin Pate
Query: looking for information on Mattie Snow, who married Jackson Lafayette Pate around 1886 in Early county Ga.and any inoformation on her parents Jim and Eugenia Calhoun Snow.
Posted: April 2009
Dan Creel
Query: My grandfather was Tillman Creel (passed away in approx. 1982). Does anyone reconize this name or know if he was a part of the Edisto tribe? He lived in Orangeburg, SC. Thanks.
Posted: April 2009
Cee Cee Dixon
Query: Looking for information or locating William Doyle Taylor;born in Georgia on April 4, 1948. Was said to be a Cherokee Indian.
Posted: April 2009
Claire
Query: I am doing research on my family tree. My surname is CASTLE. The first Castle I can connect back to is Loyd Castle born in 1889 in either Kentucky or West Virginia. I have always been told that Loyd’s mother was a full-blooded Cherokee and his father was half Cherokee. They were supposed to have been adopted by the Castles. If anyone has heard about a Castle family adopting Cherokees, please let me know.
Posted: April 2009
CJ
Query: Brenda Glidden # 28 please contact me.
Posted: April 2009
Garroll Salmons
Query: I am looking for the wife of John Reed. Beleive she to be a full cherokee woman. I also beleive she was born and died in Creal Springs, Williamson County, Illinois. Their children were: Martha, John, Ira, Noah, Will, Lizzie, katie and Minnie. Can anyone give me some help?
Posted: April 2009
William Reker
Query: Pauline bratcher was my mother shes now deceased .She said she was part cherokee how can i prove – disprove this she lived in kentucky and married irvin reker amy information would be priceless
Posted: April 2009
Louise Everett
Query: MY GRANDFATHER WAS ELBERT MONROE WILLIAMS. IN 1912 HE MARRIED MY GRANDMOTHER IN ALABAMA. HE WAS WORKING FOR SOUTHERN RAILROAD AS A FOREMAN. I CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING ON HIM BEFORE THIS DATE 1912. IF ANYONE CAN HELP .PLEASE DO. THANK YOU, LOUISE EVERETT MOBILE AL.
Posted: April 2009
Sharee
Query: Irene Banks MARRIED to indian cheif in Va
Posted: April 2009
Jessica
Query: i am a great, great, great grand-daughter of a little boy who was born before the Trail of Tears. He was dropped off on the door step of the Stines family. If anyone knows anything about him or his family contact me and let me know about his history before he was dropped off.
Posted: April 2009
Teresa Hunt
Query: My Great-grandmother was Nevada Ella Mae Cates bn 1887 in Alabama. I have been told she was half Cherokee. I am trying to find proof. Also another gg-grandmother of mine was Renna Serrille Bird bn 1844 in Missiouri. I am also trying to find my heritage on her. I do not even have her parents information. If anyone knows anything on these two ladies please contact me at nanarosehunt1@msn.com
Posted: April 2009
Debbie Jurries
Query: Hi I am looking for information regarding my Great Grandmother and Grandfather There names were Tom and Jennie Pruitt Swafford, my Grandmother Was Dortha L. Hawkins of Cleveland Tennesee Born March 29 ,1919 and Died October 27, 2006. It is my understanding that her mother was Cherokee, and they called my Great Grandfather Tommyhawk.
Posted: April 2009
BreAnna
Query: Want to know what tribe I am from.. Moms side of family, Grandpa died before anyone got the chance to ask. His name was Willard Cox (aka Bill Cox) and his dads name was James Fitzgerald Cox there is a rumor in my family that we are either cherokee or sioux.
Posted: April 2009
Robin Renee Reed
Query: my name is robin renee reed my DoB 26, Sept 1963. I am trying to find information about my father his name is Clifton James Reed Sr DOB 20 Jan 1922 Death: 1985(Maryland) he was to my knowledge full blooded Cherokee and i am doing my Geneology on my family and all i know about my grandparent is John Samuel reed DoB 1892 Death 1954, and Lillian Helen Miller DoB 1895. Their children were louis Amos reed DoB 1913, laura E Reed 1914 (Floridia) Elmer Reed 1917 (Maryland)Mary Reed 1920, Nellie Reed 1924, Dorothy Reed 1926,If you Could you supply me with any information it would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: April 2009
Jane Metcalf
Query: After doing some research I have found some sites that have given me the following information. Can you clearify if the information is correct? My family lines appear as follows starting with: 1. Dragging Canoe, birth 1734, died March 1 1792, to Sarah Sara Saraigh, birth 1765, died 1850, to Nathan Ward Jr., birth Nov 11, 1809, died Febuary 2, 1873, to Wells Ward, birth, 1848, Died August 20, 1907, to Frances Ward, birth August 29, 1878, died January 20, 1980. Frances Ward was my Great Grandmother.
