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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
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.
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
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/
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
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.
Looking for roll number on mother’s side.
by summerbreeze Leave a Comment
Buck Hargis
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
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
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.
Anna Crabtree
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).
by liltnnut1969 Leave a Comment
Looking for a Mary Beavers who married Isaac Russell.
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
by lterrell@wavelinx.net 3 Comments
Looking for any information on Elizabeth Wilkerson Jones. She and her sons were apparently admitted to the Cherokee nation from a congressional act. I cannot locate her number anywhere. She was located lastly in northwest Arkansas, but roots are in the Carolinas. She is my 4th great grandmother, her son John Jones was my 3rd
I am trying to find information regarding a Sarah “Sallie” Hornbuckle born 1790 in Cherokee NC and then married a Henry Green. She might have been my husbands 4th great grandmother and we are trying to put together a family tree. Thank you
I am looking for my roots. My last name is Clark. My fathers side is Clark. Story is told my great, great grandmother was married to a native chief. My father spoke to me in Cherokee when I was younger. I would love to find my history and find out who and what tribe I
I am searching to see if anyone here has connection to Powhatan Porter Jackson. He was my 3rd great-grandfather and Cherokee. He is as far back as I can go and would love more information about him and to seek the truth on how we really received the Jackson name. He was said to be