Any idea how one goes about proving their Indian heritage when they did not live in those areas where either the Trail Of Tears movement, or the Eastern Band of Cherokee lived?  I have always heard that we had Indian on my mother's side of the family, and I have her ancestors traced back to Washington County, TN from about 1810, and further back for the Bedsaul line, to Carroll/Grayson County.  If I went based upon features, my mother had a strong look of Indian.  Although her hair was black and her eyes (from the Lawson side) were blue.  I have been told that at the time my fourth great-grandfather lived in Jonesborough, TN area, it was an "Indian hunting grounds".  There are a number of excavations going on for Native America artifacts right now, and at one time there was a Cherokee town located nearby- late 1700's.  Older family members said that my 2nd great-grandmother wore her hair in a long braid down her back and was dark-skinned.  I know her father was full German, and records say that he only spoke German.  His wife was a Bacon by birth.  I have had contact with another descendant of Mary's brother, and they also say they had Native American.  I just cannot find any real proof.  Of course, I know that it wasn't popular to claim to be Native American at that time period, among the Whites.  One thing my mother always listed among her ancestors was "Black Dutch".    Thanks.   Jean Mayfield Cuevas ----- Original Message ----- From: ") via" <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> To: "CherokeeGene" <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 1:25:21 AM Subject: [CherokeeGene] came across this so i thought I'd share http://cherokeegenealogy.blogspot.com/  =====*NOTICE THIS*=====  Cherokee genealogy; certain conversation is allowed to do genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). List archive http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene please take non genealogy to Cherokee@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEEGENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Jean! Tell us about your Bacon's. I have a distant cousin who is a Bacon descendant. I worked on a good portion of his research with him and have a large records set for Cherokee and Chickasaw Bacons, Gentrys, and others in this line. I also have Bacon records in my Cherokee Cheek research. States covered are TN. GA, OH, MS, AL, AR, NC, TX and, of course, the IT now OK Both sets of research eventually connect to Ambrose Harnage and are all mixed blood families but I haven't found a connection between the two sets - yet. The first set that includes the Gentrys connects to the Chickasaw Loves and Colberts, which in turn connects to Doublehead. They also have marriages into the Cherokee. I'm studying for a midterm this weekend, so don't be shy about prodding me if you don't hear back from me. Sometimes my mind runs away and hides under a bush when I study. Regards, Susan On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Jean via <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Any idea how one goes about proving their Indian heritage when they did > not live in those areas where either the Trail Of Tears movement, or the > Eastern Band of Cherokee lived? I have always heard that we had Indian on > my mother's side of the family, and I have her ancestors traced back to > Washington County, TN from about 1810, and further back for the Bedsaul > line, to Carroll/Grayson County. If I went based upon features, my mother > had a strong look of Indian. Although her hair was black and her eyes > (from the Lawson side) were blue. I have been told that at the time my > fourth great-grandfather lived in Jonesborough, TN area, it was an "Indian > hunting grounds". There are a number of excavations going on for Native > America artifacts right now, and at one time there was a Cherokee town > located nearby- late 1700's. Older family members said that my 2nd > great-grandmother wore her hair in a long braid down her back and was > dark-skinned. I know her father was full German, and records say that he > only spoke German. His wife was a Bacon by birth. I have had contact with > another descendant of Mary's brother, and they also say they had Native > American. I just cannot find any real proof. Of course, I know that it > wasn't popular to claim to be Native American at that time period, among > the Whites. One thing my mother always listed among her ancestors was > "Black Dutch". > > Thanks. > > Jean Mayfield Cuevas > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: ") via" <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> > To: "CherokeeGene" <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 1:25:21 AM > Subject: [CherokeeGene] came across this so i thought I'd share > > http://cherokeegenealogy.blogspot.com/ > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > Cherokee genealogy; certain conversation is allowed to do genealogy; and > sort fact from (fiction). > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > please take non genealogy to Cherokee@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEEGENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > Cherokee genealogy; certain conversation is allowed to do genealogy; and > sort fact from (fiction). > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > please take non genealogy to Cherokee@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEEGENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message