Has anyone heard of either of these names out there? The Petray surname is very closely related to my family lines and my great great grandmother married a John Petray, but I have not been very successful in locating anyone else who is researching these two names who have a connection. I have been told all my life and still am by my father that my great grandmother and her mother are Cherokee and I have located land information (thanks to some of you for the information on the land records sites) that leads me to believe that this is true. I also would like to know if anyone has an idea of how or where to go to find out the indian name of an ancestor when we only have a Christian name or English name. This seems to be a real problem to locate a resource for this type of research. Thanks to anyone who can help. LL