charles downing and family moved to mo. after 1850, his children married there. [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Joy Durrett <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 03/06/2004 3:35:02 PM > Subject: Re: [DOWNING] Nancy J. Downing > > Sharon, > > I only have Nancy J. Downing from Mason County, Kentucky. Unfortunately both > Nancy were from Mason County, Kentucky and one lost her mother when she was > young and moved to Ohio and then back to Kentucky. > > And one was the daughter of Charles Downing. > > This is all I have at the moment. Sorry. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharry Larsen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:23 AM > Subject: Re: [DOWNING] Nancy J. Downing > > > > Joy, > > I am looking for George and Cora Lee Downing of Jamestown, KY. Their son > > Ollon Dan Downing was my father. Any clues? Thanks, Sharron Downing > Larsen > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joy Durrett" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 8:38 AM > > Subject: [DOWNING] Nancy J. Downing > > > > > > > I am looking for the parents of Nancy J. Downing. > > > > > > We have found a Social Security Card application that states John Paten > > > Hite's mother as Nancy J. Downing. > > > > > > I have found two different Nancy J. Downing from Kentucky and may have > > been > > > cousins. > > > > > > Nancy J. Downing 1 was from Kentucky and that persons email address no > > > longer works so I could not contact them. > > > > > > Nancy 1 > > > I found stated that her mother died when she was young and they family > > moved > > > back to Ohio and then later moved back to Kentucky. If anyone has any > > > information on this Nancy please email me. > > > > > > Nancy J. Downing 2 was the daughter of Charles Downing of Kentucky. > > > > > > If you have information on either Nancy J. Downing please email me. > > > > > > I have another theory AND this is ONLY MY THOUGHTS ON THIS AND I HAVE NO > > > PROOF HERE that the daughter of Charles Downing may have died and her > > > husband gave the children up to a family member to raise or someone else > > to > > > raise or they were taken and put in an Indian School AND the Bureau of > > > Indian Affairs (BIA) stepped in and took the children to try to > > Americanize > > > them and placed them with the a white family to raise (the Hite family). > > > This is just my thought on this and no real proof. > > > > > > I have found that a Maj Downings married an Indian and lived among the > > > Cherokee and many of this family went on the trail of tears. The BIA has > > > been known to break up families and put them up for adoption or in > foster > > > care or Indian Schools. This happened a lot back in the late 1800s and > > early > > > 1900s too. Indian children were placed in Indian Schools way from their > > > families to Americanize them, so the white man said, so that they would > > not > > > be heathens; not even trying to understanding the culture or the ways of > > the > > > Indians. AGAIN THIS IS ONLY MY THEORY OR TAKE ON WHAT COULD HAVE > HAPPENED > > > AND IS NOT PROVEN. > > > > > > That would explain them being in the home of John Henry Hite and Mary > > (--). > > > And John Paten's Social security card stating his mother was Nancy J. > > > Downing and not Mary J. Oh by the way John Henry Hite and Mary were > > married > > > at the time that Henry Albert and John Paten Hite were born. Henry > Albert > > > Hite born Oct 1879 and John P. were born 18 Aug 1881. So if Henry Albert > > and > > > John Paten were John Henry Hite's and Mary's sons why was Nancy J. > Downing > > > on John P's social security card stating that his mother was Nancy J. > > > Downing.. > > > > > > Anyone have any thought on this or can anyone shed some light on either > > > Nancy J. Downing for me. > > > > > > Henry Albert (Albert) Hite born Oct 1879 and John Paten (Pate) Hite born > > 18 > > > Aug 1881 (Pate's Social Security Card states his mother was Nancy J. > > > Downing) > > > > > > I almost forgot there are a lot of Downing on the Cherokee Indian Rolls. > I > > > have checked this out but I don't know who Nancy's parents were so I > can't > > > locate anyone yet. Also there are several Nancy (Nannie) Downings on the > > > rolls. So there are more possibilities for Nancy J. Downing's parents > than > > I > > > have stated here. This comes from STARR's book on the Cherokee. This > book > > > can be located on the internet or any Family History Center. It has many > > > generations many pages on the Downings and who married who and who their > > > children are. > > > > > > Anyone who has information on either Nancy J. Downing please let me > know. > > > > > > I would like to eliminate one or both Nancy J. Downing. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > Joy Durrett > > > > > > > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the > subject > > to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a > > message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject > to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a > message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected].COM. > > > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected]