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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
I am looking for information about my husband’s gg grandma Serilda (Sarilda) Weir. I was told by my mother-in-law she was Cherokee Indian. I was wondering if there were any records of Cherokee Weirs particularly in Tennessee or Illinois. Sarilda was married to a Thomas Bradford and a George Sumnertin in Illinois.
by southernseth Leave a Comment
My great-great-grandmother is said to be of Native American blood but the tribe is unknown. She was born about 1890 in north Texas and moved to Arkansas on a covered wagon. She later married Homer Eugene Pinson and they lived in Hickory Plains, Arkansas. At one point in time I found bits about her family
My great-great grandmother Mary Lusty is said to have been Cherokee but I am not sure. I believe she was born around 1900 in western Arkansas. She married Lum (Columbus) Stell and they moved from Conway County, Arkansas to Hickory Plains, Arkansas. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My great-great or great-great-great grandmother is rumored to be a Cherokee but I am not sure. She is from south Arkansas somewhere around the Grant County/Sheridan/Grapevine area and married an Arthur L. Womble. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My family believes Nancy Madden, my great-grandmother, was a Native American who was adopted. We know nothing except that she was born in Florida (Ft. Walton area, possibly) and that she later married Augustus M. Hendrix, who was born in Alabama. They later settled in MIssissippi. Can anyone help us find her? We’d love to
Searching for my GGG grandmother’s Cherokee connection. Nancy M White, b September 11, 1824, Hallifax, NC died April, 25, 1878 in Washington Co, Arkansas, buried in Combs Cemetery, Fayetteville, AR married Thomas Edmondson (Edmonsond) b August 25, 1818, Edgecombe, NC died April 21, 1877 also buried in Combs Cemetery Their son Asa Randolph Edmonsond b
I am looking for information on my Grandpa. He was a preacher on Happy Hill, OK. He married my Grandma (Ollie Eastham) and they had 7 children. He passed at the age of 36(?) from appendicitis. I think he was 1/2 Cherokee. I am trying to find any info on him. He passed somewhere around
Hello, my grandmother was Emma Moore, her mother Connie Ellis, was told there was Cherokee blood in my family, my grandmother’s father was John Moore, her parents were from Oldfort NC. Any help would be great!
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I’m trying to locate any families associated with Chief Bowles located in Texas in the Cherokee war of 1839. I believe that my ggreat-grandmother who was named Eliza L Sanford was here at the time when the battle took place. She remained in Texas afterwards so she had to have ran into the deep woods
by KathyWebb52 Leave a Comment
Would like to find connection to any families by last name of Taylor, Griffin, Giddens, or Gray in Berrien County, Georgia, with Cherokee heritage. Would have been in late 1800’s, early 1900’s.
by keyserville Leave a Comment
I am looking for any information on the Kirk family. My GGrandmother’s name was Sara Elsie Ollie Katherine Margaret Kirk. I am struggling to find anything out about this side of my family. Her brother was kidnapped during the civil war and she didn’t see him again until they were in their 30’s. I don’t
Hello, I have been told that my Grandmother had Cherokee blood, I’m trying to find out she was very old school and her mother died when she was only 5, her mother’s name was Connie Ellis, and her daddy was John More from Oldfort NC, and my grandfather was Charles Elbert Young, and his mother
by martha guerra Leave a Comment
When my brother traveled to Kentucky to try and find some answers to our many dead ends he went to the courthouses around Lily one of the ladies there told him our great great grandfather was Calvin Goins and our great great grandmother was Deliah Hodge. When things were in turmoil in the 1800 his
I am looking for any information on matrilineal line of Eliza “Lizzie” Combs nee Fugate b 1889 d 1845 shot by her son accidentally, my great grandmother who’s mother was Lucinda “Cindy” Fugate nee Combs b 1860 d 1904 for whom there is a picture and her mother who Nancy Combs nee Smith c. 1835
So this is my first query and I would like to know what are some common Cherokee surnames. I have always been told my grandmother, whose last name was Jones, born in Adairville Kentucky, was of Cherokee descent. So I am trying to find out.
I am researching our family history and need help determining how to find more information on Avis Willis. Family oral history claims Avis was 1/2 Cherokee and several hints I have found online suggest this as well. Avis was born about 1824 in Tennessee and died about 1893 in Texas. Her parents were James and
by ghostangel85 Leave a Comment
His my name is Tonya Gers. My grand mothers name was Linda Pinkerton and I believe I am related to someone either with Cherokee blood or Indian blood altogether. I really would like to know.
My family story is that one of our relatives is full blooded Cherokee. I am trying to figure out if this is the correct relative. The relative I have found that I am wondering about is Amy(sp) L Braswell. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
by kelly walker Leave a Comment
Looking for information on John Chavers, father of Elizabeth and Sarah, as well as Nancy Whitehead who married Dempsey Kennedy.
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