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Dr. Charlotte Stinson
Query: Ethelinda Riley one half Cherokee born August 10,1862 died Dec 28, 1936 married George Washington Price who may have been part Cherokee also. He was born July 11, 1859 and died March 16, 1930. Moved by wagon with family to Dodson, La about 1900. Nine children 1. Sterling Barto Price born Oct 3, 1880. 2. Nancy Ella Price born July 26, 1882. 3. Mary Jane Elizabeth Price born July 22, 1884. 4. General Washington Price born August 1, 1886. 5. William Thomas Price born July 25, 1892. 6. Ida Isabella Price born Nov 29, 1894 (Ida is my grandmother. Married to Robert Walter Hughes. Died Jan 3, 1989). 7. Fannie Cilonia Price born May 6, 1897. 8. Anna Malissa Price (Paige) born Nov 29, 1898 (alive and living at Fountain View Nursing home in Springhill, La. She will be 100 this Nov. and is the only living child). 9. Annie Mae Price born June 14, 1901 member of Primitative Baptist church in Dothan, Alabama.
Posted: December 1998
Melanie Barnes
Query: I am looking for Thurman, Barnes, McGill.
Posted: December 1998
Angela McCloud Donnelly
Query: Bristow, Jimet A. Suzie. Looking for any information on my great, great grandmother. Said to Cherokee. (1858 – 1921?) Married William “Bill” McAlister Oct. 10, 1877 in Arkansas. Want information on her heritage.
Posted: December 1998
Sue Janz
Query: Seeking any info on Memucan Hunt Allen (Allin) born 1753 in Virginia. Father listed as Joseph born 1711, New Kent Co, Charlotte, Va. Mother Sarah Hunt. Brothers, sisters: Benjamin, Robert, Charles, Anne, jean, Susannah. Memucan adopted?
Posted: December 1998
Wanda Coletta
Query: John Svois on Mason County Ky. Census 1860 age 57, daughter Swana 15, son Andrew 11, son Henry 18 looking for info on him, his children & their mother believed to be Cherokee. Swise, Shepherd/Shepard
Posted: December 1998
Rhonda Sims-Giles
Query: Looking for Cherokee ancestory. Mother: Dorothy Ann Wagner, DOB 01-10-1939, Fort Smith, Arkansaw. Maternal grandmother: Mary Ruth Spear. Maternal great grandmother: Eliza Virginia Banks, DOB 05-18-1869, Died 1938. Maternal great grandfather: William King Spear, DOB 12-27-1861. Maternal great aunt: Virginia Grace Spear, DOB 02-06-1896. Maternal great great grandfather: William Jasper Banks. Maternal great great uncle: Jasper Franklin Banks. Maternal great great great grandfather: last name Baugh; first name unknown; Trail of Tears to North Carolina in 1836; moved to Koskanon (sp?), MO and Keokek, Iowa. Father: Fredell Sims, DOB 01-20-1933 @ Dyer Rural. Paternal grandfather: William Joseph Sims, born in TN?, DOB ?. Paternal grandmother: Dewey Atnipp. Paternal great grandfather: William Joseph Sims ??. Paternal great great grandfather: Preston Sims. Paternal great great grandmother: Mollee Sims. Paternal great great grandmother: Janie Atnipp. I can be reached at PO Box 536, Harrisburg, OR 97446 (541) 995-9313.
Posted: December 1998
Dwayne Watson
Query: Frazier and Rebecca Squires
Posted: December 1998
Bob Melton
Query: Melton
Posted: December 1998
Gary Lee
Query: Katy Grimes: born approx. 1874 in Ash North Carolina. Can not find this name on Eastern Rolls. All records in Ash said to be destroyed in turn of century fire. We are unmistakably Cherokees but unable to document it.
Posted: December 1998
Michael Bumagin
Query: Jesse Russell was my wife’s grandfather. His mother was a Cherokee but her name is lost in the mists of time. The Russells lived in Oklahoma.
Posted: December 1998
Alan Sultuska
Query: I lost contact with the Indian side of my family. So I dont know any names.
Posted: December 1998
Sandra Wardell
Query: Sarah Ellenburg: I believe was born in Cocke Co, TN approximately 1859. I show that she lived in Hancock Co., TN in the 1880 Census. Around 1890, she moved from Hancock, TN with her husband, James Benjamin Dickey and her full blooded Cherokee grandmother, to Arkansas Co., Arkansas. Family history says that she was “adopted” into the Willis Ellenburg family as an infant, taking the Ellenburg name. I have been trying for over 10 years to find out more about my elusive great great grandmother. Is anyone out there searching this same line?
Posted: December 1998
Linda
Query: Tom Walker: He was 1/2 Cherokee Indian. He married Martha Peachy Walker. One of their children was Beatrice Pauline Walker Byan Hockensmith. I haven’t any dates but he was my husbands great-great-grandfather.
Posted: December 1998
Lisa Bowman
Query: Pheba Jane Thomas Mills was born c1878 to Wiley and Sally Thomas. Pheba and Wiley are believed to have been born in TN. Sally’s place of birth is given as “US”. Pheba Jane was married to James Mills, with whom she had 4 living children. Three of these children were William Floyd, Lawrence, and Carlis. After 1910, Pheba lived as a widow in Scott Co. TN with her sons.
Posted: December 1998
Boots Attaway
Query: Ataway, Hent: Born, ?; killed in Dallas,Tx after being mistaken for a black man. Changed his name on the reservation in Ok so he could leave it. Had 3 known sons Gib Attaway, William “Bill” Attaway, and Emmitt A. Attaway.
