Jerry wrote: >Cherokee Co, AL was not formed until 1836. Prior to then it was Cherokee Indian territory. The information may be in any of the the surrounding counties (AL & GA) or in a Federal Archive or other Federal Repository. If the wife/mother was Indian there is a very good possibility that she is listed in the Dawes Rolls or other Cherokee Indian records. Thanks Jerry, The daughter, Margaret, is on the Dawes Roll, but she just has her mother as Susan Hall - not her maiden name. The Dawes Roll was done 1898-1902 and both Wm. & Susan Hall had been dead long before that. I even thought that maybe Susan was Cherokee and have written experts on that. I thought she may have claimed to be Choctaw as they moved into the area where most of the Indians were Choctaw. I do not even have an idea as to what Federal Archive to look into. Marlene