Also, my past elders and Prather's worked in the woods together, there is a Prather cemetery in Buena Vista Oregon. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Golden via" <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> To: "Kathy Burns" <kbswanie95@yahoo.com> Cc: <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] My Cherokee Connection: Mary Ann Bell Mobley Orr > Wado Kathy for correcting me on the use of Rez - I have heard others (some > in OK) call it that, so was just following suit. No insult intended! > > Yes, I know all about family lore ... if you could see pix of this side of > the family, you'd agree there is NA blood. Also, many other allied family > members have been told of our Cherokee ancestry. > > How wonderful that you've documented your Tsalagi roots so well! I'm > curious about your Cherokee PRATHERs. I have quite a bit of documentation > on them and as of yet haven't come across the Tsalagi connection. What is > the ancestry of yours? Mine: John Prather Odell > James Odell/Martha > Prather > John Prather/Elizabeth Nuthall > Thomas Prather/Martha Sprigg > > Jonathon Prather/Jane McKay > then back into England 1550's. My research > has been on my direct line, but it would be great if siblings connect to > your line! > > sgi, > Beth > > On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Kathy Burns <kbswanie95@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I have to say something that so many people don't understand. The >> Cherokee >> people in Oklahoma have never lived on a reservation. Please do not refer >> to their land as this. It can be very insulting to a Cherokee who have >> their proof of their Cherokee blood and have lived in the Cherokee Nation >> all their lives. I am not being ugly just suggesting that you please >> refrain from this term. It will save you at lot of heartache from the >> people who help you find your roots. >> >> Also when researching your Cherokee roots keep an open mind. Sometimes >> what you have been told is family lore and what you find might not be >> what >> you have been told. I wish you all the best in finding your Cherokee >> roots. >> Since you live in Georgia I am sure the answers you are looking for will >> come to you. My third grandmother was born in Habersham Co., Georgia. Her >> parents James Ward Sr. and Lucy Haynie Ward left the Cherokee Nation East >> shortly after she was born and came to Arkansas in the early 1820's. >> James >> and Lucy are buried at Siloam Springs, Arkansas and Rosanna Ward Tittle >> is >> buried in Vinita, Craig Co., Oklahoma. She is registered on the Old >> Settlers Roll. Her son James Marion Tittle and his daughter Jessie A. >> Tittle Anderson is registered on the Dawes Roll. I also have my other >> third >> Grandmother registered on the Dawes Roll, Edith Caroline Rogers Prather. >> She is registered under the name of Caroline Prather. Her husband was >> white >> and his line goes back to Maryland and then on to England. I mention this >> as I see you have someone in your line with a middle name Prather. The >> Prather line has tons of history in England. If you are interested I can >> give you a website on the Prather line. >> >> James Marion Tittle married Annie Henrietta Prather and she was also >> Cherokee through her mother E. Caroline Rogers Prather. Annie died in >> 1893 >> so she was not on the Dawes Roll. >> >> I am very fortunate that my Cherokee lines are well documented and I have >> been able to find them. I know their were families that did not have to >> documentation. In order to be on the Dawes Roll you had to lived in the >> Cherokee Nation. There are three Federally recognized Cherokee tribes - >> Cherokee Nation , United Keetoowah Band of the Cherokee Indians, and the >> Eastern Cherokees. All others are not Federally recognized. >> >> I wish you all the luck in finding your roots. Keep looking and someday >> you will find the truth. >> >> donadagohvi, >> Kathleen Forshey-Burns >> >> > =====*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