Kim, there is no question that our families of the JAMESON of Buffalo River there in Searcy County, have told many stories of our Jamison/Jameson being of Indian descent. Permelia Jameson Parks Ruff grandson, told stories of his grandmother "Melia" being a hard old woman who smoked a pipe and "Talked Cherokee" as his memory's as a little boy. I had decided in the last couple of years, that my great great grandmother "Sarah Paulina" unknown Jameson, wife of James C. Jamesons brother, Mastin C. Jameson, WAS likely a Christy before their marriage. I base my theory on the facts of her place of birth, the fact that they always lived next door to her and Mastin in census. And the Christy's were involved with our Jameson brothers in the "Secret Peace Society". The Christy's and my Sarah Paulina disappear from Searcy county AFTER 1870 census. Her age was just right to fit in with John and Elizabeth Christy's children. And like the eldest boys Sarah, she was born in Tenn. and married before 1850 in Searcy Co. On Dec. 5, 1861 from Head Quarters in Carroll County, AR, an order went out before the sitting court, to arrest L.D. (Lorenzo Dow) Jamieson, Westley Hensley and David Baker for being members or leaders of the Secret Peace Society. In other documents that were letters of Capt. John R. Scott of Pope Co., these same men are mentioned together, Capt. Scott was the man trying to round up and arrest the men in Searcy County who had held out on Secession from the Union and formed the Secret Society for Peace. The Christy's are also involved in the society. Capt. John R Scott's WIFE was a Jameson/Jamison, she being the daughter of Judge George Jamison of Johnson Co., AR....however she was born in Potosi, MO. (Washington Co.!!!!) May 16, 1816. The same place our Jameson's went from KY. before coming on to Ark. One of Capt. Scott's "runners" was a Jamison man (Or young man) who I suspect may have been a nephew of his via his wife Nancy Jamison Scott. This Jamison runner, carried many of the mail messages of Capt Scott during the war. In Another document of Capt. Scott's dated Dec. 9, 1861, many men of Carroll, Marion and Searcy Co. are listed as involved in the "Secret Peace Society" and to be taken prisoner and taken before the Governor in Little Rock. after that list is given there is a sub-note at the bottom that says that the following men are somewhat implicated and had turned themselves in without arms and would volunteer to appear before the governor at Little Rock. John Christy Joseph C. Christy J.T.K. Christy (Could be J.T.H.) P.M. Hensley Gilmore Smith Carroll Kilburn (he knifed Wm. Jameson to death) E..L. Osborn Carlton Keeling George M. Hays J.W. Kirkham John W. McEntire J.C. McNair I hope I interpret my civil war letters without error. James Johnston is an expert on this subject, he will jump in an correct me if I am wrong on this, and well he should.....he and I share a PET PEEVE of BAD genealogy or BAD History. Faye in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kmillersrus@aol.com> To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:05 PM Subject: [ARSEARCY] locating family lines. > Trying to uncover Indian lines. Searching for the family lines of > HENSLEY....CHRISTY....WYATT...JAMESON > I have been told of lines in our family poss. tied with Indian descent. After > going over family records have narrowed it down to these 4 lines. > James C. Jameson and wife Dulcenia Wyatt both from St Joe Searcy Co. Their > son was Alexander Sheridan. His wife was Lula Abbie Gail Hensley daughter of > Porter M. Hensley and Elizabeth Mae Christy. Wondering if Elizabeth Mae > Christy might be Indian due to the hard time of locating anything on her > line. Have her father a John Christy but only Elizabeth for her mother. > Have been told that family came along the Trail of Tears. Also have Indian > blankets that been in the family atleast 4 generations. Mom remembers seeing > them on her grandmother Cora Elizabeth Jameson..daughter of Alexander S. > Jameson's couch. > Other family members with ties to the Jameson line through Cora's marriage to > Renfroe have been recieving profits shares from oil wells on Indian lands. > Thanks for any help in locating and solving of this family mystery. > kim >