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Janet Acree
Query: My ancestor – Anna Evans Light born 2/22/1812 probably born around Owens Co IN, died 10/7/1861 – Richland, Mo daughter of Archibald and Mary Evans is supposed to be full blood Cherokee, but have not been able to prove it. Can I have some help, please?
Posted: June 2000
Rachel Hanna
Query: I am looking for information regarding my great grandmother: Signora Rebecca Eagle. Her son’s (my grandfather) name was Nash Gray born May 23, 1905. They settled in Nicholas County West Virginia. Any help you could provide would be greatly appeciated.
Posted: June 2000
Lonnie Rhodes
Query: I am looking for information on my great grandmother. She was listed in 1870 Wayne county Tennessee census. She was 17 and a farm worker at the time. That is the earliest trace of her that I can find. Her name was Sarah Melton. I know that she had at least one child named Leonard Snow Melton. (My grandfather) I also know that she later married Joseph McGee from Laudedale county Alabama. If you have any information on this person, or any suggestions where I might go to find this information, please email me.
Posted: June 2000
Pamela
Query: I am looking for a link to Thomas Floyd (or variation) Phillips, born in the early to mid 1930’s. Tom lived in North Carolina during the 1950’s. Tom lived in Southern California in the 1960’s. Tom has 2 daughter’s: Elaine “Terry” Phillips of NC, DOB 3/31/55 and Lynn Annette Phillips of NC, born 4/3/56. Lynn and Terry’s mother is: Shirley Jean (maiden name unkown) Shirley Jean and Tom were divorced 2/26/64. Paperwork was submitted by Tom who at the time lived at 600 N. Garfield Avenue in Monterey Park, California. I am told that Tom’s grandmother is full blooded Cherokee indian.
Posted: June 2000
Lisa Paige
Query: I’m looking for birth/death records on my maternal grandparents: Kelso Holloway – grandfather, and Nannie Simpson – maiden name for grandmother; she is possibly of Cherokee blood. My mother’s birth certficate lists her birthplace as “Jeter TP” in Choctaw County, OK.
Posted: June 2000
Sylvia Barber
Query: I know that my grandmothers (Ormetta Chambliss Barber) mother was a Cherokee from around Callhan County located in West Texas. Were any Cherokee’s located in West Texas area?
Posted: June 2000
Melissa Bowyer
Query: I am trying to find information on my great-great grandmother and her family. Her name is Virginia A Raines. She married a gentleman named Bill Whitney and they raised five sons in northeastern Texas in the late 1800’s. She was a Methodist in good standing according to papers admitting the boys to a Boys Home after both she and her husband died. I have a photograph that shows my great grandfather at some kind of ceremony with many other gentlemen in full Indian garb (in the 1920’s). I would love to connect with anyone searching for Cherokee Raines ancestors and maybe we can unlock some of the mysteries together!
Posted: June 2000
Jessie
Query: I am looking for information on any Browns from Tenn. or OK. That is realtives to the Ridges.
Posted: June 2000
Scott
Query: Ettie Pearl Helms in Etowah County Alabama, Ballplay Community, near Gadsden Al. is my grandmother she was 1/2 Cherokee as I am told. I want to find out more please inform me how.
Posted: June 2000
Marcia Harris
Query: Looking for a Charles Bates who is said to have been a member of the Cherokee tribe. He was born in Conn. in 1813. Also for Bird Rivers Bollman born 1847.
Posted: June 2000
Stephanie
Query: Looking for a Wolfkiller White believed to be Cherokee, daughter was Nancy White who married Jesse McClure in NC Sep. 18,1828.
Posted: June 2000
KJ
Query: Does anyone have any info on Cherokees in Tenn. by the last name of Lively?
Posted: June 2000
Rose Daugherty Vogele
Query: I have found a person on the Dawes Rolls whom I believe to be my great grandmother. I have written for copies of the death certificates for her, my grandfather, and father as the links would follow. Is there anything else I can do? If a roll number is given, is there information recorded somewhere in Cherokee records as to what children she had? Is it enough that I can provide the death certificates showing the lineage?
Posted: June 2000
Eileen Arnold
Query: Searching for information on Nancy E. McElfresh listed on the Guion Miller Indian Roll, #33700. Does anyone have any information on her? I would appreciate your letting me know if her name is familiar to you. Along with her name is a Joseph and Don McElfresh also on the Roll.
Posted: June 2000
Richard Faught
Query: Is there a place I can search my Cherokee heritage free?
Posted: June 2000
Teresa Whitby
Query: I am looking for my ancestors. They were from Arkansas. They were from the Cherokee Wolf tribe out of the Carolinas. The names attributed with my family members are, Mills and Tucker.
Posted: June 2000
Milton Weaver
Query: We are looking for any information on my wife’s ggrandmother Caroline Seals (Cherokee) who married James Stuart and resided in Glade Springs, VA. They produced 9 children including a set of twins.
Posted: June 2000
Jessie Bowlsby
Query: My mother was Evelyn Brown. Her mother was Anna Ridge. Her brothers were Joe and Ernest. Her sisters were Lizy’Frances and Carrie. Carrie married Bruce Cox and they had a Western Auto Store in Cleveland Tenn, They were from Chatt. Tenn. Anna Brown died at Erlinger Hospital In 1937. The home of John Ridge at Fort overthorp was gave to the state from family members.
Posted: June 2000
Cindy Kline
Query: George Washington Miles In North Carolina
Posted: June 2000
Wayne Maclin Newman Jr
Query: The Tester Family: I’m looking for any information regarding the Tester’s, Dunford’s, Simms or Delp. They were from Marion, VA. My grandfather Andrew H. Tester told our family that we have Cherokee blood in our history. I’ve talked with my relatives and they can’t seem to recall a name. I was told by my Aunt that Sarah Tester was a name she thought was told to her by my grandfather. She told me that Sarah was on the front page of a weekly magazine, The Sunday Sun which could be from MD. The article said she was 96 years old and had dedicated much of her life helping the Cherokee with their Right’s, Protests and the needy. If anyone has any information, I would love to hear from.
Posted: June 2000
Ray Lee Revis Jr
Query: Florence Bradley
Posted: June 2000
Patricia R Horne
Query: Looking for Mary Jane Robison, Robinson of the Cherokee Nation in OK. Married James H. Robison, Robinson, he was called Foxey. They lived and died in Alabama. 1818-1879.
Posted: June 2000
Betty
Query: I am looking for any information about Elizabeth Cheatham, my great grandmother. She was Cherokee. She married Martin Vent.
Posted: June 2000
Tammy Biggs
Query: I am looking for any information on my husbands gggrandmother, who is said to be a Cherokee Indian. Her name was Rendy Parmley and I think she lived in Tennessee. Most of the details I have are sketchy. If you think there might be any connection don’t hesitate to e-mail me. All possible lead e-mails are welcome. If there is no connection there is no loss.
