I suspect my ancestry on my father side to be Cherokee from NC Supposedly my G grandfather (JOHNSON)(Cherokee descent)married into a fairly prominent family in Whitfield Co. (COKER) and her family disowned her after that. Even in 1992 when I went to Dalton to research I contacted some whom I felt maybe connectedd to her but they still denied it. I later confirmed it in the census. So i know that story is quite possibly true. jcjohnson