There is a McMinn County in Oregon. Many Cherokee relocated in Oregon and Washington. BARBARA BENGE use to have extensive Cherokee work and information on the Internet, on AOL. It was closed down and removed. She now lives and works near Yakima, Washington running a Chemical Dependency Clinic there. She ask me to relocate and join her. I didn't. Her name can be googled. There is a BENGE Rootsweb site, and a BENGE Genforum site. My Elder told me that many Cherokee went to Oregon and Washington. Part of My people did. They first went to "Tillamook Oregon on the Pacific Ocean. Then to Willamette, Oregon which is now; called West Linn in the hills up above Oregon City.. There was a time I could walk down the back road and every house was a relative. They are gone. So are my Great grandmother's Walnut trees that surrounded her property. She ( Emma Marie Alderman-Edmonds ) lived almost one hundred years. Lydia Anne BENGE , mother was Wertuh, daughter of "the Wertuh"... Lydia was my third Great grandmother. I do have a photo of her. She married John "HOUSE" in North Carolina and they moved to Clay County, Kentucky. Their son, My great great grandfather, James HOUSE, went to Montana, So did James A HOUSE, his son. They Owned the Wallace Creek Mine and the Clinton Hotel. BARB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ott" <[email protected]> To: "Herb Waldrup" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] CHEROKEEGENE Digest, Vol 7, Issue 222 > Herb, > Thanks for the note, I am sorry to report that Bonnie Mae > (Benge) Thompson, Grace, Fant passed away 13 May 2003, according to > the records of Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas. > Don > > > At 05:08 PM 12/4/2012, you wrote: > >I just enjoy watching the conversations here to see what comes up for > >McMinn > >County TN where most of my ancestors came from. The Benge name hit a > >chord > >with me. I went to High School with a Bonnie Mae Benge in 1949-1953. A > >little quick ancestry research quickly tells me her father was Drew > >Benge > >and her grand father was Obediah Martin Benge b. 1840. It's a small world > >sometimes. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Don Ott" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:29 PM > >Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] CHEROKEEGENE Digest, Vol 7, Issue 222 > > > > > > > Karen, > > > I assume you are talking about Obediah Martin Benge b. 1 Jan > > > 1840 at Big Skin Bayou, Sequayah Dist. Indian Territory. I never did > > > find a maiden name for his second wife Etta. Do You have that > > > information? > > > Don > > > > > > > > > At 05:55 PM 12/3/2012, you wrote: > > > > > >>Hello Barb, I don't follow all messages in this posting, but when I > > >>saw the name: "BENGE" it caught my eye. That is the name of some of > > >>my family. I haven't searched back very far, only to my > > >>g-grandfather Obadiah Benge. He was on the 1906 Rolls along with my > > >>grandmother who was only a few months old at the time of the > > >>roll. Are the Benge's you mentioned related to my Obadiah > > >>Benge? And if yes, do you have more info you could share with me? > > >>Thanks, Karen> Message: 3 > > >> > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 09:17:13 -0800 > > >> > From: "BARBARA GORDON-LANTTO" <[email protected]> > > >> > Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] genealogy > > >> > To: <[email protected]> > > >> > Cc: earthfeather99 <[email protected]> > > >> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >> > > > >> > The Shawnee and the Cherokee were together in 1600's > > >> at Winchester VA. Most > > >> > records were destroyed. But information can be found. Most > > >> > Cherokee > > >> > have > > >> > Shawnee ancestors and Lenni-Lenape/Delaware.( Algonquin) We > > >> are thankful > > >> > for them. > > >> > > > >> > Abraham Lincoln had his troops destroy the entire Winchester > > >> > (Opequon > > >> > Shawnee village) area, 72 times, and then burned it.Both George > > >> Washington > > >> > and Lord Fairfax lived there with the Indians. Only the Natives > > >> > know > > >> > the > > >> > story and "what" Lincoln was searching for...... The Winchester > > >> > occupants > > >> > went to Texas and elsewhere during the Civil War. And returned to > > >> > rebuild. > > >> > It is back-upped by out of print books. > > >> > > > >> > I think you mean NW Georgia.The Chicamouga were prevalent there. > > >> > And > > >> > the > > >> > Gordon's and Chief John Ross.And the Great Chicamouga Battle at > > >> > Lee > > >> > and > > >> > Gordon Mills.( My relatives)NW Georgia....EDMONDS. ALDERMAN, > > >> > GORDON, > > >> > LEE,) > > >> > > > >> > Read the Memoirs of General John B Gordon and the Chickamouga > > >> > Battle. > > >> > > > >> > Or at the Duck River in Tennessee where Captain John Gordon and > > >> > Cherokee-Powhatan Gordon family lived. > > >> > > > >> > An old Indian Trail devided the familys. at both ends, later > > >> became "Federal > > >> > Road" > > >> > > > >> > The BENGE's ( Red Paint Clan) and others, lived at Clay County, > > >> > Kentucky, > > >> > See: A J Goodwin. ( my GGgrandfather) > > >> > > > >> > See TUCKAHOE...LIttle Jake Troxel..and SEQUOYA( HALF-BROTHER TO MY > > >> > THIRD > > >> > GREAT GRANDMOTHER who married John "Tippy" HOUSE)AND begat JAMES > > >> > HOUSE > > >> > AND > > >> > FIVE OTHERS. (DAUGHTER MARRIED McDaniel) > > >> > > > >> > The Cherokee History is NOT written down for the FEDS (the enemy.) > > >> > Please > > >> > remember the trail of Tears took place, because of force, and > > >> not by an act > > >> > of friendship. Four thousand died. > > >> > > > >> > BACK in Virginia, James Gordon acquired the Gordonsville VA > > >> > property > > >> > from > > >> > EDMONDS. From Georgia, my relatives first went to North Carolina, > > >> > Some > > >> > Aldermans are still there......Cherokee Long Hair twisted hair Clan > > >> > > > >> > Later some went to Gilgal Island Illinois.Later Tom Haynes wrote > > >> a book out > > >> > of Montana, about Gilgal Island. > > >> > > > >> > Alderman and Edmonds went to Oregon/Washington Territory. My great > > >> > grandparents. They named my grandmother "Georgia".... > > >> > > > >> > On government records HOUSE was "white" but our Indian > > >> linage goes back to > > >> > Delaware and the Cherokee.And the Lenni-Lenape > > >> > > > >> > BARB > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > > >> this is a generic list; and not topic specific because certain > > >> chatting is required to do genealogy; and sort fact from fiction. > > >> > > >>Rude people will be moderated asap! > > >>List archive > > >>http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > > >>Dual admin. > > >>Dan and Joyce > > >>------------------------------- > > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > > > this is a generic list; and not topic specific because certain > > > chatting is > > > required to do genealogy; and sort fact from fiction. > > > > > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > > > List archive > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > > > Dual admin. > > > Dan and Joyce > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > > this is a generic list; and not topic specific because certain > > chatting is required to do genealogy; and sort fact from fiction. > > > >Rude people will be moderated asap! > >List archive > >http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > >Dual admin. > >Dan and Joyce > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > Cherokee genealogy; topic specific certain conversation is allowed to do > genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > please take non genealogy to [email protected] > Dual admin. > Dan and Joyce > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Please snip off long trails. Thanks. Dan