Posted: December 1998
Rebecca Christian
Query: Jumper
Posted: December 1998
Arthur Hendrickson
Query: Rapier, Williams, Hill, Goulg
Posted: December 1998
Kaye Didway
Query: Sarah Reynolds
Posted: December 1998
Vicki Smith
Query: Ada Rhodes: Born February 17, 1891, supposedly in Rusk County, TX. I have been told she was part Indian. She married Charles (Charlie) Benton Broadway on November 18, 1906. I would like to find any and all information on her that I can. Charles (Charlie) Benton Broadway was born December 24, 1886 supposedly in England, Ark. He married Ada Rhodes, November 18, 1906. I have been told he is full blood Cherokee. His father’s name is Haywood Broadway. I am looking for any and all information I can find.
Posted: December 1998
Norma DeVita
Query: Alfred Jackson Sanders born 2/16/1829 Cherokee Tribe, Whitfield, GA. Married Juda Margaret Crowder. Died 11/27/1889 in Monroe Co., TN.
Posted: December 1998
Vernon Vance
Query: Looking for Effie Miller born Bona, Missouri 1891 or 1892 married to Charles Walter Vance in Aldrich, Missouri County of Polk. Effie Miller; Swm Miller
Posted: December 1998
Felicia Randall
Query: unknown, Varzilla: I am looking for relatives of what would be my great grandmother-in-law. She was supposidly of full Cherokee decent. Born in 1886. She had a daughter by her 1st marriage named Fronia. Her second marriage was to Jake Lightner Robbins in Stanford, OH. They had an additional 10 children. All of the Indian heritage about Varzilla was kept secret. If you have ever heard this name please contact me.
Posted: December 1998
April Guthrie
Query: Fred Palone
Posted: December 1998
Rhyne
Query: Mooney, White
Posted: December 1998
Tim Hopkins
Query: Emma Francis, born abt 1872, dau of John and Becky Francis. Emma m. Jim Connell
Posted: December 1998
Barbara Prescott
Query: Sarah (Sally) Foxworth was the 2nd wife of Benjamin Jefferson Fordham. Sarah is said to have been a full blooded Cherokee Indian. Sarah and her husband lived in Bullock County, GA. There first child was Georgia Lucille Fordham, born 11/14/1903 in Bullock County, GA. died 2/1/1965 buried in Habersham Cemetary, Millen, GA. Georgia married Carl Oscar Prescott on 2/1/1920 in Brooklet, GA. I am currently looking for information on Sarah Foxworth to prove that she was indeed a full blooded Cherokee Indian (She is the great-great grandmother of my son).
Posted: December 1998
Michealee Garcia
Query: Evertt C, Don, Leo. Long
Posted: December 1998
Martie Stevenson
Query: Turner, Lillie (Lily) Moody (b) @ 1880. Married James Pinkney Bishop and lived in Greenville, SC. 12 Children.
Posted: December 1998
Cynthia Hall
Query: Lily Ellen Hardwick born 1903? in Kentucky, ?Cumberland Falls area. Married at 12 or 13 years of age to Sturm Thurmon Carroll (born Feb 12, 1890). Her mother Mary Hardwick-Lovel was born ?1885 and was married to Abe Hardwick, who died young. Both Lily Ellen and Sturm passed away in 1968 in Appalachia, VA. Mary Hardwick married Ivory Lovel at a later date. She died around 1946, place unknown. Have been told since a little girl, my great-grandmother was full Cherokee, Seneca Native American. Am seeking any information concerning this, as well as any information regarding Lily Ellen’s date and place of birth. Also seeking any Native American ties to my grandfather, who my father has said is also part Native American.
Posted: December 1998
Linda Hood
Query: Henson, Hinson
Posted: December 1998
Kathy Lohr
Query: Ella Mae Loving (Perhaps Lovell): D.O.B. 1868/1870? Place of death: Wilburton, OK.
Posted: December 1998
Joyce Scobey
Query: Carico (or maybe Calico), Anna Dolly. She married Henry Osborne, they had twins Anna Louise & Elbert 9-5-1919 born in Los Angeles, CA.
Posted: December 1998
Carl Ferrell
Query: Looking for information on Sara A. Harris, born 1797 in South Carolina and Darcus Rebecca Harris born 17 March 1825 died 1869 in Harding County, Tennessee.
Posted: December 1998
Leslie Lynn Granados
Query: Mossie Ann Hatfield: Born on April 19, 1893 in Fonde, Kentucky. She died June 10, 1968. She married Rufus Martin Stout on May 16, 1908 in Bell County. I am looking for any further information that dates back further than 1893. Specifically, her parents, her siblings, etc.
Posted: December 1998
Gary Landers
Query: Polly Murphy listed on 1850 census North Carolina census, had several children by Whiplash, a Cherokee Indian, also children by another man, one child was Arch Murphy.
Posted: December 1998
Pat Jackson
Query: Hughes, May
Posted: December 1998
Royce Rhoda
Query: Joe Ross great grandfather, Cally Thomas great grandmother, Elose Loraine Ross grandmother, Joyce Marie Hicks Rhoda mother.
Posted: December 1998
Freda Eckles Eddleman
Query: Looking for information on John Edward Ross born Jan. 1825 who married Nancy Brown born cir. 1832-1840. Their son James M. Ross born June 1854 married Martha Jane Ramsey born July 1857. Both born Marion County, Tenn. James burried Ross Mountain, Tenn. Family history has John Ross and James Ross descended from Cherokee Chief John Ross. Any information to confirm this or information relating to descendents of Chief John Ross would be appreciated.
