All of these posts are rather intriquing and pose as many questions as anything. There are a few other tidbits to consider, when thinking about all this. I'm not much on remembering the fine points of history, but do know for sure that the area where the Dovers settled in York Co. SC is just as close to the Catawba Indian area as it was to the Cherokees (Catawbas were and are a different group). I believe the Cherokee were not nearly as accepting of the white man's invasion as were the Catawbas, who befriended the whites early on (and look what that got them-not much good). So for anyone claiming Indian heritage from that area, they need to keep in mind that there were more than one tribe around. Marjorie pointed out that it seems odd that old John Dover would have left the York Co area when there was an Indian uprising (per document repeated on this list a number of times)-we also need to remember that Col. Frederick Hambright, who married Mary Dover, was an Indian fighter before the Revolution. Janelle