Posted: April 2009
Paula Orf
Query: Looking for Eli Warren Smith married a Cherokee in mid 1800. children Grover Cleveland,Erin,Aaron,Ed Smith.
Posted: April 2009
James Polk
Query: trying to find more info on dorcas harris milam.I am a direct decendant of cornelius milam her son.any info on dorcas and her parents john or sarah harris also.
Posted: April 2009
Lloyd Taylor
Query: 1. I am looking for information on ancestors, first and second marriage and descendants for William ROWE. William ROWE was born 1849 probably in Kentucky and died about 1895 in Kentucky during an epidemic maybe cholera. His first wife was: name unknown DOB unknown. They had several children including: Charlotte ROWE who married George WILLIAMS and took in Minnie and Esther when their mother and father died. William ROWE, Jr. b: 1876 probably in Kentucky John ROWE. William ROWE’s second wife was Jahaza SIZEMORE. Jahaza was born 3 Sep 1864 in Ashland, KY probably and died about 1895 probably in Kentucky. (Jahaza was of Cherokee Indian descent. Her father was Sen John SIZEMORE b:1840, son of William Black Hawk SIZEMORE b:1840, son of George Golden Hawk SIZEMORE b: 1790, son of George All SIZEMORE b: 1750). William and Jahaza SIZEMORE had two known children and maybe others: Esther ROWE b: 8 Jun 1892 in Ashland, KY probably; d: 24 Dec 1988 in Boulder, CO. 1st marriage was to Sidney CHAPMAN b: 28 Mar 1888 in Pike, KY d: 19 May 1945 Mingo Co., WV Esther and Sydney had two children: Marie CHAPMAN and Sherwood Tunis CHAPMAN. 2nd marriage to Louis D. ASENIERO b: 21 Aug 1892 in the Philippines and died 25 Jan 1968 in Denver, CO. Esther and Louis had a son named William ASENIERO. Minnie “Louise” ROWE b: 15 Sep 1884 in Ashland, KY and died 25 Sep 1946 in Denver, CO. Minnie married Irvin Preston TURNER b: 17 Sep 1874 in Laurens SC and died 6 Mar 1947 in Denver, CO probably.
2. I am looking for any additional information on William LOWE and Jahaza SIZEMORE other children other than Esther and Minnie.
3. (Someone named Karen (a great granddaughter of Jahaze Sizemone) inquired to AllthingsCherokee.com page 32 in 2001 but her email address JohnsChildRenC@netschape.net no longer is active. If I can find her, perhaps she has some information).
Posted: April 2009
Linda Bowman
Query: I’m searching for any information on Henry Nave, b. abt.1762 and d. abt.1824 in Perry Co., Ala. and or his wife Mary Margaret -possibly Ward or Thornton – and their children were John, Jacob, William, Isaac, Elizabeth, Catherine, Abraham, and Redissa. I have found where he made land improvements on his land in Ga. in the S.E. Native Am. Documents 1730-1842. After he died, Mary and her children went on to Arkansas where other family lived. I am looking for our Cherokee number and anything anyone might know about Henry and his family would be appreciated. I am his 4th great granddaughter.
Posted: April 2009
Janet Brock
Query: I am looking for William Green Johnson, who lived in Georgia. His son’s name is William Canty Johnson born in 1870. There is a William Johnson on the rolls around that time.
Posted: April 2009
Linda Newman-Johnson
Query: Trying to connect my gr grandmother Elizabeth Margaret C. Horn/Honn,OH/TN? 1850-1864, to George H Hon,1872,Ill. marr to Dora E Hon, 1878,Ark. They are related, but I cannot figure how.
Posted: April 2009
Ray Reed
Query: My maternal grand mother was a white woman named Gussie Query, who married a Cherokee man named George E. Harris. They were married on July 5, 1919 in Independence, KS, and lived in Pauls Valley, OK until her death in March of 1920 at the Harris Hospital in Ft. Worth, Texas. He may have been a descendant of one of the Cherokee chiefs. If you have any info on him I would appreciate it. Thanks.
Posted: April 2009
Cheryl Volpert
Query: I am looking for information on my gggrandmother. Her name is Elizabeth PENSON OR PINSON. She married George MORRIS of Alabama. Her daughter, my ggrandmother is Theodosha MORRIS. Theodosha married James STAFFORD. Elizabeth’s birthday would be between 1790 & 1800. She is Cherokee. Kelly Miller was searching for info on them also, so if she reads this please email me. we are related.
