Do you have the news article scanned which you refer to? James ----- Original Message ----- From: <pkh5638@aol.com> To: <indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Heritage > I'm not sure if this was directed at me but I wanted to respond to it > anyway. I hope that is OK because I have explored every other avenue I > have been told about. My husband's grandmother, Mary Headley, was a white > woman born in 1873-1874, who had a child, with a man who family legend > says was 1/2 black and 1/2 cherokee, who would have been born in Tenesee > (year unknown). No one knows what happened to the child, as he was not > listed in the newspaper account of the mob slaying that killed Mary and > her current "husband (their marriage was illegal, but we do have an > application for a marriage to Ed Chalmers from 1898 dated three months > before they were killed in 1898)." However though the family has the name > Frank Burton the only Frank Burton I have found of that era and location > (Oklahoma Indian territory) Married another black woman around 1893-1894, > about the time Mary's child, my husband's father was born. The only > documents prior to the mob slaying I have found so far are! > the marriage application and a court record where her father was accused > of attempted murder of a black man over a child that Mary did not want the > man to take with him when he moved out of her father's house. I am really > grasping at straws which is also how I found the documents I have > uncovered so far. If you or anyone you know can help, Please please ask me > questions or give me leads for places to search, anything at all! Thank > you!!! Patty > > Patty > > > -----Original Message----- > From: soarsister@cableone.net > To: indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 3:40 PM > Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Heritage > > > Don't give up, keep searching. We found ours on the Dawes and now my kids > and husband are Choctaw Tribal members. But what is better than that is > all > the new "cousins" I have found and we are now sharing info! All these > years > and we never knew them! > I can search on my end if you need help, let me know...it is so worth > finding lost family, the Indian Tribal Membership is just gravy, the real > meal is in the culture, history and lost family members. > Carla > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security > tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, > free AOL Mail and more. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >