Halito Mr. Hawkins: I'm afraid that your people are Cherokee but perhaps at some point they inter-married Choctaw. You see, I am also Choctaw/Cherokee and the tell/tale sign of your very famous family is the spelling. I am speaking of course of the various derivations; Guess, Guest, Gist. This is of course typical of the way the surname of the famous George Gist was often spelled. I am speaking of the famous Sequoya, the inventer of the Cherokee syllabary. Although he was unable to read or write a language, he invented a written language. He is the only known single person to have been able to accomplish this daunting task. You will find the Guess family on the "Cherokee Dawes Rolls" and you will also find them in the Emmett Starr book, "History of the Cherokee Nation" I hope this helps. Sincerely: Richard Wilson Imafo Hopiah __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com

There are Guess/Guest surnames listed on the rolls as Choctaw. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Wilson <imafo2002@yahoo.com> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Guest or Guess > > > Halito Mr. Hawkins: > > I'm afraid that your people are Cherokee but > perhaps at some point they inter-married Choctaw. You > see, I am also Choctaw/Cherokee and the tell/tale sign > of your very famous family is the spelling. I am > speaking of course of the various derivations; Guess, > Guest, Gist. This is of course typical of the way the > surname of the famous George Gist was often spelled. I > am speaking of the famous Sequoya, the inventer of the > Cherokee syllabary. > Although he was unable to read or write a > language, he invented a written language. He is the > only known single person to have been able to > accomplish this daunting task. > You will find the Guess family on the "Cherokee > Dawes Rolls" and you will also find them in the Emmett > Starr book, "History of the Cherokee Nation" I hope > this helps. > > Sincerely: > Richard Wilson > Imafo Hopiah > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes > http://autos.yahoo.com > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Try Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST pages at http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.html for CHOCTAW Muster Rolls, Orphans lists, censuses, land records, etc. >