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Lea Jensen
Query: O Siyo, We are looking for information reguarding our great grandparents. William Penny Hicks and Minnie Snow Hicks (ne Finn?) They were from Little Rock, Arkansas and had 5 or 6 children, Fred, Connie, Bill, Fairy; to name a few. My great grandfather was a cotten farmer, and was apparently assasintated while selling his goods. My grandmother, Minnie Snow was known fondly as “Black Minnie” by the soliders during the Civil war. It is our understanding that they were Cherokee, Choctaw, Blackfoot, and African American. If anyone can provide us with any information we would be most grateful. Wado All My Relations
Posted: May 2000
Denise Penix
Query: I have been told my gggrandmother was Indiana. I have her name, Naomi Unity Laney. She was born December 21, 1847, I think in Indiana? Can anybody help me trace her family?
Posted: May 2000
Kathleen Altherr
Query: I have very little to go on except a story from my mother that she was told by her mother that she was told by her mother and so on. Pretty typical. I am writing a book and just beginning my search. I have very little to go on. My mother’s maiden name was Barbara Jeanne Layton. Her mother’s maiden name was Harriet Marie Breckenridge. Her mother married a Breckenridge. They were the Ohio Breckenridges. The story is sometime around what has been called the, “French and Indian War” period, a Breckenridge, in the army, married a Cherokee woman. I want to find out if that is true and if she is my grandmother, I want to know her. I feel a very strong urge to find this woman who I feel has come to me and is helping me with this book. If she indeed existed and is my Grandmother, I want to honor her memory. Thank you for any information you may have.
Posted: May 2000
Jim Peltier
Query: I am looking for information on my great-grandmother, whose name is Martha Emaline Workman, born July 29, 1872 in Silverhill N. Carolina. died Oct 2 1955 in Ontario Ore. SHe was married to John Bunyon Shepard born Apr. 8 1847 in Denton N. Carolina. died Feb 13 1925 in High Rock N.C. I was told by my mother that she was either 1/2 or full blood Cherokee Indian from North Carolina. Martha’s mothers name was Martha Jane Johnson born Apr. 6 1836 and died in either 1913 or 1915 she married Hugh Clarkson Workman in they married around 1851 or 1852 her mothers name was Nancy Miller and fathers name was William Johnson Hugh’s fathers name was ‘Reuben Workman and his mothers name was Rebecca Maley. We have traced back to William Workman to 1775 born in England we believe that the Cherokee blood is from either Martha Emaline Workman (my great-grandmother) or Martha Jane Johnson (my great-great-grandmother) or even possibly Nancy Miller (my great-great-great-grandmother) any help would be appreciated my name is Jim Peltier and I can be reached at (406)-377-7996 in Glendive Montana. my address is 415 South Sargent Ave. Glendive Montana 59330
Posted: May 2000
Murphy B Winn
Query: Looking for family members of Dolly Dean full Cherokee. Know of one son John M. Brown b. ca 1781 d. before 1850 in Alabama married Hannah Rice. Have additional information on John M. Brown and Hannah Rice’s children.
Posted: May 2000
Shelly K Bass
Query: Seeking information on my great-grandmother, Nancy Arminda Partain (Luper) (Tedder), and her ancestors; she is supposedly of Cherokee descent. 1st Marriage: ?? Luper; children-John Luper. 2nd Marriage: Alonza b. Tedder; children-Lee, Maggie Ethel, & Lorena. Nancy was born in about 1850 in a southern state and died probably in East Texas in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. Her daughter, Maggie Ethel, married Tom Anderson in East Texas and had 8 children. Also, would like to know if Partain is a Cherokee surname.
Posted: May 2000
Ronda
Query: I have two children that are Cherokee, on their fathers side. I am not Cherokee. Their father left them several years ago and they do not see any of that side of their family. I would like for them to know the heritage and also their family history. I have heard some fascinating stories about their grandmother coming over with the Trail of Tears, she settled in the Stilwell Ok. area. I had the privilage of meeting their great-grandfather before he passed, but I don’t remember his name. I do know that they were all raised around the Tahlequah area. Some of the names are: Grandfather-Gomer Smith/living; Father-Dudley Smith/living but dont know where; Aunt-Mary Jo Huffman/living; and Donna Gail Stephens/passed. I have been diagnosed with cancer and would like to leave my kids with the background and history of their family. Their great-grandfather was very interesting and I want them to know the things that I was told. This may be their only chance. Please send me all the information possible, I am doing this all on my own and I have no funds so I am finding all I can the best way I know how. I would like for them to have the FamilyTree.
Posted: May 2000
Orville Shimel jr
Query: Looking for info on a person called White Horse either Cherokee or Shawnee.
Posted: May 2000
Samuel Dumas Dawkins
Query: My fathers name is Thomas Osborn Dawkins, his mothers maden name was McWaters, she was full blooded Cherokee, her father was also full blooded Cherokee Indian, his name was Rainwater, I don’t know his fist name or even if if he had one? Can you help me with any information pertaining to creating my family tree? From what I can gather, they were from South Carolina and North Carolina.
Posted: May 2000
Darlene Cooper
Query: Alice, Albert (Al), Linda Morningstar. Need to find what tribe they are from. Alice and her daughter Linda are still living. I don’t know about AL.
Posted: May 2000
Kate Hickman
Query: I am involved in a desperate search to find my grandfather, Harold Anthony Williams. Unfortunatly I can provide only a little information about him. He was in the US Army as a military police officer. He was stationed in Europe around 1954-1961. He was involved with G. Revaux in France around that time. As of now he is about 84 or 85 years old. He should be living in the Oklahoma City area. I would very much appreciate any information concerning this man.
Posted: May 2000
Beverly Thomas
Query: Johns surname: Have information that Jeremiah Johns was born on a Cherokee Indian Reservantion near Franklin NC. Anyone with info on this please contact me direct. Also any one with info as to whether or not there was a reservation near Franklin please let me know. Any help is appreciated along this line.
Posted: May 2000
Rae Bolles Taylor
Query: In search of information regarding Melissa Gray married to Bolles. Born 1857 – died in Oklahoma (maybe Foster). She was my great grandmother, I understand. Would very much like to know anything about her.
Posted: May 2000
Isabel Whitehurst Luff
Query: Talitha Stories and husband Stonewall Jackson (not sure if the one from history-rumored that he just liked the name so much he changed his to Stonewall). Their daughter was Vala Elhberg Jackson (believed to be half-Cherokee Indian) married Thomas T. Eatherly they had 7 or more children my great-grandmother Gustava Eatherly (born-early 1900) was one of their children. Gustava was from Independence, Kansas and beleive her ancestors were also.
Posted: May 2000
Sherry Heikkila
Query: I am researching my ggrandmother, Sarah Amarillo Baker, believed to be a full-blooded Cherokee from Oklahoma. Altus, Ok sticks in my mind. I also have sibling names Brock, Dave, Betty and Kitty Neal Baker. She was born in 1872 died in 1946 in Pamona, Cal. She married Samuel Lee Hand and later homesteaded in Clovis, New Mexico. Moved to Pamona Cal. Sarah’s heritage is a real mystery to our family. Noone seems to know any info.
