I'm sorry, but if your ancestors did not live in the Cherokee Nation in the early 1800's, the odds are extremely low that any of them were Cherokee. The Cherokee were very interrelated and close to their families - they didn't move far away from them and Washington County is not near the Cherokee lands. White men who married Cherokee women stayed in the Cherokee Nation. Plain old-fashioned genealogy is the way to go - child to parent, parent to grandparent, back to the early 1800's. Intermarried whites may be found in land records and other official documents. The suggestions to read Dawes, Guion Miller, and Baker roll applications are excellent, as many applicants listed their families back to the beginning of the 19th century. Kathie Parks Forbes Message: 1 Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:14:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Jean <jeanmayfield@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] came across this so i thought I'd share To: "Alli :)" <iamcheroke@gmail.com>, cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1334190562.1192990.1455902040045.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 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??