While we are on the Indian...Does anyone have any info on a Chief Weatherford- who may have been on the settlement on White River about 1815/17.? I have a Letishea(?) Weatherford who married William Clifton, their daughter Mellisa married Soloman Byrd She was born in 1826. Would like any info on them... Thanks Later...Joyce ---- Harold Blevins <[email protected]> wrote: > Close, but not quite.........My "relationship calculator" on my FTM says > Chief Dragging Canoe and Chief Doublehead were first cousins. > Doublehead's daughter, Princess Cornblossom, married Jacob > "Big Jake" Troxell, they had several daughters, two of which married Blevins > men. One of these was Jonathan Blevins, who was a brother to my ggg-gf > Richard Blevins. All this reportedly happened in Wayne County, KY, where > Richard lived before he moved southward to The Sequatchie Valley of > Tennessee and later to Alabama. This was right in the middle of the Cherokee > Nation, whose ancient homeland was located in the Great Smokey > Mountains, and whose principal towns were located along the Little > Tennessee River, including their capital city of CHOTA. When the first > white settlers came to Kentucky and Tennessee, they took care to stay > on good terms with the Cherokee. (This was after the "Long Hunters" > made trips from Virginia and Maryland to the area.) This is all detailed > in a book titled "Jonathan Blevins, Sr. of Virginia and His Descendants" > by Ray and Laccie Blevins." The book has one whole chapter devoted to > "The Cherokee Indian Connection" > > Part of this Blevins group, consisting of Armistead Blevins and his son. > Hugh Armstrong Blevins, later moved to Hempstead County Ark, and > settled the little town now known as Blevins, AR. > > There are accusations that a lot of the "Cherokee" characters never existed > and are the product of some writer's fertile imagination. However, there > are markers for Doublehead, Cornblossom and Big Jake Troxell in that > area. (Pictures in the aforementioned book). But, then again, maybe those > are just for the tourists..... But, it still make research fun, doesn't > it?.....HRB > > > > No Harold~~mine are Chief Dragging Canoe and his bunch~~ > > hugs Jean > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Harold Blevins <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 5:29 PM > > Subject: [ARIZARD] Where is everybody? > > > > Beginning to think my computer is broke......Think I've only seen one post > > since last Saturday..... > > > > Might be a good time to ask if any one has any Cherokee ancestry.....We > > haven't visited that subject in a while.... So here goes......Has anyone > > here > > ever done any research on Chief Doublehead or Princess Cornblossom? > > > > Harold B. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That's very interesting, Joyce. I never knew there was a Chief Weatherford. The Weatherford name I had always thought of as English. Having Weatherfords connected to my Langston family, makes me curious. On 6/9/2012 6:13 PM, [email protected] wrote: > While we are on the Indian...Does anyone have any info on a Chief Weatherford- who may have been on the settlement on White River about 1815/17.? I have a Letishea(?) Weatherford who married William Clifton, their daughter Mellisa married Soloman Byrd She was born in 1826. Would like any info on them... > > Thanks > > Later...Joyce > > > > ---- Harold Blevins<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Close, but not quite.........My "relationship calculator" on my FTM says >> Chief Dragging Canoe and Chief Doublehead were first cousins. >> Doublehead's daughter, Princess Cornblossom, married Jacob >> "Big Jake" Troxell, they had several daughters, two of which married Blevins >> men. One of these was Jonathan Blevins, who was a brother to my ggg-gf >> Richard Blevins. All this reportedly happened in Wayne County, KY, where >> Richard lived before he moved southward to The Sequatchie Valley of >> Tennessee and later to Alabama. This was right in the middle of the Cherokee >> Nation, whose ancient homeland was located in the Great Smokey >> Mountains, and whose principal towns were located along the Little >> Tennessee River, including their capital city of CHOTA. When the first >> white settlers came to Kentucky and Tennessee, they took care to stay >> on good terms with the Cherokee. (This was after the "Long Hunters" >> made trips from Virginia and Maryland to the area.) This is all detailed >> in a book titled "Jonathan Blevins, Sr. of Virginia and His Descendants" >> by Ray and Laccie Blevins." The book has one whole chapter devoted to >> "The Cherokee Indian Connection" >> >> Part of this Blevins group, consisting of Armistead Blevins and his son. >> Hugh Armstrong Blevins, later moved to Hempstead County Ark, and >> settled the little town now known as Blevins, AR. >> >> There are accusations that a lot of the "Cherokee" characters never existed >> and are the product of some writer's fertile imagination. However, there >> are markers for Doublehead, Cornblossom and Big Jake Troxell in that >> area. (Pictures in the aforementioned book). But, then again, maybe those >> are just for the tourists..... But, it still make research fun, doesn't >> it?.....HRB >> >> >> >>> No Harold~~mine are Chief Dragging Canoe and his bunch~~ >>> hugs Jean >>> >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> >>> From: Harold Blevins<[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 5:29 PM >>> Subject: [ARIZARD] Where is everybody? >>> >>> Beginning to think my computer is broke......Think I've only seen one post >>> since last Saturday..... >>> >>> Might be a good time to ask if any one has any Cherokee ancestry.....We >>> haven't visited that subject in a while.... So here goes......Has anyone >>> here >>> ever done any research on Chief Doublehead or Princess Cornblossom? >>> >>> Harold B. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >