That is one of the things that I find interesting as well……. I have “ended” with finding my ancestor’s “starting” in NC., Tn, Va, Ark, Missouri, Indiana (possibly), Illinois (possibly) & then they all ended up in Okla in the Indiana Territory. One family name might have went to Texas, one went to Colorado & some of the one family name went to Calif. (gold rush). Now if I can just find where everyone “for sure” originated, both the Indian line (even if they’re not Cherokee) & the “English”….I’d be happy. I wouldn’t care if I couldn’t get overseas……I just want proof of each location LOL where their starting point truly was. I have a few surnames that fought in the Revolutionary War & Spanish American War, now if I could find out what else they did…..eventually. :0) I’d like to get a big map that I could put on the wall of the US clear back from the start of our first creation of James town & the “territories” to now (each new creation of the maps) & then start with where they ended up & are buried & follow their trail backwards. Maybe that’ll help find them, tracing their steps, their lives backwards. :0) From: Edith Humble [mailto:eadiene7374@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:47 PM To: Alli :); cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] Lore, Pride and Documentation Sgi, you are so right. It's not about having papers to prove who we are, it's who we are. That person stems from our ancestors and the battles the fought and won. In some cases, battles they overcome who their ancestors were. I find it interesting that my ancestors started our in VA, GA, NC, SC and progressed onward byway of AL, Ohio, TN, MS, LA, TX and my folks even ended up in CA and Hawaii. Plus, history is proving that perhaps Columbus didn't discover the world but others were here before and migrated for various reasons, perhaps weather, hostilities and just plain old wandering foot. It is so amazing that our society has progressed so far as to be able to established timetables and the story of histories dating beyond our time. Hooray for mankind. Adiene

Hey, Alli! Don't forget that if they were in VA in the Colonial era, they could be in a lot of states after the Revolution. VA Colony even included some of the Caribbean islands at one point. KY became a state in 1792, but it was Kentucky County, VA before that and the area that became KY did not include the western part of the state today. Where I live in western KY - the Purchase area was part of the Jackson Purchase. Geography is so much fun. Night everyone! Susan

Cool thanks :0) Off hand I don’t if they were in Va in the Colonial Era, but I think at least 1 family name was. And they were also in the Revoluationary war. Not sure about the rest of the names yet. I bounce between the names, when I stumble across a name I switch & follow the new lead, etc. LOL But I’ll keep this for future reference :0) Alli :o) From: Susan Reynolds [mailto:s3js9938@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:48 PM To: Alli :); CherokeeGene Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] Lore, Pride and Documentation Hey, Alli! Don't forget that if they were in VA in the Colonial era, they could be in a lot of states after the Revolution. VA Colony even included some of the Caribbean islands at one point. KY became a state in 1792, but it was Kentucky County, VA before that and the area that became KY did not include the western part of the state today. Where I live in western KY - the Purchase area was part of the Jackson Purchase. Geography is so much fun. Night everyone! Susan

One of my distant cousins was in some charge of Happy Camp ( gold rush) My Great great grand dad was president of the Vern Blue mines in Jacksonville Oregon. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alli : ) via" <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> To: "'Susan Reynolds'" <s3js9938@gmail.com>; "'CherokeeGene'" <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] Lore, Pride and Documentation > Cool thanks :0) > > > > Off hand I don’t if they were in Va in the Colonial Era, but I think at > least 1 family name was. And they were also in the Revoluationary war. Not > sure about the rest of the names yet. I bounce between the names, when I > stumble across a name I switch & follow the new lead, etc. LOL > > > > But I’ll keep this for future reference :0) > > > Alli :o) > > > > From: Susan Reynolds [mailto:s3js9938@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:48 PM > To: Alli :); CherokeeGene > Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] Lore, Pride and Documentation > > > > Hey, Alli! > > Don't forget that if they were in VA in the Colonial era, they could be in > a lot of states after the Revolution. VA Colony even included some of the > Caribbean islands at one point. KY became a state in 1792, but it was > Kentucky County, VA before that and the area that became KY did not > include the western part of the state today. Where I live in western KY - > the Purchase area was part of the Jackson Purchase. Geography is so much > fun. > > Night everyone! > > Susan > > > > =====*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