To add another fact about the Cherokee Removal, only full blood Native American's were removed. Don't know the numbers, but there's a big reduction in families for the 1840 censuses for northern Georgia. If anyone is interested in this part of our cultural history there's a book by John Ehle in paperback called Trail of Tears, the Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation. It might surprise you that a number of the Cherokee chief's were partly or mostly of white origins. Sharon S. mentioned the DAR and SAR. These are the initials for Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution. Both Francis J. Dover and Joshua Dover served in the American Revolution. Both were denied their pensions in 1832 because the government had no records and because Francis and Josh didn't still have their discharge records. Transcsripts of both these applications are in the DOVER-L archives. I think I remember that both Francis and Joshua were wounded while in service. It is the pension hearing of Francis that proves Hezekiah Dover is his younger brother. Dennis