Halito All: George Ann, anyone you can refer this to who has the knowledge and can be helpful, would be great. They were born in the Choctaw Nation. I do know that John Harper was born in Mississippi and he and sister Elizabeth Harper both owned land in the Choctaw Nation in both Mississippi and Louisiana. The patents indicated that the land was associated with treaties, such as the "Treaty of Doaks' Stand" and in one case the "War of 1812". There are many references to their being full blooded Choctaw. They came to Kentucky around 1775 and John Harper was involved in the founding of Boonesborough. I have discovered that there were a number of Choctaws in the Boonesborough area as a number of them died along with the settlers at the "Battle of the Blue Licks". One explanation that I had for this was I think I remember from Choctaw history, that around this period of time the Choctaw area was becoming hunted out and the hunters had to go further and further away from the villages to find game. Perhaps they heard about Kentucky being full of game, as it was at that time, and that is why they went to Kentucky. Also, there is evidence that John and Mary Ann Harper continued to practice some of the traditional customs, such as having all of the property in Mary Ann's name. The only couple in Fayette County to have property in the wife's name. It appears that they continued to be called by both names throughout their lives. As a matter of fact, there was some Dawes testimony that among Indian friends their names were completely Choctaw. In other words, they didn't use the John or the Mary Ann. Imafo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com