Over the past two years I've received several e-mails than referred to "the Cherokee Downings" from SC. Since my line wasn't that far south, I never gave them much thought. Maybe this is where the name "Powhatan" came from??? They most likely settled first in OK then spread out to KN & TX. I need help on the parents of Dennis, Francis, & James Downing from Montgomery Co. KY, who settled in Henry Co. IN. Can anyone help with info on a James Downing who m. a Susanna Yoakum in Montgomery Co, KY on Nov. 11, 1796??? Darrell Downing