Posted: April 2009
Jay Mainer
Query: i’m a great great grandson of Rebecca Mainer who’s madien name was Rebecca Miller I know she was full Blooded Cherokee and she married a Mainer. can you help me on this?
Posted: April 2009
June Howard
Query: I have been doing research and am trying to find information on HESTER TENNESSEE BLACK born 25 Aug 1887 married one Melvin William Howard in Arkansas 26 Oct 1905.Hester said to be daughter of PETER BLACK and MARY ELLEN (Minor)BLACK. I can not find any information on them when I search the names it brings up Cherokee and Gantanaga. Am I looking in the wrong place do I need to be searching Tribal information?
Posted: April 2009
Miranda Susan Lyon
Query: My great-grandfather’s name on my father’s side was ELCANAAN LYON and he married a woman named DORA SUSAN LAST NAME UNKNOWN, who family history claims was Eastern Band Cherokee. They lived in Granville County North Carolina. Does anyone have family names or information related? Thank you.
Posted: April 2009
Pauline Jeans
Query: My great grandpa was names Nathan Powhatan Downing Aubery. I am trying to find out which tribe he was from so I can continue my search about my ancestors.
Posted: April 2009
Sherry Hammock
Query: looking for any information about charlotte little paw who married samuel tipton in 1836 in tenessee. Need to know names of her family
Posted: April 2009
Elizabeth Holloway
Query: My great grandmother was a registered member of the Cherokee nation. What does this mean for her decendents? She was full blooded, so I know us all of her children,grandchildren and great grandchildren are at least to some degree also indian. What is the easiest way to know exactly how much indian is in you?
Posted: April 2009
Julia (Goodson) Hesse
Query: Looking for any information on Nancy Elizabeth Cornwell family,said her parents were from N.C. Mother was Mary C. (Lindsey)Cornwell,was said to be Cherrokee Indian,her husband was B.L.Cornwell.Nancy Elizabeth was born in Alabamma,Delkab Co.Nov.14,1849.Her husband was Sion B. Goodson.Any help would be great.Thanks Julia
Posted: April 2009
Dawne Spencer
Query: looking to know my family tree,and all my ancestry
Posted: April 2009
Teresa Hodgin
Query: Parsons, Roberts, Surett, Oody
Posted: April 2009
Julia Lankerd
Query: I am looking for information about my grandmothers family who lived in Lonoke Arkansas. her name was Lulu Euguene Turner, born in Lonoke..her parents were Malissa Frances Turner, born in Lonoke and George Edward Turner,born in Tennessee. Her maternal grandparents were Hardy Glenn(?), born in Lonoke and Nancy Jane..no maiden name given. Nancy was born in 1834 in Lonoke Arkansas. Any help would be greatly appreciated as she never talked about her background.
Posted: April 2009
Cristy Sanders Phillips
Query: Trying to connect dots with missing lineage. my grandmother: Azee Hicks Sanders. descendent of: John Thomas Hicks & Ella Mae Pack Hicks (married around 1890 in Bledsoe TN). descendent of: Matthew J. Hicks Jr. & Nancy E. Cantrell Hicks.(married around 1954 Bledsoe TN). Family history says Ella Mae Pack Hicks was descendent of “Betsy Pack” Elizabeth Lowery Pack who was daughter of Chief John Lowery of the Cherokee. Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Posted: April 2009
Cristy Sanders Phillips
Query: Info on names:
Hicks
Hicks, John Thomas
Hicks, Ella Mae Pack
Hicks, Matthew J.
Hicks, Nancy E. Cantrell
Pack
Pack, Ella Mae
Pack, Elizabeth Lowery
Please see my previous post.
Posted: April 2009
Misty Lehenbauer
Query: im am arthur neasbitt’s granddaughter. im tring to get my roll number but i dont work and my husband has disability. my grandma is dorthy bates. my mom is martha neasbitt. may i get some help please? THANK YOU!!
Posted: April 2009
Roger
Query: My great grandmother’s name was Sinthia or Synthia Sisco. Born in Oklahoma. I am trying to find any information on her.