Posted: June 2000
Kaylee Brownen-Nizza
Query: I am looking for information on the Brownen family, Parnell and also Hightower family. There is a lot of Cherokee Indian in all those surnames. I do have one roll number but would like to clarify it with another reliative. If you have any information ont the above surnames please e-mail me.
Posted: June 2000
Terry Ganim
Query: My greatgrandmother name was listed as Gertrude Laird on the 1920 Newton, Co. census in Neosho, Mo. Her husband was James R. Laird. They had several children. I am desperatly trying to find her maiden name or anything about her. My dad, her grandson, met her when he was very young and knows she was Cherokee. Her close friend, Minnie Holfman, was also Cherokee. I have a birth year of 1891 in Illinois, and a death year of 1959.
Posted: June 2000
Daniel Scott Clayborne
Query: My mother has recently told me that I have some Cherokee blood in me from her, but I have a lot from my biological father. I don’t know him at all, and she doesn’t know that type of information on him. I am very curious of my roots.
Posted: June 2000
Kimberly Adamson Herchenroder
Query: I am researching my ancestry and am looking for information regarding the parents of “Amanda E. Cheek”, perhaps aka “Amanda Cheek Hughes”, later married to Charles Newton. Her children include: Donna, Bertha, Zona, Minnie, & Ethel Newton. She is known to have lived in or near Murphy, North Carolina.
Posted: June 2000
Kristal Carey
Query: I am looking for information regarding Adaline P. Owens. I was told she was 1/2 Cherokee.
Posted: June 2000
Lela
Query: I am trying to trace my Family Tree in order to get my Indian Rights. My father is David Judd, of McKinney Texas. And my mother is Sadie Malinda Davis of McKinney also. So far I have traced my tree back to Lonzo Avant Riley, which I have no earthly idea where he is from. He married Inda Lou Davidson. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ahead of time. And lets compare trees, We could be distant cousins.
Posted: June 2000
Dennis Stewart
Query: Looking for family of James Roland Wolf(e) from the Lone Mountain or Lone Oak area of Tennesse born Sept.14th 1858. He moved to Texas after his first wife died in TN. We are looking for anyone further back than this. He fathered 4 childern by the first wife we believe her name was Mary, Loyd Wolf, Clyde Wolf (2/7/1878 born), John H. Wolf (2/27/1880 born), William Isiah Wolf. Then he had children with his second wife Mary E. Parker, George Franklin Wolf (6/13/1891 born) Coca Mattie Wolf (1896 born) Betty Wolf. If you have any information on any of these people please contact me.
Posted: June 2000
Karal Ayn
Query: I would like to learn more about my great (-great?) grandmother’s family. Her name was Dora Meltingsnow.
Posted: June 2000
Jean Snyder
Query: Do you have any records of Everett or Marion Wilburn as belonging to the Cherokee Nation? They were born in Ohio.
Posted: June 2000
Sandy Ciccarelli
Query: Looking for ancestry of Fannie Whitaker, said to be daughter of a Cherokee woman. She married Carlo Feltner in Perry County, Kentucky in late 1800’s, had a dozen children, one of whom was my grandmother, Sarah Jane Feltner.
Posted: June 2000
Jann Lindsey
Query: I am looking for a Cherokee connection for my maternal grandfather, Marion Eugene Edgeman, born August 22, 1906; Social Security No. 557-10-5033; I was adopted at age 10 by relatives on my mother’s side; am told my maternal grandfather was all or part Cherokee, born in either Texas or Oklahoma and had several brothers.
Posted: June 2000
Susan Schmeltz
Query: All of my life I have been told that my greatgrandmother was full Cherokee Indian. My grandfather would never discuss his heritage as he seemed ashamed. I have very little information. My grandfather was born and died in Alabama. I did find his death record on the sdx. I guess that is a start.
Posted: June 2000
Gregory G Goff
Query: My grandmother was supposedly full-blooded Eastern Cherokee, I would just like to know a little more about my roots and heritage.
Posted: June 2000
Mary Oyama
Query: I am trying to find out if my great grandmother was Cherokee. Her maiden name was Kellar, Etta and her married name was Amos, Etta. I cannot locate a birth or death certificate. She was born in WV around 1876.
Posted: June 2000
Lynn Kvistad
Query: William Ralph Johnson – His father is of the same name, from Oklahoma. They came to Fresno, California from Oklahoma. Date unknown.
Posted: June 2000
Loretta Divins
Query: I would like to inquire about my grandmother and great grandfather. My grandmother’s name was: Vera Etta Melton, born July 20, 1893 in McKenney Texas and died on November 14, 1966 in Milborn, Oklahoma. Her father was: John Melton, and I have no information on him. Her mother: Mary Ella McGuire.
Posted: June 2000
Kriss
Query: Need info on Annabelle Darnell married John Jarmans children born in va 1880-1920. Annie died at age 71 in 1950 she is believed to be full blooded Cherokee. Looking for info on children of Thomas and Lydia Drake of Va. Daughter that I know are Hannah abt 1799 Loudon County, VA and Pleasant abt 1796 any help appreciated.
Posted: June 2000
Steven VanDam
Query: I am looking for more information on the Groves family in North Carolina. Please help if you can.
Posted: June 2000
Viki Korhonen
Query: Looking for confirmation that John Boyd was of native ancestry. We have family heirlooms of both Potawatomi and Cherokee and there are family stories of of our grandfathers and greatgrandfathers “living with the Indians.” Unfortuantely, no living relative can substantiate Native ancestry. We are often asked by people if we have Native ancestry, because of our coloring. John Boyd, born March 7, 1850; died Aug 3, 1917. Descendants Leslie Almon (my forefather who also “lived with the Indians”) Born Dec 31 1882 William Born Nov 15, 1887, Howard Born Aug 17, 1892. I have lots more descendant info, but no further ancestorial info before John Boyd. Can anyone help?
Posted: June 2000
Susan M Ferguson
Query: I am trying to locate my father, Steve Sandoval, a Native American that was born and raised on a reservation in Oklahoma. He was in the USAF and had attended college. I was born in 1949 and am not sure his age at that time. I do not wish to bother him, just want to know about him and my heritage – for myself as well as my girls.
Posted: June 2000
Everett Gordon Wilbur
Query: I am trying to find out if one of my Cherokee ancestors was on the Dawns Roll or on the C.D.I.E Roll. The person I am looking for is James David Beales born somewhere in Oklahoma in the late 1800s. In my research I was unable to find when and where he died. He was born to an Emma Alice Beales and Roger Mills County the rest is unknown to me. I have no birthdate nor death date on Roger Mills County. As far as I know, they were all rounded up and given numbers and told that if they wanted to leave they needed permission to leave the reservation.
