Sue, In the same neck of the woods, I have Mary Smith b. 1806 to Henry Smith and Susan Green. Mary married Thomas Neal b. 1807 White co, TN. He was a son of William Neal and Mary Ann Harmon. Thomas & Mary's daughter (Nancy) Caroline Neal b. 29 Oct 1845 applied for the Eastern Cherokee Fund on the strength of her grandmother's (Margaret Choulyn mother of George Charles "Mag the Gray Horse" or "Charlie Gray Horse" Harmon) Cherokee nationality. It is my understanding that she also applied on the strength of her mother's (Mary Smith's) Cherokee heritage. Caroline married Anderson Martin in Clinton Co about 17 Sep 1868 (date of bond). She died 11 Sep 1925 in Runnells, Polk Co, Iowa. Mary Smith had a sister Elizabeth Smith who married Levi Canada in Wayne Co on 08 Nov 1817. There is also a mystery John Bell (probably the s/o William Bell Sr. of Randolph Co, NC) who married ____________ Smith on 15 Sep 1818 in Wayne Co. Henry Smith, surety. I believe John Bell and his wife Unknown Smith, were the parents of Susannah Bell who married John Choat on 12 Jun 1859 Wayne Co. Susannah appears as "Susan" (Higginbotham) in the household (#258) of William Bell Sr. in the 1850 census. John and his wife evidently died very young. I find only hints of his existence (such as the marriage bond) and maybe only a few tax lists. Because there were so many John Bells, including one a little younger who would have been his first cousin (s/o Francis Bell, Sr.) it is virtually impossible to distinguish among them. Then we also have the problem of a John Bell in Indiana who we cannot identify, but seems to be part of the same family group. All these families have oral traditions of a Cherokee heritage. Lots of questions, few answers. <g> Fay Clark ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Sue Montgomery-Cook" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:30:19 -0400 >Hi all! > >I thought I'd throw this one out again. (I'm never too optimistic about my >Smiths!) > >My great-grandmother was Elizabeth "Betsie Jo" Smith born ca. 1827 in Wayne >CO. She married George Brummett, Jr. in 1847 in Wayne CO. I think her >father might be a George Smith. Somewhere I've collected the story that >George was at least part Cherokee. My Mom had always said that her >grandmother was part Cherokee, too, and believe me, she was NEVER wrong! >(Truly!) > >Thanks to you all! If anyone recognizes George or Betsie Jo, I'd be >delighted! > >Blessings! > >Sue > >Sue Montgomery-Cook >Denton Family Genealogy: http://www.acun.com/dentons >Admiral Jeremiah Denton's National Forum Foundation: http://www.nff.org >Arsenal Technical High School Alumni: >http://www.ATHSAlumni.org > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent Via Ethixs Online Mail-Clean Internet Access www.ethixs.com