Hello, I am searching for any trace of information about my great grandparents. His name was John P. BURKS (b. 1846, place unknown). Her name was Frances Maria (Sis) RICHARDSON (b. 1848, place unknown). He served in the 27th Mississippi Infantry, CSA and was wounded in a battle in Georgia. I don't know whether they married and then moved to Arkansas, or whether she was already there and they met and married there. I do know that they lived in northern Conway County, Arkansas (Cedar Creek community), just northwest of the Cherokee Boundary Line. I am sure there was some sort of Indian (native American) blood, but I do not know which tribe(s). At various times I have suspected Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and/or Creek. They claimed to be Black Dutch, but my Grandmother and Father looked very Native American, except for green eyes. They obviously were hiding from something, because you couldn't hide as well as they did, unless you were really trying. For instance, they don't appear on any census even when I know where they were! They also don't appear on any Indian Rolls that I can find. They are buried in the community cemetery in Martinville (Faulkner County), Arkansas, which is only a few miles from where they lived, and still within the old Cherokee Territory. Any information at all would be appreciated. Bob H.