This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2V.2ADE/133.1164.1.2 Message Board Post: all i have is a charles cole was born in 1885 in ivington ky.he married a purmila fletcher they left ky when my grandfather was five yrs old and moved to ohio.we were part of the trail of tears in 1878.my belief is that my great-great-grandparents died in that.i am of the eastern cherokee nation.i am trying to get the micro films to prove my theory.but i have to see if there was a birth record of my great-grandfather.i hope this helps you