Here is some of that more on subject. There does not seem to be anyone on the site who has info or who cares???? PARENTS: Richard Ratliff - born ca. 1780 & Chowayoucah - born ca. 1780 Father: Richard RATLIFF b: Abt 1790 & Mother: CHOW-A-YOU-CAH b: Abt 1800 Name: Richard RATLIFF NSFX: , Sr Title: , Sr Sex: M Birth: Abt 1760 Death: Aft 1835 Event: 1835 Census roll Turkey Town, AL ----------- Name: CHOW-A-YOU-CAH Sex: F Birth: Abt 1800 Event: 1851 Drennan roll Tahlequah, 1 ------------------------------- NOTE: 1851 Drennan roll Tahlequah, 6 as Anne Wickett NOTE: SIBLINGS: Richard RATLIFF , NSFX: , Jr Title: , Jr Sex: M Birth: Abt 1790 Event: 1851 Drennan roll Tahlequah, 1 Event: 1835 Census roll Turkey Town, AL NOTE: BIOGRAPHY: According to Emmett Starr's Genealogy of the Cherokees, Annie was married to John Coker. I've found nothing else to back that up. Coker, (10) 308, 318, 325, 369, 390, 431, 458 Annie Ratliff Coker married Charles Wickett from those census. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Battaglia" <bobbatt@texas.net> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:34 PM Subject: [Coker] Re: Coker//Ratliff > Theron Smith wrote this in 2001. I haven't heard from him in a good while. > Is Theron still doing Coker research? Anyway this is what he wrote > concerning Annie Ratliff. There were just too many John Cokers around. > Thought I would repeat Theron's notes of 2001. > >>John Coker of Franklin Co. had Armon who m.Nancy Hill, sister of my g gf, >>and his brothers, Melmuth Washington, Mansel, William M and John. Some >>Coker researchers think this is the John who m. Annie Ratliff, presumbaly >>either half or full Cherokee. I'm not convinced. >> >>I ordered a copy of Emmet Starr' book, HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS: >>OLD >>FAMILIES AND THEIR GENEALOGIES (1921) TO CHECK ON THESE AND OTHER CHEROKEE >>CONNECTIONS . >> >>All Starr has (p. 458) is >>1(1) Richard Ratliff >>1(1) 1(2) Annie Ratliff. [m.] John Coker. >> >>Our John's wife may have been an ANN, but there is some evidence that she >>was named PHOEBE! >>So nothing definite. > > > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Coker Querie Board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.coker > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >