I am trying to find out if my great grandmother, Alabama Henderson Duckett, was Cherokee. She was born in Marshall, Alabama, in 1851.
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There is no apparent Cherokee ancestry for Alabama, but along one of her maternal lines, the Freeman line, there was an ancestor that conducted trade with Cherokees and other tribes in the 1700s, and may have been an Indian agent at one time or another. Alabama was the daughter of William Henderson and Susan Freeman. Susan was the daughter of Moses Freeman Sr. and Mary Francis Ball. Moses was the son of Aaron Freeman. Information about Aaron can be found here:
http://sharonscrapbook.blogspot.com/2010/08/aaron-freeman-and-mary-bentley.html
Here are some supporting records and sources that might help with your tree:
Name: Alabama Henderson
Gender: Female
Birth Place: AL
Birth Year: 1851
Spouse Name: Luke Duckett
Spouse
Birth Place: SC
Spouse Birth Year: 1833
Marriage
Year: 1866
Number Pages: 1
1860 Census:
Name: Alabama Henderson
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1853
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Marshall, Alabama
Post Office: Guntersville
Family Number: 289
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
William M Henderson 70
Susan Henderson 50
Sarah coker Henderson 16
Alabama Henderson 7
Name: Alabama Duckett
[Alabama Henson]
Birth Date: abt 1854
Death Date: 28 Oct 1925
Death Place: Crossville, Dekalb, Alabama
Death Age: 71
Gender: Female
Father Name: William Henson
Mother Name: Susan Coker
Comments: widow
FHL Film Number: 1908274
Marriage Certificate (MS):
Name: Wm. M. Henderson
Spouse: Susan Coker
Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1852
County: Itawamba
Land Patent (AL):
Name: William M Henderson
Issue Date: 1 Oct 1835
Acres: 79.9
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Montgomery
Township: 16-N
Range: 20-E
Section: 35
Accession Number: AL0530__.230
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Cahaba
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 20043
http://www.algw.org/dekalb/queries1998.htm
“Looking for proof that the H. Coker in the 1840 Dekalb census was Henderson Coker of Laurens County, South Carolina. About 1845, he moved on to Pontotoc County, Mississippi, with his wife Susan Freeman of Buncombe County, North Carolina, but he died before the 1850 census. They had twelve children, two of whom (William Downs Coker who was mistakenly given as William D. Cooper and Elizabeth [Coker] Lackey) were in Dekalb County, Alabama, in the 1850 census living with their aunt and uncle Elisha and Anna (Coker) Freeman. Their mother Susan remarried to her husband’s uncle, William M. Henderson, and moved back to Alabama, to neighboring Marshall County. (They had a daughter Alabama Henderson who married Luke W. Duckett). Elizabeth Lackey remarried to William Owens of Dekalb County, Alabama, as his second wife. Any information about Henderson Coker, who was the son of Robert B. and Elizabeth (Henderson) Coker of Laurens County, South Carolina, would be much appreciated. Do have proof that Henderson Coker and Elisha and Anna (Coker) Freeman were no longer in South Carolina about 1840/1 when they are named in an estate suit brought by some of the younger children of Robert B. Coker. From: Mary Kay Coker Los Alamos, New Mexico – 15 May 1998”
William Henderson Grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84847269&ref=acom
Susan Freeman
(1811–1880)
Born in Marshall, Buncombe Co, NC
Died in Marshall Co, AL
Daughter of:
Moses Freeman Sr.
(1774–1859(
Born in Wilkes or Buncombe Co. NC
Died in Madison, North Carolina
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7312570
War of 1812 Veteran, 20th Regiment, US Infantry, Captain Gee’s unit
Mary Francis Ball
1774–1837