Posted: May 2000
Curtis E McLeod
Query: My wife’s great-grandmother was a Cherokee, and named Dova McNiece and married Jim Golden. They were from Walker Co. Al. They had three children: James, Birdie, & Ethel. I would like to learn about Dova’s family ancestors. If anyone can help me with this search, I would really appreciate it.
Posted: May 2000
Goldie Redinger
Query: My grandmother was Kitty Miller (Underbrush) I think, she is buried in a Otoe cemetary in Red Rock, Okla. Her son is Frank Miller who married Opal Lenora Stillman in Perry Okla, in 1926 they had 11 childrens I would like to know if any one has any information on my grandmother or father.
Posted: May 2000
Vickie Kevan
Query: My great-grandmother’s name was Sarah Etta Goodman. She was from a settlement in or near Ft. Smith Arkansas. I do not know if this was a Cherokee settlement or not. I would suppose it was. She was full blood Cherokee. She married a man with the last name Henley. He was an Englishman. One of their sons was James Jackson Henley. This was my grandfather. He married a woman by the name of Eula Florence McElroy. They had a daughter named Eula Virginia Henley. This is my mother. I am trying to trace my Cherokee heritage and get my name on the rolls. I would like to know if my great-grandmother’s name, Sarah Etta Goodman, is on the rolls so I can have mine put on there. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
Sharon White
Query: Hello, My name is Sharon White. I guess I would be considered a Black Indian. My great-grandmother was half Black & Indian, my great-grandfather was full blood Indian. The thing is that I don’t know what kind of Indian. I would love to know because these people made me. I know that when slaves ran away it led to Indian tribes and the red man hand was held out to African slaves. I can’t trace my history to Africa but I can trace it back to Indian ancestory. I feel that because I decended from two suppressed people it made me a strong individual. And I give praise to my past because they overcame so much and started a new race of people. I’m from Fayetteville, NC and I don’t know what tribe was strong in the area in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s but I know my great grandma was beutiful. Please help me find myself. Proudly Red and Black.
Posted: May 2000
Carlette Miller
Query: I am trying to find infomation on my great grandmother. She was born Frances Bratton in Virginia in 1835. Her parents were William Bratton an Elizabeth ?. She married Matthew Crowder they resided in Fryes Virginia any information is helpful.
Posted: May 2000
Carlette Gray
Query: Frances Bratton
Posted: May 2000
Stephanie Jones
Query: My mother J. Mckinnie, maiden name “Simmons” has been trying to search for our family ancestory for over ten years now and is at a standstill. Most of her mothers family, my grandmother, L. Simmons, maiden name “Arrington” have passed on. This would include my ggmother Martha Huntley McQueen. I have been told that my ggmother Martha was Cherokee Indian. This is what I’ve heard. My grandmothers real father was Calvin Huntley who was an African American. And her stepfather was an “Arrington”, first name unknown. She also has a half brother named Sam McQueen and sister named Luretha. My grandmother was married to my grandfather Charlie Simmons who passed away when my mother was a young girl and he has/had a sister named Maggie. This is all I know about his side of the family at this point. I am told that our family history was derived from a town called “Littahachet, AL.” Also, many family members were slaves on the “Williams Plantation.” Other key states where most of our family history came from were Georgia and Mississippi. As I’ve stated my mother has been seaching for many years and has more information. I know how much this means to her so I am going to try and help her as much as I can. I am going to list some surenames of our extended family and hopefully someone somewhere can help us. Some of the names were: Arrington, McQueen, Hampton, Hastings, Harrington ?, Huchinson, Simmons, Smith and Williams. If any of these names ring a bell please don’t hesitate to contact me because I know we can help each other in this search. Out of all of my grandmothers grandchildren, I am so far the only one married and have children. I would like to find family members before my children become grownups so they may know who I am and where I came from.
Posted: May 2000
Jerry Lee Jumper
Query: Request any information on Jack Jumper, born Oklahoma Territory or Arkansas in late 1800s.
Posted: May 2000
David Brawley
Query: Joseph Tipton died in England, Arkansas in 1948. Question: did he have a Cherokee Registration Number?
Posted: May 2000
Reba Owens
Query: I am looking for info on James and Mary Coker family and also James Coker and Rebecca Bonner any one who might have any info on any of these people I would appreciate it very much. James Coker and Rebecca Bonner are a seprate faimly. The first James Coker I mentioned had a brother who lived in Cherokee Co., TX for about six or seven years was Joseph Coker and his wife was Melinda Brown.
Posted: May 2000
Kim
Query: I just learned that I have Cherokee ancestry, and I am very interested in learning all about it. But I unfortunately have no idea where to start. I was hoping that you could offer some insight and give me any suggestions as to what I can do.
Posted: May 2000
Tommy Edward Ray Jr
Query: Checking for status of Cherokee blood line. To the best of my knowledge, my father is registered the Cherokee tribe. His name: Tommy Edward Ray, Sr., residing in Oklahoma.
Posted: May 2000
Lynn Thornton
Query: I am searching for information on my family. William Prator Cooper born around the 1860’s and his wife Mary Serena Cooper born around the 1880’s. Said to be from Indian backgrounds, sorry thats all the info I have on them.
Posted: May 2000
Sarah Gibbs
Query: Has anyone ever heard of, or have information on, an Indian called ‘Red Cougar’? Any information at all would be very much appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
Ron White
Query: Looking for relatives or ancestors of Daniel Burt Gardner Born: 9-7-1893 Died: 1-13-1957. Vollie Mae Miller Gardner Born: 2-17-1897 Died: 2-19-1978. These are my grandparnts on my mothers side. Thank you for any help.
Posted: May 2000
Sharlene
Query: Frank A. Skaggs great-grandfather, born maybe in Ok. or Ca. date of birth unsure, around 1900.
Posted: May 2000
Mona L Coble
Query: I am trying to find out what tribe my great-grandmother came from. Her name was Mary Jane Richardson and she is the mother of my grandmother, Georgia Anna Richardson born 11/21/1887 (I believe in the Chatham County area of North Carolina). Mary Jane Richardson had a sister named Sara (I don’t know if this is the correct spelling) Richardson who had a husband named Billy Harris.
Posted: May 2000
Susie M Thomas
Query: Looking for parents/siblings Narcissa Rogers b ca 1825 TN m. Elisha Row b S Car. Children: Carroll Co.TN 1850 John M. Mary S. Nancy C. Wm A.
Posted: May 2000
Joseph Harding
Query: I am trying to establich my Cherokee lineage. Unfortunately, my family records are not available, due to the deaths of some genealogy-minded relatives. My grandmother was Frankie Smith, supposedly born in Kansas, and my mother was born in Bushyhead or Tahlequah. That is what I’m trying to establish. I am told she is descended from Redbird Smith. Can you please help me out or steer me in the right direction.
