My husband has ancestor’s with the last name Collake. I have gone back to a William Collaque that died in about 1855. He was married to a Sarah “Sallie” Holcombe 1812-1892. Their son Crawford V Collake 1868-1912 is the child of theirs that is my husbands GGG Grandfather and William is his GGGG Grandfather. William is as far as I can go. We see them on different rolls but not sure if they are on a roll that would link my husbands family to a Cherokee tribe. William Collaque was born ? in North Carolina and died in 1855ish in Tennessee. Sarah Holcolmbe(Collaque) was born is Georgia and died in Tennessee. Crawford V Collake was born and died in Tennessee. I have the documents that connect my husband to them. Census and Roll #’s and applications. If anyone else knows anymore or what I need to do to get connected to a tribe please let me know. Thanks!
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Willam Collaque is also my great great great great grandfather Read on another site he was 3/4 cherokee The name was changed from Collaquee to Collake at some point My mom always told us the name meant cold lake From what I have read on another site William Collaquee hid in the woods when they had the massive move on the trail of tears .Makes me wonder if he became part of the Eastern woodlands group of Cherokees To be eligible to be part of the Eastern band of the Cherokee you must have direct lineal ancestors on the Bakers roll William Crawfords brother and couple of his kids are on the Bakers roll but not William Crawford Collake The Eastern band of Cherokees does not accept aunts , uncles or cousins as your lineage on the bakers roll The Eastern band also requires you to be at least 1/16th Cherokee William Crawford is found on the Hester and Chapman rolls One site I have found informative is Find A grave