One of the most knowledgeable people I have ever communicated with concernine the African-American & Native American history and lineages is Mr. Preston who is on Dan's Cherokee Genealogy list. CherokeeGene-request@rootsweb.com There are also links to some sites on my McMinn web site at www.rootsweb.com/~tnmcmin2 LINKS Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: <HealTheCircle@aol.com> To: <indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Cox Family - Atoka City and Stringtown,Oklahoma > Have you read the history of the tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, > Seminole, and Creek) who made the Trail of Tears journey; specifically > with regard > to the Dawes role...and the entering of african american slaves brought > to > OK by those tribes. > > I don't know if your people were part of that history or not. But....if > you > study the history of the Dawes...and the fact that the US Government > required the individual tribes to include these freed slaves on their > tribal > listings. That could fill in some blanks for you. > > I would also think that if you search on the "african-native american" you > might find all sorts of sites....and organizations specifically interested > in > the same thing you are. > > It has been my understanding that it has been even more difficult for this > intermarrying to find information...than it was for the caucasian and > native > american intermarrying. I think that perhaps both the native american and > african american were separated, and names changed for the same > reasons....the > genocide that was being perpetrated against their people. So...tracing is > sometimes more difficult in that situation. > > So....I wish you luck. > > jes > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/435 - Release Date: 8/31/2006 > >

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my query. I'm not really sure if my Cox ancestors journeyed along "The Trail of Tears", but I do know that they had lived in Indian Territory, and subsequently Oklahoma, for many, many years. That is why even though I knew nothing about them, other than my great-grandfather's name was Jackson Cox, I was able to successfully trace them back to my great-great-grandparents, Dave and Mary Cox, because they are still there to this day. I do know that my father's mother's (Doll Susan Mayes) family moved to Oklahoma of their own accord in order to escape the Ku Klux Klan who were quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in Tennessee. In any case, I HAVE made contact with my Cox family in Oklahoma. As previously stated, however, the wife of my actual relative chooses not to keep in contact with me. Frankly, not to be unkind because I, too, am half-black and half-white, I have grown to expect this kind of behavior from white women where their black husbands/partners are concerned. They seemed to feel threatened by everything and everybody. I have seen this jealous and turf-protection behaviour many, many, many times within my own family. In any case, there are still a few questions I have that she would not or could not answer, such as what happened to my grandfather's two half-brothers. That was one of the pleasant surprises that awaited me when I first began researching my Oklahoma ancestors. I had no idea that Jackson Cox had been married before he married my great-grandmother, Ole Ruffin, let alone that he had had two sons by her. I don't care if my great-uncles ended up on America's ten most-wanted list in their time - I just want to know more about them. I do know that they served in World War I. Perhaps they were casualties of that war - I just don't know. I can't help but wonder how they felt when their little brother was so permanently removed from their lives when my grandfather's mother and grandparents decided to leave Oklahoma and emigrate to Canada. So, I'm not really searching for my roots; I'm just trying to fill in some of the blanks. However, I thank you for taking the time to respond to my query. The kindness of the American people - which continues to belie the way they are portrayed in the movies and on television - never ceases to amaze me. Maybe it's because those of us who choose to be "keepers of the past", or family historians, truly are a special breed. God bless you. Ms. Kelly Tyler -----Original Message----- From: indian-territory-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:indian-territory-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce G. Reece Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 8:39 AM To: indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Cox Family - Atoka City and Stringtown,Oklahoma One of the most knowledgeable people I have ever communicated with concernine the African-American & Native American history and lineages is Mr. Preston who is on Dan's Cherokee Genealogy list. CherokeeGene-request@rootsweb.com There are also links to some sites on my McMinn web site at www.rootsweb.com/~tnmcmin2 LINKS Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: <HealTheCircle@aol.com> To: <indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Cox Family - Atoka City and Stringtown,Oklahoma > Have you read the history of the tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, > Seminole, and Creek) who made the Trail of Tears journey; specifically > with regard to the Dawes role...and the entering of african american > slaves brought to OK by those tribes. > > I don't know if your people were part of that history or not. But....if > you > study the history of the Dawes...and the fact that the US Government > required the individual tribes to include these freed slaves on their > tribal listings. That could fill in some blanks for you. > > I would also think that if you search on the "african-native american" > you might find all sorts of sites....and organizations specifically > interested in the same thing you are. > > It has been my understanding that it has been even more difficult for > this intermarrying to find information...than it was for the caucasian > and native american intermarrying. I think that perhaps both the > native american and african american were separated, and names changed > for the same reasons....the genocide that was being perpetrated > against their people. So...tracing is sometimes more difficult in > that situation. > > So....I wish you luck. > > jes > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/435 - Release Date: > 8/31/2006 > > ------------------------------- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006