Posted: May 2000
Renae Quinn
Query: I am trying to find (any) Cherokee name for my family. My grandmother was Cherokee. Her parents died when she was a child and she and her four sisters were adopted by different families in and around Wright Co. Missouri. I have the names of my grandmother’s parents and grandparents. None are Cherokee names. My grandmother told my mother that the names were chosen because the families didn’t want anyone to know that they were Indian because they wouldn’t have been able to buy land. The names are: My grandmother’s maiden name was Elma Catherine Lathrom. Her birth cert. lists her as Catherina Elma. She had four sisters; Edith (1904), Ethel (1906), Ruby (?) and Mildred (?). Their parents were Joseph Franklin Lathrom born 12/18/1876 near Rayborn, Mo. and Mary Belle Dean born 05/1988. Joseph’s parents were William Wesley Lathrom and Samantha Mills Lathrom. Mary Belle’s parents were Joshua Alsup Dean and Susan J. Sullens Dean. I believe that most of these people lived in Southern Missouri or Northern Arkansas. Joseph died and Mary Belle remarried. Mary Belle died shortly thereafter and the girls step-father couldn’t care for them. They were actually put on the mail cart and the mail man found different families to take them in. I can’t tell you how much it would mean to my family to be able to find our Cherokee name. My mother tried to find it when I was a child and she didn’t succeed. I’m hoping that there is more genealogy documentation now and that I will have better luck.
Posted: May 2000
Kim Phillips
Query: On my mother’s side, we have cherokee bloodlines. We are looking for anyone who may be related to the Adams and the Lokey families of Alabama and Georgia. My grandmother is more than half Cherokee and her grandmothers name was Mollie Lokey that married a Bob Adams before 1893, they had two children named William Clark Adams born 12-19-1890 and Ethel Adams born 12-25-1893 and their mother Mollie died when they were young so their father Bob gave them to his sister Mary M. Adams who married Joseph L. Large in 1875. However, we are only beginning our search and all we have to go on is that Mollie Lokey’s Dad or Granddad stayed in the Brotherton Cabin in Chickamauga, Georgia as a prisoner waiting to be removed to start the Trail of Tears but we do know that Mollie and Bob resided in either Chattooga County Georgia or in Alabama. Anyone related to these people or may can help please email me.
Posted: May 2000
Sue Moreland
Query: I am looking for these surnames, and any info on them. Surnames: Avery, Redden, Childers, Sanders.
Posted: May 2000
Elizabeth Chambers
Query: Looking for relatives of Gaylan or Don Chambers from the early 1940’s in or near Knoxville, TN. Grandson of family wants to re-unite.
Posted: May 2000
Hugh Mantooth
Query: I have seen “Mantooths” on the Cherokee roles, in the book, “Cherokee by Blood” Can anybody tell me more?
Posted: May 2000
Sheryl Lafferty
Query: My grandfather’s name was Clifford Lafferty and lived in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born 2/16/1897 and died 5/1972. I believe he was half Cherokee but I have no relatives to confirm this. I am always drawn to anything Native American and have created an entire “Indian room” in my home. Can anyone help me? I am fairly new at researching my ancestry.
Posted: May 2000
Sue Moreland
Query: I am looking for my gggreatgrandmother. Her name is San Francisco Childers. If anyone knows of this lady please email me I’m very eager to learn all I can about her.
Posted: May 2000
Jan Mills Dittman
Query: My great grandmother’s name was Willie Anna Akers b 6/16/1875. She married William Sterling Rayborne. She was of Cherokee descent. I would like to know more information about her if possible. She would have been from North Carolina or Tennessee.
Posted: May 2000
D W Williams
Query: Grandfather: William Thomas Patterson. Born 12-30-1868. His father was Cherokee. Name unknown mainly because when he was admitted to the mental hosital in KY. His wife Lucy Lewis gave my grandfather to her neighbors to bring up. Any help in finding my great-grandfather’s name, date of born and if I have any family left.
Posted: May 2000
Jeff Ridge
Query: I’m looking for an Abraham Ridge and his parents most for his parents. Abraham married twice, once to unkown had two children, Caroline and Jane. 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Johnston. They had two children Sussana and David Huston Ridge this family doesn’t exist prior to Abraham Ridge. Only conclusion is that it was generated by the name of “the Ridge” any help I have alot of Baker and others but this one stumpes me a cousin has been doing this a long time an she came to the conclusion that Abraham was a nephew of the Ridge. Makes since because there isnt any family before that.
Posted: May 2000
Alice Wade Seibert
Query: Martha Feathergill/Feathergail/Featheringill: Born Nov 20, 1826 – Died April 21, 1893. Married Rev John Henry Wade: Born May 2, 1827 – Died June 6, 1898.
Posted: May 2000
Michel G
Query: We are searching the family history on my father’s side. Does any one have any info on Martha Leona Webb born 10/18/1882 died 11/1933. She had married Albert Edward Holder (my great grandfather). We are trying to search it back to more info on her parents. Martha’s father was Bill (William?) Webb.
Posted: May 2000
Michelle Newlon
Query: My great-grandmother was Cherokee, or so I am told. Her last name, before she was married was Marion.
Posted: May 2000
Julie Salkeld
Query: Am looking for relatives of Mary Whitten whose parents were Eli and Margaret Whitten. I have been told that Mary was part Cherokee and need to find out if this is true. She or her parents would probably have been part of the Eastern Oklahoma tribes, but am not certain of this.
Posted: May 2000
Jeff Ridge
Query: I’m looking for a man, from the wolf clan, a Highland Scott, he was a warrior named Attakullaculla. He had a son named Dutsie. Somewhere beyond a child was born named Abraham Ridge. I need help on Abraham. About 1800 his father by my cousin acount is Dutsie. My family doesn’t start till the “Major” Ridge took the name of Ridge an recognized it. This is a problem I have most of my family but don’t have this guy.
Posted: May 2000
Carrol W Robb
Query: My grandmother just found out her roll number, its 257. What’s the best way of getting documentation?
Posted: May 2000
Orville Shimel Jr
Query: I’m looking for info on a sub. by the name of Chief Shimel.
Posted: May 2000
Ron White
Query: I am looking for information on my grandfather. His name was Dan Burt Gardner. His wife called him Fred. Her name was Volle Mae Miller Gardner.
Posted: May 2000
Nancy Fisher
Query: I am hoping that someone will lead me in the right direction as to any material or books to look in for research of a J.M. Fisher. I found his name in the dawes Commision Index for 1896 with a case number of 4730. I am not sure if this is my husband’s great grandfather but it is the only information I have been able to even find close. He was to have been part Cherokee Indian.
Posted: May 2000
Julie Hoover Smylie
Query: Wells, Hall, Williams: Looking for Cherokee genealogy of ggrandmother, Martha “Mattie” Hall Wells. B. 5/28/1855 in Alabama. M. Columbus Clinton Wells 2/8/1877 in Spalding Co. GA. (have copy of marriage certificate). Reportedly, her father (Hall) was full-blood Cherokee her mother was a Williams. Both parents died when Mattie was young and her maternal grandparents raised her on their plantation, so to speak. I have no further information on her or my ggrandfather.
Posted: May 2000
Rosetta Lynn Hodges
Query: I am in the process of filling out the application for the Cherokee National Historical Society “First Families of the Cherokee Nation” membership application. My first cousin is Gary Dean Chapman, and he is listed as an ancestor of Hair Conrad in the above. When discussing this with my mother, Alice Sunday Gist, she disagrees with the information given in Emmet Starr’s book, “History of the Cherokee Indians” as shown for my grandfather, Andrew Sunday. Starr’s book lists grandfather’s parents as Nicholas Hair, and Lucinda Robertson. Mother is 83 and the last of the Sunday family, but she is as sharp as a tack! She tells me that her father’s parents were Jesse Sunday who was married to Alice Hair. I am further told by mother that Jesse Sunday and Alice Hair were “Old Settlers”, and if this is fact would the lineage for the “First Families” application come through these ancestors rather than Hair Conrad? So, I am confused and would appreciate any assistance you can give.
