With the backgrounds you & Edrie furnished, Jan, I wouldn't be one bit surprised if you discovered that the Hardin bunch was Melungeon...they sure sound a lot like some of my ancestors (and, as I've said before, I have the Melungeons on BOTH sides!). Mike IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: J. Garland <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> > To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/6/2002 6:06:00 PM > Subject: Re: [BS-L] Grandpa Lied > > > Edire, that makes a lot of sense. Seems like most of the "removals" were > done by 1833, and the land was pretty well handed out to settlers by 1835. > > You got me to thinking about my Hardin cousins. One of them married Alex > Shaw, the Irish immigrant whose property was next to the reservation. The > Hardins, family of Sukie Hardin--Alex' wife, lived in Franklin Co. GA, right > on the border with SC. But, they weren't Cherokee, near as I can tell, I did > some checking today. They later moved to TX, most because they wanted to, > three because they were running from a murder conviction, but that's another > story. > > Jan G. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Edrie Broughton" <etfoam@inreach.com> > Reply-To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com > To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BS-L] Grandpa Lied > Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 13:42:35 -0700 > > The rest of the Dorsey researchers and I have kicked that around. David > Dorsey we don't think was Indian or Melungeon but think that Mary Martin may > very well have been. Sarah must have had a dark complexion to have the > Black Dutch explanation used for her at least to her children or > grandchildren. The chart says that she was born of German parents and > brought as a very young child. Her husband having been German, probably > with the appropriate accent may have helped the fiction. When asked on > Census reports however she said she was born in SC and parents born in NC. > David and Mary Martin Dorsey came south out of Macon County, NC to Pendleton > district SC, then on to Habersham (later White Co.), GA. They must have > maintained ties in both NC and SC because their children bounced back and > forth. All these areas were strongly Cherokee. Since the removals began > when Mary and David were doing all this moving, I suspect they were avoiding > the Army. > > EdrieAnne IBSSG > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > --- > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by > each individual submitter. > > The Blacksheep Message boards are at: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.blac ksheep > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > ~~~~ > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by each individual submitter. > > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/mia.html > This is the POW/MIA Links and Database. > A complete list by Service Branch of POW/MIA/KIAs in Vietnam is here. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Shuler Michael --- grinch42@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.