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Robert L Gipson
Query: My grandmother’s last name was COPELAND on my mother’s side. and my mother’s fathers side was the name MORGAN.
Posted: December 2011
Sara
Query: Looking for any info on my g g possibly great grandfathers full blooded Cherokee wife. All we know are stories of his hiding out her, and many more Cherokee from having to leave the Jackson Co NC area. I can only give the last name of BISHOP for him, also guessing since illegal then, that this is why I can not find a Cherokee name time around late 1800’s early 1900’s. On Longbranch rd in Cullowhee NC there have been found burial grounds as well as pottery. So much so that it hindered a building project of WCU and now that part of the land is protected. Does anyone have any info that might help me find ALL of my roots?
Posted: December 2011
Wanda Piece Johnson
Query: I am searching for the Indian tribe for my grandmother Nancy J. BOWERS PIERCE born in 1858 in Carter County, Tennessee and died 1898 in Carter County, Tennessee. Her picture looks like she is full blooded Indian. Her parents were Teter Nave BOWERS b. 1826 and Paulina BOWERS b. about 1828. Teter’s parents were John Teter BOWERS b. 1792 and Mary Lincoln STOVER b. 1797. John Teter’s parents were Leonard or John Leonard BOWERS b. 1760 in Maryland and Rebecca NAVE b. 1769. Paulina BOWERS’ parents were Henry Nave BOWERS and Tabitha PETERS. Mary Lincoln STOVER’s parents were Daniel STOVER b. 1775 in Pennsylvania and Phoebe WARD b. 1772 in Carter County, Tennessee. Rebecca NAVE’s parents were Teter NAVE and Ann VANDERPOOL.
Posted: December 2011
Mary Lou Langley
Query: I am searching for my lineage. Can anyone help? My mother is Doris Lynn ROSS was born 6/6/56…daughter of Roy Oscar ROSS and Myrtle May (WHITEHEAD I believe, she is the sister of Amos WHITEHEAD I know for sure) ROSS. My father is Robert Courtney CARPENTER who was born August of 1947…son of Mary Lou CARTER and father I do not know his name but his mother was supposed to be full blooded Cherokee and would have married a CARPENTER. Can anyone help?
Posted: December 2011
Paula Chandler
Query: Looking for information on my great grandfathers lineage. Was said to be full blood Cherokee. The only name that I know is Carl Andrew BOWLING, DOB 1/23/1896, DOD 5/3/1973, married to Lizzie Kate BOWLING (SHEPPARD), DOB 11/27/1898, DOD 8/20/1973.
Posted: December 2011
Jean Kelley
Query: My G-G grandfather was Martain Dow KEENER his wife was Margaret Miller KEENER of Cherokee county, AL. She was full blood Cherokee. I am searching for her family tree.
Posted: December 2011
Jackie H.
Query: My mother’s father’s name was Pinkney N(apolean) NASH. His nickname was Poad. I know nothing about his family as he never talked about it. He was born on May 23, 1879 and died on December 22, 1955. He was buried in Kiowa, Kansas. He worked on a sharecropper farm in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. He son Paul was referred to as Chief in his later life but he never talked about this. My grandmother Lois NASH (maiden name CAVIN) from Missouri was 1/8th Cherokee. I found several Cherokee surnames NASH in the library in Vinita, OK. Any information would be helpful.
Posted: December 2011
V-Ann Davis
Query: I am looking for ANYTHING you can help me find on the BLACKHAWK lineage. My grandfather was William Jesse SMITH and his mother was Myrtle Mae BLACKHAWK. Myrtle’s father was Charles BLACKHAWK, born around 1816, and her mother was Martha THORNSBERRY. I am getting stuck trying to find anything about them from that point.