Posted: May 2000
Martha Pruett
Query: I am searching for information on my grandmother F. Ellen Wiley Pruett (married Joseph Cornelius Pruett in 1905). She is buried in the Wiley plot at Culleoka, TN (she passed away in Chicago, IL in 1928) along with N. Ceil Wiley, Ocia A. Wiley, and Robert E. Wiley (my father Dan Pruett is also buried in the plot). I have been told her father and mother were J.D. and N. A. Wiley. Her mother was suppose to be full-blooded Indian (half Sioux, half Cherokee). This is all the information I have and would appreciate any help.
Posted: May 2000
Kyle L Smith
Query: As far as I know my grt grt g mother was Cherokee. Her name is Margret aka Maggie. She was prob. born abt. 1820-1830 in N.C. She married a ___ Jones. Must have lived in Ga. They had a daughter, Sarah Ann, born 1849. Sarah married William M. Henderson, and lived in Dekalb cn. Ga.
Posted: May 2000
Nancianna Daniels
Query: It is believed that my great-grandmother was a Cherokee Indian. Her name I am told was, Mary Elizabeth Gilbert, it is possible it may have been Acree. I am not sure I have been given both names. I believe she was born on Jan 31, 1860 in Virginia. She married a man named Samual Franklin Morris also from Virginia. Possibly Tyler County. I would like to know if this is true. Thank you for your time to answer my question.
Posted: May 2000
Ray Smith
Query: I am trying to find out if I have any Indian blood. All I have to work with is my father’s name is Eldon Ray Smith, born in Davenport, OK 11 12 1925, died in Muskogee, OK 7 28 1983. His father’s name is Ulysses A. Smith and mother Marie Ailey Rogers.
Posted: May 2000
Claudia Penkert Stipe
Query: My people were from Arkansas, grandmother is the one Cherokee. Her name was Frances Ann Hughes, born around 1870s. She married Charles Arther Todd around 1890s. The other family names related to my grandmother are, Martha Washington Ferguson, I think is her mother, my great grandmother. After grandparents marrier they moved to Oklahoma.I would like to know if we have a Roll # We would love to be able to tell our kids a history.
Posted: May 2000
Christine Finecy
Query: I am looking for information on my ggg grandmother, Kiziah Ann (Davis) Galimore, and her siblings. She was born 3 May 1827. She was a full-blooded Cherokee. When she was very young, she was adopted by a white couple, Robert Davis and Mary Elizabeth Pollard. The Davis family lived in Kentucky at that time. Later, they moved to Owen Co., IN. This is where my ggg grandparents met. I believe some of her other siblings may also have been full-blooded Cherokee. I know the names of six other Davis children: William B., Sarah A. “Sally”, Nancy J, Jeremiah, Mary, Robert.
Posted: May 2000
Dennis Burkstrand
Query: Looking for information on a person named Emil Good, he was last heard from in Enied, OK in the dates from 1895 to 1905. He was declared dead. The handed down information that he married to a Cherokee girl that visited Cokato, Minnesota with her child in the early 1900’s. This is my lost brother of my Grand mother. Any information on his grave sight and any other would be appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
Beth Wakefield Hoit
Query: Looking for information on Emma Jane Wadington b 1866 in Donora Pennsylvania married John Matthews b 1865.
Posted: May 2000
Deborah Carlisle
Query: Researching my Cherokee heritage, surname “Holley”. Please reply with any info.
Posted: May 2000
Becci Chaney Ramirez
Query: Hi, me again. I talked to my father, trying to find out more information regarding his parents. Nothing new on Oscar Chaney but according to my father, Ethel Chaney, my grandmother, was Dutch and Indian. My ggrandmothers name was Cora Mae Dobbs, from one of the Dobbs who came down the Trail of Tears. My uncle Wayne said that he thought they were from MO. I do have relatives in OK. The children of Oscar and Ethel Chaney: (ones I know) John Franklin*, Doris(deceased), Loretta Lucille (deceased), Leon (deceased), Marie, Wayne. Not sure if this is all the children. It’s very difficult trying to get any information from the family. If anyone could help it would be great. Uncle Wayne did say that my father*,was named after the grandfathers. Also that Cora Mae was married a few times? (he thought) and one of the husbands ran a store of some type. Will keep trying on this end but if anything rings a bell please feel free to contact me.
Posted: May 2000
Patricia Andrews
Query: John b. Parker from Delaware or any of these surnames please McAndrews, Mac Andrews, Bees, Thompson. Parker and Thompson from Delaware/Maryland areas of origin McAndrews or Mac Andrews from Canada areas.
Posted: May 2000
Marika Kolb
Query: Looking for the Beaver/Beavers line and I am not having any luck. This is what I do have. Minnie Beaver was born November 1863, Texas. she married Jesse Kinman, March 29, 1885, Erath County, Texas. In a letter dated 1977, it states that Minnie died on a reservation near Durant, Yarnaby Community, Oklahoma, buried in Yuba Cemetery. Father’s name was Jim Beavers. It is believed the family was Cherokee, but Mr. Kinman (Jack, her son) said his mother was Regular Delaware. Minnie, returned to the reservation when she discovered she was going to die. She had a regular funeral and then an old Indian Chief performed ceremonial dances. The cemetery in Yuba is now on private property. No one is allowed on the property. Her grave was placed under a hugh Hackberry tree. The cemetery may not exist any more, because when someone went looking for it, they found the property the cemetery was suppose to be located on, was covered with heavy machinery. The man who owned the property was working on leveling, ect. Her death certificate is on record at the Durant Court house, Durant Oklahoma, which is only 17 miles from the Yuba Cemetery. It can not be read except the name is discernible. Jim Beavers the father of Minnie is buried in Oklahoma in Indian Territory near Ardmore. If anyone can help me with this family, I would be a very happy camper.
Posted: May 2000
Jeff Ridge
Query: I’m looking for people who know Attakullaculla, of the wolf clan, Dutsie, and Ridge. The things I have read here so far tell me nobody knows who they belong too, and that is a shame. If you are a Cherokee, you know it, you can’t make it up. I’m searching for one man, Abraham Ridge, so if it is your pleasure to submit so be it but dont make believe and take up time an space.
Posted: May 2000
Sheri MacSween
Query: I am looking for information on a woman on the name Sweetwood who was born in 1845 and married a man by the name of Johnathan Wheat Phelps. She took the first name of Majory later. She passed away on September 25, 1896 in State Center, Iowa.
Posted: May 2000
Terri Lambert
Query: My husband’s family has heard that somewhere in the Lambert lineage there is some Cherokee connection. However I have been unable to locate any relation. The attached lambert website is “underconstruction”, the descendents, name and surname index is viewable. Any information would be greatly appretiated. Surnames: Benham, Bishop, Brewer, Cates, Craig, Devenport, Hardin, Heathington, Holt, Horton, Johnson, King, Lambert, May, Medlian, Palmer, Paul, Porter, Rodden, Seal, Stephens, Sullivan, Wallace, Wildfeuer, Williams.
Posted: May 2000
Donna Smith
Query: I am searching for any Cherokee, Chickasaw or Creek Indian background having to do with the Dyess or Gardner last name. I have been told we have either of this background and am searching for any information on this. William Francis Dyess.
