I do believe you. Despite several searches in some Tennessee counties for the years prior to the Civil War and thereafter, I have not been able to locate a single Matthew Green, born 1833 who would have been a Tennessee farmer serving as a Private under Stand Watie. His Confederate compiled record shows his physical description as light hair, six feet tall, blue eyes, and fair skin. My Matthew Green was of dark hair, five foot six inches tall with grey eyes, and was three years older according to both of his US Army enlistments, signed his name with two T's, not one T, although others often wrote his name with one T. I wonder if I can find any land records that show Matthew Green in Tennessee owning farmland. Would Cherokees have owned land in Tennessee, I wonder. Also, family legend said that Matthew Green was killed early in the Civil War yet I have never found any documentation of his death. There was a 2d Lieutenant named Matthew Green in Stand Watie's regiment as of July 12, 1861 according to records at the National Archives, and this 2d Lieutenant was the one listed as six feet tall with light hair. Is it possible that the physical description and age was a mistake in transcribing the military records? Deborah Woolf wrote: > Tim, > Are you thinking that a light haired, blue eyed man would not be > Indian? Reason I ask is Blue eyes was common on the Cherokee as well as > lighter hair. I read once that that Cherokee DARKENED with some of the > marraige to other cultures. That may be stretching things but don't rule > him out as being Cherokee from the description. I read in "How to > Research a Little Bit of Cherokee" about one 1/2 bred girl described a > blond and very fair maiden ....... > > Good luck, I know it is frustrating to dig around in the Cherokee data. Oh, > one other thing the Cherokee men were often quite tall and long limbed, > thinly built. 6 foot would fit the tall part (for this time period) > > DEBBIE > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Walls <phwalls@prodigy.net> > To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com > <Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 9:28 AM > Subject: Re: Question! > > >These questions and answers are very enlightening. I, however, have a > >different take on this problem. You see, I am trying to find a Tennessee > >farmer, with light hair and blue eyes, six feet tall, serving as a > >Private under Stand Watie's command in Company H and K of the First > >Cherokee Mounted Volunteers. I have been told that mixed bloods and > >whites (including some Irish) served under Stand Watie's command and > >also been told that I would not find any whites there. Since I have a > >first hand account of the former by a Thomas F. Anderson who authored an > >article in the "Confederate Veteran" magazine in about 1894, I know that > >whites most likely did serve with part bloods in some of Stand Watie's > >units. I also know that there was a 2d Lieutenant named Matthew Green, > >same name as my gggrandfather, in these units as of July 1861, but > >family legend says he was killed early in the war. I have been told > >that this is likely to be two different men. However, I cannot believe > >this because the name Matthew or Mathew is VERY uncommon. While it shows > >up several times in the 1850 Census, it is still an uncommon name with > >the surname GREEN at least. > > > >Mathew's records do not show whether he was killed or died. This is very > >disturbing to me because family legend says he was killed early in the > >war. It seems that I should be finding a death date in his records. The > >best I can do is that he was listed as deserted for a short time but > >returned as a private in Co. K until about June of 1863. This certainly > >is not "early in the war". > > > >-- > >Tim > >mailto:phwalls@prodigy.net > > > >Researching MCCLINTOCK, ARMSTRONG, GREEN, all of Irish descent, > >especially County Tyrone (MCCLINTOCK, ARMSTRONG) and Co. Meath (Green) > > > > -- Tim mailto:phwalls@prodigy.net Researching MCCLINTOCK, ARMSTRONG, GREEN, all of Irish descent, especially County Tyrone (MCCLINTOCK, ARMSTRONG) and Co. Meath (Green)