Hello, I'm trying to locate the parents of my ggandmother.  She would've been born around 1897, I beleive in the GA,TN, AL area.  She remembered that her mother was indian and her father was probably white.  We think her father killed her mother around 1900 or so, and then my ggrandmother was left at a mining camp.  Her name when she was born was either Redy or Rudy Jones.  Her parents names were Tom and Martha Jones.  We have never been able to find any record of her parents or of the killing, yet.  If her father was a miner, it could've been in any county.   She was left at a mining camp, I don't even know which one.  She remembered a few different families living there before John and Pearl Smith moved into the house that she was at.  For some reason when John and Pearl left, they took her with them even though they weren't supposed to.  I've been trying to track John and Pearl hoping to find out where they were when they got my ggrandmother.  In 1900, they were in Tracy City, TN and in 1902 when Pearl had her first child, they were in Orme, TN.  I know they went to Ga at some time but not exactly when.  I think Pearl probably took Redy because she was pregnant because from the family we've been able to determine that they took my Redy sometime during the year before she had her first child.  We have had absolutely no leads on this and have been looking for years.  At first we thought it would've been in KY since John and Pearl settled there.  Not until the last couple of years did we learn they had moved around so much.  John played the fiddle and was called Fiddlin John.  Not exactly the nicest person you would ever meet either.  Supposedly he spent time in prison for murder but again, I haven't been able to find any record of that yet.   Anyway, does any of this sound familiar at all to anyone?  Or does anyone know of any other stories of children being left at mining camps?  Any ideas or leads would really be appreciated. Thanks, Debra