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I have been researching my family for 20+ years. I have always been stuck on Joseph Stephen who fought for the Cherokee at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend where he was killed. His daughter is supposed to be Sarah Stephen(s) who married Joseph Eller in Buncombe County NC. Looking for any information on the two.
by tbatson4426 Leave a Comment
I am trying to trace my family tree for the first time. I have looked through the dawes rolls and didnt really get anywhere due to the time frame and lack of more information
by debbiebarnes44691 Leave a Comment
Does anyone have this book? I can’t find it anywhere, they say it’s out of print.
Gipson on dawes rolls
by AbigailCunningham03 Leave a Comment
Trying to find out the clan of “Phila (fila) Crouch” her mother was “Martha (Patsy) Allison” from Tennessee
by GIGAGE GALIHWODI Leave a Comment
seabolt on dawes roll
by AmberZullo7 Leave a Comment
Looking for a more detailed family tree
Hello, I’m looking for information on my great great grandfather and his family. My grandma says he was Cherokee. His name was Flenor Verge and he passed away sometime between 1935-1950. Apparently his family was unhoused and lived under the viaduct in Memphis, TN. My grandmother thinks he had a brother.
Lenora Hatfield Phillips born 1868 in Northeast Tennessee Died 1940 in Jackson County Arkansas
Any information about the adoption of my Cherokee Great Grandmother McHenry Smith. Born on June 21, 1870 in Wilson City Tennessee.
by michelleporter53 Leave a Comment
I am a direct decendant of Sarah Elizabeth Thompson who married Robert Darty McCaghren. Her date of birth is April 17, 1790, according to the McCaghren Family Bible. Most sites show her as John Thompson’s daughter. Several sites show her mother as Jennie Vann or Anniswakie. John Thompson was a Cherokee Interpreter at Turkey Town/Wills
Searching for information on cousin. Name-Bettie Wheeler Born 1886 in Virginia Married and moved to West Virginia
mary blythe
Looking for information on Elizabeth Martindale (born 1816 in Tennessee). She was presumably full Cherokee. She was married to Thomas Stockton. I have been unable to locate any information on her or her parents.
by cynthiarouse Leave a Comment
Minnie Dye Jernigan Cherokee indian
I am trying to verify if there is a book entitled “The Genealogy of John Sutton Sr of Cocke County Tennessee and Iron County Missouri by Russell and Mary Jo Sutton. If so, is there proof that John Sutton Sr and his family line listed in the book was a son to Betsey who is
by mgmullins42 Leave a Comment
Looking for leads on Cherokee family of Mahalia Aly Baker, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina born:1827, ,died 1877 in Princess, Boyd County, Kentucky~1877). She was adopted by a Methodist minister named Rev. Thomas Snow (wife: Mary Hollingsworth) at about 4 years of age. Mahalia married my 2nd great grandfather, Robert Austin – Birth Nov 1811 •
Hello everyone, I am hitting a massive brick wall trying to find official tribal records for my husband’s direct family, and I am desperately hoping someone here can point me in the right direction or recognize these case files. We have found the family on the 1896 Dawes Index, but they disappear from the Final
I am looking for the family of Harvey James Horse Hunter and his wife Penelope Jane Seabolt Hunter.
by Charley8268 Leave a Comment
Hello, I believe Alfred and William Hall to be my 5th and 4th grandfathers on my dad’s side. Could anyone offer any info on them regarding confirmation on descendants and if it’s possible that that Edward and Mary Hall took in Alfred during the trail of tears? Thanks so much, Charlene Hall-Allison
by Morning Flower Clarke Leave a Comment
I am adopted and was told that I was Cherokee, possibly Choctaw, and of course Scottish, Irish, or English. I got to met my biological uncle on my dad’s side, my Cherokee connection, who showed me a very old photo of my Great something grandfather. Chief Clarke was written on the bottom. He had a
This is all I know. My 2 daughters are native American. Their great grandparents are William Brock and Mildred Cole from Harlan Kentucky. Their grandmother, Ora Brock told me she is a Cherokee mountain woman. The father of my children denies having native ancestry, however his mother claims to have been a registered Cherokee member
Looking into my linage I’m a direct descendant of sinoke she is one of my great grandmothers I have my whole family tree done however her mother was named as a Cherokee full blooded line but her name was not mentioned they are part of the file # 1308 where they tried to register and
According to family lore, my great great grandmother on my father’s side was understood to be of Cherokee descent through his mother’s side. Myrtle Sue Barker (married name Myrtle Sue Rain) was born around 1909 or 1910 in Virginia. She passed away in July 1942 and is buried in the Irwin Union Cemetery in Irwin,
by henry.lexx24 Leave a Comment
Hi there. Upon researching my family, I believe I have hit a brick wall when it comes to my 5x great grandmother. The name is have for her is Kissiah or Keziah. She was born 1813 in South Carolina and married John Nations. John, is a signer of a letter from 1848 supporting the Cherokee