Posted: December 1998
Kathy Carter-White
Query: Seeking historical or personal information about John Wesley Ross, b. ca. 1824 prob. TN. Oral tradition is that he was the child of a TN Ross girl and a man from Boston who wrote books and taught at Indian schools, and travelled in TN and MS. Something happened to John’s parents (not sure what) and he was raised by a family, Meeks, Meigs. John Wesley Ross came West to Old Settler land, present-day Newton and Pope Counties, AR and settled with mixed-blood families (Blevins, Standridge, Yates, Meeks) around Richland Creek, where he was ultimately carried off and killed by bushwhackers in the Civil War while plowing. (He shows up there married as of 1844). Other, more or less plausible oral history tellings which don’t necessarily all fit together and may or may not be true: He was a “scout” on the Trail of Tears, and left back East because he was blamed for things he didn’t do because he was a “halfbreed.” His father was McCollum, McHolland, Mulkey, or something like that. My theory is that he may have been a child of a student and missionary at Brainerd or Candy Creek. Maybe a son of missionary Holland and Jenny Ross (later Mulkey), the latter of whom was young when her mother died and was taken in by her sister, Elizabeth Ross Meigs. I’ve been trying to research his origin for ten-plus years and would like any info, speculations, historical points, discussion, etc.
Posted: December 1998
A. Furgiuele
Query: Sapa/Sappa, (unknown): We have an unusual situation. My fiance’s grandfather was adopted as a very young child. He goes by the adopted parents name now, but he remembers the last name Sapa. (spelling is also unknown) He does not know his real first name, only a nickname Darwa. His adopted Irish parents were very prejediced and told him only that he was Cherokee and he was lucky to be out of the reservation if he asked about his true ancestory. To complicate things, his birth certificate is nowhere to be found. His children have searched archives and have done extensive research to no avail. They were told that it may have been destroyed in a fire occuring in 1920. Grandfather is getting rather old and we are trying to solve this mystery as soon as we can.
Posted: December 1998
Charles
Query: Thomas Harvey Shelton was born around 1850 (place unknown). He was Cherokee and practiced both white and Native medicine around Pryor Creek, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). He applied for readmittance of citizenship in 1896 and was referred to the committee on citizenship at the same time as Daniel Ross and his son. I show this from Tribal Council proceedings as indicated in the Cherokee Advocate. Can anyone tell me where to go from here. My great aunt was going to go down to enroll in the 1930’s but didn’t want to. She had proof but she died before explaining anything. She just said her father was Cherokee. Dr. Shelton also worked for the Osage Rez when they were in Kansas. I belive he is related to the Shelton’s in Emmett Starr’s book that were in Bryan’s battalon in the civil war (Joseph and Samuel), Robert and Rebecca Shelton on the Emmigration Rolls, along with the Absolom Shelton who came over on the Trail of Tears (I have record of this). Any information to help a college student out would more the great be appreciated. Wado Nigada!!
Posted: December 1998
Cathy Garcia (Townsend)
Query: I am looking for any information on Ida May Smith born in Joplin Missouri April 21, 1895. Her father was John Smith, no name for her mother as there were rumors that Ida’s mother was Indian. She married Robert E. Lee Townsend at the Friends Church in Miami on May 9, 1914, she was 19 years old. The Pastor who presided over the marriage was Jeremiah Hubbard
Posted: December 1998
Robert Tessman
Query: John Southards: He was born on May 1, 1885 (I believe) and was with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. He settled in Franklin, North Carolina. He married Ida Welch and had three daugters: Nobia (My grandmother), Faye and Floy.
Garry Remington
Query: John (I.) Springston: Birth, death and marriage dates unknown. I am trying to establish relationship to William Springston, trader and linguist among the Cherokee abt 1750-1790. Also, I would like to determine origins of this family outside CN. John (I) was married to Nancy ______. Nancy was also married to _____ Wilson, Doublehead and John Foreman. Nancy may have been Drumgoole(?). Children of John (I.) we know of were (John) Anderson b. 1813/4 and Issac b.1817 (?). Emmet Starr has documented some of the Springston clan but early family history remains unknown. Sons Anderson and Issac and half brother James Foreman were implicated in the conspiracy to assassinate John Walker in 1835(?), Major Ridge, his son John Ridge and Elias Boudinot in 1842. To be fair we must mention that Major Ridge had assassinated Chief Doublehead earlier in 1807 for the same offense, making land cessions to the whites. Apparently these men served as unaknowledged enforcers for Chief John Ross. Any info on Springston would be appreciated. More than willing to share what I have.
Posted: December 1998
Noma Kelton Henderson
Query: George Washington Starr b abt 1806 Ohio d bef 1880 Faulkner Co Ark. Married Elizabeth b abt 1808 Tn. Tn 1840 Census Tipton Co, Ark 1850 1870 Census Conway Co, Ark 1860 Census Van Buren Co. Blacksmith. Children: Malinda Jane b Apr 1824 Tn m Zackariah Reece 15 Oct 1841 Tipton Co Tn; Eleander Caroline b abt 1828 Tn m W T Heffington Conway Co Ark; James b July 1829 Tn m Gelina Battenfield 28 Aug 1850 Pope Co Ark; Andrew Jackson b 20 Oct 1836 Tn m Amanda J Conway Co Ark. Family tradition is Cherokee. Have no links to prove that. Would like to find George W’s father and family. The children listed are those living next door to Zac and Malinda Reece in Conway Co Ark. Interested in the Reece connection also. Who was Zac’s father?