Posted: June 2000
Leslie Belford
Query: I have been told that I am 1/8 Cherokee and 1/8 Osage and that I am related to Chief Louis (or Lewis?) Anthony who went to Washington with Sitting Bull. I have found no information on him. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Posted: June 2000
Ernest K Ormes
Query: My grandmother say she Cherokee. How could I find out for sure, It would make be very happy to be Cherokee.
Posted: June 2000
Theresa Derr
Query: Searching for Long ancestors. Elizabeth (Lizzie) S. Long was born on October 12, 1877 in Locust Gap, Northumberland Co., PA. A picture of Lizzie taken in the early 1900’s has her name and a note that she is of full Cherokee heritage. Can anyone give me any advice on where else to search for Lizzies ancestors.
Posted: June 2000
Robert Kinslow
Query: I have heard that our family on my fathers side has a Cherokee branch. How do I find out if this is true? I am very interested in my native roots. Mahalo.
Posted: June 2000
Ama
Query: I would like information on a Cherokee woman named Susannah Greene. She may have lived around the early 1900s in the southeastern U.S. Thank you in advance for any information you may have.
Posted: June 2000
Karla Powell
Query: Davis, Powell, Stiles/Styles, Wilnothy
Posted: June 2000
Jeni Webb
Query: I am Cherokee on my dad’s side, which is southern. Nobody can remember the Cherokee woman, though, that married into the family. Her last name was probably Webb. Is there anyone like that in the records you have?
Posted: June 2000
Richard Harper
Query: Great grandson of Hugh Harper from Southeastern Georgia. Great grandmother was Cherokee. She was adopted as child. I think by people with the last name of Monahan. I think the Monahans lived in South Carolina. No records. Alledged to have a number that was given to Native Americans from Federal goverment, but this number has since been lost. 1900 census has her listed as “other” on race.
Posted: June 2000
John J Jukas Jr
Query: My gr gr grandfather (John McKinney born Dec. 25, 1866 in Alabama) was said to be the son of a Cherokee mother (Pulcherry “Crabtree” McKinney) she married Reubin McKinney Sr. in 1832. I am trying to find information on Pulcherry’s Parents and Siblings. Please advise.
Posted: June 2000
Pam Berry
Query: I have been told that my father’s g-mother was of Native American deceant. I cannot find proof. Names I am searching are Kirkwood, Hoppes, Surber, Booco, Nelson, Oliver, Roberts, Treadway.
Posted: June 2000
Jerry Hale
Query: I am looking for information on my gggrandfather and his brother. My gggrandfathers name was Elmer Willson and his brothers name was Bluford Willson. Their children changed the spelling to Wilson. My grandmothers name was May Belle Wilson and she told my mother in1915 that she was part Cherokee. Elmer and Bluford are listed on the census rolls of Hendricks county, Indiana in 1830. The were orn around 1805 thats all I know except, Elmers mother had bright red hair and she lived with the Cherokees when they were born.
Posted: June 2000
Stephanie Geary
Query: My husbands family has traced his great great grandfather to be the Chief of the tribe of Seven Feathers. But we are unsure. He was said to leave the Trail of Tears in Kentucky and change his name to Tapp. Help me find out about this tribe and his tribal name.
Posted: June 2000
Cheryl Green
Query: I’m trying to find more information about Mary Eleanora Worthy. Her mother, Sarah, was full blood American Indian. Sarah married a white man with the surname of Worthy. I don’t know his given name. Mary Eleanora married Thomas Green. They lived in Mississippi for a time but moved to Arkansas later. Mary Eleanora was known as “Nora”. She died November 24, 1934. If you have any other information, please e-mail me.
Posted: June 2000
Karen Miller
Query: My grandfather (still living) is Amso Frank Anderson. He has no birth cert as he was born on the resvervation. We think in Spiro Ok area. He has lost power of speach. He was called a “half breed” and hid his heritage. His Father was Joseph William Anderson of Arkansas around 1888. And his mother was Dorothy Mathis, who died young. She was born in Ok in the 1890’s. We don’t know which side had the Cherokee heritage.
Posted: June 2000
Robert A Williams
Query: Looking for any information on a John Love that married a Cherokee Indian. Her surname is to be believed to have been Nation. There is a John Love listed on the 1835 Census of Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi. Anyone knowing where I can find more information?
Posted: June 2000
Louis Trujillo
Query: I am searching for any information on my Native American background. Family names include Trujillo, Diaz, Sandoval, Ebell, and possibly others. My family, as far as I know thus far, is from the New Mexico and Colorado area. Any ideas on how to procede in my search, or any pertenent information is appreciated.
Posted: June 2000
Jan Hudson
Query: Family history has it that a woman named Katie Morningstar married my great grandfather Hudson, I was always told that this woman was from a Cherokee tribe, do you have any information on this?
Posted: June 2000
William E Walters
Query: Ann Beckett: Birthdate 1810, Married William Curtis Walters in Montgomery Co. VA 12-7-1830.
Posted: June 2000
Linda Coleman
Query: My great grandmother on my mother’s side name was Mary McPeat and I think she lived on a Cherokee reservation around West Virgina. My great grandfather on my father’s side name was John Wilburn and I hear he was from Missouri. I grew up in Southern Ohio. These family members were both supposed to be full blood Cherokee. I would like to know if this is true. I have Native American features ie. high cheekbones and olive skin.
Posted: June 2000
Marianne Tait
Query: I am looking for Needham’s from Oklahoma. My gggrandmother’s name was Alice Needham. She had several children by Needham. She was previously married to a Hughes, and had one daughter by him, my ggrandmother, Barbara Ella Hughes.
Posted: June 2000
Carol M Anderson
Query: Looking for the name of gggrandmother who was a full-blood Tsalagi. Her daughter, my ggrandmother’s name was Lulu Spellman. She married a John J. Spitzer. Ggmother died in Virginia after plowing a field all day bare foot. My gfather Spurgeon was their only child to survive to adulthood. Shkee/WaDo
Posted: June 2000
Zitro Noloc
Query: Elsie Lenora West – Tribe: Cherokee. State: Oklahoma.
Posted: June 2000
Linda Simpson
Query: Family tradition has it that my gggg grandmother was an Indian. The family came from West Virginia/Kentucky, so I suspect that my grandmother was a Cherokee. Associated surnames could be Taylor, Hopkins, Williams, or Gervais. My grandmother would have been born ca. 1770. Family legend also has that she was a “princess” of her tribe, but I wonder if that is true.
Posted: June 2000
Amy Johnson
Query: My grandfather, Billy Bailey, was raised in Kentucky. We have always been told that his mother, Mary Brock Bailey, was at least 3/4 Cherokee. Her parents were Floyd Brock and Jane Stepp Brock, also from Kentucky. Now, we also believe that the Baileys were Cherokee. Does anyone know of any Baileys, Brocks, and/or Stepps from Kentucky? I’d like to know where I came from. It is assumed that they were not registered, but it has never really been researched.
