Thomas Perryman (Kinache), b. 1739 was chief (married to daug of Neamathia), (his daughter Mary Perryman was mother of "Little Billy" bc. 1784 , who later became known as "Billy Bowlegs" and the father was William A. Bowles, b. 1763, (British) who married Mary around the town Perrytown (now Seminole county, Ga), then then a guy named Andrew Jackson came to town and destroyed Mikasuki town around Lake Mikasuki. This Porter info does not sound right. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tucks Family" <tucklings@msn.com> To: <creek-southeast@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] CREEK-SOUTHEAST Digest, Vol 5, Issue 22 >I have read that Pleasant Porter, chief of the creeks was born at the old >home in the Creek Nation back in Alabama about 1818. I see that his father >was Benjamin Edward Porter of Norristown, PA; a brother of David >Rittenhouse Porter who was governor of Pennsylvania. What town is "the old >home in the Creek Nation back in Alabama in 1818"? I am curious if >Benjamin Edward Porter and Richard Taliaferro Porter living in Monroeville, >Monroe County, Alabama are related. > > Thanks, Lisa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > creek-southeast-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:creek-southeast-request@rootsweb.com> > To: creek-southeast@rootsweb.com<mailto:creek-southeast@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:01 AM > Subject: CREEK-SOUTHEAST Digest, Vol 5, Issue 22 > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Blackfoot Cherokees (barbara) > 2. Jemimah Harrison Weeks > (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com<mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:15:58 -0600 > From: "barbara" <barbara@barbarakeel.com<mailto:barbara@barbarakeel.com>> > Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Blackfoot Cherokees > To: <creek-southeast@rootsweb.com<mailto:creek-southeast@rootsweb.com>> > Message-ID: > <9A95808C73544D8E9565C44FDE4AB094@KrytonJr<mailto:9A95808C73544D8E9565C44FDE4AB094@KrytonJr>> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Yeah, why couldn't I have had just one ancestor from any branch of my > family > that I could document with their native heritage. sigh. I have so many > on > both sides that the grandparents told us about, the families all married > one > into the other family into the other until they all were really one big > family. I have Powells, Willis, Vinson, Canady, Hughes, Hunter, Hagans, > Satterwhite, Youngblood, and they all go back to one point with the > mother > and then that is it. Those mothers all seemed to be named Sarah, at > least > most of them. I did check out Saponitown and at one time it seems like > it > was a thriving website of information, but not much nowdays. Guess > everyone > got what they wanted and left. Sometimes, I get bitter and angry at my > ancestors for being so secretive but I remember my Grandmother and how > she > was adamant that we never tell anyone or we would be sent away and this > was > in the 50's! If only my gr granddad had not buried the Bible, we might > at > least have a portion of those answers. I just hate not solving a puzzle > and > I so wanted to be able to get my name. > I only just found out this past week that my mother was indeed my mother. > I > always believed that I was the child of one of my brothers, they were > over > 20 yrs older than me. They both loved me so much that it made sense to > me. > In my search for my gr granddaddy's truth, I found someone who knew my > family, knew of my gr granddaddy, and was able to tell me about the > 'Blackfoot' part, as well as told me that my mother came to her house > when > she was pregnant with me! Not only that, but I was named for her and her > sister, Barbara and Gail. This was something no one had ever told me. I > even asked my brother's on their deathbeds to tell me the truth about if > I > was their child and both of them told me that they wished I had been but > I > wasn't. Even then, I never believed it. Now, some total stranger has > told > me that she knew my mother when she was pregnant with me. That is a > great > closure. She is going to let me come see her and hopefully will remember > something in talking to me about my gr granddaddy. > More later in this great saga. > You take care, > Barb > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: <TalliyaSoutheast@aol.com<mailto:TalliyaSoutheast@aol.com>> > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:38 PM > To: <creek-southeast@rootsweb.com<mailto:creek-southeast@rootsweb.com>> > Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Blackfoot Cherokees > > > Hey Barbara > > > > By Blackfoot Cherokee, I assume you mean Eastern Blackfoot or Saponi. > > Many Siouans from Virginia and North Carolina eventually took refuge > with > > the > > Cherokees. However, since the Saponi never fought a war against the > > British or Americans, there was never a treaty with them. As far as I > > know > > there were also never any official Saponi rolls maintained by the > Federal > > government. Saponi descendants are scattered all over the Midwest and > > Upper > > Southeast, but it is very difficult to prove their ancestry because of > > the > > lack of documentation. > > > > Richard T. > > Notes on the Creek Indians > > > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creeknotes/index.htm<http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creeknotes/index.htm> > > > > Early Creek History > > > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/early-history/<http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/early-history/> > > > > Migration Legend of the Creek Indians > > > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/migration/<http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/migration/> > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > CREEK-SOUTHEAST-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:CREEK-SOUTHEAST-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:50:31 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com<mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>" > <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com<mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>> > Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Jemimah Harrison Weeks > To: > <CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com>> > Message-ID: > <1265507432.530556@rootsweb.com<mailto:1265507432.530556@rootsweb.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: baileyc1971 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.special.secreeks/3059/mb.ashx<http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.special.secreeks/3059/mb.ashx> > > Message Board Post: > > Does anyone know if Jemimah Harrison was a creek indian? I dont have a > whole of information on her,and would like for someone to please help me, > I can be reached at baileyc1971@yahoo.com<mailto:baileyc1971@yahoo.com> > Thank you. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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