Posted: December 1998
Greg Logue
Query: I would like information on Thomas Benton Stewart. He was born August 9, 1880 in Alabama. He was married on December 2, 1902 to Nellie Rose Ladd in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. He died May 26, 1966 in Rockport, Texas. He was buried in Aransas Pass, Texas. Nellie Ladd was born September 21st 1886 in Kansas. She died in Taft, Texas. She was also buried in Aransas Pass, Texas. Her father’s name was Christopher Marion Ladd And her Mother’s name was Margaret Isabell Connley. They had 9 children. They are: 1: Millie Myrtle Born: October 4th 1903, 2: Pearl Aretta Born: November 22nd 1905, 3: Earl Nicholas Born: March 1907, 4: Vivian Frances Born: 1908, 5: Glenore Benton Born: September 1st 1912, 6: Ruby Maye Born: May 25th 1915, 7: Robert Marion Born: August 3rd 1918, 8: Hazel Bernice Born: December 8th 1921, 9: Herman Leamon Born: 1924. My grandmother told me that Thomas Stewart’s (her granfather) was Cherokee. I would like his parents name and any other information of his ancestry that you can come up with.
Posted: December 1998
Pat Lamkin
Query: I am looking for any information about my great-grandfather Calvin Stidham married to Sarah Clark Stidham. They had two children Lydia Ann my grandmother and Mary. Lydia Ann first married Sam Green, then after his death married Edwin Duckworth.
Posted: December 1998
Pete Counter
Query: My grandfathers grandmother was named Lucy Swan. She was full blooded Cherokee. My grandfathers name was Ira Otto Dillard, he was from Georgia. I have little information of my family history and would like to see what I can find.
Posted: December 1998
Glenn Laferriere
Query: Lynch, Laferriere, Koehler
Posted: December 1998
Kim Hurtado
Query: Groves, Cantrell
Posted: December 1998
Val Houlihan
Query: Pharis, Beebe, McEveney
Posted: December 1998
Sheila Keener
Query: Faulkner
Posted: December 1998
C. Edens
Query: I’m looking for more information on Peggie Johnson – married John Moody 11/4/1900 in Leon County, FL. In particular her parents. Her mother was a full-blooded Cherokee and may have been named “Spazzie” (or something similar).
Posted: December 1998
Ruth LaBranche
Query: Black, Emmaline, Belle: I believe Emmaline’s last name is Black it could be Belle. All I have on her is that she married Andrew Majors and they had one child, Jesse Wilbur Majors, that I know of who was born 7 June 1882 in New Salem, Kansas. I was told that she is either full or half Cherokee. She is my great-greatgrandmother.
Posted: December 1998
Linda Reid
Query: Brasier, Brashear
Posted: December 1998
Mary Jurmain
Query: Frances Reynolds: She lived in the early 1900’s and gave birth to my grandfather, Wallace Mills, then died when he was very small. She lived in the general vicinity of Crosset, Arkansas.
Posted: December 1998
Bonnie Osborn
Query: Church, Tenie, Tenie was from Ohio.
Posted: December 1998
Kimberly Capps
Query: Capps
Posted: December 1998
Pat Closs
Query: Norman, Allie Matilda (Miranda? Malinda?) born c.1835 in Kentucky. Married Joseph Pinkney Harrison 4 June 1854 in White County, Ark. Had a brother named Henry. Lived in White County between 1870 & 1880. Her name then may have been Heffington.
Posted: December 1998
Coman
Query: I don’t know much about my paternal heritage except my father was born in Sharon, PA on June 16, 1915. His mother Pauline died when he was around 3 and his father died when he was around 7. He was raised in a state school in PA. We believe he (or the state agency) changed his name at some point between high school and serving in the Army in the Phillipines to the shortened name of Coman from Comonato or something like that. He spoke once of an uncle on his father’s side going to live in Mexico.
Posted: December 1998
Pam Sweeney
Query: Info on Emma C. Wheeler married Issac T. Story 1853 in Ohio. Daughter of Seimore Wheeler Jr. and Emmaly Andrews.
Posted: December 1998
Pwallace
Query: Looking for any and all information regarding Ophelia Culbreath or the Culbreath name. Ophelia had two sisters, Cordelia and Mary, and one brother. Ophelia resided in Henderson, Texas and her siblings resided in Houston, Texas. Please e-mail with any information regarding this family.
Posted: December 1998
Starr Pruitt
Query: Steffey, Traveling Starr: She was bought for 12 horses, I’m looking for an relitives or information on her. (Death Certificate, Bill of Sales).
Posted: December 1998
Hales, Monica
Query: Hales
Posted: December 1998
Deidre Wright
Query: Boyd, Bostic, Armstrong, Wright
Posted: December 1998
Whetstone
Query: Looking for information regarding the lineage of Richard Whetstone, a full blooded Cherokee Indian, who would have been born between 1860-1870. He had a son Andy Whetstone who married Harriett Martin. They were the parents of Murphy, M.T., Albert, and Ernest Whetstone. Murphy, my Grandfather, was born on Dec. 7, 1900. He married Ophelia Culbreath and they were the parents of my father J. W. Whetstone. The family lived in Henderson, TX (East Texas) until death. Richard was my great-great grandfather.
Posted: December 1998
Judi A. Chmiko
Query: Julia McPherson married John Lanier and resided in Texas. Julia was full blooded Cherokee and my grandmother. She died in 1934 and is buried in Daingerfield Texas.
Posted: December 1998
Charyl West
Query: Sally Ann Berry Stacy: Looking for info. on Cherokee Heritage. Greatmother lived in Ark. She was an orphan. Married Will Stacy.
Posted: December 1998
Evelyn
Query: Paul, Edge
Posted: December 1998
Maria Hernandez
Query: Browning
Posted: December 1998
Katherine Wells
Query: I am looking for information on my Great-Grandmother. She was born Mary Magdalene McKinnon on Mar. 1, 1888 in Washington County, Ark. she told my grandmother that she was born and raised on the reservation. Mary’s mothers name was Curzy or Kersy. Mary married William M. Parker in Nov.1905 in Ok. They had 6 children, Elizabeth (Lizzie), Raymond, Lillie, Ida (Earsel), Ruby (Opal), Helen (Jewel). Mary died Mar. 3,1920. Iam looking for more info on Mary and her parents.
