This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Helton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IMi.2ACEB/800.806 Message Board Post: Where is Silas from? My grandfather George Washington Helton was from Mobile, Alabama. My Mother Lucy Helton said her father was 3/4 Indian. She Thought it was Cherekee. I'm trying to find his heritage,too.