My biological mother was born Jan 22, 1965 in North Carolina. Her birth name was Betty May Underwood (I’m not certain of the spelling). She was taken when she was about 18 months, I believe. A wealthy family in West Virginia adopted her. Her adopted name is Alice Ruth Ballew. She had split feather issues,
Archives for June 2015
Cherokee Genealogy Queries Posted June 2015
Enoch Browning
Looking for information about Enoch B Browning, born 1849. Father was Samuel Browning. Grandson of John Browning and Elizabeth Moore. Lived in Alabama before coming to Texas. Married and died in Texas. I believe that their claims to Cherokee heritage were denied in the Dawes and Guillion surveys.
Nancy Harris in Kentucky
I am looking for information on Nancy Elizabeth Harris Hale from Kentucky. Married Peter Hale “after the Civil War.” Daughter Laura Hale Broaddus. Family lore recalls Nancy as Cherokee.
Searching for Great-Grandfather Joseph Robert Smith d. 1944
Searching for any details of Joseph Robert Smith (d. 1944), who married Janie Arabelle Smith (1885-1936). He was 1/2 Cherokee. Not sure if he died in Louisiana or Texas. They had a son (my grandfather) Willard Extal (not sure of the spelling) Smith (d. Nov 1959 in a car wreck) & a daughter Francis Victoria
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Looking for Stamper descendants.
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Mattie Leola Shelton Robert L. Shelton Molly Cummins
Susan Hawkins Raines
I am looking for information about my ggg-grandmother. She was born in 1823and died 1909. She was married to my ggg-grandfather James Raines. She was married before and widowed but we don’t know her first husband name. She had a 5 year old son, John, when he married James. She is suppose to have been
Johnson and Hood families
Looking for information on Wiley Johnson Jr. (born 1783? – died in Pulaski County, GA) and Winnifred Hood (born 1795) married in 1812 in Johnson County, NC. Winnnifred’s name recorded as Carroll not Hood on her marriage license.
Iva Myrtle Edwards (Wood)
I am looking into my husband’s ancestry and trying to prove the Cherokee line. His great grandmother was Iva Myrtle Edwards from my pleasant tx. Her married name was Wood. I don’t know who she married or how many children she had. I know one of the daughters was Geraldine Wood. His family doesn’t really
Native blood
Looking for family of great great great grandmother.