Posted: December 1998
Robert E. Wilson
Query: Carolyn Melton d. 1878 in Hazen, AK. She died after delivering her fifth child. Her husband was Francis Marion Isbell. Her mother was a member of the Sand Hills of the Cherokee Nation. Her gr.dau, my aunt, is now 90yo, lives in TX. Still sharp of mind and wants to know anything about her that she can learn. The surname may have been Minton or Maxwell but other family members feel sure it was Melton.
Richard E. Anderson Sr.
Query: Elizabeth “Molly” Miller: b.Oct 4 1835 Ohio, d. May 29 1905 Oliver Twn. Kalaska, Mich, married James Six; had 11 children, b Nov 1830, d.April 23 1892. She was the daughter of John Miller and Susan Penrod. I am trying to trace any Cherokee roots there. She was said to have been Cherokee and I think it would be from the Penrod side.
Posted: December 1998
Steve Hanna
Query: I am looking for any information on Sanford Truman Mitchel born in Oklahoma in the early 1920’s or his parents, his mothers name was Myrtle Mitchel.
Posted: December 1998
D. Cappel
Query: Looking for information on Rebecka Ann Morely. She was born in GA and married William Riley Holt they moved to Pine Level, Ala. William Riley Holt and Rebecka Ann Morely had two daughters to survive, Eliza R. Holt who married Christopher Colubus Money, and Mary Ann. Rebecka Ann Morely may have been Cherokee.
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Martha Lackey
Query: Annie Munlin/Mullin: I am researching my children’s Indian ancestry. Their gr grandmother was Annie Munlin, b. 1862, married John A. L. Lackey on 2 Dec 1879 in Lauderdale Co., MS. Their children were Erma b. May 1882, Lenna b. Aug 1887, Edna b. 1889, Longstreet b. 1891, Price Dec 1896, and John b. Oct 1899. Her husband John A.L. Lackey d. Sep 1901 in Montgomery Co, MS. Annie d. 1903 in Webster Co., MS. I can’t find her on any census as a child. On the 1880 Marengo Co., AL census she lists no place for her date of birth. On the 1900 census she had left her place of birth blank, but states both of her parents were born in NC, Family legend is that she was either full or part Indian. An empty envelope addressed to her from the Bureau of Indian Affairs dated 1902 was found in her possessions after her death. I have no other info regarding Annie.
Posted: December 1998
Norris
Query: Norris, Dandy Clifton born 1907 in White County, Georgia or Oconee, South Carolina.
Posted: December 1998
Shannon Martin
Query: Elizabeth R. Norris was born I believe in Kentucky in the early 1800’s. She was believed to be full blooded Cherokee Indian, she married a Martin G. Akin. They were my great great great great grandparents. I am trying to find out any information on Elizabeth and her family (her parents & siblings) and to find out if any of them were put on the Dawes rolls. I know that they had at least one son Artemus Montgomery Akin b:06 Apr 1846 in KY d:21 Jul 1920 in KY he was married to Nancy Clay Carey and they had at least one daughter Mary Cansy Akin b:22 Aug 1872 in KY d:09 Oct 1960 in OK she married John Washington Rayburn they had several children one of thise was my great grandmother (she always talked of the Cherokee blood that we have in us but I was to young to wrute it down) her name was Nancy Montgomery Rayburn b:06 Oct 1899 in KY d:19 Nov 1992 she married Thomas Jessie Milam (no relation to the Chief of the Cherokee Nation that I know of) They had 5 children of which one of them was my grandmother. Edna Myrtle Milam b:17 Nov 1925 d: Apr 1991 her first marriage was to my grandfather Arley Henry Wisdom (still living) they had 2 sons the youngest is my father. None of my family had taken much of an interest in genealogy until I started asking questions, and I am the one that is willing to do the searching so any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry this is so long I tend to get carried away.
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Warreen Braem
Query: Manerva Parker: I would like to know more about the Parker family. There was a Chief Parker at that time when my ancestors were there. My grandmother’s maiden name was Nancy Louise Parker and she was born around 1920. She live with her parents, her brother Enyness & sister Ruth in a place called Fort Coffee, Oklahoma. There were 5 civilized tribes living there at the time. Cherokee & Choctaw were two of them, at least this is what I’ve been told. My grandfather’s name was William Cowan & he had a twin brother named Wiles. His parents also had other children of which I do not have any information about. My grandfather’s mothers maiden name was Hattie Mathas. His fathers name was William Sanford McMurray and he fought in the Spanish American War. I was told there was a lot of war going on back then on the Indian’s territory. It was graet period of strife between the Indian Tribes and the prevailing government.
Posted: December 1998
Richard E. Anderson Sr.
Query: Susan Penrod: Born unknown, died unknown, married: John Miller, children: daughter was Elizabeth “Molly” Miller b. Oct 4 1835 d. May 29,1905. I am looking for cherokee roots, as I was told by my grandmother.
Posted: December 1998
Sue Lloyd
Query: Hester Ann Pepper: Hester’s father was Tilley Pepper (b. 1805 Ga). Mother was Sarah (b. 1808 Ga). They were in Murray Co. Ga. in 1850. They are suppose to be Cherokee or part. They had Hester in 1831. Married John Jordan Bartlett 28 May, 1848. Their children: John b.1834, Mahaly b.1836, Lucy b.1838, Huldah E. b.1843, and Martha E. b.1845.
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Danny Plaster
Query: Emma Lee Plaster (or possibly Emmalee Plaster) was a Cherokee Indian of which little is known. She last resided in Union County, Tennessee (near the town of Tazewell) and died around 1920. She had married a man named Howard Seymour and changed the family name to Plaster in honor of the family that took care of her and her children after Howard was imprisoned for unknown reasons. Emma or Emmalee was my Great Grandmother and I would like any information about her that I can obtain.