Posted: May 2000
Donna Smith
Query: I am searching for information on the Bishop or Bowen names for the Cherokee or Chickasaw background. My grandfather was Quillen Bishop and grandmother is Ella Bowen Bishop. Believed to have a full blooded Cherokee relative named Glumdalclitch in the family around the 1700’s.
Posted: May 2000
Dean Ehly
Query: Looking for info regarding my great grandfather Charlie Hunter who was 1/4 Cherokee and his father Hunter, first name not known. Charlie lived in Florida, married to Elizabeth Thomas Wesson. Charlie died in approximately 1943. I am wanting to discover my Native Ameircan heritage.
Posted: May 2000
La Nell Isom Sears
Query: Cump or Kump Ross, my gggrandfather. His daughter Melvina married Thomas Lively.
Posted: May 2000
Joseph Merlin Nichter
Query: Mary Ellan Cherry was full blooded Cherokee. She was my great-grandmothers/fathers/mother…does that make sence? I guess she was my great-great-great grandma. how much does that make me? can I register with the Cherokee Nation?
Posted: May 2000
Rod Hutton
Query: John H. Mabry born 1869 and died 1899 in Oklahoma was Cherokee Indian. Married Sannie Elizabeth Austin from Scott Co. AR. in 1896. They had one daughter Iva Dean Mabry born in Indian Territory in Oct. 1899. Family legend says John was a well educated man. Being so, the U.S. government gave him the assignment of surveying and marking Oklahoma into sections. The #2 man in charge was jealous and when John ask him to move a boundary stake to it’s correct location the man hit John in the head with a boundary stake. John died three days later on Dec 6, 1899. Along with his ancestry information. If anyone has any information about John H. Mabry please contact me.
Posted: May 2000
Brenda A Russell DeMarce
Query: I am looking for information on my g-great-grandmother Sarah Jane Fewell. She was born in Arakansas in 1845. Her father was William Fewell. My grandmother remembers going to Tallequah, OK for family gatherings. She also remembers going to a reservation in OK for a celebration of some kind. All of her father’s family were there. She has told me that granmy Sarah (Sarah Fewell Crabaugh) was full blooded Indian. I have tried to trace this Fewell line and have come to a dead end. I am not sure which tribe if any she would have belonged to. Sarah was married to Issac Crabaugh in either Benton Co., AR or near Tellaquah, OK. Sarah died at her daughter Margaret’s house in Bartesville, OK circa 1930’s.
Posted: May 2000
Sally Watts Haithman
Query: I am seeking information about my great great-grandmother Nancy Jackson. She was a full blooded Cherokee, born approximately 1840, in Virginia. Apparently her parents escaped the Trail of Tears. I was wondering if anyone knew where they might have gone following that horrific roundup. There is a family listed on the 1851 Siler roll which fills the bill, but they are in North Carolina. Were the Virginia Cherokees forced onto the reservation there? Nancy later moved to Ohio, where she married John Harrison, and gave birth to two sons, Charles and Edward. Any info would be extremely appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
Brenda A Russell DeMarce
Query: I am searching for the family of Martin Fruitt. His daughter was Mary Catherine Fruitt who married my g-great-grandfather William Russell. According to census records she was born in TN in the mid 1800’s. According to family legend she was Cherokee Indian. I have no proof of this but would like to find out. Please e-mail me if you have any info.
Posted: May 2000
Sandie Philippe
Query: I have been looking for records of my grandfather. I have his death certificate, but I have not been able to locate his birth certificate, which I applied for through the vital records division, Oklahoma State Dept. of Health. I have photo’s of my grandfather and greatgrand-father in tradtional dress. Could please help me find my family, as I know my Cherokee family are out there somewhere. My aunt also has been searching but has had no joy. Its important to me and its important to her that we find your family. Here are the following details: Grandfather – Name: Eddie Nicholson, Race: American Indian, S.S.No.: 046-12-6325, D.O.B: 12/25/1901, Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Death: 11.09.68, Place: Fairfield, Greenwich. I live in England, so it is very difficult to access info. this is why I need your help.
Posted: May 2000
Cory Wright
Query: I’m looking for information on the great grandmother of Hester Sabrina Hale. The great grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee. Hester was born 12-4-29, SSN# was 314-30-4506. Hester’s mother was Nova Dee Hale, who died 6-26-80, married to Robert Callie Hale. Hester had a sister, Chloe Loretta Hale, and a brother William Garland Hale.
Posted: May 2000
Esther Miller
Query: I am looking for Lottie Lee Byrd, she was my great grandma on my mother’s side. I believe she married a Jones and had about 4 chrildren. Jodie Esther Jones was one and there was also a Odie Jones. From what I have been led to believe they are from Tenn. and Missouri.
Posted: May 2000
Henry Stamm
Query: I am searching for basic biographical information on Cherokee basket weaver Agnes L. Welch, from Qualla Boundary. She wove baskets in the 1980s, but I don’t know if she is living still.
Posted: May 2000
Shaun Martz
Query: I am looking for information on my Cherokee ancestry. It starts with my mother’s dad’s grandmother who was sopposedly part Cherokee. Her name was Ella Belma Higgs. Could you please try to locate any information. It would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
Brenda Brandstatt
Query: Researching ~ Richard Taylor. He led a detachment on the Trail of Tears. Does anyone know the history of this man? Any bit of information would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
E Arnold
Query: Searching for information on John Powell, wife Nancy Reavis. Daughter Sarah Powell. The Powell’s were said to be Cherokee. Lived in Surry County, N. Carolina. There was also a Chief Powell of the Cherokees. Can anyone help on this? I would be grateful.
Posted: May 2000
Lora Love
Query: Would like to find out my Cheorkee family history.
Posted: May 2000
Cathy
Query: I am looking for information on the surname Stubbs. Cissro Stubbs of TN and MS in particular.
Posted: May 2000
Jesse Stovall
Query: I’m trying to find some information on Perry Burnett. He was a Cherokee who lived in Georgia during the time of the Indian Removal in 1838. The next record of him shows him living in Northwest Arkansas. I believe that he may have escaped the “Trail of Tears” before the final checkpoint at Fort Smith. Any information to prove this would be helpful. If you know how I can prove that he walked the “Trail of Tears” please contact me.
Posted: May 2000
Richard L Hayes
Query: I am looking for information about Harvey J. Hayes (Hase or Hays) who was full-blooded Cherokee and moved from S.C. to Jefferson Co. Tennessee.
Posted: May 2000
Shannon Read
Query: We were always told that a particular ancestor was Cherokee. I have only recently been able to trace her name. Her name was “Nancy Carter” from Kentucky. She married Jim Hollon from Indiana. Their marriage and birth days are unknown to me. Their son John was born 5-5-1853 in Pike County, Indiana. Later on they moved 3 generations to southern Kansas. I figured she may have had relatives in the `trail of tears’ forced movement. I hope you can help me.
Posted: May 2000
Tommy Kircher
Query: Would be interested in information about any of three known sisters; Canzada, Tennessee or Oregon Woodard (some spellings are Woodward). Canzada made it to Park Hill OK, in 1906 or 1908 via wagon and children, died in Pryor OK in ?. Need information/history going earlier than 1908.
