In a message dated 10/14/99 2:24:48 PM Central Daylight Time, HALL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > This family always said they were Cherokee, but how the Cherokee got to > Iowa during this time frame leaves me to wonder. Also, I cannot find > them on census reports. And also, if you were a bootlegger would you be > on the run so much that you wouldn't ever make it on a census? This is > something I am beginning to wonder about. I do have a Porter picture > and it appears that they had themselves a nice little business going. > > Does anyone else have Halls in Iowa or native American Halls or a Hall > that was a little bit of a blacksheep? <VBG> This one is tough! > Well, I wouldn't call them black sheep, but my gr. grandmother, M.J. (Mattie) Hall was supposed to be Cherokee Indian also. Born in Franklin Co., TN in 1853. Married June 13, 1876 to my grandfather, James Owen Wakefield McElroy b. 1856. They had three children before they ended up in Montegue Co., TX. Their marriage was also performed by a T. Hall that I have not been able to get a trace on. I have not been able to prove her parentage either. They ended up in Washita Co., OK by the end of the Century. If they could make all these moves, I am sure they could have ended up in IA or NE. And another thing, I have been told that the reason I can't find Mattie on the Census could be because she WAS indian. The enumerators were instructed not to count Native Americans. Not trying to start a war, just repeating what an historian has told me. Maryann Dixon Moseby Proud Rootsweb Sponsor M c E l r o y & W a k e f i e l d Listkeeper mdmgen@aol.com for Surname lists W a s h i n g t o n Co., OH Listkeeper B a s t r o p Co., TX Listkeeper mdmcounty@aol for County Lists dixlan2@aol.com for General e-mail AOL Instant Messenger: Dixlan2 ICQ: 1631995