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Deb
Query: Does anyone have more info on the Widow Boggs listed on Emigration Roll of 1817.
Posted: December 2005
Vernia Ryerson
Query: I am looking for a lady my 6th great grand mother she was suspose to be cherokee indian born in ky her 2nd husband was lewis b payne i can not find where her 1st husband was or who her an lewis had children an raised my 5th great grandmother born in 1833 an lived in nc where it shows that america melinda grayson -payne married thompson cole at the home of lewis payne i serched every where please help if any one knows who was martha an her last namean if she was america mother or sister an just raised her please help me find my family tree.
Posted: December 2005
Kelton
Query: I am looking for any information on the Click family from Indiana. My grandfather and father were both Harold Click and partial Cherokee. I would really value any information you have.
Posted: December 2005
Ronda Trahan
Query: Genealogy of Samuel Houston Davis.
Posted: December 2005
Jim Hammond
Query: Need info on Sussannah Chaney, married Leroy Hammond Jr. Edgefield S.C.
Posted: December 2005
Pamela Honeycutt Mackey
Query: I am seeking any information on the SUGGS family from Arkansas and Texas. Lisa Suggs is the mother of my grandfather. She is of Cherokee decent. Lisa died when gfather was very young. 4 children, 2 were put in foster home in AR, 2 in OK. She married a Mr. Green. Any information will be appreciated.
Posted: December 2005
James L. White
Query: My grandmother was a Cherokee Indian. Not sure where she married my Grandfather (Fred) but they were sharecropers around the boothill of Missouri and West Tennessee. How would I go about tracing her heritage?
Posted: December 2005
Melissa
Query: I am Researching my Husbands family. There is an Ed Goodman that was married to Susan Kirk in Jonesville Va. Supossedly, he went west to claim land under his Cherokee Heritage. The thing is, he was Mulogeon, so I am not sure were the Cherokee came in to the Picture.Any help would be appreciated. I am stuck on this Man, no social #, or any other info availible. Thank you.
Posted: December 2005
Roberta
Query: Looking for tribal blood lines for my grandmother, Minnie Mansfield born in Cleora Oklahoma in the teens.
Posted: December 2005
Ariel Adams
Query: In order for ATC to search the rolls, would I provide my grandmother’s maiden name? I understand it was she who had the Cherokee blood. I don’t have her maiden name at the moment. Only my father’s name and dates of birth and death.
Posted: December 2005
Susan H.
Query: I am looking for information on my great-grandmother. She was Cherokee Indian. I belive she was from Oklahoma. She was born October 4, 1886. She was married to Edward P. Harper I don’t know what year. They lived in Marshal, Texas.
Posted: December 2005
Billie Sue Wood Roberson
Query: Looking for info on ggg granddad and grandma, Rev. William Henry and Louisa Jane Wood. Her maiden name was Reynolds. Her dad’s name was Martin Reynolds and her mother was Mary don’t know her maiden name. My dad told me she was full blood cherokee indian but I can’t find any records on her or her mothers last name. or where her parents were buried. They were from around Yellville and Flippin Ark. Please if anyone could help me. Thanks so much.
Posted: December 2005
Tom Dirksen
Query: I have two possible Cherokee ancestors: the first is only a suspect. Elizabeth (last name unknown)married Yelverton Nevill about 1788 in Tryon/Rutherford Co., NC. She was born 29 Dec 1762, died 29 Nov with 1802 as best possible year. My second, for certian, Cherokee ancestor is the wife of Joseph Nevill who was the son of Yelverton and Elizabeth, above. Joseph married Elizabeth/Mary/Polly who was born in KY in the 1790s. They lived in TN and then moved to IL. This Elizabeth is frequently confused with the wife of Joseph B. Nevill who lived in TN. Any help on these two of my Grandmothers will be appricaited.
Posted: December 2005
Teresa Haynes
Query: I am looking for information on a woman called Paralee, Pairlee. She was full blooded Cherokee and married a man with the last name of Coleman at the age of 16, they had two children; Wesley O. Coleman and Jesse Anderson Coleman. Jesse was my grandfather and I am looking to find more info.
Posted: December 2005
Edward Haynes
Query: I am looking for information on a Ruth Jane Plott, probably born in Union County. She married Edgar Allen Haynes and resided in Whitfield County. She was full blooded Cherokee and my grandmother.