Posted: May 2000
Tammera Krone
Query: Roy Hulbert, Rollen Hulbert, Cossie Bruton, Rena Pritchet
Posted: May 2000
Grant Hill
Query: I am looking for any info on my gggg grandfather Chief Weathers if anyone can help me please e-mail.
Posted: May 2000
Lisa Marie Parks
Query: I need some help with researching my family history. Since there is limited information about the African American side of my family, I am trying to inquire about the Cherokee side. My father says his grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee. I have nothing concrete to confirm these stories. My cousin says that the Census categorized her as “Mulatto”. Please help me!
Posted: May 2000
Genevieve Hertel
Query: Want to correspond with anyone researching the family of Mary Parthlia Bird. b. 3 Mar.1900 Hartshorne, Oklahoma. Married: Lonnie Thomas Hilliard, 24 May 1919, Denton, Tx. I believe her parents were William Bird and Fannie Florence.
Posted: May 2000
William W Applegarth
Query: Looking for information on Don R. Martin, b:1890’s Cherokee NC, allegedly 1/2 or greater Cherokee. No known ancestry for this person he is my maternal grandfather.
Posted: May 2000
Archie L Spears
Query: Looking for info. on William Spears Born 1785 in Tennessee, Smith Co. and Charles H. Spears born about 1816 Smith Co. Tennessee.
Posted: May 2000
Pat Cook
Query: I am trying to link up to the Anothy Forman family. He was a Scotchman who married two full blood Cherokee wives Susie and Elizabeth. They had children named Cathrine, Thomas, Nannie Sallie, Richard Bark, Archibald, Elsie, Stephen, Edward, Mary, and Alexander. Mary married Thomas Barnes and they had John, Rachel, Alexander, Corinne, Theresa, Henry Clay, Sarah, and Minnie. I found this information in the book History of the Cherokee Indians on page 363/365. I have hit a road block in tracing the family tree by going backwords the white man way so I thought I would see what I could find this way and come forward. Hope someone out there is working this line.
Posted: May 2000
Cresta Cavanaugh
Query: Hello, (I thank you for this site by the way:) My great-grandmother’s name is Maizie Faye Phillips. She married Roland Russell. (Both are 86 and still living:) Anyway, she has mentioned that my family is Cherokee, but she won’t tell me who is. I’ve been wondering what percentage Cherokee I am. I don’t know either of their parents’ names. Also, on my father’s side, his mother’s last name was Byrd, I don’t know much about her side of the family because she was killed when my father was four years old. My father’s father’s name was Curtis Ivnor Cavanaugh. I know that Cavanaugh is an Irish name, but my father has mentioned that there was Cherokee on that side as well. I’ve recently discovered that my family is a whole mix of things, but have been unable to trace my Native American roots because there are no remaining documents to help in my search. I would really appreciate it if you could help me. Thank you, Cresta (age 20)
Posted: May 2000
Lori Conkle-Howard
Query: I am looking for my Cherokee blood lines. My grandfather Sherman Conkle was 1/2 Cherokee. His mother was full blood Cherokee her name was Clara Boyd Conkle. Clara was born 12/1/1889 and died in June of 1970. Clara parents where Ruben and Mary Fuow Boyd. Any information would be great. I want to register as Native.
Posted: May 2000
Clifford E Laswell
Query: I was born in Alberta, OK to John Laswell and Buehla Sperry. My father was born in Cherokee, KS on June 27, 1893. His grandmother on his father’s side was full blooded Cherokee. Any help?
Posted: May 2000
Sean Fivecoat
Query: In regards to any information you can supply about family history.
Posted: May 2000
Jenny Keller
Query: My great grandmother was full blooded Cherokee and I was wondering if anyone heard of her last name was Gilmore-Flinkman. If you know something please e-mail me and let me know.
Posted: May 2000
Dot Creed
Query: I am looking for my gggrandmother, who is supposed to be Cherokee. Her name was Martha (Cherita) Bull. She married Charles Henderson. As close as we can tell she was born approximately 1813 in KY or TN. I don’t have a date for their marriage. No names of her family. I would appreciate any information you could find for me.
Posted: May 2000
Ednah Beauchamp
Query: Looking for information on Benjamine Franklin Gray and family.
Posted: May 2000
Frank A Butler
Query: Mary Jane Edwards, Cherokee from West Tennessee born 1840-1860. She my ggrandmother. Anything at all would help.
Posted: May 2000
Cheri Chavez
Query: I am looking for info on my grandmother Ida Lee Looper born July 25, 1916 or 1918 in Shawnee OK. Her father is James Monroe Looper. Mother’s name is Lettie Esther Hill. My grandmother said that she was born on a reservation in the Shawnee area. She had sisters by the names of Ruby, Wilma, Viola, Ethel and Katherine. She had 3 or 4 brothers, one named James. She had oftened mentioned an aunt Sally and uncle George whom were to been full blooded Cherokee. If you have any info on this family please send to me.
Posted: May 2000
Ed Gray
Query: I am trying to trace my Cherokee ancestry. Some research completed. The Relative that I have traced is John C. Fletcher (my great great grandfather). He was inlisted July 1862 in Benton County AR in Company A First Regiment of the Cherokee Calvary commanded by Col. Standwaitie. John C. was married to Mary E. Fletcher (no maiden name) John C. parents Benjamin G. Fletcher 1813 North Carolina and Francis A. Fletcher 1811 North Carolina (no maiden name). Anyone having any information on any of the above mentioned please e-mail.
Posted: May 2000
Madeline Pendleton-Assa
Query: My name is Madeline Pendleton-Assa I am looking for my grandmother Madeline Assa who according to family history was of Cherokee/Cuban descent, I have looked throught many other searches and have been unable to find her could you help or tell me where I could look for her I believe that she was born during the late 1800’s. Any information that you may have would be of great importance to me.
Posted: May 2000
Kari Oxford-Jordan
Query: I am trying to locate my family of origin in Morganton, NC and track my Cherokee heritage. My birth father’s name was Jack Lanford Oxford. He had a brother in Morganton named William Barnes Oxford who resided there in the 1960’s. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
David Hollenback
Query: I know that I have Cherokee history on my mother’s side. She married into the Blasingame family name. Originally they were from Southern Missouri/Northern Arkansas around White River. This would probably be in the time range of 1830 – 1850 for a birthdate as a fair estimate. If anyone can help it would be appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
Terri Kerns
Query: Does anyone have any info on Cheorkee’s living in the Weston, WVa area. I am searching for surnames: Blake, Riffle, Posey.
Posted: May 2000
Claudie Cline Thompson
Query: I’ve been told all my life that my great grandmother and my greatgreat grandmother were Cherokee, but I can’t find out if it is true. My grandfather and my father both looked Native American. My dad Claude Cline was born on a reservation in Oklahoma. I looking for information on Cline, Reed, and Newton. The Cline names are George, Robert and Claude. The Reed and Newton names I’m not sure of. One I think is Narcissus.
Posted: May 2000
Liz Valentine
Query: My ancestors William “Billy Joe” Justys (Justice, Jestes, etc.) and wife Sarah “Sally” Troutman are listed on the Henderson roll 1835 from Franklin Co. GA as full-bloods. Can you access any info on this family or verify their Roll status? My genealogy is that they had son Eli in 1810, who begat Curtis “Jasper” in 1844, who begat James Franklin, etc.
