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