Mary Beth I hate to tell you but many, many of the other Narionalities have looks similar to the Indians.Cherokees were never in Vermont nor any of the other States you,ve mentioned. The Enrollment on the Cherokees took place in Indian Territory and ended in 1906 and to actually have definite proof, you'd have to find them on the rolls, You can find many Cherokees who are blue eyed, skin color light, and pass as totally white people. Ok in OKC On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:21:45 -0500 "Mary Beth" <aakede@bellsouth.net> writes: > Hi, > > My name is Mary Beth Bearden. I am in search of Indian ancestors. > I am told that I am part Cherokee but was never told for sure by > which ancestor, although it is believed to be Winthrop Franklin > Poore. My siblings and I as well as Mom and Grandma (deceased) do > have the Indian look so I believe it. > > Here are names and dates of family that may possibly be the > ancestor: Samuel Hastings Smith, b. June 16, 1815 in Vermont. > Married Jane Stone, b. September 29, 1817 in New York. Their > daughter Emily Augusta Smith b. October 6, 1856 in Iowa was my great > great grandmother. > > The other side of my family had the last name of Poore or Poore. My > great grandfather was Winthrop Franklin Poore, b. Sept. 13, 1879 in > Concordia, Cloud County, KS. His wife Irene Hazel Pixley, b. June > 20, 1880 in Grant, Jewell County, KS. Winthrop Franklin who went by > Frank - his mother was Angelia Nicea Roberts, b. Feb. 25, 1850 in > Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin. Angelia's mother was > Priscilla Meador and was called an OddFellow woman of which I have > no idea what that means but I do know that Priscilla was born in > Canada about 1825 and died in Cloud County, KS on Feb. 27, 1893. > Angelia's father was Joshua Roberts, b. March 27, 1820 in Bergens, > Vermont and died in Sibley, Cloud Count, KS Sept. 29, 1908. > > If anyone has already researched any of these folks, please let me > know. And am always happy for advice in my hunting. > > Blessings, > > Mary Beth Bearden > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > >