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Cherokee Genealogy Queries

The Genealogy Queries on All Things Cherokee are a FREE forum for interacting with other genealogy researchers. Here you can publicly post your genealogy query, browse other genealogy queries and comment on queries.

To browse or search the queries, use the navigation features on the right. You can search by keyword, as well as browse by surname, region, or the month in which the query was posted.

To post your own query, you will need to register with All Things Cherokee and be logged in in order to submit your query. Once registered and logged in, you’ll see a query submission form on this page.

If you need help, this article details all the tools and tips for using the Cherokee Genealogy Queries.

Submit Your Query

Use the form below to post your query. Please read these instructions before submitting your query. Here are a few things to keep in mind when posting a query.

  • The more names, dates, and places you provide the more responses you’ll likely receive. Also, be sure to list relevant surnames and select related regions in the appropriate boxes. These details will make browsing your query much easier.
  • This is public forum, so don’t post personal or sensitive information about yourself or any other living person.
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Genealogy Queries

Nancy Yellow Bird Brown

May 31, 2016 by tquesinberry 1 Comment

Info on Nancy Yellow Bird Brown Ward.

Regions: North Carolina
Surnames: Brown, Ward

Huldah Johnson 1843-1910

May 31, 2016 by bduren Leave a Comment

I’m looking for information on my great grandmother Huldah Johnson. She was married to John Adam Corn. She was born Cherokee NC & died in Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma.

Regions: Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma
Surnames: Corn, Johnson

Father

May 31, 2016 by jenawheaton Leave a Comment

Who was Percy C Nance’s father.

Regions: Virginia
Surnames: Nance

Nancy McDaniel South Carolina

May 31, 2016 by dksublett 1 Comment

I have traced an ancestor back to birth in 1787 in South Carolina. Supposedly Indian blood where female was married off the reservation by a Caucasian male. Think this Nancy might be the female. Have seen the name Granny Grasshopper mentioned.

Regions: South Carolina
Surnames: Elliott, McDaniel, Morgan

Wingate’s from Harrisburg , NC/Lincoln/Catawba Springs

May 31, 2016 by nativesoul73 1 Comment

I am trying to find my Great-Grandmother, my mom’s grandfather’s mother. Her name was Milly Wingate her husband’s name was Freeman Wingate children’s names were Mamie/Mary, Hoyle/Hall, Arthur, Aleitha, Nannie, Milly & Freeman married May 10, 1879 N.C. Don’t have much on Milly, maiden name, where she came from. Where is she buried? We do

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Regions: North Carolina
Surnames: Wingate

Great-Grandmother

May 26, 2016 by aisroc 1 Comment

My great grandmother was named Comora Vaughn her maiden name was Gregory, my uncles say she was a Cherokee, I believed they lived in Virginia in Shedonah Valley.

Regions: Virginia
Surnames: Gregory, Vaughn

Is there a pay service which helps you get Tribal Membership? (I.E. they do all the research, submit paperwork, etc)

May 25, 2016 by danielventurino 1 Comment

I am looking to pay someone to dig up all my family’s birth and death records. I have the genealogy that proves my ancestors are on the Dawes Role, and I would like to gain Tribal membership with the Cherokee Nation. I am told you must have so much Native blood, and be able to

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Regions: Florida
Surnames: Bates, McCane, Spence, Thurston, Venturino

Result of application for Cherokee

May 25, 2016 by tedwaltmuf 1 Comment

I would this application of one of my ancestors and was hoping to find more on him and see the outcome or what roll it would be on. http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/states/topics/ky/38414/

Regions: Kentucky
Surnames: Berry, Brown

Could I be Cherokee

May 25, 2016 by AngelMC

I would like to find out of I have Cherokee in me I don’t know a lot about my family because it all messed up. My name is Angel McKinney, mother Dawn Marie Orr, father John McKinney II (this is not his birth name) and I don’t know his mother and fathers names because he

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Regions: North Carolina
Surnames: McKinney, Moore, Orr

Richard Walker

May 25, 2016 by bremerhaven 1 Comment

Where can I find information regarding Richard Walker, the first of 31 Cherokee listed in the treaty of 1819 as authorized per article 3 of that treaty to remain in North Carolina? I believe he was also known as Dick Walker and Indian Dick, and lived within the Qualla Boundary.

Regions: North Carolina
Surnames: Walker

Roll Number

May 25, 2016 by marynjamie Leave a Comment

Looking for roll number on mother’s side.

Regions: Oklahoma
Surnames: Johnson

buck hargia

May 25, 2016 by summerbreeze Leave a Comment

Buck Hargis


Surnames: Hargis

My Cherokee Lineage?

