I’ve narrowed down my search, My 2nd great grand mother (Mary Levisa Deaver) Father was Cherokee. His name was William Moore (1740-1790) his parents were AS Moore and Fannie (May). I’m quite confused as the genealogy starts referring to Williams’ father as James Fields. They resided in Virginia. It would be nice to find out the story here as too many names floating around and it’s not making sense. I did find Card #6324, Roll #15075 with A. S. Moore (P), Fannie (P), William (S).
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Any assistance on this would be helpful, my email is robert.dodge53@gmail.com. Thanks,
That Dawes card enumerates a Fannie Warwick, 1/16 degree Cherokee, who married a White man named Albert Moore. This record was from around 1900 when Fannie was about 44.
The other question is how you are linking Mary Levisa Deaver to a father, William Moore? No Cherokee communities were ever located in VA during the colonial era. The territory within the state was ceded very early on, with the last sliver in the extreme southeast being ceded by 1790. Virginia is not an area associated with any Cherokee settlement patterns or clusters of Cherokee families.
You might need to be a bit more methodical in building your tree and only going back to the next generation when you have actual documentation confirming the parentage or connections. There are less common or aberrational reasons why a paternal line would shift surnames dramatically, and they are usually very distinct scenarios. Don’t rely on scattered, unsourced trees on the web or those without attribution. Good luck!