Posted: May 2000
Carol Raines
Query: I am looking for the parents and grandparents of my grandmother, Emma Elizabeth Beasley. All that I have to go on is that she was born on October 24,1873 in Blue Springs (Union Cty) Mississippi. I believe that she was raised by her grandparents after her parents either died or were killed. I have been told that she was Cherokee and could speak some of the language. She died on April 1, 1948 in Texas.
Posted: May 2000
Susan Ruscello
Query: I am looking for any info on Sally Delector Weaver. My grandmother told me she was from the Carolinas and Indian. She had received a letter from an Indian Nation telling her she was elliagable for full Indian Status. She married William Kirkland Rhodes in the early 1900 and had 3 daughters. I beleive they moved to Miss. or she moved there before getting marriage. She died in Flordia, but there is no info on her death cert.
Posted: May 2000
Debbie Conley
Query: Gggmother was Cherokee Indian her name was Talathia she married a Casey. Doing family tree can’t find out anything on her she died at the age 24 in Oakhill, West Virginia she had 2 kids that I know of. If you can help finding out anything would be great. Also trying to get Indian card but have to find some prove of encestor first.
Posted: May 2000
Geraldine Shoup Ringgold
Query: I am looking for a connection to my grt.grt grandmother Eliza Jane Coburn. Her mother’s name was Souisian Brown. Believed to be of Cherokee blood. Father’s name was Aaron Brown. Anyone who might have definate connection to any of her siblings Butler, Tome Joe, Nim, Alice, Taylor, Cindy, Ida or Fannie. She was believed to come from the Carolina/Tennessee area. She married James Leander Shoupe in 1882 at Mt. Sterling Kentucky and moved to southeast part of Missouri where she is buried along with my grandfather and a daughter in the West Plains’s Old Field Cemetery.
Posted: May 2000
Jeff Ridge
Query: I am searching for Atta cula acula Cherokee, Dutsi, a Cherokee and Abraham Ridge a Cherokee by John Ridge don’t know if it is John or his son John R.
Posted: May 2000
Lisa Marie Parks
Query: There has been a story in my family about my great grandmother being a Cherokee. The only proof I have to support this are the stories that have been told. The only thing I have to go on is her name–Mary Magdalene (Harris) Parks.
Posted: May 2000
Steve Bailey
Query: Looking for info on my great-grandmather named Maude-Mae Hall (maiden name Sidebottom) Also great great grandmather named Sudie Sidebottom. My uncle always said we are Cherokee.
Posted: May 2000
Cynthia Chadwell
Query: I am looking for the surnames Woody, Lynch, Smith, Cox. My grandparents, great-grandparents lived just north of the N.C. border in Va. I can remember people vaguely from childhood with copper-hued skin and coal, blue-black hair that I used to visit. I also have pictures, which others have seen, and there is no doubt of my Indian heritage. Can you help?
Posted: May 2000
Erica Mayle
Query: I’m searching for my Native American heritage. I was wondering if anyone had info on the name “Mayle”. My grandmother tells me she’s half Native American, I’ve also been told “Mayles” are desendants of the Cherokee Nation. Any info would help greatly.
Posted: May 2000
Kristin Fleetwood
Query: Howell, Fleetwood, White, Mullins: I am trying to trace my Cherokee roots on both sides of my family. On my father’s side, a man with the surname Howell married a Cherokee woman whose name is unknown to me. They had a son named William Cornelius Howell who married a Cora Lee Hill and had a daughter named Elva (Elvie) Virginia Howell. Elva was born July 31, 1891 in Seaboard, North Carolina. She married William Clarence Fleetwood on March 9, 1911 in Seaboard. They had 6 children: Wilson Clarence, Virginia Lee, William Howell, Rosa Faye, Henry Burnett, and Robert Millar. Robert Millar Fleetwood married Mary Burton Townsend and later Zelma May Brann. My father, Robert Millar Fleetwood, Jr., is the only offspring of that first marriage. I am looking for information on Elva’s grandparents, the unknown Howell and Cherokee woman. I would like to know their names, where they came from, and if the Cherokee woman was enrolled with either the Eastern or Western Cherokee.
On my mother’s side, I am looking for information on my grandmother’s parents and grandparents. My grandmother’s maiden name is Mary Ruth White and her married name is Gebron. Her father’s name was Goodloe White and her mother’s name was Polly Mullins before she married him. They lived in Hazard, Kentucky. Goodloe’s mother’s name was Millie Watts before she married. Her husband’s name is unknown, except for the surname, White. Polly Mullin’s mother’s name was Sylvanie Mullins (don’t know her maiden name). Polly’s father’s name was Elias Mullins. Supposedly, according to my grandmother, Elias Mullins was a Cherokee who built houses and who gave her the house she now resides in. Do any of these names look familiar to anyone? If so does anyone know which name is the name of a Cherokee? If anyone has any information on either Elva Howell’s grandparents or Mary Ruth White Gebron’s parents and/or grandparents, please contact me.
Posted: May 2000
Richard R Malone
Query: To who it may concern, My name is Richard R Malone and I was adopted. I have received a letter from the Cherokee Nation of Tahlequah Oklahoma stating that I have Cherokee roots. If anyone could help me to find out if this information is true, it would be appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
Cheryl Smith
Query: I am looking for information on the following people. My ggggg Grandmother was the daughter Princess Rose, daughter of Chief Obadiah, who was the brother of Chief Nettle Carry/Carrier. How can I find out more information about these people? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Also, what clan do they descend from?
Posted: May 2000
Larry Martin
Query: My mother’s grandmother was 1/2 Cherokee. Her name was Mary Scoggins. She married Joel Harvey, and lived in the Turner County area, Georgia.
Posted: May 2000
Veronica Foust
Query: Looking for informatiom on Indian grandparents.
Posted: May 2000
Dianne Lehmann
Query: Surnames: Porter, Stephens, Schaffer, Bobbitt, Pyle, Hail (Hale), and Alston. Any info is appreciated!
Posted: May 2000
Rick Pounds
Query: Looking for Emma Yoder or John Yoder.
Posted: May 2000
Ashley Edwards
Query: I am looking for any information on the family names of Starr, Agee and Henderson. If anyone has information or knows where I can obtain the information, please let me know.
Posted: May 2000
Becky
Query: I’m trying to find the surnames, Stanford, Cornelius, James, Byrd, in the Indian genealogy.
Posted: May 2000
Paul D Quinn
Query: I am interested in finding information concerning my materanl grandmother Mary Louise Barnett. She was raised in an orphanage for Indians in upstate New York at the turn of the century. Any information or hits on her name or orphanages would be appreciated.
Posted: May 2000
Elida Vombaur
Query: Nancy Redman
Posted: May 2000
Armenda Turner
Query: My great great grandmother, Elizabeth Floyd, married a Cherokee man, name unknown. She was born in 1832. He died in 1867 and was buried at White Oak, Arkansas. I have no date for her death. I would appreciate any information about this couple. Most of my ancestors are from Tennessee.
Posted: May 2000
Walter A Atkinson
Query: I am searching for the natural lineage of my great grandmother. Her name was Margaret Ann Wardrup/Wardrop. She was born August 12, 1835 in North Carolina and died in Kitts, Harlan County, Kentucky, August 4th, 1924. She was married to John Wesley Hall in 1863. On her death certificate her mother’s name is listed as Belle Ann. According to my father (one of the few members of the family to discuss our Cherokee lineage) she was adopted by the Wardrups when very young, at the time of the Relocation. I have searched in vain for any connection to her natural parents. According to many genealogists William and Elizabeth Wardrup had no natural children of their own, but adopted many. The state of North Carolina has written me that a court order would be required to search for her (Margaret Ann’s) adoption records.
