My ggg-grandmother's first name was ELIZABETH. Do not know her Cherokee name or her last name. She was married to my ggg-grandfather whose last name was REESE. Do not know his first name. They had a child MAYFIELD REESE, born in South Carolina in 1802 who was my gg-grandfather. Don't know if there were other siblings - possibly a JOHN??? Mayfield named his first daughter ELIZABETH CASTEER REESE. If someone could please do a look-up in the Cherokee records I would appreciate it so much as this is a "brick wall" for me in my research. Thank you for ANYTHING you may be able to do with this. BEN REESE Magnolia, Ms.

Go to http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/dawes.php put in your information and see what kind of results you get. Judy His fathers name was Robert Allen Wooten. I am sorry if there is a name for the registration number could someone please let me know? Thank you Jennifer Wooten ==== CHEROKEE-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-L-request@rootsweb.com, To post to the list CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hello, I am interested in any information on my husbands grandmother indian name White Rain, Name on birth cert. Leona Gucha, married name Leona Wooten. Registered with the Oklahoma Indian Reservation. My husband stated that she was a full blooded Cherokee Indian and so was his grandfather they both had indian registration numbers but he can't find out what they were. His fathers name was Robert Allen Wooten. I am sorry if there is a name for the registration number could someone please let me know? Thank you Jennifer Wooten

Hello, Does anyone know the Cherokee naming process? I am wondering if Hatchet Gray would have been a proper name for a female during the 1700s? Thanks for any help

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Morningstar, Soco Creek: Sag wa hi= Sag wun yi= "One Place" Sa gwa = One+ hi or yi= locative Soco Gap: A ha lu na, A halunun yi, or Uni halu na = "Ambush" or "Where they were ambushed"; on the head of Soco creek on the line between Haywood and Swain County. Name derived from having been ambushed here by a large part of Shawano, and killed all but one , whose ears were cut off, after which, according to common custom, they released him to carry the news back to his people. Soco Creek is located on the East Cherokee Reservation in Jackson County. Wolftown is one of the communities as is Paintown that are located in Jackson and in the Soco area. Don't see where the corn came in, because in Cherokee corn is Selu. Sel-usti (for se--usti) - "corn's mother,"from selu, corn and usti, his mother. Source: James Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Nacomah@aol.com> To: <CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:18 PM Subject: [CHEROKEE-SURNAMES] Re: CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-D Digest V04 #8 > ==== CHEROKEE-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-L-request@rootsweb.com, To post to the list CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I was wondering if anyone knowes of a Cherokee Woman that was married to a Cook or Walker in Wyoming Co. WV. 1850s to 1950s . Thank You BarBara conner bcandrc@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

Osiyo Have a question please? , My great grt +granny was named Soco {sometimes spelled Soccro} Davis in Swain co NC. On no census or paper work found is her name anything else,{though many have speculated it to be fro Sophronia or something else}. Being as I have been led to believe in her native heritage,I was wondering if maybe I could get some help here? I know that "Wolf Town" is sometimes refered to as Soco and that Soco gap is near there. I was told that via the Smokey Mtn.Dialect of the Cherokee the word Soco means Corn. I am tring to find the real meaning of this name, and how -why the area is called Soco,and what is it's meaning ,as well as why was wolf town called Soco ??? I really believe there is some kind of connection of her name ,where she was born and the area's mentioned above. Could someone please help me on all this? Wado Morningstar

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Although this is not specifically about adoption, it struck a cord in my heart as a birthmother. The "Census Taker" It was the first day of census, and all through the land; The pollster was ready ... a black book in hand. He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride; His book and some quills were tucked close by his side. A long winding ride down a road barely there; Toward the smell of fresh bread wafting up through the air. The woman was tired, with lines on her face; And wisps of brown hair she tucked back into place. She gave him some water ... as they sat at the table; And she answered his questions ... the best she was able. He asked of her children ... Yes, she had quite a few; The oldest was twenty, the youngest not quite two. She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red; his sister, she whispered, was napping in bed. She noted each person who lived there with pride; And she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside. He noted the sex, the colour, the age .. The marks from the quill soon filled up the page. At the number of children, she nodded her head; And saw her lips quiver for the three that were dead. The places of birth she "never forgot"; Was it Kansas? or Utah? Or Oregon ... or not? They came from Scotland, of that she was clear; But she wasn't quite sure just how long they'd been here. They spoke of employment, of schooling and such; They could read some and write some ... though really not much. When the questions were answered, his job there was done; So he mounted his horse and he rode toward the sun. We can imagine his voice loud and clear; "May God Bless you all for another ten years." Now picture a time warp ... it's now you and me; As we search for the people on our family tree. We squint at the census and scroll down so slow; As we search for that entry from long, long ago. Could they only imagine on that long ago day; That the entries they made would effect us this way? If they knew, would they wonder at the yearning we feel; And the searching that makes them so increasingly real. We can hear if we listen the words they impart; Through their blood in our veins and their voices in our heart. Author Unknown

