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My name is April Neece Lett and i have for a few years tried to find out my family’s heritage. I know we have a lot of Cherokee Indian blood in us. My great great grandmother was Jane Hicks which she was full blooded was married to PVT Ephriam M. Kiser. Their daughter which was
Willis Family
by jamesemory533 Leave a Comment
I did a check on my Cherokee heritage. I’m related to some chief who gave his daughter to a James “Jim” West then was made to walk the trail of tears. Can anyone help me with the name of the chief and the rest of the history.
Still searching for information on Cherokee ancestry connected with Tamer Reese. Oral history from my maternal grandmother’s family is that Tamer was Cherokee. Would just like to prove or disprove this. I have a photo of her restored from a tin photo.
Hello, I am researching Joe Crittenden of Peggs, OK. Lost City is another name for the area also Hulbert area. He is buried over at the Swimmer church with his wife Sara and William Alleck. I am wondering what Sara’s maiden name was if anyone knows. Apparently the church records were burned in a fire.
I would like to find out more information on my 3rd great grandmother Lucina Griffin Albritton Birth Date: Dec. 26, 1827 in Ware, Georgia Death Date: Jan. 10, 1896 Father: James Griffin Mother: Nancy Burnside Thomas Married: Noah Samuel Albritton in 1845
by victor neloms Leave a Comment
Want to know if I had Cherokee ancestors.
Looking for information on 6GGF Chief John Watts. His Daughter Barsheba Watts (Gulledge). I am a DNA and Anscesrty Match.
Looking for any information on Parker Beasley, born 1814 in North Carolina. Our family has always been told he was half Cherokee. Hoping to determine who his parents, etc were
Searching for information about my 5th Great Grandmother, Indian Jane Hubbard. She was born Abt. 1760 and died April 10, 1820. She married Chares Rakes, born Abt 1755 in Ireland and died May 23, 1835 in Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America.
Hoping to verify heritage.
Im trying to find information on my great great grandma. She was half Cherokee and Black. Not sure which parent was Cherokee. She was born in Alabama around 1850. She had around 18 children. She died around 1942. When she died her last name was Taylor. She had a son named Ben Frank Ruffin, Gaston
Hello, According to my mother…her g-grandma was listed in the DAWES, but I am not sure she is correct. The name is Elvira Walker. Supposedly she and others hid in the hills of Georgia so they wouldn’t have to go to Oklahoma.
by SmithElisabeth Leave a Comment
My great-great grandmother’s name is Alice Deer Walker Hatfield. Her mother’s name is Neptha Walker. Both are reservation-born Cherokee. I would welcome any information on either of them, please.
My family has always been told we are Cherokee Choctaw from my grandfather, Lyle Glasscock Sr. He was supposed to be 1/2, coming from his mother. I do not know much about his side of the family. He passed away in April 2009 in Little Rock, Arkansas. I would love to confirm and get more
by foster.adrienne0515 1 Comment
I’m looking for information on my great-great grandmother Margaret Ann “Peggy” Stephens (1837-1909) born in Whitley County, Kentucky. Died in 1909, Luray, KS. I know she is native as I have a picture of one of her daughters, Margaret (Foster) Curll, (who is very much so native or mulatto). I’m struggling locating any specifics on
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I’m looking for information on my great-great grandfather Alfred Lamb (1800-1847) from Guilford County NC. born Abt. 1800. At the age of 5 he was taken by his older brother (possibly half brother) to Morgan County Indiana where he married in 1831 to Rebecca Tarry (Terry) b. Abt 1800, also from NC in. I am
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Her name was Rosa Blackmon. She was married to William Francis Estes @ 1905 in Texas or Oklahoma. She was 100% Cherokee. She had a son Malcolm Allen (Balk) Estes born in 1913 in Hammond, Oklahoma
According to family stories this is apparently the ggg-grandmother who is supposedly full-blood Cherokee. Other sites have tried to tell me she was German, but my aunt has a picture of her (waiting for her to dig it out of storage) and she and my mother both insist she was full-blood Cherokee. Susan married Absalom
Bishops of Virginia with Cherokee blood
I am searching for the descendants of Lucille Clarice born Johnson 23 May 1918, Alta, Buena Vista, Iowa, and husband John M Kledis b Cherokee, Iowa, 19 March 1919, d Cherokee, Iowa, 23 July 1984.
Can anyone identify who appears in this photo? I am looking for a photo of Chief William Abraham Hicks. Thank you. https://www.allthingscherokee.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/men_sitting-150×150.jpg
I have been told that my great great grandmother, Vicey May Goff was either a full blooded Cherokee Indian or half Indian. My brother and I have both had DNA’s done with no report of any Indian DNA. I have a picture (tintype) in which she appear to physically resemble a Native American.
I am trying to find a photograph or painting of Chief William Abraham Hicks or his brother, Charles Renatus Hicks. If you have one or know where I can obtain one, please let me know. William is my 1st Cousin, 6X removed. Thank you! Peggy
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I am looking for my great grandfather David “Dave” Mathis who was from Alabama. He had 2 families. 1in Smith County Mississippi (where he met my great grandmother Stella Ainsworth and had my grandfather James Albert Ainsworth with her) and the other in Alabama. Dave was a Cherokee.