Yes, please post it. Those kinds of documents are so extremely rare. Carolyne >Happy New Year! >It's been some time since I've posted to the list. > >Researching Daughty/Daugherty, Chambers, Long, Atchley and >Blackburn. All had Cherokee connections >thru 1700's TN to 1800's AR to 1900's in OK. > >I have a Letter (copy) that my gg-mother Martha (Atchley) LONG >(1813-1896) wrote/transcribed in 1893. It was typed and notarized >probably to used for her sons, Lemuel D. LONG and Robert H. LONG to >gain Cherokee Citzenship. I don't believe he ever used it, for >various reasons. In it she described her family Cherokee status, and >a few others. Many thanks to my cousin in TX for preserving it and >giving our family copies. I will post it as some of you will be >interested in it's content. > >Roger Long SR

Well it is the 2nd and we are back to genealogy ( right gang?;-) All chat can go to the chat list below ;-) Culture chat can go to CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com Dan M www.wvi.com/~wb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Genealogy_Chat

Hi Roger, I would love to see your letter posted. It sounds interesting. Thank you, Tonya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyne Gould" <carolyne_cwy@yahoo.ca> To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] Happy New year > Yes, please post it. Those kinds of documents are so extremely rare. > > Carolyne > > > >Happy New Year! > >It's been some time since I've posted to the list. > > > >Researching Daughty/Daugherty, Chambers, Long, Atchley and > >Blackburn. All had Cherokee connections > >thru 1700's TN to 1800's AR to 1900's in OK. > > > >I have a Letter (copy) that my gg-mother Martha (Atchley) LONG > >(1813-1896) wrote/transcribed in 1893. It was typed and notarized > >probably to used for her sons, Lemuel D. LONG and Robert H. LONG to > >gain Cherokee Citzenship. I don't believe he ever used it, for > >various reasons. In it she described her family Cherokee status, and > >a few others. Many thanks to my cousin in TX for preserving it and > >giving our family copies. I will post it as some of you will be > >interested in it's content. > > > >Roger Long SR > > > ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogy related conversations > Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > Please Good manors and no flaming others > For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > You can also find what you need search the archives > or to get off this list via web site below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com > >