Teresa Angle, I received the following e-mail from Judy ([email protected]) on April 19, 2001: "...Robert Lee Shortnacy was my husband's grandfather. Jim's mother was Lillie Myrtle Shortnacy. I have Robert Lee married to Margaret Florence Johnson. I have them having the following children: Stella, Eunice, Alice, Maggie, Walter, Joe, Hazel, Lee, Maude and Claude." Try also Kristy ([email protected]). Glenda ([email protected]) wrote: "The Shortnacy line is mine as well as the Helms. From some of my cousins, Turkeytown was supposed to have been started by my ggreatgrandfather who was Charlie Helms. The cemetery there that you are referring to, some of my relatives are buried there as well. The original name of the Shortnacy's was O'Shonacy. They were full blood Cherokee, even though some have different opinions, depending on how they perceive the info. recorded. My great aunt told me the original name before she died and told me how much Indian we were. The Helms name original was Hellums, but he Indian name??? My other side was Bushyhead, Rice, Surratt original name Rat or Ratcliff." I'm interested in knowing more about the history of Turkeytown and the lives of the people buried at Turkeytown Methodist Cemetery. One of my correspondents told me that Turkey Town is in the same area as Coats Bend in present-day Etowah Co. about 3 miles north of Gadsden. Mary in TX
Have I missed something on this list - I don't have the thread of this post - also Teresa, if you want to copy that article I sent on Coats Bend for the lady, go ahead - also I take the Gadsden, Etowah County, AL newspaper, I can send any obits of surnames, if I see any - or anything else - delilah evans At 21:31 7/1/01 -0600, you wrote: > >Teresa Angle, I received the following e-mail from Judy ([email protected]) on April 19, 2001: "...Robert Lee Shortnacy was my husband's grandfather. Jim's mother was Lillie Myrtle Shortnacy. I have Robert Lee married to Margaret Florence Johnson. I have them having the following children: Stella, Eunice, Alice, Maggie, Walter, Joe, Hazel, Lee, Maude and Claude." > >Try also Kristy ([email protected]). > >Glenda ([email protected]) wrote: "The Shortnacy line is mine as well as the Helms. From some of my cousins, Turkeytown was supposed to have been started by my ggreatgrandfather who was Charlie Helms. The cemetery there that you are referring to, some of my relatives are buried there as well. The original name of the Shortnacy's was O'Shonacy. >They were full blood Cherokee, even though some have different opinions, depending on how they perceive the info. recorded. My great aunt told me the original name before she died and told me how much Indian we were. The Helms name original was Hellums, but he Indian name??? My other side was Bushyhead, Rice, Surratt original name Rat or Ratcliff." > >I'm interested in knowing more about the history of Turkeytown and the lives of the people buried at Turkeytown Methodist Cemetery. One of my correspondents told me that Turkey Town is in the same area as Coats Bend in present-day Etowah Co. about 3 miles north of Gadsden. > >Mary in TX > > > > >==== ALETOWAH Mailing List ==== >The Gadsden Times newspaper is at >http://www.gadsdentimes.com/ > > >