Posted: June 2000
Ofelia Waterkotte
Query: I was told by my mother that my grand or great grandmother was Cherokee. If anyone could help me. This is all I know; my mother Katherine Louise Gibson born in Fort Scott, Kansas 9-29-1940 married Arthur Alvis Harris 11-28-1958. Her mother Ellen Shipley, 5-9-1901/2-18-1963, Ellen’s brothers; Dick and Chuck, her sisters; Louisa And Peral.? Ellen married Hiram Pleasent Gibson 2-00-1885/6-21-1960 If any one can help please Email me or call 1-888-511-1279.
Posted: June 2000
Linda Potter
Query: I am looking for information on my great grandparents. My great grandfather was William Youngblood. He was a U.S. Marshal in the Cherokee Nation and married a woman named Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s Cherokee name was Prettyflower. They had several children. My Grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Youngblood born in 1893 on the Cherokee Nation.
Posted: June 2000
Jo White
Query: I am tracking the Mooney family as follows. If anyone can supply information, please contact me.
1. William Mooney b ca 1760 in NC/SC d ca 1833.
Partial list of William Mooney’s children are:
2. John Mooney
2. William Mooney b ca 1790 in NC and d ca 1836 in AL?? m Nancy Grissett
2. Egbert Mooney b 3 Apr 1797 in MS d After 1870 in Covington Co., MS
2. Arthur M. Mooney b 11 Nov 1799 d 24 Oct 1877 m Elizabeth Pedwin. One known child was:
3. Cornelius William Mooney b 11 Nov 1831 in Lowndes Co., AL d 26 Feb 1889 in Marydell, Leake Co., MS m Martha “Sis” Moore. Children of Cornelius William Mooney and Martha “Sis” Moore were:
4. William Cornelius Mooney b 1831 in Lowndes Co., AL d 26 Feb 1899 in Marydell, Leake Co., MS m Mary Ann Sistrunk on 28 Jan 1877 in Leake Co., MS
4. Martha E. Mooney b ca 1861 in Leake Co., MS
4. Mary E (2) Mooney b 1863 in Leake Co.,MS d 1919 in Attala Co., MS m Ben Newson
4. Samuel Mooney b ca 1805 in Leake Co., MS d ? m (a) Emma Tucker, (b) Bessie Tucker, and (c) Mahalie Madden
4. Susan Mooney b ca 1867 in Leake Co., MS d 1870/1880 in Leake Co., MS
4. John Mooney b ca 1868 in Leake Co., MS
4. Nathan Mooney b ca 1869 in Leake Co., MS
4. Eliza Mooney b ca 1872 in Leake Co., MS
4. Charles E. Mooney b 1874 in Leake Co.,MS
2. Reuben Mooney, Sr. b 1805 in Columbus Co., NC d Aug 1879 in Leake Co., MS m Matilda Davis in 1838 in Lowndes Co., AL Children of Reuben and Matilda Davis Mooney were:
3. William Jasper Mooney b Jan 1839 in Cedar Creek, Lowndes Co., AL d in Belfast, AR m(a) Susan Elizabeth Ashcraft in Jun 1860 in Leake Co., MS, and (b) Mary A. Unknown, and (c) Sarah F. Fergesen
3. John Monroe (Jackson) Mooney b ca 1840 in Lowndes Co., AL d in Leake Co., MS m Sarah J. Ashcraft on 16 Mar 1874 in Leake Co., MS
3. Mary Ann (Frank) Mooney b 1845 in Lowndes Co., AL d 1905 buried in Weogufkee Indian Cemetery, Hanna OK m James H. Waller on 8 Aug 1861 in Leake Co., MS. Children of Mary Ann (Frank) Mooney and James H. Waller were:
4. Fannie Waller buried at Choate Prairie, Indian Territory
4. John Waller b 1866
4. Benjamin F.”Bud” Waller b 1869
4. Matilda Waller b 1874 m Unknown Westmoreland
4. Leona Aden Waller b 30 Sep 1839 in MS d 31 Jul 1919 at Ulan, Pittsburg Co., OK m John Lafayette Vaughan in 1898 in Choctaw Nation, I.T. Their children were:
5.Cotnar Vaughan b 2 Dec 1889 at Choate Prairie, I.T. d 20 Aug 1907 Pittsburg Co.,OK
5. Sampson Lafayette Vaughan b 17 Feb 1901 at Ulan, I.T. d 3 Jul 1878
5. Lou Ona Vaughan b 1903 at Ulan, I.T. d 1991 Pittsburg Co., OK
5. John Dodson Vaughan b 1904 at Ula, I.T. d 1937 in Pittsburg Co., OK
5. Charles Teddy Vaughan b 1907, Ulan, OK d 1975 at Ulan, OK
5. Nicey Jewell Vaughan b 1909 aat Ula, OK d 1975 Bakersfield, CA
5. Dewey Miles Vaughan b 1917 at Ulan, OK d 1991 Pittsburg Co., OK
3. Arthur George (Quentin or Clinton) Mooney, known as “Soak” b 16 Dec 1846 in Edinburg, Leake Co., MS d 11 Feb 1922 in Leake Co., MS m Rachel F. Webb on 30 Jan 1873 in Leake Co., MS
3. Benjamin F. Mooney b 1850 in Edinburg, Leake Co., MS d in AR m Julia Ann Bailey on 21 Nov 1875 in Leake Co., MS
3. Albert Napoleon Mooney b Nov 1852 in Edinburg, Leake Co., MS d in Crossett, Ashley Co., AR m Elizabeth E. Lowery on 6 Mar 1874 in Leake Co., MS. Children of Albert Napoleon Mooney are:
4. Mettettie Mooney b Nov 1874 in MS d 1926
4. Emma Mooney b 1877 in MS d 1923
4. John J. Mooney b 1879 in MS d 1921
4. Minnie E. Mooney b 1883 in MS d 1915
4. Iza Mooney b 1885 in MS d 1913
4. Ada Mooney b 1887 in AR
4. Claud C. Mooney b 1892 in AR d 1902
4. Clinnie M. Mooney b 1895 in AR d 1905
3. Elizabeth Saffri Mooney b May 1853 in Marydell, Leake Co., MS d 1940 in Crosett, Ashley Co., AR m James E. Lochalas on 10 Mar 1874 in Leake Co., MS. Children were:
4. Albert Lochalas b 1875 in Leake Co., MS d 1944 in Ashley Co., AR
4. Walter Lochalas b 1877 in Leake Co., MS d 1948 in Ashley Co., AR
4. Wiley Lochalas b 10 Mar 1878 d 8 Oct 1934 in Ashley Co., AR
4. Florence Lochalas b 1882 in Leake Co., MS d 1955 in Ashley Co., AR
4. Minnie Lochalas b 5 Oct 1887 in Leake Co., MS d 3 Dec 1937 in Ashley Co., AR
3. Matilda Eloisa Mooney b 14 Feb 1858 in Marydell, Leake Co., MS d 6 Apr 1936 in MS m John Felix Morrow on 17 Sep 1881 in Leake Co., MS
3. Barney Mooney b 1860 in Marydell, Leake Co., MS d 1937 in Belfast, AR
3. Earl C. Mooney b 4 May 1862 in Marydell, Leake Co., MS d 30 Jul 1928 in Leake Co., MS
3. Reuben G. Mooney b 1869 in MS d ca 1940 m (a) Millie W, Unknown and (b) Margaret Sanders. Children of Reuben G. Mooney were:
4. Leo Mooney b ca 1895 in AR
4. William O.Mooney b ca 1897 in AR d 1903 in AR
4. Birdie E. Mooney b ca 1899 in AR
Posted: June 2000
Connie Bennett
Query: Looking for names of Walker.
