Looking for my family
Looking for these surnames, Carpenter, Akers and Whitaker. The Carpenter name comes from Arkansas and the Akers and Whitaker names come from Eastern Kentucky. All help will be appreciated.
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Lucinda Benge 1822 -1900
Lucinda, daughter of John Benge, was my great great great grandmother. She married Jessie “zeesa” Mcwhorter in 1836. They raised a family in Laurel county Kentucky where I still have family relatives today. Having done a bit of searching I find the Benge family really interesting and knowing I am related to them I would
Spencer
Cumberland County Kentucky
Taylor/Moore Family Lousiana Region
Both sides of my family claim Cherokee blood. MOORE/GREEN Family is Gertrude Moore (ggrandma) her mother Emma Franklin and Father Wesley Moore (gggrandparents) from Catahoula Louisiana. With connections to Arkansas/Virginia TAYLOR/HUBBARD Booker T. Hubbard married Bertha Black (gggrandparents).Her mother Lue Black and father Levi Wilson. Booker’s Father is listed as D* Hubbard. Location out of
Around Broken Bow
My husband’s grandmother, Josie Carpenter Trim was born in or near Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Her father was Joseph Carpenter. The story is that he thought Josie was a special child and deserved a special name so she was only called Baby until she was 5 years old when Joseph died. Then her family named her
Susan Lee Being Cherokee
MY Great Grandma is Susan (Susie) Ella Lee, Born in the 1890s Ware County, Georgia, her Father was George Washington Lee and her Mother was Samantha Lee (Thomas), and My grandma Ethel who was a Daughter of Susie, said she was Full or half blood, and that she came from a tribe in Georgia and
Sheahart
I’m looking for my Cherokee family. My Great great grand mother was Nannie Griffin and my great great grandfather was John Sheahart. Can any one get me in touch with my family???
Sexton/Duncan
Looking for any and all ancestors of the Sexton and Duncan family lines. Blessings and love to all.
Looking for Cherokee proof
Both sides of my parents are to have Indian. My ggrandmother on my dad (Barnes) and my ggrandmother on my moms (Hardin)
Finding Indian Heritage
I was always told by my mother that my great grandma – Arminta Elizabeth Taylor, Birth 1878 • North Carolina, Death 1962 • Canton, Haywood, North Carolina, was full blooded Cherokee Indian and that she was forced to marry Robert Lee Miller 1895. Her parents were Father: Caleb Lafayette Fate Taylor (1851-1901), Mother: Martha Ann
Cherokee or not cherokee?
I am in search of my possible Cherokee roots, and any help pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!!!
Looking For My Cherokee Heritage
Mother: Thelma Laverne Reece, Grandmother: Leatha Reese (Miller), Great Grandmother: Arminta Miller (Taylor), Her Husband: Robert L Miller, Arminta’s Father: Caleb Lafayette Fate Taylor, Mother: Martha A Taylor (Joyce). I can’t seem to find them on any fo the Rolls, looking for any help… Settled on the Buncomb/Haywood, NC area.
Sweat Family Genealogy
Sweat Family Geneolgy – searching for family and tribal connection
How to get started on my search
I have an ancestor, Elizabeth born about 1798. All family records show her as being born in Guntersville, AL. Guntersville did not exist in 1798, but was known as CreekPath at that time. I have never had a surname for her. I believe this might be the Cherokee ancestor that the family has always heard
Oh ko we ki, Martha Patsy Huntley
She would be my gggrandmother. She married William Richard Armstrong. Some assume she was adopted by the Huntley family. A son signed an enrollment card stating he was Cherokee through his mother. Would like to know more. galegg@dlegg.com
Williams, Hardin, Moytoy, Hoskins
Seeking information on my family. 7th Great Grandparents: Mary Running Water Hoskins, b.1786 TN d.1825 Volga, Floyd County, KY (buried in Old Indian Cemetery on Mt. Misery). Eastern Cherokee. WHO WERE HER PARENTS??? She married: Robert Sanborn Williams, b. 1788 NC d. 1851 Red Bush, Johnson County, KY. His wife, his mother, and his paternal
Military land bounty act
Land bounty
Thomas Lithfuss Orlefus Creebeck Helton
Looking for any information on Thomas or his wife Betty Creebeck Helton. I am descendant from him through Peter Helton, William Joseph Helton, Joseph White Helton, Constance Dennis Helton McGlynn Parker. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
Price and Maddox Family
Mary Price Maddox m. Henry Goodson Maddox HENRY GOODSON MADDOX b. 1840 GA MARY PRICE b. abt. 1841 GA They moved from GA to AL, then on to Arkansas, TX and Oklahoma. Does anyone have any information through what lineage (Maddox or Price) does the Cherokee ancestry come from? Both possibly?
Am I Cherokee
My grandfather was Newell Conley Pyatte and I was told he was full blooded Cherokee Indian. Would love to know if that’s true.
Mary Belle Smoke
Born in Shawnee OK and buried in Agular CO (records in Trinidad CO Courthouse were lost in fire) Married George Washington Wilcox (I think) One child George W Wilcox travelled to New York and around often
California
California Carter
Emanuel
Shadrach Meeshak Emanuel lived in Emanuel county North Carolina.
Alberta Odom
Was Alberta Odom- 1900’s listed in the Cherokee rolls. Or Lewis and Henry Odom?
Johnson
Trying to find relatives of Johnson group in Alabama