My Kincaid family has big ties to Roane Co, TN, from a Thomas Kincaid but not until about 1830-1840. I'll check some files when I get home. Bruce Teague > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Heather Vallance > > To: rkinkead11@comcast.net > > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:14 AM > > Subject: Thomas KINKADE Blake > > > > > > Richard, I received your email from Nancy at Kinkead Ridge. I am a family > > friend who is a writer and historian. I noticed in one of Nancy's recent > > blog posts that Kinkead is sometimes spelled Kinkade. This intrigues me as > > I have been researching a John Young Filmore Blake for the past 10 years. > > He was a much maligned historical player at the end of the 19th century. > > > > > > Blake's father was Thomas Kinkade Blake who was born in Tennessee in > > 1813. His father was Thomas Blake born in Georgia just after the > > Revolutionary war. > > > > > > The Blakes have Cherokee, Chickasaw and 'English' heritage. I and several > > Blake family members have been trying to see where and how the bloodlines > > mingled. > > > > > > We cannot explain the origin of the name KINKADE in the family line, nor > > are some of us certain if the name BLAKE is actually an inherited name. > > Many Cherokee 'adopted' names, usually of benefactors, and this is still a > > possibility with the Blake family line. Much of the information on the > > Internet on this Blake line is hopeful, confused and just downright > > inaccurate. It got there via another group of family historians who find > > the 'Indian' part of their heritage a bit difficult to accept. > > > > > > I am curious to know if you have on your KINKADE files anything > > resembling the following: > > > > > > Thomas Blake born Georgia (Floyd County) - parents unknown. > > > > > > Thomas Blake born Georgia married Elizabeth Owen of Alabama. They lived > > in Roane County TN but more in the area where Cherokee still resided. Some > > Blake historians believe that Elizabeth Owen was full-blood Cherokee. > > > > > > Offspring: 7 children with only two actually identified: Thomas Kinkade > > Blake II and Larkin H. Blake the father of Betty Blake who married Will > > Rogers. There is a William G. Blake who was related to this Blake line but > > there is no documentation to suggest that he was one of the 7 children. > > > > > > Thomas Kinkade Blake II married Clara T. Chitty believed to be at least > > half Chickasaw by some family historians and supported by secondary > > documentation. > > > > > > According to reports Cherokee papers still exist in some branches of the > > Blake family. > > > > > > There was a Chickasaw leader circa 1890s by the name of Joseph Kinkade > > but we have not yet established a link to this branch. > > > > > > For reference: > > http://angloboerwar.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/john-young-filmore-blake-a-genealogy/ > > > > > > You will notice from this link that Thomas KINKADE Blake carries strong > > 'Indian' heritage in his features. As a younger man he wore a beard but as > > an elder he plucked his beard in the traditional way. > > > > > > Any clarification will be much appreciated. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > Heather Vallance > > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bruce- Please don't re-post the original message from this lady. She (belatedly) told me it was somewhat confidential. Thanks, Dick K. ----- Original Message ----- From: <btea93059@tx.rr.com> To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Thomas KINKADE Blake > > My Kincaid family has big ties to Roane Co, TN, from a Thomas Kincaid but not > until about 1830-1840. I'll check some files when I get home. > > Bruce Teague > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Heather Vallance >> > To: rkinkead11@comcast.net >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:14 AM >> > Subject: Thomas KINKADE Blake >> > >> >

Bruce- Feel free to correspond with Heather directly, though. Her email is: penandspindle@mac.com . Dick K. ----- Original Message ----- From: <btea93059@tx.rr.com> To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Thomas KINKADE Blake > > My Kincaid family has big ties to Roane Co, TN, from a Thomas Kincaid but not > until about 1830-1840. I'll check some files when I get home. > > Bruce Teague > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Heather Vallance >> > To: rkinkead11@comcast.net >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:14 AM >> > Subject: Thomas KINKADE Blake >> > >> >