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by scott connely Leave a Comment
If a Cherokee grandfather marries a white woman is the clan forever lost unless adopted into a clan or is the clan that of the last known Cherokee female ancestor? Sorry if this is not a proper forum…don’t know where to search to rediscover this information.
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by brennon1998 Leave a Comment
I am researching my 2nd great-grandmother, Willie Mae “Tootie” Jones (1907–1995), who was born in Crowders Mountain, Gaston County, North Carolina. Family tradition says she was Cherokee or part Cherokee. Her parents were Edward J. Jones (b. 1886) and Iva Bell, daughter of William S. Bell (1837–1879) and Ann Eldora McGee (1844–1891). I am trying
I can trace back family to the name Gale, which according to a distant relative is where my Cherokee heritage comes from but I can’t find anything more specific than my Grandmother telling me that its there. I think they were somewhere in Missouri and midwest but since I dont have known family out there
Searching for info on my mother, Cherokee, her name was Mary Roxy Goodman and later after marrying my father her name at her death was Mary Roxy Sullivan. Born around 1925 passed in 1989. Born in Jamestown Tennessee, worked on a tobacco farm from a very early age. She somehow ended up in Jacksonville Florida
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by Indianblood Leave a Comment
Letty Durham
Looking for parents of my grandfather who was half Cherokee. Father name Wash Payne, mother maiden name Reasonover. Andy was born Sept 5, 1900 and lived in Milam County TX and Tarrant County TX (Ft Worth). Died 1938 in Fort Worth. Not sure which parent was Cherokee or where they were from. Any help appreciated
Looking for ancestors of Rispey Wrizopa Southern. Daughter of Kezih Vann and Samual Southern. Granddaughter of John Joseph Vann and “Polly” Wah Li Mary Christiania Otterlifter.
by Trish Parson Leave a Comment
My husband is a descendant of Peter Parson, Kil lah nee tah, who was on the Trail of Tears and settled in Oklahoma. We would love more information about both Peter and his parents, who could perhaps have been Samuel and Sarah, but who were both murdered in the Old Cherokee Nation because they refused
by blackfeet313 Leave a Comment
I am seeking info on the Brown/Mooreland Cherokees from North Carolina who migrated to Tennessee
by CynthiaAnne Leave a Comment
Looking for any information on Arkie V Mooney born around 1856
by masterson99 Leave a Comment
Rachel Katherine Rider 1784–1854 BIRTH 1784 • South Carolina, South Carolina, USA DEATH 29 JUN 1854 • De Kalb, Alabama, USA
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by shannisouza Leave a Comment
Have an ancestor we believe is Cherokee, but she was born around 1805 from what we know. There are no birth records we can find and no marriage records that might give us more information. She was born in South Carolina supposedly, her name is Joyce (no last name known of) She later moved to
I had information at one time and was lost in between moving. I am researching My moms Great Grandma and most def. her Great Great grandma. Her Name was Mary Ann Crow. She was a little lady with black hair and eyes that where dark as well and little. She would not let her picture
Spotted Horse and Sarah Biggie Robertson are my ancestors. I am trying to see if they are any part of the offspring of Nicketti (Powhatan Federation). I have found two separate lines of my native American ancestors, traced back to Nicketti, merge generations later into the line my family is in. Do you have any
by dickmarti14 Leave a Comment
Sybil was Nancy’s daughter. Nancy might have been Cherokee, Catawba, or Shawnee. They lived in the Saluda/Tryon, NC area. Do you have any information about them, pictures, place of burial, descendants? Dick Marti Dickmarti14@gmail.com
I need confirmation of the following William Bozeman Adair 1750-1804 St Laurens, SC. His wife was Sarah Ann Scott 1754-1829 6 generation- Bozeman Adair 1771-1857 5 generation- Sarah Sally Adair 1798-1882 4 generation- Sarah Sally Bone 1821-1869 3 generation- Rachel Ann Williams 1843-1917 2 generation- Pricilla Elizabeth Bradford 1857-1943 1 Generation Nannie Louella Pearson 1882-1942
I’m trying to find the relation of Cherokee in my ancestry. From an article I have read, my 3rd great grandmother, Sophronia Louisa Thompson was given to James and Martha Thompson as a little girl. She was born in Iredell County, NC and died in 1857 in Williamson, TX; I’m assuming she was on the
by robbie white Leave a Comment
Loony Hammer Cemetary
My 4th Great Grandmother : Anna Hinshaw Nee Golden. B 1798 to Jacob Golden and Elsie Elizabeth Starr.
by interestedparty Leave a Comment
So I came across a supposed 5th great grandmother whose father was allegedly Chief Blackfox 1766-1811. I fiddled around with it most the day trying to distinguish between the two Blackfox chiefs with the same.death year but a 20 year birth gap. Either way I had a very difficult time pinning the grandmother directly to
Information for Mary Tuttle descendants. I am also a 5th great-granddaughter of Mary Tuttle through Rhoda Pennington on both my grandfather (Arvil Baker) and my grandmother (Allie Robinson Baker). I am also a Shawnee descendent through my grandmother. Both the Tuttle and Pennigton line run through the Bumbalough/Bumbalough line of my grandmother and may lend
I’ve often wondered how much of what I’ve been told about my great grandma mother is true regarding her heritage. I’ve been told she was on a reservation with her sister and two brothers married them. One brother being my great grand father William Wiley Counts. My mom said that her grandma did not talk.