Posted: December 1998
Lee Ann Seideman
Query: I am looking for any information about Susan Quinn, who was thought to be full-blood Cherokee. Quinn was her married name. She was the mother of John Henry Quinn who was born about 1840 and died in a railroad accident at Ft. Smith, AR May 30, 1895. Her name could have been Susannah.
Posted: December 1998
Judy Zeeb
Query: (unknown) Ragsdale: 1860’s Ragsdale, Pine Bluff, Missouri, full blooded (?) Cherokee Indian. My great granfather. Was found dead in a pool of oil near an oil rig. (An assumption made by my grandfather from rumor.) Was this name English and he is only half? I don’t have alot to go on. He had one son named Ed Ragsdale who owned a wood mill of some kind. Ed married Althea and had three sons. Ed died 2\1965. Help me get started.
Posted: December 1998
Lisa-Nicole Meridew
Query: Edgar Ridgeway: I am investigating my heritage, but I’m not sure how to start. If anyone can give me any information on the last names Meridew or Ridgeway, or other places I can look, please contact me.
Posted: December 1998
R. Downs
Query: William Taylor Johnston or possibly William L. Johnston: Born 1867 in Tenn. Went to Haskell Institute as a student in 1890. Listed as a full-blood Shawnee. But the family history always claimed Cherokee.
Posted: December 1998
Deborah Stewart
Query: Nancy Boren born c1770 in Virginia died February 11, 1851 in Ellis Co, Texas supposedly a full-blood Cherokee Indian. In 1828 Nancy with 7 children came to Texas and received a Mexican Land Grant in the Milam and Burleson Counties area north of San Andrew River. Married to James Boren, Sr. in 1786 in South Carolina. James Boren born c 1768 in North Carolina, died October 20, 1826 in Hempstead Co., Ark. on the way to Texas.
Posted: December 1998
Bob Callahan
Query: Edward Parker Willis born Bedford, Virginia, January 09, 1862 died August 27, 1939 Fairmont, West Virginia. He married Margaret Ann Beverly on July 27, 1883 in Amherst, Virginia. She was the granddaughter of Samuel and Rhoda Terry Beverly. Edward’s parents were Jack Willis and Malinda ? Looking for siblings of Edward and also more about his parents. Samuel Beverly born 1797 probably Virginia died 1881 Virginia. He married Rhoda Terry in Amherst county Virginia March 12, 1819.
Posted: December 1998
Ann Green
Query: Sophie Bentley died in Elberton County, Pinehurst, GA in 1892. I am trying to start a genealogy record and she is my great grandmother.
Posted: December 1998
David McCoy Jr.
Query: Mack (or Mckelroy) Frank b.(unknown) d.(unknown), lived in Forsyth/Guilford Co. NC with wife Alice. With her fathered 5 children, one of whom is Eddie Del b.1894(95). Eddie married Lula Petree and lived in Forsyth Co. Both Eddie and Lula were believed to be Cherokee decendents. They are my great grandparents. Lula was from a place called Redbank. She also b.1894. Lula’s parents: m. Dicey Copelan, f. Lewis Petree.
Posted: December 1998
Lisa Swaney
Query: Laura Novella Nickels
Posted: December 1998
Chris Flesor
Query: Redwing (later given name Adams) possibly from Tennessee. Possible given name was Samuel.
Posted: December 1998
Elaine Maxwell
Query: Eldora Stephens was born Nov. 3, 1890 in Missouri and died April 25, 1952 in Gideon MO. Her father was Bill Stephens and her mother’s first name was Martha. I am looking for more information about her parents and any siblings. Eldora was married four times last names Cotton, Nolin, Nelson, and John H. Clark.
Posted: December 1998
Debra Merskin
Query: I am investigating the following surnames: Gillham or Gillam. One first name is Enoch. The other name is Scarborough.
Posted: December 1998
Elizabeth Miller
Query: Peyton, Payton, Moad, Maad
Posted: December 1998
Julie Morehead
Query: Ida Cloud: Married John Elmer Edmisten. Looking for information on Ida Cloud and whether she was listed on the roll. Settled in southwest Missouri.
Posted: December 1998
Cindy
Query: Norman, West, Alford, Purvis, Miller
Posted: December 1998
Bill Brown
Query: Mary F. Sands: Born April 30, 1864, Saline County, MO. Married May 30, 1880, Henry County, MO to George M. Cole. She had 8 children: Willie M., Johnie M., Jessie L., Frank H., Earnest E., Mattie (Mae) L., Claud and Clyde (Twins). According to family history, she is 1/2 Cherokee and my great grandmother. I am trying to find her mother’s name who should be full Cherokee.
Posted: December 1998
Brenda Smithey
Query: I am searching for the name of a Cherokee Indian woman who married Matterson Henderson. They had a son named Robert Kendrick Henderson, born about 1890 to 1900 in Oklahoma. I believe she later married another man whose last name was Duncan.
Posted: December 1998
Teresa Armachain
Query: Armachain
Posted: December 1998
Downng
Query: Rubin Downing. All I know is that he came to Oklahoma during the Trail of Tears and settled in the Craig Co. area of Oklahoma.
Posted: December 1998
John White
Query: Telitha Davis was born in North Carolina @1755. She married Ichabod Davis in the late 1700’s. She died @ 1840 (no location known). Her daughter (name unknown) married Charles Sineath of Colleton Co., SC. Their child was Jesse S. Sineath born in 1810.
Posted: December 1998
Diane Davis
Query: John Victory lived in Tennessee in the mid 1800’s. He married Parthenia Gibson and had two children; James Calvin and William. I am looking for information about any of these ancestors; place of birth and death.