Posted: April 2009
Wynona Bray Canup
Query: I am trying to locate information about my great-great-grandparents, George and Margaret CORNETT. Their daughter, Jane Elizabeth CORNETT, was born May 18, 1833, in what I believe is now Cherokee County. My father, (her grandson) said she was full blood Cherokee. The family moved to the Carolina’s, and eventually ended up in Saline County, AR. Jane married Burrell DOBBS and they had 10 children, with the youngest being my grandmother, Loduskey Elizabeth, later marrying Henry BRAY. Thank you. W.C.
Posted: April 2009
Kitten Rice
Query: TO Patricia Hulbert. Robert Spear(s) is my gggg grandfather. Please email me. I can’t use the link that goes to Windows Live or I would email you. The reason that the photo looks Scotish is, according to our legends, that we are Irish/ Indian. It states that Robert’s parents are supposed to be Sam Spear and Lydia Click. The only people that I have been able to find are Quakers. Connecting these people is a chore. I also have some info that Thomas is supposed to be Robert’s father. Can’t prove that yet. Robert was born in Buncomb County, NC. He was a cole miner. He served in the Battle of the Horseshoe Bend under Jackson and was wounded to the point that he walked on crutches. Can’t find a list of the soldier’s of this battle so far. If we can find him there, we might be able to get a copy of his enlistment papers and it might tell us who his parents or other family members are. Email me Worsey@yahoo.com Kitten
Posted: April 2009
Sonseeahray LaPee
Query: My great great grandfather Mitchel (Whith) Whitt is in Magisterial District 4, Blaine Township Swetnam Precinet 14 Cherokee Precinct, Lawrence County, Kentucky in 1900. Would this have been an Indian Reservation??
Posted: April 2009
Sam Chisholm
Query: I am wondring if anyone can help me with what clan affiliation (Cherokee, not Scottish) Jesse Chisholm, or Sahkahki is. I would deeply appreciate your help!
Posted: April 2009
Karla
Query: Looking for a connection between the Anderson Family of Hunterdon County NJ, migrated south (SC,TN) with the cherokee, it has always been said that we are part cherokee, any information would be appreciated.
Posted: April 2009
Melissa Toussaint
Query: My Grandfather and great grandfather were cherokee in florida panhandle. I am seeking any information about them. Dallas Withers and Howard Withers by name. Thank you for any help you can provide. melissa
Posted: April 2009
Susan Boydstun Cross
Query: looking for info on my ggg grandparents, cherokee indians tom henson and/or mary carden from tennessee. their son James Henson married Catherine Edna Sturgeon. any info would be great!
Posted: April 2009
Dave Sprinkle
Query: Mandy AXIOM or AXIM — Born in North Carolina between 1820 & 1840. We have a picture of her. My dad is looking for information concerning his great – great grandmother. Thanks in advance to anyone with information.
Posted: April 2009
Janice
Query: I am looking for someone by the name of Nichols/Nicholson. Her first name was Emma. I found it once and cannot find again. Would be out of Indiana…my biological mother’s grandmother.
Posted: April 2009
SpiritHawk/Martha
Query: I am looking for the tribal name and any available information on my ancestor. I am a member of the Ani-Giduhwa O’Ouka of the Tsalagi tribe. My contact TenBears is now deceased. He never did give me the direct lineage of ‘Chief’ Osborn nor his tribal name, etc.
-1663 From The Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Winter 1992, Volume 33, Number 1: The Osborne Question by A. Russell Slagle: “[William] Osborne’s eldest son was stolen by the Susquehannock Indians. Pursuit was made and the Indians were followed across the bay, but the child was never recovered. Osborne never saw his son again, but the captive was kindly treated. The father was informed by an old chief that the lost boy was living and had become a chief among the red men, and he is said to have signed a treaty between William Penn and the Indians in 1682.” In this article Mr. Slagle speculates that “the kidnapped Osborne boy’s name was probably Thomas”, he goes on to write, “At all events Thomas was kidnapped by Indians in 1663, at the time of the Indian Massacre.” and “The William Osborne of Bush River was probably married for the first time around 1653, and Thomas was born shortly afterwards [1654-1655].”
