This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GS.2ADI/713.1 Message Board Post: I have a Samuel Big Foot Bowman born 1885. He is not in my direct Bowman line. He is thought to be descendent of Cherokee Indian through the McNew on his mother's side and the Bowman/Smith on his father's side.