Just keep it on the up and up. Dan M list admin. :) HI! ----- Original Message ----- From: "BARBARA GORDON-LANTTO" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "earthfeather99" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 10:00 AM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] New Serious Cherakee Member > Good Morning > > One of the first things that I do when I join a hew group, is browse > through the archives. Which I did. I already belong to several Cherokee > groups. > > I am one of those whose heritage was hidden. But I felt it. And when my > mother died, I went on a hunt. Within two days the doors were open. The > first thing I learned was my HOUSE linage goes all the way back to the > Delaware Lenni-Lenape, Chief Big Thunder and Bright Lightning.And COLEMAN > etc. > > The second important thing I learned, was my grandfather, ROBERT LEE > GORDON, was born at Gordonsville VA , 1887. He states in Documentation," > his people are from Virginia" > > The third thing I learned was my other grandparents' gramdparents Edmonds > and Alderman, are found at Shawnee Salt Lick Ohio.adjacent to TECSUMSEH's > road. Everyone on the census sheet is from MurderKillHundred, Kent County, > Delaware. > > Since those discoveries, I have become a serious Researcher, Writer and > Genealogist. > Along the way I have accumulated a Elder/Mentor, who also is > Cherokee-Lenni-Lenape, who prefers to remain anonymous to outsiders. > > Because of my in depth research I am led to believe that my grandfather > may be the illegedimate grandson of General Robert E Lee, based on General > and Governor of Georgia, John B Gordon's "memoirs" > > My grandfather was the son of REBECCA BYRD TALBOT AND O B ( BYRD) GORDON. > tHE "O" is Odin, a nick name BUT I BELIEVE HE WAS, : JAMES B GORDON of > South Dakota. > > I have researched it all within great depth. I have read many documents > and many OLD books. I have learned of the Georgia "Gordons" who were > cousins to Robert E Lee. I know that the Great Chickamauga Battle ( > 160,000 men) took place on my relative's property, the Lee & Gordon Mills > on the ChicKamouga Creek. > > My House relative, John Tippy HOUSE ( Haus 1660) made it down to North > Carolina and married Lydia Ann BENGE. His grandson is JAMES HOUSE who went > to Montana. My great grandfather was James A HOUSE of Illinois and > Montana, where my father was born. ALFRED LEE GORDON > > When my grandfather JAMES A HOUSE married Ada Juanita House. the > Lenni-Lenape and Cherokee, had merged again. > > Please do not hesitate to tell me anything or ask me questions. > > BARB aka Earthfeather > > > > > > > > > > > > > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message