Posted on: Wilkes Co. Ga Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Wilkes/663 Surname: STOKES, HAMMIT, BOSTIC, JOHNSON, TATE, WALTON, BENNETT ------------------------- Hi, I am seeking info on the origin of my family in Wilkes County. In the mid-1880's, the matriarch of our family was born into slavery along with her brother. She was ANGELINE, her brother was ARNOLD. They took on the surname of their father, STOKES, who was originally from Tennessee. The mother to the siblings was American Indian, and the father of course was The owner of the plantation, Mr. Stokes. The two children were sold to someone from WILKES COUNTY, a Mister Hammit, or Hammett, or possibly to a Mister Bostick, where they moved, and grew up. The girl, ANGELINE STOKES, who was half white and half Indian, married at a very young age. It is said that she married a man, JOHN LEE, who was half African and half Indian. (it is believed that the Indian was Shoshone or Chickasaw.) ANGELINE and JOHN LEE had children: AMY BELL LEE JACK LEE RICHARD LEE - WWI VETERAN FOLGER LEE - WWI VETERAN JULIA LEE DORA LEE AMY BELL LEE married RUBIN JOHNSON and they had 1 daughter and two sons: PEARL JOHNSON RUBEN JOHNSON ROB (ROBERT) JOHNSON (DIED EARLY) AMY BELL LEE-JOHNSON THEN MARRIED BOB (ROBERT) BROADNAX THEIR CHILDREN WERE: JOHN BROADNAX PAUL BROADNAX JOE BROADNAX JERRY BROADNAX VIRGINIA BROADNAX ***BOB BROADNAX WAS KILLED IN VIRGINIA, LEAVING AMY BELL A WIDOW IN HER EARLY 30'S. PEARL JOHNSON MARRIED ROBERT WALTON THEY HAD TWO SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER: ROBERT WALTON TODD WALTON (STRUCK BY LIGHTENING AS A SMALL CHILD-KILLED)LUCILLE (WALTON)-TATE PEARL JOHNSON-WALTON, THEN MARRIED (BOB) ROBERT TATE LUCILLE TATE, PEARL'S ONLY DAUGHTER, HAD TWELVE CHILDREN: ELIZABETH (BELL) TATE MARRIED HOWARD BIRD JAMES HINES CARL HINES DECEASED WALTER HINES BENNIE HINES RALPH HINES ELAINE HINES LARRY HINES DAVID HINES SYDNEY CULLAS (CULLARS) SYLVIA ROSS Does any one have any info on this lineage? There are also links toFANNING, GARTRELL, AND REESE FAMILIES....