Posted: December 2005
Mary Donahue
Query: My great uncle lived on A reservation sometime between 1930-1950, he was from West Virginia. How would I go about finding out which one, or is it an impossible task?
Posted: December 2005
Anthony Pillois
Query: My Mother was born Ida E. Wiggins, her father was Elzia Wiggins and according to my mother and grandfather, His mother was Elmira Wiggins a Cherokee card# FD168 I don’t know what that means, but I would like to claim my heratege to pass to my grandchildren as I am 52 and have always said I’m Cherokee. I would appreciate any help you may give on this matter.
Posted: December 2005
Shronda Handy
Query: Looking for relatives of Willie Hudson,Mary Lou Hudson 1930’s.
Posted: December 2005
Cheryl
Query: I’m trying to find Cherokee lineage of Edward Littlejohn, born around 1820 in Virginia, married Henretta.
Posted: December 2005
Gail Gritts
Query: I am researching my husband’s Cherokee ancestors. Can anyone help me with the following: Polly blackhaw born 1830, Mary Whitewater born 1891 who married Wesley Gritts. Wuttie Daughtery married to Swimmer Gann. And Anderson and LIzzie Gritts of Vian OK. All of these are Cherokee. I have most of their roll numbers, but would like more dates, children, parents, etc. Thanks.
Posted: December 2005
Andee
Query: I was told that my Dad’s Great Great Grandma was half Cherokee and could sing real well. Her name is Martha Crawford. I can not find proof. She is from McIntosh, Georgia. Her Father’s name is Ezekial and her Mothers name is Margaret. She is married to Joseph Dickson.
Posted: December 2005
Chani Atrieadies
Query: Update on my query for information regarding my great grandparents. My great grandmother was MOXLEY, Ellen Matilda not Maxley. All are from the Johnson City, Tennessee area about 1860 or there abouts which would also be sometimes called North Carolina. The family is predominatly mormon and james as a first name is extremely popular. Any help would be great.
Posted: December 2005
Tom Adams
Query: Looking for information on Kurry Renfrow and wife Christian, birth and death date unknown. They had several children, one of wich was Mary Ida Renfrow, born Dec 12,1882 died Sept 11,1950. They lived in Wilson county, North Carolina. Looking for Native American connections if any. Thanks for you help.
Posted: December 2005
Anthony Pillois
Query: My grandfather was Elzia Wiggins,who claimed to be of Black Dutch from N.C. his mother was named Elmira Wiggins We found her name in the Dawes Roll,How can i prove my heritege to gain membership into the Nation inorder to pass an honorable heritege to my grandchildren
Posted: December 2005
MaryAnn Manning
Query: I am looking for any info about my grand mother I think her maden name was Peabody and was maried to John Gooch had sones melvin- sonney boy-munrow daughter waneta they lived around durant oklahoma.
Posted: December 2005
Nana Charlton
Query: Nana Ross. My grandmother was Nana Elizabeth Ross. She married Joseph Denny. She is where my Cherokee Blood comes from. My father, also Joseph Denny was born in 1900. I think she died in Clevelans Ohiio but was burried in PA. Anyone have any info? It would be a great help as I never knew my grandmother. She died when my mother was expecting me. My family is dead and I have no one to ask.
Posted: December 2005
Sue Glasco
Query: Would anyone know of a Cherokee family on the Trail of Tears who “owned” a slave girl named Priscilla? I am trying to find the “Cherokee chief” whom legend says “owned” her. I suspect it may have been Rev. Jesse Bushyhead, who was not a chief but was very prominent detachment leader and might very well have bought Priscilla to keep her from being sold to New Orleans. You may want to check my website about Priscilla: http://sueglasco.tripod.com/trailoftears.
Posted: December 2005
Sandy
Query: Looking for Wayne Gelnett–Have some info on Cora Hawk Painter.
Posted: December 2005
Stacey Daniel Rice
Query: I am trying to locate my great grandmothers (Mary Minnie Ruth Shatswell Smith) roll# in the dawes index. She is from the cherokee tribe but I’m not able to find it anywhere. Any help would be wonderful, her maiden name was Shatswell, she was married to a James W Smith. Her mother was Rutha Mariah Jones Shatswell from Newton Co. Arkansas.
