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Ellen (Bright)Yeager Jones

July 6, 2015 by Debbie 1 Comment

Searching for Cherokee birth info for great grandmother Ellen (Bright) Yeager Jones who lived in Barbourville, KY. She was married to Sam Jones. Ellen died in the 1960’s. She was a mid-wife in the community, attending to children births and animal births. Old family members said she was full-blooded Cherokee and came from the reservation (“rez”) in Oklahoma. Thanks for your help. :0)

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  1. jsmith says

    August 4, 2015 at 12:32 am

    Ellen was not from the Cherokee reservation, or Cherokee Nation to be more specific, although her parents moved to Oklahoma during the Land Rush days in the late 1800s (after Ellen had already married and settled down in Kentucky). She was born in 1874 in KY to White parents, Joseph and Nancy (Bright) Yeager. They were both born in Kentucky, 1851 and 1854 respectively. Joseph and Nancy married in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1870.

    Joseph can be found living with his parents John and Mary Yeager in the 1860 Census, still living in Knox County, Kentucky.

    Here is there grave site:

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91773031&ref=acom

    In 1850 John and Mary (Miller) Yeager was living in Laurel, Kentucky. This couple was married in 1845 (Laurel County).

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92846087&ref=acom

    This family was not Cherokee.

    Nancy Bright was born in 1854 in Knox, Kentucky. Her parents were listed as John Bright and Susan Broughton. She can be found living with her parents and siblings in the 1860 Census. John and Susan were married in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1830. Here are her parent’s grave sites:

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15405355

    This lineage also does not appear to be Cherokee. They were White settlers.

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