For descendants of the Monroe Co. IL CHEEKS. ----- Original Message ----- From: <s3js@cox.net> To: <CHEEK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:04 AM Subject: [CHEEK] Cherokee Cheeks and Collateral Lines > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oZI.2ACIB/924 > > Message Board Post: > > For those of you who may be interested, I have pulled together the documentation in the Cherokee records for those Cheeks and their collateral lines that are documented as Cherokee. These records begin in NC and GA and end in Indian Territory now OK. They involve the various rolls, abstracts of census cards, etc. I would love to post them here, but the charts don't translate well. If anyone is interested, I will be happy to send them copies. > > I know there are lots of folks that claim Cherokee and very probably are but will never be able to prove it because their people either moved away from the Cherokee Nation and never petitioned for readmission as citizens or just never went back and lived as white so long there was no recollection of them. If your roots are in VA (and remember VA could really mean lots of other places like NC, TN, KY, IN, etc depending on the time frame) then I would recommend looking among the people of Buffalo Ridge if you suspect Cherokee heritage. Those Cherokee that lived in VA (and the DID live there) had mostly left the area and moved southward by the end of the Revolution. Those that remained behind are mostly lost forever to the Cherokee records because their ties were cut. It doesn't mean they weren't Cherokee, but are now lost Cherokee. > > Also, please keep in mind that unless they were very famous Cherokees, there will be next to no records found prior to about 1800 as there was no written Cherokee language and therefore no records until the government began keeping them. There are mentions of the famous chiefs like Attakullkulla and Ostenaco, The Ridge (Major Ridge), etc, but only because they were the leaders and interfaced with the whites and white governments. So don't be too downhearted if the docuementation runs thin! > > Please email me directly if you would like to have these files. > > Happy time travels! > Susan > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >