Currently not a subscriber, so forwarding it to the list. If you can help, please respond to their email. Thanks Jacque ----- Original Message ----- From: <Beondi@aol.com> To: <hopkinsj@ida.net> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 8:49 AM Subject: looking for possible link > My great grandmother was indian, born in Licking, Missouri in 1861. Mary > Melissa Jane Prewitt Married Hamilton Kiggins Smith in 1880 in Houston, > Missouri. My grandmother Margaret Emily Addie Smith Spangler b. Aug 14, 1894 > in Montague, Texas. The family history says she was one of three tribes > (Cherokee, Chocktaw, or Creek) but the records were burnt in a courthouse > fire. She later lived in Gray, Oklahoma. She received mineral rights to > some land in Oklahoma. Do you know any way to check if she was on the > chocktaw list. Also her Brother William Levi Smith born 1881 in Missouri, > was said to be registered. I have a feeling that she is Chocktaw. thanks, > Beondi Spangler Ehrgott, of Spokane, Washington >