McMinn Co TN... home of my LONG ancestors before they came to the Cenchat (now Chattanooga Valley) and High Point area. John A. LONG came to Walker Co before 1850 and was followed by some of his sons, my gr-gr-grandfather, James Riley LONG and wife, Margaret HANSON, being one of them. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Clody <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Cherokee By Blood > McMinn County Tennessee is North of Bradley Count (Cleveland). One of the larger towns in McMinn is Athens, TN. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 9:05 AM > Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Cherokee By Blood > > > Wa Do > Linda Sue, do you have your registration, with that info, you should. I > have seen a lot of "Delilah" name on the rolls, makes me wonder why I was > named that, where is McMinn County, TN., I have seen mention of a Monroe > Cty, Tn but cannot find it in TN now, have I missed it? Wish I knew more > Cherokee, my daddy wrote poems and things and I always thought he had a > melody to his voice and now I know why - My ancestors were Avans, then it > gradually got changed in the spelling to Evans - I am going to change mine > back to Avans, my dad told me to when I took back my maiden name of Evans, > he said to spell it Avans. > delilah evans/avans > > > > > At 08:21 3/16/01 EST, you wrote: > >Osiy'o Delilah. > > > >I love the name Delilah! > >I have been searching for more information on my Wilkerson family that was > in > >Walker and Dade Counties. I found my Great Grandmother and her brothers and > >one sister and one aunt on those Guion Miller Rolls you spoke of. She was > >listed as Iley A. Hollingsworth and they listed as Jeffery(Jefferson) and > >William Wilkinson (sic) The aunt was Mary Jane Kell Hensley and the sister > >Lucinda Oliver. I have a lot of information on the Kell family but nothing > on > >the Wilkerson family who was also Cherokee. I did find them in 1883 census > >for McMinn County, TN but nothing else. > >I would love to find someone else on this list that is also looking for this > >family. > >Linda Sue > > > > > >==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > >[email protected] or [email protected] if > >you are on the Digest list. > >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >