Hi Susan, As of now, I don't have any of the names you listed in my southern genealogy. I do have ADAIR, MARTIN AND LITTLE but they came from County Down in 1856 and settled in western MD. I suppose they might be connected back across the pond generations ago ... Interesting about a Cherokee connection with early New England settlers. Guess they migrated south? Such fun piecing it all together, isn't it? I don't know much about the ancestry of Mary Adair, my 5th great grandmother. What I know so far follows my sign-off. Wishing you all the best, Beth Descendants of Mary Adair Generation 1 MARY ADAIR was born in 1735 in South Carolina, USA. She died in 1804 in South Carolina, USA. She married William Bourland in 1750 in South Carolina, USA. He was born in 1734 in Laurens, South Carolina, USA. He died on 26 Jan 1804 in Laurens, South Carolina, USA. William Bourland and Mary Adair had the following children: MARY BOURLAND was born in 1755 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA. She married John Prather Odell, son of James Odell and Martha Prather, in 1782 in South Carolina, USA. He was born in 1755 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 01 Oct 1836 in , Pickens, South Carolina, USA. REBECCA BOURLAND was born in South Carolina, USA. ELIZABETH BOURLAND was born in South Carolina, USA. She died in South Carolina, USA. JOHN BOURLAND was born in South Carolina, USA. WILLIAM BOURLAND was born in South Carolina, USA. Generation 2 MARY BOURLAND was born in 1755 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA. She married John Prather Odell, son of James Odell and Martha Prather, in 1782 in South Carolina, USA. He was born in 1755 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 01 Oct 1836 in Pickens, South Carolina, USA. John Prather Odell and Mary Bourland had at least the following child: i. ELIZABETH ODELL was born in Mar 1790 in Old Pendleton, Pickens, South Carolina, United States. She died on 25 May 1867 in Forney, Cherokee, AL (Age at Death: 77). She married JOHN BELL. He was born on 17 Feb 1789 in Old Pendleton, Pickens, South Carolina, United States. He died on 24 Mar 1862 in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA (Age: 73). Generation 3 ELIZABETH ODELL was born in Mar 1790 in Old Pendleton, Pickens, South Carolina, United States. She died on 25 May 1867 in Forney, Cherokee, AL (Age at Death: 77). She married JOHN BELL. He was born on 17 Feb 1789 in Old Pendleton, Pickens, South Carolina, United States. He died on 24 Mar 1862 in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA (Age: 73). John Bell and Elizabeth Odell were the parents of my 2nd great grandmother: MARY ANN BELL was born on 09 Apr 1836 in AL. She died on 02 Aug 1922 in McLennan County, TX. She married (1) ALEXANDER FRANKLIN MOBLEY, son of Alexander Franklin Mobley and Sarah Eleander Meador, about 1857 in GA. He was born between 1835-1838 in GA. He died on 20 Nov 1863 in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA. She married (2) JOHN ORR, son of Willis Franklin Orr and Temperance A Bean, on 15 Jun 1871 in Cherokee Co., AL. He was born in 1859 in Alabama, United States. He died in 1909 in McClennan, Texas. > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 23:05:34 -0600 > From: Susan Reynolds <s3js9938@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] ADAIR > To: CherokeeGene <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > < > CANjdRWtm7ZsckqK_oTJc4+W8a3BmaiiWPi78DCxKPEVcvAz3sQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Beth, did any of your SC folks pop over the state line in Franklin County, > GA? > > I've been working on a project with a shirt-tail cousin who actually > connects with several lines of both my maternal and paternal lines as well > as my husband's people in Franklin County, Spartanburg County and Old 96. > There are several Martins on the tax rolls in Franklin in the early 1800s > associated with the Bryan Ward most people cite as Nancy Ward's husband, > although I haven't proved that for myself. Other names associated with > this group are my husband's Dosses out of Pittsylvania County, VA to SC > along with associated Webb, Nix, and Gibson families. Across the line in > on the 1790 census in Spartanburg County SC are trader Alexander Dromgoole, > Ellis Harlin, Ezekiel Buffington, a number of Lowreys, some Vanns, Vann > Walker, Thorntons, Fields, my mother-in-law's several 3rd great grandfather > and great uncles Christopher Vandergrift and his sons and brothers plus > more Dosses. Other names connected to the Cherokee appear such as Jolly, > Whitmire, Mayfiled, Gunter, Ellege, Rider, Shelton, Blithe, Thompson (close > to Rider which would make sense since David Thompson married Austin Rider's > daughter), and Guest/Guess. A number of names connected to the Choctaw and > Chickasaw also appear - Logan, Bohannon, Gentry (adopted Chickasaws who > also married into the Cherokee), Little. > > It was an absolute unexpected bonus to find my more direct lines - Webb, > Doss, Nix, especially Austin Webb, my 6th great grandfather who should not > have been in Franklin County, but owned land there - and Christopher > Vandergrift and co. Those are lines I've been working on to prove out to > begin with (Vandergrifts go back to New Amsterdam in the mid-1600s and > Cynthia Vandergrift, my mother-in-law's great grandmother married Samuel > Houston Byram, who was a Mayflower descendant through John Alden and > Priscilla Mullins, two very old colonial lineages!) and the stories of > Cherokee blood in those lines are common. This places them in the midst of > names who associated intimately with the Cherokee, so there may be a small > grain of truth for at least friendship or business associations and > possibly marriage connections. Somewhere in there I seem to remember some > Bourlands who are also associated with the Chickasaws. But my tired brain > just won't pull that info up! > > ?Happy time travels, > Susan?