---------- > From: Linda & Oliver <lindolie@airmail.net> > To: NCGUILFO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCGUILFO-L] WARD, GENTRY, BROWNING, CRUMPTON > Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 2:11 PM > > Hi - I am new to this list. I am helping my brother in law with his family > history. His great great great grandfather was Josiah Ward who was born > about 1825. He resided in Guliford County, North Carolina -- which I > understand was part of Rowan county at one time (or vice versa). He was the > son of William Crumpton (who was half Cherokee Indian) and Hannah Ward. > Josiah took his mother's maiden name as was the Indian tradition. He > probably initially was in Guliford County, NC with his parents. He and his > wife returned to the Indian reservation in Tennessee and later went to > Russell County, Kentucky. Josiah's father was William CRUMPTON who was born > about 1800. He was the son of Indian Gentry and Lucy Crumpton. He took his > mother's maiden name as was the Indian tradition. He left the Indian > Reservation for North Carolina coastal region central Guliford County. His > mother was Hannah WARD. Indian GENTRY supposedly was a full blooded Cherokee > Indian from the Blue Ridge Mountains, West Tennessee, known as the Cherokee > Nation. Indian Gentry married Lucy CRUMPTON. > > If anyone has any information on any of these individuals, I would love to > hear from you. > Thanks in advance > Linda in TX >