Posted: June 2000
Melissa Ward
Query: My name is Melissa and as far back as I can remember my grandma always said that her grandma was a Cherokee, and she would always tell us storys but I don’t know how to trace back my family history. My question is “can you help me?”
Posted: June 2000
Terry Townley
Query: Looking for info on Reed, Rogers, Capps, Stout, Fly, of NC. & Tenn: Mary Rogers b.1766. Cason Capps married Mary adt.1851. Mary Ann Stout b.1829. Elizabeth Reed ? NC. Elisha Fly b. 1829. Shari White of Tulsa Okla. has Cherokee membership but can’t get the roll # from her does anyone know how I would get app. of Elizabeth Reed so I to can apply for membership.
Posted: June 2000
Raymond C Collins Sr
Query: My great grandmother was a Cherokee who was born in 1875. According to her death certificate, she was born in Maryland. I would like to know just how a Cherokee family got to Maryland during that decade and if any of them are still in Maryland. Her name was Sue Matthews and had a sister that they called Elizabeth. I am trying to find out who their parents were.
Posted: June 2000
Donna Janness
Query: I have found my grandfather on the 1890 Cherokee Nation, Candaian Dist. in Okla. He came to Okla. in 1877 with other relatives listed as farmers. Can someone tell me how I would go about finding information on why the family was there and what type of records I need to search for.
Posted: June 2000
Tammy
Query: All I know is the last nane and that is Jones. they came from Clearlake CA. the name is bogus. My great great grandfather was the last to be hanged there. He was Indian so I am told. The original name was Woods. Was realted to the Woods in TX’s if that is any help. My uncles name was James Woods.
Posted: June 2000
Kay
Query: Looking for grandparents. Sally Stewart – gggrandmother, Wilbum Moss – gggrandfather. Milton M Stewart – ggggrandfather, Rhoda Hooper – ggggrandmother. John Posey “choga” Stewart Sr. – gggggrandfather, Mary “Peggie” Moss – gggggrandmother. Andrew Hooper – gggggrandfather, Sarah Margaret Woodring – gggggrandmother.
Posted: June 2000
Frances McHugh Ramberg
Query: I am looking for any information on a Belle (Isabelle?) Blande(?) full blood Cherokee Indian, who married a coal miner named John Joseph McHugh. They had 2 boys, Clarence and Lawrence Mchugh (both born in Oklahoma and died in Alberta (Clarence in Gleichen on the Blackfoot reservation, and just recently deceased is Lawrence who died in Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Lawrence married a Jean Hersey from England during the Second World War. Lawrence was previously married to a Victoria (no-name). All know children of Lawrence are known to reside mostly in Alberta and B.C., Canada Is there anyone that can help me out?
Posted: June 2000
Dolly Esther Hobbs
Query: Jesse James Smith, son of John and Sarah Smith. Jessie lived in Arkansas and southeast Missouri during the late 1800 to early 1900. He died in 1973. Julie died a few years later. John Smith left Sarah when Jesse was 3 years old. She raised him alone in the Ozark Mountains. Never re-married. Don’t know what happened to John. John Smith was the son of Redbird and Lacy Smith. Jesse married Julie Hicks. (Jesse was her 2nd husband) Julie Hicks was the daughter of Margaret Phillips and Oscar (Otter) Hicks. Jesse and Julie Smith were both Cherokee. No birth records for either person. They told me when I was a teenager they didn’t have birth certificates. Who is John Smith? I know he had a brother (Samuel) and two sisters (Rachel and the other’s name I don’t know). Has anybody heard these names?
Posted: June 2000
Tim Mitchell
Query: My greatgrandmother: Clementine Judy was Native American birth date unknown, possibly born in Marshfield, Ohio. She married my great grandfather Edward Springer also born in Ohio, dates unknown, he died in 1962 at 103. ? Her Father’s name was Christopher Judy, Mother’s name was Mary Ellen (maiden name unknown). We don’t know if she was Cherokee or not. Any help would be appreciated.
Posted: June 2000
MRH
Query: Richard Robison [Dick] d1887 Missouri.
Posted: June 2000
D Templeton
Query: I’m looking for any information on a woman named Synthia Deanah Luttrel, she was born 8-23-1861, she married a man named David J. Sampley 8-21-1878. Her mother was full blood and walked the Trail of Tears from I believe Georgia. I would like to find Synthias mother and fathers name.
Posted: June 2000
Alesa Blasingame-Lambert
Query: Roland E. Cornelius: My great-great grandfather was full blood Cherokee. I know there are relatives still in Cherokee, NC. He came to Oklahoma with his parents (?). He is buried in Water Creek Cementary in Hempstead County Arkansas. Any help locating my relatives would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: June 2000
Peggy Beasley
Query: I’m still looking for Daniel Fields b abt 1818, m Miriah LaRue. They lived in Tn, but I’m not sure of the birth state, but believe it was NC. I have been led to believe that Daniel was Cherokee or Creek. Also looking for Henrietta, aka, Rita, Henery, and Rachel Busby
Posted: June 2000
Jade Greene
Query: My name is Jade Greene but my last name before I was adopted was Davis. I know my maternal grandfather(deceased) was Cherokee (maybe half). I am reasearching my roots and would like to know if anyone knows anything about the Davises in Jackson Mississippi or Crystal Springs area?
Posted: June 2000
Dennis Edward Brown
Query: I am the grandson of Ruby Wade and Fannie Wade. My grandmother told me that my father was Cherokee. I have 3 daughters and would like them to know their Cherokee heritage. How do I find out about my grandfather’s lineage?
Posted: June 2000
Celie Knighton Orourke
Query: Seek family of Cornelia Wilkerson who married Absolum Knighton prior to 1907. She is registered. Where were they after the Dawes roll? Any known descendants?
Posted: June 2000
Susan
Query: Searching for info on Lula Richard Bowles, daughter of Richard Bowles. There is a Lula Bowles, # 45044, Alabama, listed on the 1909 Guion Miller Roll. Lula Richard Bowles is listed with her husband, Pleasant J. Lee in 1920 Montgomery, Al. Census. Lula was 51 at this time.
