Sandra Jones wrote: << Edward's and Louanna Bowling's daughter Winnie married Benjamin Grigsby and their son Benjamin Grigsby and ? Feltner had my great grandmother Nancy Grigsby who married Alex Combs and had my grandmother Martha Combs. I was told that the Sizemore's were on the Guin Indian Rolls- Do you know anything about that? I also was wondering what you meant by Edward "Ned" Sizemore's name about Martha Fields? >> 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_mill 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_rolls_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 Ritchie .