This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AUT.2ACEB/1237.1 Message Board Post: Is your Lewis Downing the same one who lived in Ok and helped the Cherokee Indians settle in after the Trail of Tears? He eventually became an Indian Chief although he was not Indian. He may have been married 3 times, but don't know who his children were. He is connected to Martha Downing, but there is a conflect on how he is connected. Thanks, Allie