Thank you for your reply, do you know how to search for the Indian Name, I have never looked into this before. Are there nay sites that I can go to? Thanks for your help. I need to really find the name for Indian Names, I have them on my side and also, my husband does. Peggy [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Reed" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1987 6:37 PM Subject: RE: [GAUNION] Indian Jones/Longs > At 02:22 AM 9/5/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Names can be tricky when looking at the indian rolls. > > > >Indians often had more than one "indian" name and an > >anglo name as well. we often know their anglo names > >and look for them and fail to find them. > > > >For instance, Big Witch is Joseph LONG. You will find > >that on the rolls. > > > >You also may want to find the native name for the word you > >want, such as LONG. > > > >DEBBIE > > > >------Original Message------ > >From: "Mike Cummons" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: September 4, 2000 10:01:48 PM GMT > >Subject: [GAUNION] Indian Jones/Longs > > > > > >I don't know why I assumed it was the JONES, I guess because I didn't think > >the LONGS had Indian blood. I have heard the story of a LONG living with > >the Indians after he killed that man for trying to take his land. This had > >to be before the revolution. And I also have received some info a WILSON > >buying property for his Indian girlfriend so she didn't have to live on the > >reservation in NC. That was another shock. I just learned this info > >yesterday while we were out of town for a wedding and we were all sitting > >around the table having breakfast. My aunt said she had seen pictures of > >Margaret LONG WILSON's brothers and sisters and they all looked like > >Indians. There are also stories in my family of pictures of Indians being > >destroyed. I have tried to do some research in the Indian rolls today but > >other than a John Wilson I haven't found any LONGs or JONES. > > > >Georgia > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Debbie Woolf <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 5:14 PM > >Subject: RE: [GAUNION] Wilson/Long/Jones > > > > > > > Georgia, > > > > > > why do you think it's the JONEs and not LONGs with Cherokee? > > > > > > reason I ask is that there is a record of a James LONG (I think it's in > > > Fannin Co.) where descendants claim he was part CHerokee. If that is > >true, > > > I don't think it was through Uly CANSLER (her lines are suppose to be all > > > German). That would make James LONG Sr. the prime suspect....and as I > > > understand it, James Sr. and Levi are brothers. > > > > > > This was not common info. (the Cherokee) and maybe hard to prove. I don't > > > think they waited to sign up for their citizenship rights (alot did not, > >as > > > there was no trust in the Federal Government...hmm, wonder why?). > > > > > > Let me know what you think about the LONG questions. > > > > > > DEBBIE > > > > > > ------Original Message------ > > > From: "Mike Cummons" <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: September 4, 2000 12:13:23 PM GMT > > > Subject: [GAUNION] Wilson/Long/Jones > > > > > > > > > Just learned this weekend that my grandfather, Finley Lester "Ted" WILSON > > > told his daughter that he was 1/8 Indian. I would imagine that would make > > > Ted's great grandmother, Elizabeth "Betty" Jones LONG 1/2 Indian. Betty > > > married Levi LONG in NC. Their daughter, Margaret, married Boyd WILSON in > > > Union Co, GA in 1853. > > > > > > I'm very surprised with this new information. Does anyone have any JONES > > > that claimed Indian blood? It's my understanding this was a well guarded > > > secret. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Georgia Mathis Cummons > > > Jacksonville, FL > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > > > The Union Co. GA 'county' forum at GenForum is NOT associated > > > with Union Co., GAGenWeb. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > > > Reminder: queries and comments posted to the Obit, Deed, > > > Will, Pension, Bio & Bible forums are deleted. Take a look > > > at where you are BEFORE you post to these boards!!! > > > > > > > > > > > >==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > >Don't forget to bookmark our Many Helpful GA Links webpage: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/gainfo.htm > > > > > > > > > > > >==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > >Reminder: queries and comments posted to the Obit, Deed, > >Will, Pension, Bio & Bible forums are deleted. Take a look > >at where you are BEFORE you post to these boards!!! > I cannot find my files right at the moment because we had the house treated > for termites, especially my office and everything is moved all over the > house. However, I know that a daughter of Basil E. Kilpatrick who lived NC > and Ga., and I believe died ca 1872 in Cherokee Co., NC, had a daughter > who married a man named Jones who was Indian. I believe that on the 1870 > Cherokee Co. census (possibly 1860, they are living not very far from > Basil. Just found my file and it was the 1860 census. His daughters name > was Martha and she married Avery Jones. I also have a small writeup from > a Walker Co, Ga. book, because that is where they moved. According to this > article......."John Jones was b 1804 from Indian parents who lived in > Cherokee, NC. John married Frances Gourd, also from Cherokee. Their son > Ayers (note different spelling then what I had on my family sheet) was born > in 1840. Ayers married Martha Kilpatrick and they had five children = > Aquilla (Quill), Telia, John, Basil, and Greer.. There is a little more. > This page was sent to me by someone years ago and does not have the name of > the book, but it appears to be one of those "Heritage of........" books > like they did for NC counties, because the heading says John Jones Family > and it is numbered 670, written by Margie Purcell. The above mentioned > Aquilla (Quill) married Laura Barclay in 1863 and had nine children.You > mentioned Wilsons. Do you know of a Zebeon (I figure it might be Zebulon) > Wilson who married a Martha Kilpatrick in Union Co. Ga. around 1840-41? > Shirley Reed > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > The Union Co. GA 'county' forum at GenForum is NOT associated > with Union Co., GAGenWeb. > >