-1682 From The Benzetown Bard March 11, ???? Lost Towns on Bush River: Mr. McKinsey wrote “What was perhaps the earliest case of kidnapping in the State of Maryland took place at Old Baltimore, but the kidnappers were a far craftier type of villains than the modern streamlined snatchers of children and old men. They were Indians, in this case Susquehannocks, their act being attributed to vengeance. In June 1637 the Nanticoles complained to the whites at ‘Old Baltimore’ that one of their members, whom they described as the ‘mad Indian’ had been murdered at Bush River by three white men, one of whom was a servant of Mrs. Stansberry, who lived there. The Indians complained that these men had not been properly punished for their crime and so they started counter-outrages, beginning by murdering the head of a family named Evock, on Middle River. The Susquehannocks then took up the cudgels for the persecuted Red man and succeeded in kidnapping the eldest son of William Osborne, who had built the first house in Old Baltimore and owned the ferry there, which was operated for him by Philip Phillips, a member of the family, whose old burial grounds is one of the present landmarks aiding in the location of the vanished town. The kidnappers were vigorously pursued, even being followed across the Chesapeake , but Osborne never saw his son again, though in later years he was informed by an old chief that the lost boy was living, was kindly treated, and had become a chief among the Red Men; and the legend even goes further, goes, in fact to the extent of saying that it was this adopted chieftain, of the Susquehannocks, that signed the treaty between Penn and the Indians in 1682”
Note: William Penn – Treaty With the Indians 1682 at Shackamaxon …the verbal treaty made between William Penn and an Indian Chief, regarding the land, Pennsylvania, which had been granted to Penn by the King of England. (Shackamaxon or Shakamaxon was a village inhabited by Delaware (Lenape) Indians, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1682, William Penn reportedly signed a treaty with the leaders of the Delaware village – although this treaty cannot be conclusively authenticated)
-1744 From TenBears (Gordon Para Wa Samen O’Owatie, Paramount Principal Chief Ani-Giduhwa O’Ouka of the Tsalagi) has told me, in reference to the kidnapped Osborne boy: “Your ancestor is listed as being of descent of John Rolfe and Pocahontas, whose mother was Tsalagi (Cherokee). In your case, the Osborne [boy] was passed off to the Tsalagi (Cherokee), and was raised as a Tsalagi, and married into the Tsalagi. The Osbornes married into the Tsalagi (Cherokee) Mattripony, Panmunkeys, and Catawba Nations. Your affiliation shakes out in the Cherokee Nation. We also doubled checked the Dr Emmett Starr directory to make sure, and then shook down a few more trees to be doubly sure. He did sit at a treaty of 1744 in Lancaster, Penna in the Houdensaunee Delegation. Last we track him he is with Dragging Canoe in 1774. You have a line that goes back a long way, beyond the 1300’s if you will only listen and accept.”
Note: The Treaty of 1744 [June] The focus of this treaty was a land dispute between Virginia, Maryland, and the Iroquois League. Pennsylvania arranged the treaty council in an attempt to play the role of honest broker. Virginia and Maryland agreed to attend because the Iroquois threatened to forcibly extract payment from frontier settlements, which they claimed had encroached upon their lands. This threat was relayed through Pennsylvania. (The Haudenosaunee, a confederation of Nations comprised of the Mohawk Nation, Oneida Nation, Onondaga Nation, Cayuga .Nation, Seneca Nation and Tuscarora Nation.)
Note: Tsi’yu-gunsini (Dragging Canoe) was born ca. 1738 Died: March 1, 1792
Note: If Thomas “Chief” Osborn was born in 1664 he would be 80 years old in 1774
-1774 Dragging Canoe… and the Quebec Act of 1774…. The last day of the Lancaster Treaty Council was in the Courthouse in Lancaster on July 4, 1774…
Posted: April 2009
Sarah Hoots
Query: I am looking for any information on John Griffin, my gggf. According to family legend, he ran away from home when he was a young man to marry a Cherokee maiden. Would love to know more information. Thanks in advance.
Posted: April 2009
Roy Brooks
Query: John Richard Brooks was my great great grandfather who lived in Lafayette, TN in Macon county. He was full blooded Cherokee and is buried in the J. R. Brooks cemetery named after him in Lafayette. I would appreciate any info you have. Thank you, Roy.
Posted: April 2009
Jamie Crafton
Query: I have found my ancestor on the Guion Miller Role and it is said that his mother was full cherokee. Her name is Martha Durham. I was told that her father was named Henry Durham and her mother was Sarah Conway. I was just wondering if anyone had information on these individuals.
Posted: April 2009
Saundra Melancon
Query: I’m trying to find out if my great grandmother registered as a Cherokee back in the 1800s. We were told her father was a chief. I don’t know the name of the man she married other than it was Bishop and her son’s (my grandfather) name was George Harris Bishop and they lived in Kansas for a while and then Oklahoma. Her first name was Joni but not sure of it’s spelling.
Posted: April 2009
Jim
Query: My gr-gr grandfather’s name is Bird Minton, born abt 1833 in Ky, or Va. and married Julia born abt 1835 in Tenn.
Posted: April 2009
