Hi, My grandmother always said she was black Dutch also. I read that Black Dutch were Irish from the highlands. aila ----- Original Message ----- From: Cherokelt <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [BRYANT] Bryant and Black Dutch > Ted, > > Black Dutch is a common term for people of Indian blood who did not want > their Indian blood to be known. So is Black Irish. > > There are several lines of Bryants who were Cherokee. The one I'm searching > for is one of them. None of your names sound familiar but I am for sure > going to add them to my files. > > Mashane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ted Haase <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 12:58 PM > Subject: [BRYANT] Bryant and Black Dutch > > > > > > Mary Bryant is my gg grandmother, b. in N.C. about 1825/1826, d. 1865, and > > married my gg grandfather John H. Carr in 1844. Her parents were Garret > > Neal Bryant and Sarah[Polly] or Sally Frances Stanton. They moved from NC > > to TN about 1820. My grandmother, Dora Carr, always told us she was Black > > Dutch. > > > > I would appreciate any info concerning the Bryant ancestry that would > > connect with my line and any possible Black Dutch explanation. > > > > Ted Haase > > >