May 16, 2016 by allenconnel 1 Comment

Trying to find my Cherokee lineage; North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. Thanks Allen C Connel [me] Oveta Estelle Forrester [m] Edgar Buford Connel [f] Laura Belle Cheek [gm] James Orion Connel [gf] Rosa Lee Elizabeth Rich [ggm] James Alexander Cheek [ggf] Clarissa Amanda Morgan [2ggm] Solomon Hill Rich Jr [2ggf] Hannah Nickolson [3ggm] Samual H

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Regions: Tennessee
Surnames: Bryant, Cheek, Connel, Forrester, Lowrey, Morgan, Nickolson, Rich, Sevier, Watts

Thomas Rogers and Charity “Indian Woman”

May 16, 2016 by gin36michelle 1 Comment

I am trying to create my family tree and have ran into a block with my 5th great grandmother who was said to be “an Indian woman” (born around 1732) who my 5th great grandfather married in Bertie NC. His name is Thomas Rogers and he was born around 1730. His parents were Thomas Rogers

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Regions: North Carolina, South Carolina
Surnames: Rodgers, Rogers

Nicey Mills Hill

May 16, 2016 by Kmintz 2 Comments

Looking for information on Nicey Mills Hill. She was married to Woodard Bryant Hill. Resided in the Balsam area of Jackson county. I’m having trouble tracing genealogy on her side.

Regions: North Carolina
Surnames: Hill, Mills

Great Grandmother

May 16, 2016 by art Leave a Comment

Anna Crabtree


Surnames: Crabtree

Ella Wilson

May 16, 2016 by Kdleroy 3 Comments

I am looking to find further information on an Ella Wilson, possibly Pawnee but on the Cherokee reservations we believe in Oklahoma, she had a daughter, my 2xgreat grandmother whom she also named Ella, (her Christian last name was Hensley, she married a Chunn in 1897).

Regions: Oklahoma
Surnames: Chunn, Hensley, Wilson

Mary Beavers

May 16, 2016 by liltnnut1969 Leave a Comment

Looking for a Mary Beavers who married Isaac Russell.

Regions: North Carolina
Surnames: Beavers, Russell

Possible Indian Ancestry

May 11, 2016 by jsacco 4 Comments

To be honest, my ancestry search starts as with many cliche ones do…my mom told me my grandfather said we have Indian in our family. To be even more unsure of things, I am not even sure if our Indian ancestor is even Cherokee. My search has led me to two possible family lines that

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Regions: Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, Virginia
Surnames: Allen, Cole, Hale, Hazelwood

GrGrGr Grandparent Robin C. “Bebb” Major, born 1787

May 9, 2016 by Dee Leave a Comment

My elders tell me that our lineage began with Native heritage. I am looking for GrGrGr Grandparent, Robin C. “Bebb” Major, born 1787 in Virginia and moved to Tennessee. According to the 1860 Census, he was a free inhabitant in Gladeville, Wilson, Tennessee and a farmer. Bebb married Nancy Whurley, (born 1826) in 1845. The

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Regions: Virginia
Surnames: Bender, Clemmons, Clemons, Gains, Jackson, Major, Rivers, Tucker, Whurley

Youngblood Geneology

May 9, 2016 by mrsyblood Leave a Comment

My husband’s family has always believed that they were part Cherokee but after trying to verify it, we have come up with a few snags. I was wondering if Joel Youngblood (1807-1875) from Dallas, TX or his wife, Elizabeth Allen Youngblood (1812-1865) from SC, would be apart of the Cherokee Tribe? Thank you so much!

Regions: Texas
Surnames: Youngblood

Chief Charles Renatus Hicks Lineage

May 9, 2016 by ronnie102369 7 Comments

I am trying to see if my husband is the 6th great grandson of Chief Hicks. So far, I have the following information (That ay or may not be accurate) Chief Charles son: Austin “Aulse” Hicks son: Clayborn “Cloyd” Hicks son: Reuben Redford Hicks son: Elijah Hicks son: Charles Hicks son: John Harvey “Johnny” Hicks

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Regions: Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
Surnames: Hicks

Martha “Nancy” Malone

May 9, 2016 by stever Leave a Comment

I’ve gone round and round trying to find information on Martha Malone. The story I keep getting is that she was full blooded Cherokee, married James Alexander Gilliland, and sadly died giving birth at age 16. She was born about 1823 likely in North Carolina and died about 1839. I’ve seen this story in several

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Regions: Alabama, North Carolina
Surnames: Gilliland

Looking for Great Grandma

May 9, 2016 by josse20j Leave a Comment

My great grandmother was named Ora D Greer b.1915 Oklahoma and listed as black in census. Her son, my grandfather, Kenneth L Barr b.1955 (who was adopted/born in Texas by Ora’s husband, Earl Barr) did not know his father and reported that ‘the Native American side of the family’ had little contact with him and

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Regions: Oklahoma
Surnames: Barr, Greer

Morning Cassin Edwards

May 4, 2016 by brandik Leave a Comment

I am trying to find any information on my ggggrandmother. My dad swears he knows this is her name and that she is fullblood Cherokee. What he and his sister were able to find in the early 90’s doing extensive genealogy research follows: Morning Cassin was married to John Edwards, and had a son named

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Regions: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Surnames: Cassin, Edwards

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