In a message dated 9/5/2004 4:47:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, DonaRitchi@aol.com writes: > I have Benjamin F. Grigsby, son of Benjamin William Grigsby and Winnie > Sizemore marrying Elizabeth Feltner, daughter of Jacob Feltner and Nancy > Grigsby. > They md 24 Jan 1860 in Letcher County KY. Which Alex Combs did their > daughter > Nancy marry? > > Many Sizemores in Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, and Arkansas > did apply for Cherokee benefits, and appear on the Guion-Miller rolls > (..."this > includes the names of all persons applying for compensation arising from the > > judgment of the United States Court of Claims on May 28, 1906, for the > Eastern > Cherokee tribe. While numerous individuals applied, not all the claims were > allowed. The information included on the index is the application number, > the > name of the applicant, and the State or Territory in which the individual > resided at the time the application was filed.") That's a quote from NARA's > website > where you can search the index and get the application # for the person you > are interested in: > http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/arc_info/native_americans_guion_mil > l > er_index.html > The application files themselves, complete with accompanying depositions > from > family members and friends in support of the individual's application, are > available also through NARA. > > For example, one of the Arkansas Sizemore families that left Kentucky about > 1852 had an applicant, Russell Sizemore, #41917, who lived in Madison County > > Arkansas at the time of application. He was the son of Ephraim Sizemore and > Naomi Ritchie, grandson of Edward "Ned" Ritchie. Like the other Sizemores, > his > application was rejected. > > So, simply appearing on this roll does not guarantee Native American > heritage. Appearance on one of the other rolls, such as the Dawes Roll > (Final Rolls of > Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory) > does. > Index at: > http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/arc_info/native_americans_final_rol > ls_index.html > > What I meant about Ned Sizemore and his relationship with Martha Fields was > that they were unmarried, but had a child, Isaac Newton Fields, during the > period of time Ned and Louanna were having their own children. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dona, You are so informitave, Thank you! I have Nancy Grigsby marrying Alexander Combs who was the s/o Levi Simeon Combs & Abbigale Polly Gayheart. Levi was the s/o Andrew Anderson Combs & Polly Feltner. And I have Abbigale's parents as Joseph Gayheart & Catherine Picklesimer. Now I have a question for Sandra Jones. Who did your grandmother, Martha Combs marry? I don't have a husband and children for her. Lynda