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by danikaunderhill Leave a Comment
Trying to find which ancestor had Cherokee ancestry. So far no luck in searching Dawes etc. Thank you! John Riley Friddle b. approx 1850 Schuyler Co Illinois Mary Jane Stephens Friddle b. 25 Aug. 1852 Emily (Kinman) Ames (abt. 1818 – 1880) Susanna (Conyers) Kinman (1784 – 1855) b. 17 Aug 1784 in Somerset, PA
by tinagramling@att.net Leave a Comment
I have information on America Amanda Wilson. I do have her father’s name as being Aquilla Wilson but nothing else. Would like to know more about him and if he is Cherokee or if his wife was Cherokee. I do have references that America was Cherokee. Just would like to validate the information I have.
My gggg grandmother was morning star and she married a Spake. Would love to know her father’s name
Isadora Quami
I am delving into my ancestry. My Great-grandmother was Suzen (Suzanna) Henley. I am finding a grave stone for Viola Henley McKinley (July 6,1888-July 1,1978) She married Andy McKinley. Birth records show she was born about 1854 in Choctaw County, Mississippi. She gave birth to a daughter, Orabell (Bella) McKinley (1887-1966) who married George Ford
by Barbara Perdew Leave a Comment
I now my grandmother Maggie Karney attended the Cherokee Female Seminary in 1908. I am trying to find enrollment information and a picture if possible.
by CrazyCherokee Leave a Comment
My granny told me that my Great Great Great grandmother’s actual name was Emily Burton. My granny told me that Emily Burton and her mother Angeline came out of the mountains and met William Dodson who soon married Angeline and Emily’s name was changed to Dodson. Emily later married James Sullivan. I have found that
by pattibresnehen1 Leave a Comment
I have a 2nd and third grandmothers on this census roll is there any chance I could buy their testimonies on this census record and what would the price be?
by Paulina Flynn Leave a Comment
Looking for info on my Cherokee heritage. Just found out that my grandfather was a full blooded Cherokee originally from Kentucky but moved to Missouri after getting run out of Kentucky for being a prosperous native American. Just want to learn more and know if I have any native relatives.
by Paulina Flynn Leave a Comment
I just found out my grandfather was a Cherokee from Kentucky and was looking for more info.
Tracking Great Grandfathers and Great Grandmothers Cherokee lineage
Looking to find anything on my Evans side of the family. They are from Picker, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. They are of Cherokee origins. Around 1850 to presents. Hope anyone can help. Thank you, Kelcey Evans
I am a member of the Cherokee Nation and my lineage goes at least 4 generations back on all of my female ancestors. My great great grandmother was on the Trail of Tears. She was born in NC and appears on the 1910 Indian Census in OK, where we all live now. She registered with
Did any cherokee pass through Henry Co. TN in the early 1800″s? If so, are there any records about them? Am also trying to prove whether my ancestor’s wife Jane Palmer May 1804-1866 was a cherokee or not. Any information would be very helpful.
by 1234aycock@gmail.com Leave a Comment
Lawrence Aycock is my father. He married my mother Donya Smith in California 1974. Had my sister Tammi and me, Emily Aycock. Her in 74 me 75. They then broke it off. I’ve never met my father. I’m told he lived on Cherokee reservation in Dardanelle Arkansas. I’d like to know if I’m part Cherokee,
I’m trying to find history on my great x4 grandmother. She was 100% Cherokee and was given the name Catherine. She married Charles Fender and had a son named Levi Ira.
Hello. Would anyone have any help for finding my Cherokee roots. My distant maternal grandfathers were Cherokee, but I do not see either of them in any of the rolls. William Bill Lane 1844-1919 Joseph E. Lane 1823-1853 Would anyone have any recommendations to help my in my search? Thank you.
by dsmclaughlin66 Leave a Comment
Doing Geneolgy on the Tabors , Elijah Tabor was born in 1791 in NC. I am trying to find out if there is any Cherokee in the Tabor family. My grandmother kept a pitcure of a Cherokee woman on her dresser and said that it was her grandmother.
by Betty Jo Pozzini 2 Comments
Hello, I am looking for information on Zilpha Horner birth about 1765 in New Jersey, death about 1894 in FishCreek, Wetzel County, W. V.. married to Isaac Horner III. She is supposed to be Native American . She is my 5th great Grandmother. Zilpha Horner Mother of Eunice Horner (1796- Mother of Zelptha Jane Phillips
Were Mimi & Uncle Sid as Cherokee as they always said and looked?
by gwynnemcqueen Leave a Comment
Our Grandmother, Gertrude Barnett Davis was orphaned at around age 14, and we’ve not been able to trace beyond her parents, Jane Warren Barnett and her husband William Barnett. Gertrude was born in 1903 in Indian Territory/Oklahoma. (Gertrude’s daughter, Lola Davis Mayes was born in Anadarko, OK in 1928). Family tradition was that Jane was
Am trying to determine if my paternal great grandmother’s family is Cherokee. Her name was Nancy L Thomas (1874-1920) born to Mary Walker (1837-1897) daughter of Littleberry Walker, Jr (1802-1868) and Nancy Newbern. Littleberry Walker, Jr. was the son of Littleberry Walker (1767-1893) and Elizabeth Johns (1768-1835). My father’s family has claimed that Nancy L
My father’s father left aftwr he was born. We’ve been told he was Cherokee. My father is also the third (III). Can anyone help with any, Childers II, that would have been located in Ohio years ago? Thank you!
by pamelamoffatt Leave a Comment
If by some miracle I could established native american roots my family and I would be very happy. We are looking for Molly Reaves Rainwater as I think she was full native american. She died in 1801.
I am researching this name and trying to find out more about the McVann mentioned in the Gold letter of 1829 I found reproduced online that mentioned that a Mr. McVann, a white man, married a sister of Joseph Vann. I would like to find out his whole name, was he an Irishman, did he