Sandy, I read your post through IT-Roots-L and think I have some info for you on James E. Finney. I'm sending a little of it now and if you think it's your Finny line, let me know and I'll send you all of it. The excerpt below comes from the 1955 summer issue of The Chronicles of Oklahoma, XXXIII, No 2, p 254-255: "The family name of Finney is well known in the history of the Osages as well as the Cherokees. "Reminiscences of a Trader in the Osage Country" by the late James E. Finney appears in this issue of The Chronicles, and his nephew, Frank F. Finney, now of Oklahoma City, has contributed in this same issue the biography of "John N. Florer" whose wife was Anna Finney." Other names mentioned in this particular article are: Robert Finney, William F. Finney, Thomas McKean, Alfred Finney, David Finney, Frank F. Finney, John French Finney, John Edgar Finney, and W. D. Finney. Other names mentioned in this particular issue of the Chronicles are listed below. Jeanne Afraid of Beaver Aiken, Paul Armstrong, William Beach, Phebe Bear Tongue Beard, Nakia Beaver, Charley Beaver, George Beecher, Catherine Esther Bennett, Henry G Big Chief (AKA Kah-he-ka-tunka) Big Hill Joe (AKA Pawnee-no-pah-she & Governor Big Hill) Bigheart, James Bird, John L Black Dog Black Kettle Boudinot, Elias Brown, Catherine Brown, David Carter, Lydia Chetopah Chief Ah-que-mah-ku-the Clown Crooked Wrist Denton, John Dodge, Roderick, L. Drexel, Mary Katharine Dupret, Alfred Edwards, Thomas A Elliot, Franklin Fairfield Mission Finney, Alfred Finney, James Florer, John N (AKA Johnny Shinkah) Florer, Maud Frye, Myra Esther Gray, Aaron Half Leg Hard Rope Hartley, L. Ella Hartly, George N Haskett, Eva Haworth, William P. Hazen, William B Hiatt (Nah-hutsa-hi-kah) High Bank Hitchcock, Asa Hobson, Eber Hoyt, Miss Hudson, Peter Hunt, Lina B. Johnson, Clarissa Ketcham, Thomas Simpson Ketcham, William Henry Kirk, Charles Kirk, Rachel Leverett, Rose Catherine Lindsey, Lilah Denton Lines, Miss Locke, Victor Lockwood, Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood, Jesse McKellop, Jim McKellop, Susan Missions among the Sac & Fox Agency w/ map Montgomery, William B. Moving Behind (Mrs. Black Hawk) Nelson, George Newson, Joseph Newson, Martha Palmer, John Pa-pa-mea Pickering, John H Pollock, Minta Redfield, Abraham Requa, Emily Roll Down Saucy Chief (AKA Wa-ti-anka & Kah-he-ka-wati-anka) Sawyer, Moses Scabby Man Scudder, Margaret Simpson, Isaac and Martha Smith, Esther Spring, Bailey St. Agnes School of the Choctaws Statue Stetson, Ellen Strike Ax Test, Elizabeth The Iowa Missions The Kickapoo Mission Thrall, Cynthia Vaill, William F. Vinal, Job P. Washburn, Cephas Wolf Belly Woman (Mrs. John Otterby) Woodruff, Mr. & Mrs. Woolley, Harriet More names.... Adair, John Martin Bushyhead, Dennis Wolf Byham, Gottlieb Cheek, Mrs. Bertha Johnson Cherokee Orphan Home Chief Doublehead Chief Hanging Maw Chief Piomingo Dearborn, Henry Dwight Mission Finney, David Finney, David Thompson Finney, John Finney, John Edward Finney, John French Finney, Robert Finney, Thomas Finney, W. D. Lee, Daniel Webster Manley, Tarbie Meigs, Return J. McKean, Thomas Mayes, Jesse Bushyhead Mayes, Cherokee Adair Orr, James Pointer, Martha (Patsy) Mayes Robertson, James Seneca Indian School Smith, Daniel Splitlog, Mrs. Gorver Steiner, Abraham Tellico Terrell, Tryphena Vann, James Vickory Wafford's Settlement Walam Olum (Book Review) Watts, John