Looking for a connection to ELIZABETH REESE who is said to be my ggg-grandmother. Known to have been in S.C. & TN. She had (we think) 2 sons.... Mayfield and John. Mayfield was born 1802 & John in 1805, They moved from Wood Creek, TN to Marion County, Ala. If anyone has access to this info. I would appreciate any help. Who was the REESE Elizabeth was married to? Have searched but cannot find this info. Thanks - Ben

Looking for any info on the Watkins family name who came out of Blue Ridge Georgia area in 1800's. Thankyou Brenda Kent great great grand-daughter of Anna Bradford...nee Watkins.

I have always been told I am Cherokee. I have always been proud of my Indian heritage. Even without a CDIB, my daughter was enrolled in Indian Education and my granddaughter attended Kickapoo Head Start. I would like to verify my Cherokee blood by way of my gggrandmother, Margaret C. HALL. I neglected this information in my previous post. I apologize. Thank you, Jo

Need information on any connection of these names to Cherokee families.

Need information on my gggrandmother, Margaret C. HALL, b. 15Apr1855/OK. I have no information on her parents or siblings. Margaret m. James Thomas CRAWFORD b. 1850/MO. I have no information on his parents or siblings. Their children: Bessie m. Ed Horton, Rose Ella b. 29Feb1872 m. Nathan GRAHAM, b. 13Jan1865, unknown daughter m. ___Wade, Jack A., S.C., Robert "Bob" lived in Blackwell, Kay County/OK, James Ira, George: may be others. Ella and Nathan children: Lillie Pearl b. 1899 Iona/OK, m. Lester Lee Helm then E.A. Booth, Birdie m. ___Eskew, Effie (Lorene) m. _____Wilson, Myrtle m. ___Minter, then Orie Black. Lillie and Lester had one child: Dorotha Louise Helm b. 28Apr1920 Wayland, Stephens County/TX. m C.B. Willis then Gervas A "Dick" Bryant. ANY information on this family is very much appreciated. Thank you. Jo

I am searching for siblings and parents of Nancy Brown, born 27 Aug 1871, died 13 Sep 1898. Nancy , husband and children Eva and Edgar are buried in the cemetary in back of Mt. Paran Baptist Church, Blacksburg, SC. Married John Blanton Jones ( b.1867-1820) about 1886. Supposedly Nancy was a Cherokee Indian Children: Elizabeth (Lizzie)b. 26 Aug 1888, d. Oct 1962 buried ? Eva b. 4 May 1890 d. 10 Oct 1890 Edgar b.4 May 1890 d. 15 Jan 1891 Charles Fred 7 Aug 1892 d. 17 jan 1957 in Greenville, SC Russell Roscoe 22 Mar 1896 d. 2 Oct 1969 Greenville, SC Buried in Anderson, SC

I'm researching James Painter, listed on the 1871 Shawnee Census. He was listed as number 556 - "Shawnees who moved to the Cherokee Nation prior to 10 June 1871." Also researching Elizabeth (Summers) White; born Feb 1837 in TN. Thank You, Neva Mohle

Looking for V Martin born app.1840-41 in either Georgia or Kentucky. She married Wm Downs in St Louis MO in 1859. Died there 1872. Have old print of her with notation 'indian-Cherokee. Cher Downs, MT.

There are Adair's living in Portland. I dont know them but thought I would let you know. AnjeeBee

Looking for anyone with the name West, Adair, Pilcher or Hatten that has Cherokee connection.