Posted: December 2005
Wade Hubbard
Query: Looking for info on Viola Jay Cherokee born (abt. 1900) Oaklahoma in a T.P. Married George Freitag B.abt.1900). Had a daughter Maxine Y. Freitag. (b. 1921 ?).
Posted: December 2005
Tara
Query: I am looking for any information on an Amanda Holcomb from S.C. born in 1833. She married Richard Rector.
Posted: December 2005
Willis D Starcher
Query: I’ve been putting togather my family history in 1700 to 1740 Jacob (Statuzer) Starcher married a native american girl name of Mary in Virginia other surnames in my family are Boyd, Whipkey, Greathouse, Fredrick, Wright, Harmon.
Posted: December 2005
Jimmie T. Jones
Query: I am searching for the ancestors of my great grandmother, Mariah (Maria) TURNER LAMBERT. She was born c 1840 in Virginia d September 23, 1918 in LaGrange, Fayette County, Tennessee. Her mother was Alice TURNER born c 1820 in Virginia and her brother, William Massey was born c 1838 in Virginia. The name of her father is not known. Oral history of Martha is that she, her mother and brother were of Cherokee descent and that they were brought to LaGrange, Tennessee c 1848 to the home of W. A. TURNER. The children of Mariah (Maria) TURNER and William LAMBERT were William Henry, John (Bud), Edward, Adamon, Robert, Alice (grandmother), Martha, Dora, June, and Nancy. Mariah, her mother Alice and brother may have been purchased and given to W. A. TURNER or John W. JONES, his father-in-law.
Posted: December 2005
Deloris Hamilton Ingram
Query: Trying to find info on Louella Brown b.1902 d.1945 Cherokee Indian. She married Samuel Hamilton on 6-28-1915 in Morgan County Kentucky. (Samuel was the gggrandson of Benjamin Hamilton and Susannah Moonglow Hurst and son of Reuben Hamilton and Mary Belle Fraley.) The story is that Louella lived somewhere out west and ran away from home when she was about 12 or 13. Because of an abusive family life. Married Samuel at the age of 13. She was my grandmother. Any info I could find on her family would be greatly apperciated.
Posted: December 2005
Vicki Redmond
Query: My last name is Redmond and I was told that this easily identifies my ties to the Cherokee tribes. Is that true? Is Redmond a Cherokee name?
Posted: December 2005
Tammy Cloud
Query: I have always been told that we have Cherokee blood and want to see if it’s true. Can you please tell me ways to find out. I think it’s on my fathers side, his mother was Hattie Hazel THOMPSON and she was born 08 May 1907 in Trinity Co., Texas. His fathers name was Clay Collins CLOUD, he was born 10 July 1880 I believe in Texas. Please let me know what I need and how to trace Cherokee lineage.
Posted: December 2005
Deana M.
Query: I am looking for any info on Henrietta Nelson she was born 1880 married Benjamin Love 1987in Blanco Ark. her parents were Chester and Sara Nelson.
Posted: December 2005
Kaylen Polley
Query: My fathers name is Clirton O’neal Greenfield (deceased) I think his fathers name was Gabriel Greenfield (pretty sure) I’m trying to find out idf they were of cherokee decent as I have always been told. If anyone has any info on this family please let me know. Thank you.
Posted: December 2005
Connie Williams
Query: I was wondering how to find out more about my Cherokee heritage my great grandmother was said to be Cherokee, her name was Amanda Elizabeth Hart Blevins. She lived in Smyth or Washington county in VA. And my other great great grandmother was Celia Pennington Sturgill, who also seems to have cherokee ancestory, she also lived in Konnarock, Washington or Smyth county Virginia. If anyone has any information pertaining to the Harts, Blevins, Pennington, or Sturgill family from around the Whitetop area in VA that they wouldn’t mind sharing I would be very grateful. I am not researching for the purpose of any monetary benefits, I just want to know so I can share about my heritage with my children. Thanks for any help.
Posted: December 2005
Charles Dedwylder
Query: I am trying to figure out if my g-mother Emma Tallulah Wolfe is Cherokee I know nothing about her but I think she is from Georgia or South Carolina she was born March 7, 1870 she was married to William Preston Smith.
Posted: December 2005
Carmel Fife Pivacco
Query: Looking for Maude Ivy Cox, of Township 26, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. 1900 Census Oklahoma white daughter. I’m looking for family names, places and dates.
