There were definately Native Americans in Lincoln Co. Tenn. even after the "march". However, to this day, those still residing in Lincoln Co. (the old families...like from the 1820's) either do not want to recoginize the fact or else they are still trying to revise history! My great-grand mother Laura Kerbo, daughter of Jerimah Middleton Kerbo/Curbo (1/2 Cherokee) and Susanah Sullenger (1/2 Cherokee...or more) and grand daughter of Thomas Sullenger and Mary Hollack (Cherokee) was born in Lincoln Co. Tenn. They tried for generations to say they were not Native American. But, pictures are worth a thousand words. There was an area of Lincoln Co. that was the "Indian" area. It later became part of Franklin Co. Tenn. None of them signed any of the rolls. Everyone knew who the "Indians" were in those parts...and no body was talking because most likely they too were kin! Did your kin come to Lincoln Co. by way of Ga. or N.C.? Most likely you will never be able to find your kin on a roll but you will probably be able to trace them to their roots before Lincoln Co. Carmen McDaniel Forbes At 06:30 AM 3/13/00 EST, you wrote: >From: jtinkm@exis.net (john tinkham) >To: rlang90547@aol.com > >I just found your web page on Choctaws. > >I am looking for information on my wife's grandmother's grandmother, who >was a Choctaw. Her daughter was Frances Catherine Rowell, born Feb. 13, >1830 in Tennessee, probably in Lincoln County because there were some >Rowells there and that county is next to the county of Frances's husband, >Edward Rich of Franklin County. All I know of the father of Frances was >that his name must have been Rowell too. The Choctaws lived in Mississippi >then, and Mississippi and Tennessee were connected by the Natchez Trace, >with much travel over that trail. So maybe Mr. Rowell was a missionary or >trader who traveled between TN and MS, or maybe the Choctaw who married him >was raised in a missionary school in TN. The Rich family was Methodist and >there were missionaries in that family. So I have tried to investigate >Methodist missionary schools but without success. I engaged a genealogist >in Lincoln County but she couldn't help me much. I have also learned a lot >about the Choctaw Indians in my research. > >Any suggestions on other ways to find out about this Choctaw woman who >married a Mr. Rowell from TN before 1830? > > >Dear John: >I can't believe you ancestry parallels mine so exactly: tennessee, >mississippi, missionaries,choctaw woman, etc. >You have really done your homework. I have not figured out how to trace >Indian ancestors before they intermarried with whites or were enrolled on >government rolls. Once they got involved with the U.S. there are tons of >records, but before, if they couldn't read or write English they are nearly >impossible to trace. >I wish I had answer but I don't. If you know that they settled in Indian >Territory, Okla., I might be able to help you. but as far as the pre-removal >mississippi days, it is an enigma. >Have you read "Choctaws and Missionaries in Mississippi" by Clara Sue >Kidwell? There are a lot of footnotes from which you might be able to get >records. If you find an answer please share it with me. >I will forward this to another list and to one who knows quite a bit about >Missionaries in Mississippi/Louisiana who might be able to help you. >Does anyone have an answer? > >Rusty Lang, rlang90547@aol.com > Impson Mailing List administrator > Impson Surname Board administrator > Visit my website at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~impson/index.htm > <A HREF="http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~impson/">Click here: index.htm > </A> > Check out the Impson Surname Board at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/i/m/IMPSON/ > Subscribe to the Impson Mailing List at: IMPSON-L@rootsweb.com > Researching: ADAMS, ANDERSON, BILLY, BOHANON, BURRIS, > COLBERT, CUZALINA, DANENHOUR, ELLIS, FENNELL, FLETCHER, FOLSOM, FREENY, > GARDNER, GULLY, HAMPTON, HARKINS, HEWITT, HULL, JONES, MACKEY, MURPHEY, > ROBINSON, SISCO, TOAZ, and others. > > > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >Your donations to RootsWeb makes OKGenWeb and this Choctaw list possible. RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >