"Can you give me some information on your Alexander Sanders? Thank you, Karen" Karen, I don't have my information in front of me so this is off the top of my head. I can tell you that Alexander Sanders was the son of Mitchell Sanders and Barbara Eker. He was German and married a full blood Cherokee, Peggy Sonicooie. They had nine children. Emmet Starr's book "History of the Cherokee Indians' would lead you to think he was 1/2 Cherokee, but he wasn't. His father later married a full blood Cherokee by the name of Susannah (not Springfrog). Sadly, Alexander was a Captain of the Cherokee allies under Andrew Jackson in the war of 1814. Guess he later learned his trust in 'ole' Andy was misplaced. The killing of Doublehead was in 1807. Doublehead is referred to as Chief Doublehead by some historians, but the word 'Chief' is not in the Cherokee language. Neither did the Cherokee's have 'Cherokee Princesses' as many people believe. The Sanders' family came to the Cherokee Nation West (Indian Territory which in 1907 became Oklahoma) in 1838 on the Trail of Tears. Some came sooner. They settled mostly in the Cherokee District around Tahlequah and Wauhillau, Ind. Terr. (now Cherokee county, Ok.) My husband's Sanders family eventually moved to Sequoyah District (also once called Skin Bayou District) which is now in Sequoyah county, Ok. As I said in my earlier posting, I can't seem to stop once I get started. :-) Hope this helps. Sandy Miller