Posted: December 2005
Dixie Edd
Query: Come from the line of cherokee “Musgrove” in Georgia. Have just started my search. My grandmother/great grandmother I believe were both 100%. As I learn I’ll be happy to share. If you know anything I would appreciate communication.
Posted: December 2005
Kathy Holford
Query: I’m searching for our greatgreatgrandmother. Her name is Mary Elizabeth Crow. She was born in 1850 in Mo. She married a white man named John B. Holford in 1872 in Bulter county, Kansas. They later moved to Washington state. She is a Native American. I need information on her to be able to continue my research (her parents and siblings names). If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.
Posted: December 2005
L Green
Query: My grandfather, James Monroe Roach, was born 1860-1866 in Indian Territory, telling his children they were Cherokee. However, he left IT prior to any rolls taken. Nothing is known of him except 1900 and 1910 AR census indicates he was born in Indian Territory. We are at a loss as to where to turn next. Suggestions appreciated.
Posted: December 2005
Sherry
Query: I think I have found my grandmother listed on the Dawes Roll but when I look up her number on the Final Roll lists, it says” stricken from roll”. Could anyone tell me why this would happen?
Posted: December 2005
Hedges
Query: Was visiting Sunnyside Mausoleum in Long Beach, CA and found a grave identified as “Chief Red Cloud of the Cherokee Nation”. Would like some background on this person of interest. (Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala Sioux is well known and buried in SD) but have o idea who this other chief is.
Posted: December 2005
Reanna Pride
Query: Looking for Carol Pride related to Richard Louis Pride Junior.
Posted: December 2005
Jo Bohannan
Query: We are looking for information on Thomas Allen wife Elizabeth of War Eagle Madison Co ARK. He had a son William who married Maragret Grahm we are also looking for this family. Any help would help. Looking for our indian line.
Posted: December 2005
Sally
Query: I am looking for information on John Dekalb Beasley’s mother. He is my great grandfather and his mother is cherokee indian. Her name was possibly Sarah (Archie or Ocra). She may have been born in North Carolina. John Beasley had a son named Joseph Reed Beasley. If anyone has any information please contact me. Thank you.
Posted: December 2005
Vickey White
Query: I am trying to find out if my mothers family was ever on the Comanche roll. The name is either Cantu or Luna. They came from south Texas in the early 1900’s to Anadarko Okla. My grandmothers name was Suzzane Cantu, her maiden name is Luna. Thanks Vickey
Posted: December 2005
Betty Robinson Himes
Query: Info on Adaline Robinson – either Blackfoot or Cherokee, born 4-29-1830 and died 8-22-1911 in Shenandoah Co.,VA – married Daniel Ritenour 9-10-1849. No further info has ever been available.
Posted: December 2005
Randy Jones
Query: I am trying to find information on a Cherokee Chief named John Levi Downing. In stories from older family members it was rumored he was resended as chief because he looked too much like a white man. I found info about 5 years ago but have been unable to locate anything since. Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Posted: December 2005
Elizabeth Bray
Query: I am trying to find information on how to locate my roll id that my mother registered for us back in the 70’s for school purposes. Does anyone know how to do this? I am a descendent of Guion Miller Roll 1909 Brays.
Posted: December 2005
Heather Mitchell
Query: I need help finding my great, great, great grandparents names. I found out that my great, great grandfather, JIM FRANKLIN was 1/2 Cherokee Indian. He lived in North Carolina and the approximate date of his life span was around the mid to late 1800’s. My Great Grandmother’s name was SARAH CALDONIA ADELINE FRANKLIN. My grandfather’s name was EMMITT E. KIRKLAND. Please help me or point me in the right direction in finding out my heritage. Thanks!
Posted: December 2005
Yvonne (Williams) Barber
Query: George Williams of Illinois. Born around 1860? Died near Stella, Ok in 1937.
Posted: December 2005
Daneen Bell
Query: I am a black french-candian cherokee indian. I would like to know if anyone can tell me about chief tahoe and his father. trying to trace my history. I am working on writing a book.
Posted: December 2005
Beverly Crabtree
Query: DANIEL FOX – Cherokee or “Blackfoot” Indian whose daughter married a Tucker from Kentucky. Ancestor of the Nevels from Wayne County, Kentucky. Need info.
Posted: December 2005
Valerie Bennett
Query: I want to know about the surname Bennett.
Posted: December 2005