Posted: May 2000
Ruth Rogers
Query: My great-great grandfather, James A. Hunter (b. 1813) married Eliza Woodall (b. 1816) and family legend says she was on the Trail of Tears, a Cherokee. They settled in Hart County, Kentucky. I hope to learn more about this family. Any Woodalls of Hunters who can help me?
Posted: May 2000
Anita Seybold
Query: I am searching for a John Smith who married a Cherokee lady by the name of Morning Star. She was from the White Pine Tribe in the Smoky Mountains. They had one son I know of names John Lee Smith. John Lee married Nancy White Cotton and had 10 children: 1. Bailey (b. 1841) 2. Frances/Almira (b. 1843) 3. Daniel (b. 1845) 4. Isaac (b. 1846) 5. Calvin (b.1849) 6. Tennessee (b. 1852) 7. Missouri (b. 1854) 8. Franklin (b. 1854) 9. Vetal (b. 1858) 10. Matilda (b.1859). Some of these children are buried on the Oklahoma Reservation and some in Reynolds Co. MO. If anyone knows of this line I would appreciate your information and I will share what I have.
Posted: May 2000
Christy Sexton-Jeffcoat
Query: My fathers family on his dads side was Cherokee, mostly from GA and TN. I’m trying to do a family tree for him but can’t find any thing- please help! My grandad’s name was William Riley Sexton, his father’s name was Luke Sexton.
Posted: May 2000
Kelly Thomas
Query: I am searching for my husbands Cherokee roots. His grandmother’s name was Hazel Thomas, born 11-11-1921, died 07-17-1996. His family always talked of being Cherokee, but we never had the chance to talk to his grandmother about it before she died. The family live in Bay Minette, Alabama. If you have any information, please write to me. Also, my husband’s name is Brad Thomas, his father is Billy Glenn Thomas, and his granfather was Abe Thomas, if this helps. We would really like to know where the Cherokee comes into the family, and what the Cherokee ancestors names are.
Posted: May 2000
Chris Parish
Query: Looking for ancestors of John Tiller Parish. His parents were called “buckskins” because they were so dark and supposedly both were half Cherokee. It is even possible they were part Creek.
Posted: May 2000
Bud Pullin
Query: Yono Qu-Sadia, Mason, Ailsey Smith, Mariah Lane
Posted: May 2000
Donna Cline
Query: I would like to find out about my family history. I know my grandmothers name and that my father was registered but all of his papers were burnt in a fire. I would like to know if and how I could get registered along with my sister and her children.
Posted: May 2000
Douglas Newman
Query: I am looking for a Hence Shinaul and a Jettie Bennitt, which are my great great great grandparents on my mothers side.I have found some intermarriage within the family so far.
Posted: May 2000
Charmaine Ochs
Query: Looking for my father, Bill Roberts he was 18 in 1969. He is of the Cherokee Tribe, out of Cherokee North Carolina I do not remember his Indian name, but his father was a chief, they lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for a short time and returned to the reservation.
Posted: May 2000
Mary Nelson Cross
Query: Aaron Cookston/Cookson m. Mary Elizabeth Taylor. Aaron was son of Joseph Cookson (Cherokee Indian). Aaron fought Civil War (South) Children of Aaron and Mary Elizabeth – Martha Elizabeth Clay and Bob; after she died he remarried had children, do not have knowledge of their names. Martha (Liz) married Cardinal M. Stewart in Stoddard County Missouri Nov 1870. Have posted query prior but with wrong info. NC/TN/MO/TX Any connection to Joseph Cookson – Miller #8328, appl.#27945, census card 6388, Dawes #15267, Henderson Okoa Creek TN 1835. Idle Joseph (I.J.) Nelson m. Iva Lou Reese in Jackson County, AR. I.J. was Cherokee Indian raised in White County, AR. His mother left husband and took children (they never saw their father again, to my knowledge). Found a Mrs Nelson listed in Goodspeed Biography 1860 for Jackson County AR a tenant of J.C. Bleakley. She died, requesting them to raise her 3 children Idle, Willie and Eva. Do not know names of Idle’s father or mother. Iva Lou was daughter of Randolph Reese b.1852 AR and Sarah Coghron b.1855 Jefferson City, MO. Do not what happened to Willie or Eva either. Any help?
Posted: May 2000
Mary Balwim
Query: I have found ancestors on the Guion Rolls, can you tell me what I should do from here?
Posted: May 2000
Kelly Bishop-Fulton
Query: I am searching for the Cherokee blood line in my grandmother’s mother ancestory. My grandma told me her mother, Armine Deaton was Cherokee. I don’t know if it is on her mother or father’s side – or both. I am having trouble tracing it because she was a servant who was born to William Deaton and Nancy Sizemore and traded to William Strong for a mule and was a servant (slave) until age 12. Then she went to live with Bill Wooton and his family. So my family doesn’t know much history on her. How do I find out if Nancy Sizemore (born 3/15/1883 to John Metcalf, died 5/13/1917) is part of the Cherokee blood line? Five John Metcalf listings appear on the Hester Roll of 1883. How do I find out if one of these men is the John Metcalf who is the father of Nancy Sizemore? And if so, what quantum blood does he show? And how to I find out if great-grandma Armine’s father, William Ambrosh Deaton (son of Squire Deaton according to the Breathitt County Census of 1880 in Kentucky) is part of the Cherokee blood line?
Posted: May 2000
Cassie Sinclair Scott
Query: At least one of my great-great grandparents, Van Pelt, Eliza Jane born Nov 10, 1853 in Magnolia Arkansas and Palmer, Samuel Parmaneas (sp?) or Samuel P. born 1 Aug 1850 on the county line between Arkansas and Louisiana, were Cherokee and French. I have their parents names as Isaac Franklin Palmer, Julia Ann Autry; William Peoples VanPelt and Eliza (Roberson or Robinson). I found a Chas Palmer on one of the rolls and I believe he is a relation. For some reason the family changed the spelling of Palmer to Parmer sometime between 1880 and 1920. Lore in the distant family speaks of someone who brought in slaves after abolition and was hung, and of a gambling murder on the Mississippi. I can confirm neither story so far nor am I certain if either had anything to do with the name change. I also have a curiosity about the name Quinn. I have heard the name mentioned in my genealogy also. I have seen my great grandma Mary Annie Parmer Sinclair in a photograph. She looked very Indian and used to say when asked that she was French and Indian. It was my grandpa who told me she was Cherokee. I have found Samuel and Eliza in Louisiana in 1880 but have had trouble finding records for their parents, names that great grandma gave us. I thank anyone who can provide me any additional information. I also wanted to mention that one of the episodes of the Antique Roadshow featured a black gentleman in possession of a book of paintings featuring ancestors of an Indian princess named Eliza Jane Arianwah (sp?) Quinn. They had inherited it from their father who would never tell them how he came to possess it nor how it related to their family. I am interested in contacting that family as they were not Quinns but may have been Palmers or Parmers.
Posted: May 2000