Posted: December 1998
Judy Gaddis Samuel
Query: Father’s name was William Crockett Gaddis, his ancestors came from Kentucky and always said he was of the Cherokee tribe on father’s side.
Posted: December 1998
Barbara Brown
Query: Jolly/Jollay/Jolley, Larrance/Lawrence, Lay, Hammond
Posted: December 1998
Karla Hunter
Query: George Washington Montgomery born July 25, 1876, died March 1970. Resided in or around, Madison, Davidson, TN. Married Fannie Manervia (Griffin). They had 12 children, one being my father, John Bailey.
Posted: December 1998
Tamara Strohm
Query: Elizabeth Bowers: Died and buried in Michigan, lived in Coldwater, Michigan for awhile. Had a daughter named Judy Ann Bowers. I am looking for any information I can get on her or her parents. She was supposedly born on a reservation.
Posted: December 1998
Derenda Howard
Query: Hooper, Pickelsimer, Smith
Posted: December 1998
Martha Walker
Query: Smith, female. Married name, gave birth to my grandmother, Jesse, who married Jesse R. Odom and lived for many years in Lutesville, MO, near the present-day Marble Hill, MO. Great-grandmother Smith was supposedly full-blooded Cherokee. I am anxious to find out if she was on the roll.
Posted: December 1998
James Mithell
Query: James Floyd Whiting was born in Jackson County, Missouri, Dec. 1889. He died in Yuba City, CA, (Sutter County) in Nov. 1978. His father’s name was Rose Whiting – supposedly full-blooded Cherokee. James was married twice – Molly (died of coller?) and my maternal grandmother Ethie Belle Tassey. I am trying to establish my Cherokee heritage, but cannot find James’ birth records due to fires in Missouri having destroyed them. James’ mother was Columbia Hargiss – or Polk.
Posted: December 1998
Larry Kesterson
Query: Clint Yarber married Sarah Fox around 1800’s.
Posted: December 1998
Vicki Slagle
Query: Proper
Posted: December 1998
Gregory Schultz
Query: The only clue I have is the surname Spotz. While researching that line of my family one record stated that he was enrolled in the Cherokee Nation.
Posted: December 1998
Kim
Query: Off Quessenbury was a Cherokee from down around West Virginia. This is all the info I have. Do you have any?
Posted: December 1998
Gadoga
Query: John William Woodall, b. ca 1810, TN – brothers born in NC. Came to AR Territory early 1800s – settled on AR River. Married Rebecca Grumbles ca 1835. This family remained in AR. Believed to be Old Settlers or even pre-Old Settlers.
Posted: December 1998
Diane Stubblefield Sylvester
Query: I’m searching for the parents of Angeline Davis, born in the 1830s in South Carolina. She married Lemuel Stubblefield in 1850 in Franklin Co., Georgia. Family stories say she was 1/2 Cherokee and her father was French. She had a sister, Nancy Davis, who married Commodore Perry Stubblefield.
Posted: December 1998
Elizabeth Miller
Query: Looking for Elizabeth Moad indian wife of Harrison Payton/Peyton b. 1821. Their children: Jannette, Maritta, Emma, Henretta, Elmer, Lemmie, Martha, Lucinda, Franklin, Roscoe, Randall, Wilson, Paula, Matthew.
Posted: December 1998
Helen Catherine Robinson Brackamn
Query: Robinson, Walton, Beard, Jones, Brackman
Posted: December 1998
Johnboy
Query: Looking for information on James Henry Larch, Effie Mae Runion and Elizah Monroe Moore and Luretta C. Moore.
Posted: December 1998
Kathy Kinsella
Query: Hinkle, Moore, Puckett: America Elizabeth “Betty” Hinkle Moore Puckett. Born 1872 and died 1941, buried Zoar Baptist Church, Carlisle County, KY. Looking for any information about America Elizabeth or sister Sarah Hinkle (b. abt. 1879 and d. 1960). The sisters married Puckett brothers Robert and Richard in KY.
Posted: December 1998
Byron Davis
Query: Hewett, Jarrell
Posted: December 1998
Mary Ann Luedecke
Query: I am looking for an Indian woman known only to the family as Santee. She ties to my family as being the mother of one Susan E ——– born in Kentucky in 1823 Susan married James E. Sennett (or Synnott). Cannot find to whom Santee was married. This is all I have.
Posted: December 1998
Danell Whaley
Query: John Taylor Watsewah born 07/24/1868 in Fayette County, Kentucky; may have been adopted in Oklahoma by Nannie Richardson and John Taylor of OK; changed name to John Watsewah Taylor; died 03/31/1941 in Columbus, Ohio; married to Ada Elnora Tipton before 1920. His social security number was 275-12-4987. I am hoping to obtain a marriage certificate as well as his birth certificate and “roll” number.
Posted: December 1998
Jessie Lowe
Query: Lottie Rogers was born March 1, 1882, possibly in Barry County, Missouri. She married John Freeman Duckett born March 14, 1879. I am Lotties grand-daughter and am trying to discover if Lottie was a member of the Cherokee Tribe.
Posted: December 1998
Joanna Smith Dunn
Query: Big Mush, Miller, Dunn: Trying to verify information uncovered in a letter dated about the turn of the century which states that my husband’s 2-g grandfather was the husband of Ermaline Mush, daughter of Big Mush, Gadvali. Ermaline and this Daniel Miller would have married about 1820 or so in TN or MS and had a daughter Nancy Miller who married a John Dunn, Soldier in the US Army in Texas circa 1850.
