I happened to see this message. My grandmother was Myrtle Rose Nees. She married James Wesley Decker in Coles County, Illinois in the late 1800's. She was part Cherokee. Is this the same Nees you have referred to and what is the Indian story you refer to? ----- Original Message ----- From: <linander6@yahoo.com> To: <DECKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 12:38 PM Subject: [DECKER] Re: Mary Decker & Eli Nees > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: neas/Nees/Nehs > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hgR.2ACIB/1462.2.2.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Kay, > > I have been taking a fresh look at the Nees/Nehs/Neas etc information. > Virtually every descendent branch has this Indian story, so I am sure it > is true. But I think she is closer to the trunk than a branch of the > tree. I am thinking Henry's wife or possibly his mother. I have been > communicating with another Nees descendent, and we were discussing the > possibility of a "Descendents of Henry Neas" Reunion next year. Does that > idea hold any appeal for you? > > One Cumberland Co history says Henry Nees settled in Coles (now > Cumberland) Co in 1830 "near the ford that bears his name". I cannot find > anyone around here who knows where Nees Ford was. Do you know? > > The same book also says that Henry came here from the fort at Palestine. > That would have been Fort LaMotte, which was in Crawford Co at the time (I > think). > > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >