Cherokee Ancestory
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Cherokee Genealogy Queries
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Please login or register with a free user account in order to post a query or comment on a posted query.Genealogy Queries
Evans Family
Looking to find anything on my Evans side of the family. They are from Picker, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. They are of Cherokee origins. Around 1850 to presents. Hope anyone can help. Thank you, Kelcey Evans
Help with clans
I am a member of the Cherokee Nation and my lineage goes at least 4 generations back on all of my female ancestors. My great great grandmother was on the Trail of Tears. She was born in NC and appears on the 1910 Indian Census in OK, where we all live now. She registered with
Cherokee in Henry Co. TN
Did any cherokee pass through Henry Co. TN in the early 1800″s? If so, are there any records about them? Am also trying to prove whether my ancestor’s wife Jane Palmer May 1804-1866 was a cherokee or not. Any information would be very helpful.
Lawrence Aycock
Lawrence Aycock is my father. He married my mother Donya Smith in California 1974. Had my sister Tammi and me, Emily Aycock. Her in 74 me 75. They then broke it off. I’ve never met my father. I’m told he lived on Cherokee reservation in Dardanelle Arkansas. I’d like to know if I’m part Cherokee,
Catherine Fender
I’m trying to find history on my great x4 grandmother. She was 100% Cherokee and was given the name Catherine. She married Charles Fender and had a son named Levi Ira.
Cherokee Family History
Hello. Would anyone have any help for finding my Cherokee roots. My distant maternal grandfathers were Cherokee, but I do not see either of them in any of the rolls. William Bill Lane 1844-1919 Joseph E. Lane 1823-1853 Would anyone have any recommendations to help my in my search? Thank you.
Elijah Lewis Tabor
Doing Geneolgy on the Tabors , Elijah Tabor was born in 1791 in NC. I am trying to find out if there is any Cherokee in the Tabor family. My grandmother kept a pitcure of a Cherokee woman on her dresser and said that it was her grandmother.
Looking for information on Zilpha Horner
Hello, I am looking for information on Zilpha Horner birth about 1765 in New Jersey, death about 1894 in FishCreek, Wetzel County, W. V.. married to Isaac Horner III. She is supposed to be Native American . She is my 5th great Grandmother. Zilpha Horner Mother of Eunice Horner (1796- Mother of Zelptha Jane Phillips
Mimi’s family
Were Mimi & Uncle Sid as Cherokee as they always said and looked?
Ancestors of Gertrude Barnett Davis
Our Grandmother, Gertrude Barnett Davis was orphaned at around age 14, and we’ve not been able to trace beyond her parents, Jane Warren Barnett and her husband William Barnett. Gertrude was born in 1903 in Indian Territory/Oklahoma. (Gertrude’s daughter, Lola Davis Mayes was born in Anadarko, OK in 1928). Family tradition was that Jane was
Littleberry Walker and Littleberry Walker Jr
Am trying to determine if my paternal great grandmother’s family is Cherokee. Her name was Nancy L Thomas (1874-1920) born to Mary Walker (1837-1897) daughter of Littleberry Walker, Jr (1802-1868) and Nancy Newbern. Littleberry Walker, Jr. was the son of Littleberry Walker (1767-1893) and Elizabeth Johns (1768-1835). My father’s family has claimed that Nancy L
Father’s family
My father’s father left aftwr he was born. We’ve been told he was Cherokee. My father is also the third (III). Can anyone help with any, Childers II, that would have been located in Ohio years ago? Thank you!
Granny Cherokee
If by some miracle I could established native american roots my family and I would be very happy. We are looking for Molly Reaves Rainwater as I think she was full native american. She died in 1801.
McVann
I am researching this name and trying to find out more about the McVann mentioned in the Gold letter of 1829 I found reproduced online that mentioned that a Mr. McVann, a white man, married a sister of Joseph Vann. I would like to find out his whole name, was he an Irishman, did he
Spavinaw
Checking to see if anyone from Spavina/Pryor have joined this website.
Oklahoma
Just reaching out to see if anyone from Spavinaw OK is on the query.
Laura Keller Lowman
Looking for ancestors on my Great grandmother Laura Elizabeth Keller/Kellar.
heritage
My grand father was a Cherokee. His mother was registered but I can not find any paperwork on either of them. All I know is his name was Morris Pace and he was from Oklahoma. He married my grandmother and her name was Celesta Arabella Aldridge and she was also from Oklahoma. How can I
Payne
Payne
Identify Grandmother’s Heritage
Hello! My father had been adopted when he was 5 yrs old. We met his biological father in the 1980s. This man stated that the reason my father (and his sister) were put in an orphanage (in the early 1940s) is because his wife, my dad’s biological mother, “kept running away back to the reservation”.
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Ancestry Question
Who was Jemima? My 5th great grandfather was William Harding (or Hardin) 1750-1803. He married a woman named Jemima. In various places she is referred to as Jemima Cherokee or Jemima Dragging Canoe. She was born in North Carolina in 1759. I would like to know more about who she was. Places she lived were
Linage to Dragging Canoe
Looking for connections from Moses Brazil back to Matilda J Allen Brazil to C Dragging Canoe and back
Locate my grandmother
I was one of many, clearly, who grew up with the story of having native american ancestry. My dad was adopted, and we found his bio father (my grandfather) who confirmed the story: They had 3 children, Francis Wayne Arthur (my dad, who, when adopted, became William Wayne Marshall). The girl was named Charlotte, and