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by MarkieMadden Leave a Comment
I’m searching for a Cherokee ancestor of mine, but I don’t have a lot of information. Her first name was Nancy, but I only know her married last name as Boren, spouse of James R. Boren. She was born sometime around 1770 in Virginia, but submitted a Request to Join Colony (to Texas), listing herself
by DavidGrantWalker Leave a Comment
Trying to find the connection between Swift Running Dear (Sarah Black Fox- Baucom) and Enoli Black Fox.
My grandmother is Pearl Walker, listed on the U.S. American Citizens and Freedman of the Five Civilized Tribes. #782 Walkers of Marion County TN, enumerated on card #296. She was 8 years old 1901. How much Cherokee blood did she have?
Bertha Mae Brackett is my paternal grandmother. She married Nolan Temple Cowan. She was born in August of 1911. She was Cherokee but we can’t find her parents
by sladyflier@gmail.com 2 Comments
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Leroy Worley Brown and his daughter Hannah Brown. They lived in Kentucky.
by sfj54 3 Comments
Hello all. I am new on here and am creating my family tree. I have hit a snag and am reaching out to get some information. From a relative I was told that my great great great grandmother was Mary Parhams and her father was Elisha Parhams who was Cherokee. I have searched on several
I am working on tracing my Cherokee heritage through my grandfathers paternal side of the family. His gg Grandfather was Julius Willhite who married Polly Anna Fryar, the daughter of Garrett Fryar and his wife Elizabeth Goodner/Fryar whom I am told came over to O.K. or thereabouts during or around the time of Trail of
Chief Wahachey traveled to MD from South Carolina, and his daughter Zula married my Forsythe ancestor. I’m hoping to find some definitive proof that the Chief was indeed Zula’s father as is long rumored in the Maryland Forsythe family.
by jpaden 5 Comments
My great aunt used to do a great bit of genealogy, and she always said we had Cherokee in our family history. I recall her saying something about one of our ancestors rescuing a Cherokee off the Trail of Tears and marrying her. She also said her grandmother or great grandmother was half Cherokee. I
by siskkenneth Leave a Comment
I’m looking for my 3rd great grandmother. Supposedly her maiden name was Bolin. Married name is Alexander. Her name is Eliza Jane Bolin born sometime between 1824 to 1851 in North Carolina she died June 22,1922. She married a man named William (Pinkney) Alexander some time in the 1860’s. To some of the information we
I have ancesters who married Cherokee women in the 1700’s. Married in Virginia. Some names I can find ar White Feater, Cherokee Squaw, Cherokee Woman, Cherokee Indian, and Connoe. All with the last name Thacker. One has a daughter name Echo. If anyone has more info, please pass on to me. thanks
Looking for a Stark Daniels or Stark L Daniels.
My great grandfather Jefferson Mansfield, father Norman Mansfield, married Janey Haney, Cherokee in North Carolina in the mid 1800’s. Yet it is recorded in family history in Warren County, Tennessee but I can’t find out anything about her. I do have a picture of her with a feathered headband. Also Hiram Yellow Creek Canaster but
Looking for info please.
Married William Collinsworth, born 1812 in Carolina died 1880 in Florida. I am told she was a full blooded Cherokee, but can find no evidence she was buried in Westville Fla.
by carriemichelle1971 Leave a Comment
I am looking for information on my Great x 4 Grandfather Zachariah Sparks believed to be full blooded Cherokee. The last known research was done in 1985 and research stopped at his son Ira R. Sparks and his wife, Mahala (Haly), maiden name unknown. Ira R. was a confederate soldier in Georgia around 1863. Zachariah
I am looking for someone that may have known my grandmother and possible relatives of mine. My fathers name was Marion Francis Todd. His mother (Cherokee) name was Bessie Mae Kean. She married Jesse Barton Todd who was 28 at the time and she was 17. My father was born in Leeds Iowa June 23,
I’ve been searching for several years for my Cherokee link. My grandfather was a man who taught me profound respect for Native communities and who served as an elementary school teacher for the Crow. I have family that worked as doctors, hunters and friends for other tribes and I am a counselor for a Pacific
by mwinfrey77331 Leave a Comment
I am looking for information on the family of Samuel Holiday. He was my great grandfather. The only info I have on his is year of birth 1874 in Georgia. Can anyone help me?
Name William Proud
I am trying to establish a ancestral link to my Grandmother on my fathers side. I know her name of Bertha Hutchison, she is from Blair Oklahoma and she was part Cherokee Indian but not much more. My father is Earl E. Hutchinson, ( yes legal last names are different from poor record keeping in
Would appreciate any information on family line of Lewis Elias Marcum and daughter Nettie Marcum of NC, Ky, Ark and Ok. I have great great and great3 uncles who have married into Cherokee lines. However my father John Carter McIlroy said his mother Nettie was 1/2 First Nation from her mother. I can find no
by tonilbarber1 Leave a Comment
I am looking for the parents of Mary Maggie Wright (unk–1892) Birth: Kentucky, USA Death: 28 APR 1892 • Oklahoma, USA She died in childbirth to my 2nd Great-Aunt. I can find no records for her except for a SSN for my Great-Grandfather, Hugh Reeder. His father was: Albert Louis Reeder AKA Lewis A Reeder
by tonilbarber1 Leave a Comment
I am looking for the parents of Margaret Wilkerson. Birth: ABT 1856 • Fremont, MO Death: 15 SEP 1938 • Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, USA Buried: Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Married: Jesse Marion Hiatt (1854–1914) on 16 Sep 1874 in Buchanan, Missouri, USA
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