Thompson
I am looking for info on John Thompson and Jennie Ahniswaske Vann. She was the daughter of James Vann from North Carolina.
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James Hicks
Looking for information on my GGgrandfather, James Hicks, born 1808 in Va or Tenn. He was married to Martha Patsy England. I need info on who his parents were. He lived in Bedford, Tenn until 1850s, then moved to Illinois where he died.
James Earl Welch
I am looking for information for my Great Grandfather James Earl Welch he married my Great Grandma Rue b. boydston/ “Willie Welch/ Shields I did find his WII 2 Draft Card I know he is 100 % Cherokee Indian he lived in Seminole, Oklahoma he passed at the age of 55. I am trying to
Rebecca information
I’m related to a woman named urentiz (maybe misspelled) who married into the Carter family (William crater) also last names of armor and hornbuckle have popped up. Anyway I was wondering if anyone had any info on Rebecca wolf hornbuckle apparently my 5th great grandma?
Searching For my 3rd Great Grandmother
Searching For my 3rd Great Grandmother. Her last name was King. Husband’s name was Alexander or Alfred Montgomery-King. She had a son named Henry King. He was married to Margaret Riggs. She may have been from Kentucky. They lived in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Thank you so much for any information. 😊
Was Manerva Bean Cherokee?
Having a hard time finding family info on my 3 X great-grandmother, Manerva. (Munerva? Minerva?) I was told that she was full blooded Cherokee, but the only 3 Census records I’ve found, list her as being white. She could be from Meigs Co., White Co., Putnam Co., or Jackson Co., all in Tennessee, Her birth
Murray/ Mixing/ manning
Looking for family in the kunawati or other eastern bands of Cherokee Nation. My name is Reed Parkhurst
Looking for Elias Spotted Horse Farmer
I was told thst my great grandmother Martha Farmer was daughter of Elias Spotted Horse Farmer & Sarah Biggle Robinson or Robertson, possibly,in Fordsville Kentucky. Martha was born in 1889, I’m looking for any information on her & her parents as I was told Elias was full blood Cherokee. Martha was born in Kentuvky &
without roots we die
I wakeup each day proud to be native all my life it has. been told to me but the world tried to tell me different because Hollywood depiction of what an Indian looks like because I’m of coppered colored tone in my heart I know and went threw hurt but its my kids I don’t
Dykes
Am looking for any info on Rosie Fair Dykes of Vinita Oklahoma.
McWatters and Sizemore
Hi. My 7 generations back great-grandmother was Margaret. She was born in 1755 and died in South Carolina in 1805. She married an Irish man named William McWatters. In my research, I have found conflicting information that she was either full-blood Cherokee or full-blood Choctaw nation. I am also related to a man named Marion
Chief Bear Hart
Chief Bear William Jackson Hart is my 9th great uncle and was 3/4 Cherokee. i am working on my genealogy and would like to find what my percentage is. his mother was Nancy Bauer. Chief Bear was born in Cherokee Alabama in 1660. he died in 1717 in Cherokee Alabama.
My Grandparents Knoxville Tennessee
I am a grandson of Mayford F. Hines and his wife Effie M Cooper. I am looking for Cherokee heritage. North Carolina Cherokee.
Mixon / Murray
Osiyo nigada. Hello everyone. Im Trying to find relatives of my lineage. I am Cherokee/tslalagi.
Joe Cocker
Joe Coker was the infamous Cherokee polygamist son of Buck Coker he had 2 or 3 Wives all cherokee he had a bunch of kids. One of his daughters Mary Ann Coker Married a Robert (Bob) Emmet Trimble son of Robert and Elizabeth Trimble My 3rd great Uncle & Aunt Nephew of William Trimble. William
John Arthur Cloud
Looking for information on John Arthur Cloud. Not sure of mother and father or siblings He was married to Julie Ann Elizabeth Cole Cloud. His wife Lizzie was born 9/10/1895. They were married when she was 16. They had 7 children. Willie, Junior, Tom, Grover, Cecil and daughters Lillian Cloud Hooks Robertson and Ruby Cloud
Ragsdale
My Grandmother was Beatrice Odella Ragsdale. She married Otis Gibson in Oklahoma. She had 2 children, Wanda and Kenneth. I was adopted by my Mothers family and didn’t know I was part Cherokee till I was grown. I would like to know anything I can about my Cherokee family.
Elizabeth A Cotton Cherokee
My great grandmother Elizabeth A. Cotton…not her Indian tribal name…it was changed. No one knows where my GG came from. I am so heart broken. She is Cherokee…I have a picture. My GG Father rescued her from slavery when she was 17 and paid $17.00 for her. She was born 1888..some think Mississippi but no
Ziphla
ziphla Mann Collins is my 3rd great grandmother. I am looking for any more information. I have some of Collins information.
Vann off shoot Family Info
I have been doing some research about my family and found that my Great x4 Grandmother Lucinda Maney Hensley (1803-1898) Was Cherokee. I have found a bit about her parents and grandparents but am hoping to go back farther. Lucinda married William Allison “Black Bill” Hensley and they had a daughter named Elizabeth. Lucinda’s parents
Matilda “Smith”
My 3rd great grandmother is listed under the name Matilda Smith (sometimes Tilda or Tilde). I have read stories of her being a full Cherokee medicine woman. Her daughter, my 2nd great grandmother is Cinderella (listed also as Cynder, Cinder, Ella, Civdulla). I cannot find any records of Matilda’s childhood. The family she is connected
Dorcas Duncan
I am looking for birth/death/marriage records for my family. Dorcas/Dorcus Duncan married William Lester in North Carolina. She was born in Georgia and was the daughter of Dorcas Duncan and Trapper Young Charles Duncan… approximate date of birth 1776-1802… was part of the Cherokee Nation East… circa 1836… She had 3 children Dorcus 9died as
Emma Hicks
my grandmother was Emma hicks,married to Robert queen,wilkes county n.c. can anyone help me with my family tree?
Resubmission and correction
Lucille Barrett was King Yanabe Yalangway Chief Hagler was an unknown Cherokee – she is whom I an trying to find information on
Keziah Elizabeth Brooks Williams
My 6th GGrandmother is Keziah Elizabeth Brooks (1735-1785), dau. of Littleton Brooks & Elizabeth Wallings. She was married to James Williams. I see many references to her in genealogy sites as half Cherokee and called Princess Floating Cloud. Her son, James Sheridan Sherod Williams, has been verified as a DNA match for me. I’m trying