Posted: June 2000
Sylvia Collins
Query: Have been searching for close to 13 years, making no progress. Anyone who may be able to help please do. Am looking for a Juneau Vault born in 1899 Webber Falls, Ok. Had 1 child that is known of Rosie May Vault Briggs. He is full blood Cherokee and his child was 1/2. This is all that is known of him. Anything would be greatly helpful. Also taking suggestions for help.
Posted: June 2000
Grant Hill
Query: I am looking for any info I can find on my great great great great grandfather John Calvin Weathers who was a Cherokee Chief.
Posted: June 2000
Bonnie Rae Rakes
Query: Born: Stuart, Patrick County, Virginia April 22, 1947. Father: Buel L. Rakes. Mother: Ethel France Hubbard.
Posted: June 2000
Brandy Ricker
Query: My name is Brandy Ricker. I am searching for information on my great great grandmother. Her name was Virginia Jane (Whight) Stover. She was Cherokee Indian and her maiden (Indian) last name was Whight. She lived in Missouri and on the reservation in Oklahoma I think.
Posted: June 2000
Susan Stone
Query: My name is Susan. I’m trying to trace my ancestors on my paternal side. My father’s name is Dale Shaver. We know that either his grandmother or great-grandmother was of Cherokee blood. He was born in (I think it’s called, cuyoga) Ohio. His father’s name was Adrian shaver. That’s pretty much all I know at this point, any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: June 2000
J Susan Forman
Query: Help me please! My gr gr grandfather was James Vann, b. about 1826, possibly in Knox Co., KY. I can’t find hide nor hair of him before 1850 when he was residing with Polly Smithern in Knox Co. I am looking for parents, sibs, or anything else. His daughter was Mary Jane Vann b. about 1866 in Pulaski Co. Her features were very Native American looking to me by pictures that I have. Grandman L suggested that I ask someone to check out the Baker Rolls. So if someone has access, I would sure appreciate it. Names to search: James (D. may be middle initial) Vann, b. about 1826, Mary Jane Vann b. 1867 and Mary Jane’s husband, Daniel Andrew Williams b.1863. Thanks in advance. James is about driving me crazy!
Posted: June 2000
Dianne Elam
Query: I am looking for any information on Willaim Rich from Alabama and his wife Sarah Rich born in Alabama. They had a daughter named Mary Lou Rich. I got information from an 1880 census. I am trying to find the connection to the Cherokee Nation.
Posted: June 2000
Erika Evonne Ramirez
Query: Well I just found out that my great grandfather is a Cherokee Indian. He was hired by the King Ranch, in Texas, as a cowboy where he meet my great grandmother. Now heres the problem when they married he took her last name which is Ramirez and none of my family can even remember what his last name was before he got married to my grandmother. All I know is that the King Ranch hired him out of Oklahoma. Please help I’ve wanted to know for years where my great grandfather came from. Oh almost forgot the King Ranch gave him his a differnt first, they named him Juan, go figure. Any help would you could give me would be so great.
Posted: June 2000
Judy Reeves
Query: I am searching for Indian ancestry. I have been told that the American Indian was either Cherokee or Apache. Her Indian name was Starr Baby. Her Christian name was Maggie Carroll. She lived in Bath County, VA in either Mountain Grove or Millboro Springs. She married James Madison Shaffier. They had 3 children, Lucilla Jean, Michael Oscar Adam, and Pearl Gertrude Etta. Maggie Carroll already had one son when she married James Shaffier. Maggie Carroll/Starr Baby was born 1848 to 1906.
Posted: June 2000
James S Cheadle
Query: Does anyone know of a woman who grew up on the Qualla Reservation named Helen Virginia Meyers? There is a story stating that she left the reservation when she was nine years old. She died many years ago. She was my grandmother. No one in my family knows much about her. She died at age 41, about 63 years ago in 1936 or so. She was married to a man named Alvin Luther Keagy.
Posted: June 2000
Sherry Carlyle
Query: I am trying to find any information available on my great-grandfather, Marshall King. He and my great-grandmother divorced when my grandmother was a small girl. My grandmother told me that he was Cherokee Indian and that he is buried in Bowden, GA. That is all that she can tell me about him. I know that his dob is 9-20-1899 and that his death date is 1-1964.
Posted: June 2000
Tamara Haynes
Query: I am trying to find out my Cherokee heritage. My maiden name is McManaway and my grandmother’s maiden name was Eveland. My great grandfather was Oscar Benjamine Eveland his parents were Rose Ann Powell and John Calvin Eveland I think it is Rose Ann’s mother not sure. If anyone knows of these names please contact me.
Posted: June 2000
Lori Beebe
Query: Goldie Beebe: SSN 543-28-7879. This was my great grandmother, who I believe was a member of the Cherokee tribe. Her birthdate was Aug. 7 1899.
Posted: June 2000
Isabel Luff
Query: Searching for info regarding all below: Telitha Stories who married Stonewall Jackson. She was full blooded Cherokee Indian. Their daughter was Vala Elberg Jackson. She married Thomas T. Eatherly. They had 7 or 8 children, one of which was my great-grandmother Gustava Lee Eatherly who married Francis Benjamin Whitehurst. They lived in Independence, Kansas.
Posted: June 2000
Betty Jo Power
Query: Grandmother Sarah Adeline Dobbs married Francis Marion Wilbanks. Her mothers maiden name was Martha C Griffin and she married David Dobbs. Martha C was the daughter of Robert Trotter Griffin who married Susannah Green. Grandmother Sarah always said she was a Cherokee Indian. I cannot find any proof of this. I have searched rolls and researched the Dobbs Wilbanks and Griffin names. Have just discovered the Trotter and Green surnames. If you have any info on these families please email me.
Posted: June 2000
Robert Sapp
Query: My great grandfather and great great grandfather were 100% Cherokee. My grandmother is my source for this information. I am trying to find information about the 2 following men. Ernest Fayne Heffelfinger and Merrill Fayne Heffelfinger. One of them was born on April 19, 1912. The other was his father. Both were part of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. Any help or guidence would be greatly appriciated.
Posted: June 2000
Lillie B Evans
Query: I am writing because I am trying to find out who my grandmother was. My father (her son) always told us that she was Cherokee. Besides her name, (Mrs.) Willie Mae Johnson and Boligee or Birmingham, AL, being her and my father’s home, we never knew her. She is now deceased and so is my father, and some people may wonder what’s the big deal. But, I’ve wondered all my life, and I need to know who she was, and who our family on her side is. Thank you for any help you can offer.
Posted: June 2000
Mary Beth Stone
Query: I am looking for any information I can find on Jackson and/or Bridgette Wofford. And, daughter, Patricia Ann Wofford Moore. I am Patricia’s daughter, and need to find out how I can get her registration number so I can register myself and my children. Thank you for any assistance you are able to give.
