Hi Julia, Thank you for sharing this with us, I wish I knew about my Indian heritage. Take care, Tonya ----- Original Message ----- From: <Roswellkidd@aol.com> To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:44 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Members > Tonya, > In my family, Edmund Kirby married General William B Shepherd's daughter in > North Carolina. Our family believed that the General was given two daughters > of a chief before the Revolution and they were both married to him in an > Indian ceremony during the Indian War. . > He took them and the children to Virginia, but went back to North Carolina. > James Kirby, wealthy oil and lumber baron, was one of their ? children. Sounds > like good blood! > Julia, > P.S. The Kirbys were also Indian. > If anyone is related, Jesse,Frank, Edmund Jr.,Henry, James, John, and two > girls, Patsy and Sarah. > JK > > > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> > <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> > Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list > ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >