my family was in dade co ga,some of them migraed from wayne co ky. ----- Original Message ----- From: "BARBARA GORDON-LANTTO" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "earthfeather99" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] genealogy > 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 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 4:30 AM > Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] genealogy > > >> Blevins were white who married into the Cherokee. >> >> Most rolls were taken in anticipation of a payment or claim for payment. >> Why would they 'run' from that? The rolls weren't 100% but they're all >> we've got. >> >> The region of Kentucky was not an area of heavy settlement for Indians we >> call Cherokee. It was ground claimed for hunting ground...lands they'd >> had >> conflicts with the Shawnee over during a long period of time. The >> majority >> of the settlement by them that we know about was in southeast Tennessee, >> south west North Carolina, northwest South Carolina, northeast Georgia. >> And, of course, the Chickamauga settlements in northeast Alabama and the >> region around what is now Chattanooga, TN >> >> >> >> Joyce Gaston Reece >> >> =====*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