Posted: June 2000
Terry Gregory
Query: My Cherokee surnames are: Thompson, Williams, McGuire, Jordan, Jones and Harris. Also looking for Coffman and Golden. States; Mo., Ark., Okla., Tex., Kan., Ariz., and Cali.
Posted: June 2000
Susan Werstein
Query: According to family legend, my grgrandmother was Cherokee. Her name was Deborah Ann Mullins b 1833 MS (she married James A Bennett who may also have tribal connections). Her parents were Willis Mullins and Lydia Bond b. 1804. They are on the census of Pike Co, MS in 1840.
Posted: June 2000
Cher R Stepp
Query: I am searching for family members in the N Carolina area. My grandparents were Henry and Nannie Stepp. I have searched every where for information and have not been successful. As I have no contact with my fathers side of family, any information would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: June 2000
Nicholas Justice
Query: I’m looking for geneology records on the wife of Lucien Hollis who lived in Tennesse around the turn of the century. She is said to have been full blooded Cherokee. I have a picture taken 1895-1905 which shows her with her husband (Lucien Hollis) and her three children. She died soon after this picture was taken.
Posted: June 2000
Trina Brockett
Query: Looking for my great grandmother. Name: Frances Rebecca Morris. Born: Feb 8 1870. Died: Feb 12 1942. Her father: David “King” Morris. I have been told a name attached to his is Squire we have found records with this as his first name and his middle name. All other information on these records match. Born: Mar 1 1832. Died: Oct 8 1863. Her mother: Esther Margaret Morphew. Born: Feb 10 1846. Died: 1901. We have been trying to find a connection with the Cherokee Nation and have been unsuccesful. It is family history that says Frances Morris was full-blooded Cherokee. We are trying to finish our family tree.
Posted: June 2000
Cheryl Ryan
Query: I am a beginner researcher and spent last summer in Cherokee, N.C., Bristol, Tenn., Va., and Ky., searching the rolls for clues to a man called Peter Mink, who could have fathered my maternal ancestor, Hannah Minton Little. I am told Hannah was a full blood Cherokee, and in Abingdon, Va. county seat court house, found deeds from Peter Mink’s son, David Luther Mink to Hannah’s family, both Watkins’ and Mintons’. “The Mink” was a resident on the Reservation roll in 1817, aka Su-kih, Indian ancestor=George Wil-no-tih. I am terminally ill and desire intensely to find my Cherokee connection. Does anyone know where I can buy “Amazing Grace” in Cherokee.
Posted: June 2000
Cassandra Cole
Query: My grandfather, Harbor Cole, is part Cherokee Indian from the Oklahoma area, and I would like to research my background and heritage.
Posted: June 2000
Shannon
Query: Do you know if “Buck” is a popular surname in the cherokee tribe? My mother’s surname was “Buck” and her father was half Siksika and half Cherokee.
Posted: June 2000
Kevin Glenn Harrell
Query: I am searching for any Cherokee bloodlines in my heritage, and any “roll number” I may be a part of. The only information I have is of my great-grandmother whose Maiden name was Grace Gill. She married a man, Jacob Swarer and bore a son, Wesley Swarer who is my grandfather. I show a lot of American Indian in my appearance. I was told that Grace Gill had to disown her natural heritage to save her life. I was told that Grace Gill was from Arkansas. I am not sure of any of the information I have, because most of the family has since deceased. I will be grateful for any and all information you may be able to provide for me.
Posted: June 2000
Ivan R Abshire
Query: Any information great aunt by the name of Frost. Was given the name of Mary Frost. Maybe a last name of Brown or Lawson.
Posted: June 2000
Paul Ladnier
Query: I am looking for Windham for Ala. Sarah Winham was my great great grandmother. She was born around 1837. Her father was Robert Windham. Her grandfather was Willis and her grandmother was Sara. We belive that they were from South Carolina.
Posted: June 2000
Todd Combs
Query: I am seeking information on Jane or Jensey Brown born @1840 in Wilkes County, NC. She was married to Hix or Hicks Combs on March 25, 1858. I have info that states her father as Eli Brown and her grandparents as John Brown Sr. and Grace. However this is not documented information. Family history has it that Jensey was part Native American and they believed it to be Cherokee.
Posted: June 2000
Linda Campbell
Query: Lulu Korn
Posted: June 2000
Karen Mae Wilkerson
Query: I’m looking for information on my gg-grandparents from Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. George Wilkerson (abt. 1884-1944) married Eliza Muskrat (abt. 1882-1946). They had two children: (1) Infant son (b.1908-d.1908), (2) TOMMY WILKERSON (b.1914-b.1963). If any of this sounds familiar please let me know. Other Surnames: Wood, Toney, Dyer, Splitnose, Muse, Blackstone, Paris, Laymon. “Too Confused in Texas.”
Posted: June 2000
Susan McCranie Simich
Query: I am searching for connections to the Cherokee Nation and my family. I know that we are decendents of John McCranie (my fathers side) who settled in North Carolina upon his arrival from Scotland. Eventually our branch of his decendents moved into South Georgia (Sparks and Adel.) The only information I have about the Cherokee connection is from my mother’s side…surname Mainor. The only way I even know this is that my aunt had photos of the husband and wife who were full blooded. I can only remember them being referred to as “grandparents, but we’re not sure how many greats.” Any direction you could point me in would be wonderful.
Posted: June 2000
Gina Teel
Query: I am searching for records of Florence Thompson or Florence Crawford. Possible roll numbers 10386 or 14502. Also Jessie Crawford, 1046.
Posted: June 2000
Ann Ross Hart
Query: Does anyone have Ragsdale info or Ross info or Watkins info from White county, AR?
Posted: June 2000
Stephanie Osborn
Query: I have a ggg grandfather named Benjamin Franklin Bryant (1840-1922) who lived in the TN area (or perhaps a surrounding state). He married one Martha of unknown surname. Their son, John W. (1861-2 – 1946) was my gg grandfather. There are some indications of Cherokee connections in this branch of my family. Anybody heard of any of these names? I’ve already encountered the commander at the Battle of San Jacinto, as well as another B.F.B. born later, in the Indian Territories. Neither is mine.
Posted: June 2000
Brenda Howard
Query: I am searching for more information on the following: Marion James, William H. Janes, Nancy Ann Janes, Sarah C. Janes and Isaac M. Janes listed on the Chapman Roll in Hamilton Co. Tn. Can anyone tell me what happened to these poeple later on?
Posted: June 2000
Felicia Jones
Query: I am searching for the Cherokee tribe that my great-grandparents could have been decendents of. My great grandfather’s name was Rollie Goins and my great grandmother’s name was Georgia Franklin Goins. I know that Goins was changed from Gardenheart. If you have any information that could help me I would greatly appreciate anything that any one could tell me that would benefit me in the smallest matter.
Posted: June 2000
Christine Fryer
Query: I am biracial but my Black side comes from Alabama. We have been told that we have Cherokee blood and I wanted help in trying to figure out if this is true or not, while being located in NYC, NY.
