This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: serirowland Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.lawrence/178.179.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Tammie, I have heard the rumors about the Cherokee ancestor, but I did not know that it was on the Burton side. My great grandmother was Lydia Jane Burton Kitchen, and I do have a picture of her...no visual evidence of native American heritage. My late Dad's first cousin, Dove Chafin (?), daughter of Rachel, nee Kitchen, once told me that she remembered a funeral of one Cherokee ancestor who married one of the Kitchen men. She said that she saw her at her funeral many years ago, and that she was very beautiful, with long straight black hair, looking very native American, with a large bruise on her face where her husband had hit her with something (not killing her, but still...). I wish I could locate the tape recording from this conversation in the early 1980s. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.