Posted: December 2011
Richard Martin
Query: I was relinquished to the State of Arizona at age three and adopted to another family at age 5. As was the procedure then, my name was also legally changed. (I am fully aware of my name at birth, because I was not adopted until age 5.) In my “Non-Identifying Information” (from my adoption record) that is legally accessed after the age of 18, it states that my mother was “described as being 3/8 Cherokee”. In 1968, I was placed with a family in New York under the ARENA (Adoption Resource Exchange of North America) Program before finally being placed and adopted by a third family. The ARENA program was primarily created to specifically place Native American children with more affluent families in the eastern United States. (ARENA was the successor to the Indian Adoption Project. Well intentioned but poorly thought out, this program was abandoned in about 1973.) I am proud of this heritage but as an adopted child from a State with closed records and being told that my case record was likely destroyed due to mis-marking? cannot corroborate that with any official documentation. (The information sent to me came from various reports within the file of my adoptive parents.) I have long since re-connected with my biological family and am fortunate at their welcoming me with open arms. I know the names of my Great Grandparents, and am told that my Great Grandfather was “named George Washington SCOTT and was born in Oklahoma on a reservation”. I cannot find him there nor in any census that allows me to match him definitively without his date of birth. If I am eligible for membership in the Cherokee Nation or Eastern Band of Cherokee, I don’t know that I can prove anything past what I have listed here, and that may not be enough. I welcome comments and suggestions.
Posted: December 2011
Kris OBrien
Query: I am searching for an Ida May KAYLOR or Wanda KAYLOR from Cleveland, Tenn, in Bradley county, Tenn. I was told they were Cherokee. I have no other info. or dates at this time. I think Ida May KAYLOR was my grandmother, so she would have been born in early 1900’s. Thank you for any info on ANY KAYLORS in or around Bradley county Tenn.
Posted: December 2011
Dawn Duncan
Query: I’m searching for information about my grandfather who was absent from our family. His name was either Charles Orville DUNCAN or Orville Charles DUNCAN. He was married to Shirley in Florida and their children were Marilyn and Charles Edward DUNCAN (my father).
Posted: December 2011
Juanita Fleming
Query: The Cherokee heritage of Elizabeth LAWSON of Virginia.
Posted: December 2011
Brenda Russo
Query: Looking for information of Willis JOHNSON DOB 1818 and Elizabeth ROGERS JOHNSON DOB 1818. I have oral history that they were on the trail of tears. Children are Elizabeth, James, Louisa, America, and Sarah. Willis was born in N.C. and Elizabeth was born in Tenn.
Posted: December 2011
Dennis Allman
Query: My grandmother’s maiden name is unknown, but married a BRADLEY in North Carolina.
Posted: December 2011
Venice Newling
Query: Looking for any information regarding Mother of Charles Riley ROBERTSON born 1860’s or after. My grandfather Charles Riley ROBERTSON born in Mo. Moved to Tahlequah Okla. went to Bacone Indian School in Tahlequah Okla in the 1800’s we were told he was Cherokee on his mothers side. The ROBERTSON family lived in a house on Vans Lake where they cared for boats. Charles (about 15 yrs old) fathered a child with a Cherokee girl before his parents took him back to Mo. Charles father: Jeff. Mother’s name: ?. Sisters: Dosha, Callie, Georgia. Brothers: Bert born in Okla (he was given a Indian name meaning I see a big bird (something like “eye etchie espice sequoia bird”) other brothers but I don’t have names. Mo. town names I remember family coming from, Joplin, Dade co. stone county springfield. Charles married: Emma Catherine RUSSELL (fathers name: Sig RUSSELL).
Posted: December 2011
Edith Ann Raines-Whorton
Query: WILKERSON – Alabama – 1850.
Posted: December 2011
Gloria Bassett
Query: I’m looking for some relatives in Wayne County N. Carolina. I was told that my grandfather was full Cherokee, his name was Randolph SMITH, died of T.B. around 1931 he was 24, he was married to Edna McGregory. Had a son born the same year he died, Kenneth Randolph SMITH.
Posted: December 2011
Laurel Robinson
Query: My great grandparents lived at the North Carolina Indian Reservation. My father’s name was John HARRISON. I was hoping you might be able to help me.
Posted: December 2011
Ozgirl
Query: Researching my great grand mother, KATIE KATHERINE BOYD FOWLER. She was born in Tennessee (unknown county), 1859, and lived in Floyd Co, Georgia. She was said to be part Native American. She died in August 1, 1900 in either Etowah Co., Alabama, or Floyd Co, Georgia, in the Livingston area there. She married, John Monroe FOWLER, who is buried in Talladega, Al. I do not know where Katie was buried in Rome, Ga., but I have information that is she was buried at some Methodist church cemetery in Rome. She had seven children; Lettie, William Monroe, James (Jim) Wesley, Charles Alford, Leonard Alexander, Leila Faye, Dollie Victoria Fowler. Please, if you know of this family, email me.