Posted: June 2000
Delmar Porter
Query: Looking for info. on great great grandmother – Jeanette Fare/Farr/Fair. Born apporx 1854 died 1897 or 1898 buried Parsons Ka. Married William McGonigal. Born 1843/44. Born we think in SC and Will McGonigal born in KY or TN.
Posted: June 2000
Betty Lee Hall Robison
Query: Need information on James Taylor, b NC about 1710. He married Polly Sikes, Cherokee Indian, in Raleigh, NC. She died at age 75, buried at Knoxville, TN beside James.
Posted: June 2000
Betty Paysour
Query: I am looking for information about my great-great grandmother Tennessee Abbott. I have always been told that she was full-blooded Cherokee, but I haven’t found any information on her, other than the fact that she was married to Richard Turner and buried in Spartanburg Co., SC.
Posted: June 2000
Elizabeth Rodgers
Query: I am searching for proof that Gabriel Clements was a Cherokee. He had a daughter Lou Annie (Lou Amie) born around 1836 in Alabama and she married Jasper (Jaspar?) Simmons.
Posted: June 2000
Sarah K Smith
Query: I am Trying to find out information on my great grandmother who was a full blooded Cherokee. It has been near impossible to find due to the fact that my grand mother had tried to hide her heritage. I know she was born on the OK reservation and her family origin before the Indian removal act was in the Carolinas. Her name was Eda Ann Hamilton, Her married name was Eda Ann Farr. She had A brother Named Eli Hamilton and a sister named Pearl Hamilton. Any information you can help me with would be greatly appreciated. I also understand there is a Cherokee CD rom that has census records, do you have any suggestions on where to find it? Eda Ann Hamilton would have been born in the 1880’s-1890’s.
Posted: June 2000
Paul Mazza
Query: I am looking for my Cherokee roots. My grandmother is still alive but has no knowledge of where her birth records are. Her name is Flora Mazza Maiden name Flora Hicks. Her birth date is 01/01/1899. Her fathers name was Archie Hicks. She claims she was born in hillside Oklahoma on a Cherokee Indian Reservation. I have 5 other brothers and sisters who would be proud to say they have american indian roots. Could you find birth records for my grandmother?
Posted: June 2000
Pat Sweeney
Query: I am investigating these names for a friend. The names are: Boyed, Joe & Burgess, Willa (Grandparents). Willa Burgess married Charlie Matthews.
Posted: June 2000
Jerel Brewington
Query: My grandfather’s name is Eddie David Ammons and my grandmother’s name is Hazel Bledsoe (live in Clinton, NC). I want to know if anybody can help me to trace my family history. I am told that my grandmother’s family originated in Georgia and I am curious if that means we are descendants of the Cherokee.
Posted: June 2000
Jerry W Denney
Query: I’m trying to trace my Cherokee roots through my fathers side of the family. He died when I was young. Perhaps the following information will help. My dads mother’s family were cherokee, and I’m told her mother took part in the march called, The Trail of Tears. My dads name was: Finnis Sanford Denney. My Grandmother was: Sara Ann (Hale) Denney. She was married to: Yerby James Denney (not sure if Yerby or James is first or second names). My Great grandmother we believe her name was: Anna Hale. It’s also belived they were from GA, but settled in Alabama.
Posted: June 2000
Sonya Hatfield
Query: I’m looking for the relation of Peggie Christian Varney. Her mother was Cherokee. I do not know her name. She lived in a little place called Lynn, West Virginia in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I know this is not much, but I hope you can help me.
Posted: June 2000
Mike Griffin
Query: Looking for my roots my Grandma was 1/2 Cherokee her name was Elizabeth Stehens came from around Ft. Smith, Ark. or Okla. any help would be greatly thankful.
Posted: June 2000
Evelyn Bradbury
Query: Barbara Hough married Levi Phillips in Popes Mill, GA., about 1784. Barbara is said to be the daughter of John Hough who married the daughter of Cherokee Chief Doublehead. Can anyone verify this?
Posted: June 2000
Tammy Randell Cook
Query: Looking for my father’s people. My grandmother was Florence Melvina Harden/Harding/Hardin (I am not sure of the spelling). She was born in MO on 12/24/1885. My grandfather was Louis/Lewis Alfonzo Randell he was born in Texas on 2/2/1872. My father was born near Tahlequah, Oklahoma in an area called Cookson Hills on 8/31/1920. He had several brothers and sisters. I only know a few of their names: Lloyd, Lewis, Odie, Opal, Dorothy. I would be so thankful for any help. tso ga li i
Posted: June 2000
Al Lindholm
Query: I have always been told that I was of Cherokee origin on my mothers fathers side. How do I find out about my Herd family ancestors? There have been alternate spellings: Hurd and Heard and Hart might be one alternative. My ancestors ended up in North West Arkansas in Benton Co.
Posted: June 2000
Shannon Frisbie
Query: My great-grandfather was supposedly Cherokee and grew up in the Southwest somewhere. His name was Willis Washington Hall and my grandfather was Bert Hall born in Texas.
Posted: June 2000
Anny
Query: Looking for info on Temperance Cates born abt 1818 in Elbert, Georgia. Married James Brixey. Lived in Missouri. Temperance is believed to have been Cherokee Indian.
Posted: June 2000
Connie Fowler
Query: I am looking for any and all information on a woman named Darcus (Harris) Milam. She was also called Dark Eyes. I know she was from Tennessee and that she married and had children one of which was Sarah Anne (Milam) Phillips. I am a descendant and want to know more about her parents.
Posted: June 2000
Ogosotah
Query: Looking for information about Ogosotah (sows much) Etowah village in Ga. about 1780’s.
Posted: June 2000
Raymond
Query: I am an African-American male living in Southern California. I have been told by my mother that I have Cherokee roots. I recently found out from a Native friend person online that the Blacks who were slaves of the Cherokee are of the Tsalagi nation. I don’t know how true this is but I was wondering if I might be able to find an ancestor of mine. The surname on my great grandmothers side is Tull. This was her married name. I hope this helps.
Posted: June 2000
Karra Bloxidge
Query: I am writing for information about my great grandparents. I have not been able to find any information concerning births or deaths any where. My great grandfather’s name is Jim Bailey [(one of five siblings) Sam, Annie, Minnie, and Manerva]. He is from Georgia. My great grandmother’s name is Callie Mae Phillips, from Florida. On the other side is Lillian Arrington from Glade Hill, Virginia. Any information concerning any of these people would be extremely appreciated. I thank you for your time and consideration.
Posted: June 2000
DebbieRainwater
Query: I’m looking for any information on Jackson ancestry in or around Tulsa, Oklahoma. My grandmother told me her grandmother on her mothers side, was born on a reservation in Tulsa, OK. If maybe someone could give me a few pointers on how to research, I would appreciate it alot.
Posted: June 2000
