Edward Thank-you so much for all this incredibly interesting information. Hopefully soon I will be able to search into this more closely. I'm descended from James Boggs >Francis>James>Charles>John>Josiah Clendennin Bogggs married Louisa Lemaster. Thank-you for all your hard work and for sharing it. Marsha --- Edward Boggs <MrGroundHogg@webtv.net> wrote: > Here is that excerpt from Richard Pangburn's book; > "Indian Blood". : > > BOGGS, BOGS, BAUGS, BOGGAS etc.- > A Cherokee name. > > John Boggs was a trader among the Cherokees and he > served as an emissary > during border conflicts. > Boggs informed Gov. William Blunt in 1792 of the > impending attack of the > Creeks (with John Watts and a party of Cherokees) > against the > encroaching white settlements. "Bogs (sic) is a > half-breed, well known > to many white people, and by all parties viewed as a > man of veracity". > see COVSP, vol 6 p.115,116 > > In 1793, John Boggs ran the ferry for the prominent > Cherokee, > Turtle-at-home, village chief at the Running Water > Town. Boggs fell in > love with his daughter, Tsi-yah-ney-naw. Perhaps > due to them, the Boggs > surname is now common in mainstream Americans who > have the Cherokee > princess tradition. See Holmes, pp. 62-63. > > Listed on the 1835 Cherokee Census was the household > of Robert Boggs, > living in Creek Path, Alabama, and consisting of one > halfbreed and eight > mixed Catawbas. > The Boggas household of six Cherokees living on > Lookout Creek in Georgia > included one quarterblood. > > Listed on the 1835 Cherokee Census of Tennessee > was the large > family of John Boggs consisting of fourteen > Cherokees. > Their farm was on Candy's Creek in McMinn County. > See Tyner, pp. 6, > 100, 171. > Lucinda Boggs who married Azzel Blevins from > Carter County, > Kentucky was traditionally a Cherokee, as was her > Husband. > INDIAN BLOOD II > Further adventures in finding your Native American > Ancestors Vol II > by Richard Pangburn > Isbn # 1-884532-05-5 > Butler Books > Louisville, Ky. > 1996 > > > ==== BOGGS Mailing List ==== > Remember to enter the name (date and place, if > known) in the subject line of your message so our > BOGGS archives will be easier to search! > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/