Posted: December 1998
Kayleen Norstrom
Query: Calvin Spencer married Belle George Spencer. Children: Rosie Lezzie Spencer born 1889 (my maternal great grandmother), Gracie Loula Spencer born 11/3/1891, Ora T. Spencer 1/26/1889, Maggie Bella Spencer born 8/15/1894. My mother thinks that these children were born in Texas. We are unsure. I do believe Ora T. Spencer is listed in the Cherokee Rolls. Calvin Spencer is not listed as we know. We need to prove lineage to him and to the nation. He is definately at least 1/2 Cherokee. Can you help and or show me where to start looking for proof? I don’t know where to begin.
Posted: December 1998
Priscilla Squires
Query: My great-great grandmother was full-blood and married a man with the last name of Mann. They had a daughter named Lee Ann Mann who married Carr (possibly Robert Cunningham). I believe they were in North Carolina at this time, around 1870-80.
Posted: December 1998
Rheba Smith Gilmore
Query: Smith, Duck, Peoples, George, Jackson, Gilmore
Posted: December 1998
Phyllis Jimenez
Query: Catherine Oxidine was born in 1834 in Tennessee, she died in 1889 in Reynolds County, MO. Her indian name was Whitefeather. Catherine married Archibald Oxidine in 1849. I am looking for any information that you have on her, her children or siblings.
Posted: December 1998
Charlotte Barboe
Query: Venters, Whitefield, Critchfield, Ackley, Ramsey
Posted: December 1998
Sydney Shaw
Query: Grandmother was full-blooded. Her name was Lily Shaw. Also check the name Snow.
Posted: December 1998
Bernie Moore-Knowles
Query: Researching the Sinor/Siner surname.
Posted: December 1998
Repha Grund
Query: Miller, Rebecca c1793 TN or AL. Rebecca was 1/2 Cherokee. Father thought to be Andrew “Andy” Miller enrolled in 1835. Rebecca m. Joseph Nolen abt 1809. My g-grandmother Helen Elissa Nolen was one of their 11 children. She married Sanford Bridwell. I need to know Rebecca’s mother & family.
Posted: December 1998
Millie Mayfield
Query: Annie Mayfield, John Turner, Millard Mayfield, Mandy Burns
Posted: December 1998
Wesley Craft
Query: Emma Miller: Born in 1891. I think she was born in Oklahoma, but I am not sure. I have been told by grandparents that she was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. I found an Emma Miller in the Dawes Roll. She is also listed in the Guion Miller rolls but her name in there is Emma Boney. I cannot understand the rolls very well so if anyone can figure out if it tells why her name changed and who her parents were.
Posted: December 1998
Vicki Weathers
Query: Nowlin, Minyard
Posted: December 1998
Yvonne Vana
Query: Simmons, Haynie, Thomason: My grand mother was named Indiana, her sister was named America, both named by orphanage??? Indiana lived near Nashville, sister in Illinois.
Posted: December 1998
Loren Hilf
Query: Hicks, Barger, Spain (Spainard), Finley, Kirk
Posted: December 1998
Delorice
Query: James Henry West born in Ok, married to Nettie Mae Hobbs.
Posted: December 1998
Dawna Newton
Query: Cloud, I am looking for the parents of Catherine Mahola Cloud. She married Wm Mantello Smith and had a son Wm Everett Smith. I believe they lived in Missouri in 1893.
Posted: December 1998
Nathan Watts
Query: I am looking for information on James Calvin Fisher. Born 1815-1830, exact date unknown on the border of Alabama and Tennessee border most likely Giles County Tennessee. His resided in Giles County Tennessee upon enlistment in the Confederate army. Post office addresse at time of enlistment was Pulaski Tennessee. His sons name was James Henry Fisher.
Posted: December 1998
Russell Yohman
Query: Geraldine Cook married George Yohman just after WWII. She was born and raised in West Virginia. I am looking for her parents. In particular, her father.
Posted: December 1998
Susan W. Hester
Query: Williams, Myles
Posted: December 1998
Dianne Radcliffe
Query: Washington Angel married Mary Riley had a female child Mary Angel who married Daniel Taylor from Tennesse.
Posted: December 1998
Paula Harden
Query: Betty Ann Dick: Looking for info on my great-grandmother Betty Dick. She was full blooded Cherokee, born 12/12/1888, married William Garfield Anthony. She died in 1915 in Arkansas.
Posted: December 1998
Astrea Fatica
Query: Milam, Rogers, Schrimsher, Gunter, Adair, Vann, George, McSpadden, and Martin
Posted: December 1998
Judy Stichter (Sunshine)
Query: My mother’s name is Jeanett Ilene Hamilton; born 4/22/41; Reg. 5/41; Tulsa,Okla. Her mother`s name was Lola Valena (also mispelled with an B instead of V) Sexton; Tulsa, OK 9th St. 1923. Lola’s father’s name was Joseph Carl Sexton; Okla. Mother’s name Millicent Marie. 765-268-2677 OR 2518 S. 585 W. Delphi, in. 46923 Sunshine. My family is Cherokee but I need proof for white man.
Posted: December 1998
Vernon Schmid
Query: Family tradition holds that a grandmother married a Standlee in eighteenth century (perhaps early nineteenth). Cannot find the linkage in our family genealogy.
Posted: December 1998
R.H. Wise, Sr.
Query: Evelyn Scott: Date of birth unknown. Married C.A. Foley December 1892 Muskogee, I.T. (now Oklahoma) no other information. I am seeking decendents and location of Evelyn’s grave.
Posted: December 1998
Tawnia Landskroner
Query: I am researching my family history and have been told my g grandmother was Cherokee Indian. The surname would have been Spaulding. Frances Ella Spaulding b 1871 d. 1923 born WVa. Her parents names were Rod and Julia Spaulding. If anyone has info on how I might find this info please e-mail me.
Posted: December 1998
