My great aunt used to do a great bit of genealogy, and she always said we had Cherokee in our family history. I recall her saying something about one of our ancestors rescuing a Cherokee off the Trail of Tears and marrying her. She also said her grandmother or great grandmother was half Cherokee. I
Archives for October 2016
Cherokee Genealogy Queries Posted October 2016
Grandparents
I’m looking for my 3rd great grandmother. Supposedly her maiden name was Bolin. Married name is Alexander. Her name is Eliza Jane Bolin born sometime between 1824 to 1851 in North Carolina she died June 22,1922. She married a man named William (Pinkney) Alexander some time in the 1860’s. To some of the information we
Thacker Cherokee Women
I have ancesters who married Cherokee women in the 1700’s. Married in Virginia. Some names I can find ar White Feater, Cherokee Squaw, Cherokee Woman, Cherokee Indian, and Connoe. All with the last name Thacker. One has a daughter name Echo. If anyone has more info, please pass on to me. thanks
Daniels family lineage
Looking for a Stark Daniels or Stark L Daniels.
Jane Haney
My great grandfather Jefferson Mansfield, father Norman Mansfield, married Janey Haney, Cherokee in North Carolina in the mid 1800’s. Yet it is recorded in family history in Warren County, Tennessee but I can’t find out anything about her. I do have a picture of her with a feathered headband. Also Hiram Yellow Creek Canaster but
Minnie L Goff
Looking for info please.
Rachael Tolbert
Married William Collinsworth, born 1812 in Carolina died 1880 in Florida. I am told she was a full blooded Cherokee, but can find no evidence she was buried in Westville Fla.
Zachariah Sparks
I am looking for information on my Great x 4 Grandfather Zachariah Sparks believed to be full blooded Cherokee. The last known research was done in 1985 and research stopped at his son Ira R. Sparks and his wife, Mahala (Haly), maiden name unknown. Ira R. was a confederate soldier in Georgia around 1863. Zachariah
Looking for answers
I am looking for someone that may have known my grandmother and possible relatives of mine. My fathers name was Marion Francis Todd. His mother (Cherokee) name was Bessie Mae Kean. She married Jesse Barton Todd who was 28 at the time and she was 17. My father was born in Leeds Iowa June 23,
From Moytoy to Hall
I’ve been searching for several years for my Cherokee link. My grandfather was a man who taught me profound respect for Native communities and who served as an elementary school teacher for the Crow. I have family that worked as doctors, hunters and friends for other tribes and I am a counselor for a Pacific