Posted: December 2011
Melissa S
Query: I am looking for information on g-Grandmother Keziah BEARD, beard being her married name to William BEARD. She was born 1798 in kentucky and all things point to her being Cherokee indian. Her and William relocated to Highland county OH. Any information appreciated.
Posted: December 2011
Johanna D. Elik
Query: My grfather, Ralph Fogel MASON, born on the Eastern Shore of MD, claimed we had NA bloodlines. I have done some research and found MASONS, a common name in MD and VA, as well as my maiden name, Dukes on the rolls: Dawes and Guillion. Have dates and other names, gr grfather, mother. Am searching for my ancestors and NA roots. Any help would be appreciated. I can provide additional info at a later date as I am in the process of moving back west.
Posted: December 2011
Wendy Stevens
Query: I am looking for information on my son’s Cherokee ancestors. They are Della STEVENS his G Grandmother and his Grandfather Joe STEVENS of Wauchula Fl.
Posted: December 2011
Jennifer Beard Peoples
Query: Pauline Thurman BEARD, Maury County, Tennessee. wife of Simon Peter BEARD, mother of Douglas BEARD.
Posted: December 2011
Desire Spruill
Query: I’m searching for my father. His surname is Jonathen SMITH poss dob 09/30/62 and he lived in Big Pine Key, Florida back in the late 70’s. He moved to the Carolina’s at some point. My mother is Dianna SPRUILL and she was 16 at the time.
Posted: December 2011
Shannon Rice
Query: I’m looking for any information someone has on any PALONES or STEPHENS that are related to PALONES by marriage. They should come from either Lookout Mountain or have lived in Goingsnake district, Indian Territory.
Posted: December 2011
Sara Elizabeth Gordon
Query: My father, Brent Edward GORDON, is the grandson of a full-blooded Cherokee, Sara Elizabeth GORDON (whom I am named after). I would like to know where my bloodlines lie and any and all information you can find on my history. Brent Edward GORDON is from Montgomery, Alabama or Birmingham, Alabama. I believe my bloodline is from the Cherokee Tribe of Northeastern Alabama.
Posted: December 2011
Donald Varner
Query: Was Jane CALMES (1760-1850) born in Virginia of indian desent? She married Moses JOHNSON Sr. (1740-1840). Ohio County, KY and Llay County, IL.
Posted: December 2011
Mary James
Query: I am looking for anyone in my grandfathers family. His name was Homer HEARRON born in northeastern Oklahoma. Claremore or Broken Arrow I think. His father was john Isaiah HEARRON and mother was Lucy (SPECK) HEARRON. Sisters were Edith Marie HALL, Bertha CLARK, Letha DECKARD. Brothers was Burke HEARRON. My mother’s name was Helen (HEARRON) Kennedy. MY grandfather was born in 1909. One or both parents were Cherokee Indians. I would appreciate any information.
Posted: December 2011
Mary Mashburn Hodge
Query: Information on GGGG Grandmother, Sarah Jane MORRIS-YATES, story told she was a survivor of indian masacure, when she was 3 adobted by John MORRIS.
Posted: December 2011
Merisha Harvey
Query: I am researching my ancestry and my grandmother always told me that her momma’s family were Cherokee. I remember seeing a picture of her great – grandmother who she said was 3/4. The names I have to go on are Nancy COOPER who married a Robert MULLINS in Virginia. I have hit a dead end and want to say thank you in advance for any and all help.
Posted: December 2011
John Tunnell
Query: Seeking information on the following ancestors (in order from father to son to daughter, my gggrandmother):
Thomas LANDRUM (1758-1840)
Robert M LANDRUM (1806-1848)
Mary Ann LANDRUM (1826-1858)
Posted: December 2011
Sarah Renn
Query: I have a picture of Little berry MILLER and his second wife Lizze S MILLER in the 1860 pic was taken in Olney Illinois he is buried in Mt. Vernon illinois.
Posted: December 2011
