Pinkard (Pinckard) and the Buie Surnames

I am helping my friend with her genealogy. She only knows some stories of her family on both the Pinkard and Buie side that are Cherokee. Acording to her, the Pinkard Cherokee is supposed to have been her fathers grandfather, who was somehow “adopted” into the family and passed off as their “white” child. I’ve seen some pictures of the family…but even farther back and they all appear to possibly have the Cherokee features. Here is the line: My friend and her mother, then her mother’s parents are Homer M Pinkard Birth 21 FEB 1923 • Alabama, USA, Death 17 APR 1992 • Columbia, Tennessee, USA m. Patty Ruth Buie (this line is also said to have Cherokee as well and two Cherokees were married in this union) Birth ABT 1923 • Lawrence County Tennessee, Death Maury County Tennessee
PINKARD:
Elmer Jetheroe Pinkard*
Birth 10 MAR 1895 • Alabama,USA
Death SEP 1970 • Saint Joseph, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
m.
Mary Elizabeth Dickson
Birth 6 MARCH 1898 • Alabama
Death 4 AUGUST 1946 • Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
his father:
William Noah Pinkard*
Birth ABT 1863 • Georgia
Death 28 APR 1948 • Franklin, Alabama
m.
Martha Amanda Smith Frost*
Birth ABT 1862 • Alabama
Death 10 APR 1911 • Franklin, Alabama
his father:
James William Pinkard* **Confederate**
Birth 12 DEC 1832 • Paulding, Georgia, USA
Death 11 MAR 1931 • Haleyville, Winston County, Alabama, USA
m.
Malinda Mary Martin*
Birth 03 APR 1842 • Georgia, United States
Death 28 MAR 1928 • Haleyville, Winston, Alabama
his father:
James Noah Pinkard*
Birth 1806 • North Carolina, USA
Death 1858 • Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
m.
Sarah White*
Birth 1804 • North Carolina, USA
Death Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
his father:
John Thomas Pinkard* (twin?)
Birth 1790
Death MAY 1826 • , Wilkes, North Carolina
m.
Rachel ?*
Birth 1785 • North Carolina, USA
Death AFT. 1830 • North Carolina, USA
his father:

James H Pinckard* I
Birth 1763 • Northumberland, Virginia, USA
Death 1835 • Monroe, Georgia, United States
m.
Judith Smith*
Birth 1766 • Virginia, United States
Death 1825 • Monroe, Georgia, United States
his father:
John Pinckard* Sr
Birth 1742 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Death 1782 • Franklin, Henry, Virginia, United States
m.
Jane Jett*
Birth 1746 • Leeds Manor, Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Death 1830 • Monroe County, Georgia, USA
his father:
James Pinckard* I
Birth 1696 • Lancaster, Virginia, United States
Death 1751 • Lancaster, Virginia, United States
m.
Elizabeth Edmonds*
Birth 5 DEC 1718 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia
Death 1762 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
his father:
John Pinckard* II
Birth 1674 • Lancaster, Virginia, United States
Death 13 NOV 1734 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia
m.
Mary Moscall*
Birth 1677 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Death 1749 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia
his father:
John Pinkard* I, Capt
Birth 1635 • Northamptonshire, England
Death 10 DEC 1690 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia
m.
Elizabeth Jones *
Birth 1642 • 1672, Northamptonshire, England
Death 2 JUL 1699 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia
That’s as far back as they can have Cherokee Heritage on this line; now the Buie line of which we again begin with Homer Pinkard and Patty Buie:
BUIE: her father:
Albert Clarence Buie*
Birth 06 MAR 1903 • Lawrence Co Tennessee
Death 13 MAR 1980 • Lawrence Co Tennessee
m.
Reba L Bryant*
Birth 04 AUG 1905 • Marshall Co, Tennessee, USA
Death 5 JUL 1933 • Summertown, Lawrence, Tennessee
His father:
Gilbert Jackson Buie*
Birth 20 APR 1879 • Summertown, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
Death 2 NOV 1946 • Summertown, Lawrence, Tennessee
m.

Lula Jane “Luler” Staggs*
Birth 6 MARCH 1882 • Brushcreek, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
Death 19 JANUARY 1911 • Summertown, Lawrence, Tennessee
His father:
John Joseph Buie*
Birth 28 AUGUST 1848 • Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
Death 29 JANUARY 1929 • Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
m.
Nancy Louisa “Nan” Foster*
Birth 23 JUNE 1860 • Summertown, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
Death 25 NOVEMBER 1944 • Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
His Father:
John Buie*
Birth ABT 1825
Death Unknown
m.
Susan Branch*
Birth ABT 1825
Death Unknown
That’s as far as I go down that branch
I also realize that the story may have been turned around some and changed over the years and it may actually be from the female branch of the family and it got turned around. I wondered about a couple, one of them being Abert C. Buie that m. Reba L. Bryant…if you follow the Bryant ancestors, you go to her father:

William Carroll Bryant*
Birth 13 NOV 1854 • Talley, Marshall, Tennessee, USA
Death 23 APR 1925 • Summertown, Lawrence, Tennessee
m.
Anna Ophelia Louise Luna
Birth JAN 1870 • Mississippi
Death 1939
(which I’ve found nothing further)
but HIS father also married Luna:
James Lafayette Bryant* Captain
Birth 25 MARCH 1827 • Lincoln Co Tennessee
Death 20 OCT 1881 • Talley Station, Marshall, Tennessee
m.
Permelia Mary Luna*
Birth 29 AUG 1828 • Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
Death 9 OCTOBER 1900 • Lewisburg, Marshall County, Tennessee
HER father:
James Robert Luna*
Birth 22 JAN 1785 • Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death 28 DEC 1872 • Belfast, Marshall, Tennessee
m.
Mary Polly Thomas Smith*
Birth 24 FEB 1788 • Davidson, Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Death 10 JUL 1856 • Belfast, Marshall, Tennessee
His father:
Capt Peter Grancer Luna* II, **Revolution**War of 1812**
Birth 1 OCT 1759 • Looneys Creek, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Death 16 FEB 1851 • Talley, Marshall, Tennessee
m.
Mary Elizabeth Long Pittman*
Birth 1765 • Sullivan, North Carolina, USA
Death 1810 • Talley, Marshall, Tennessee
his father:
Sgt Peter Grancer Looney* I, **French Indian War**Revolution**
Birth 1734 • Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 8 FEB 1760 • Augusta, Botetourt, Virginia
m.
Margaret Lauderdale*
Birth 1733 • Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland
Death 1796 • Sumner, Tennessee
his father:
Robert Looney* Sr
Birth FEB 1692 • Ballagilley Farm, Maughold Parish, Isle of Mann, Ireland
Death 17 SEP 1769 • Botetourt County, Virginia

Of course, as far as I can go. I’ve also traced the Staggs to NC then PA…if anything is needed please contact. I have her tree at Ancestry:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/84333119/family?cfpid=48499066165

I hope this is enough for you to be able to find where she is related. I’ve tried to give you names, there are more if you need.
Thank you for your help! I believe there is some truth to what they have had passed down to them, I just can’t find it so your help is appreciated!
Tina Anderson