Hi Llew: Have you considered the possibility of your Lewis Ancestors being Cherokee? My great great-grandfather Joel H. Lewis was a full blood Cherokee. Joel was born in Louisiana & his father was born in North Carolina. I just noticed your connections to both N.C. & La. Below is a little of my family history. Good Luck Gayle M. Garrett Joel H Lewis Notes The marriage license is listed in Book I A page #124, Records of Kauftnan County, Texas. In the 1880 Federal Census of Benton County Ark. Joel H. Identifies himself & children as Indian... Margaret Jane, his wife, did not indicate her Nationality, [ but both of her parents were full blood German.] From the 1880 Federal Census, Benton County, Arkansas - Shows Joel born in La. Father NC and his mother, born in Ga. Joel H. Lewis died Tuesday morning while on his way to Siloam Springs, where he was to have made final proof on his homestead. Unknown at this time where he is buried. (It is thought that Joel H. Lewis is buried in the Fairmont Cemetery, Springtown, Arkansas). See copies of Legal Documents ..... i.e. Henry and Elizabeth Ratts.. Joel H. Lewis served with the Confederate States Army. From information received... Joel H. Lewis... left Jackson Parrish, La. in 1860- Note.. a JOEL LEWIS was shown in the 1860 Census of Jefferson County, Texas { Unknown if this is our Joel Lewis)... --------------------------------- Joel Lewis While going to Bentonville Tuesday to make final proof on his homestead J. H. Lewis of Springtown, dropped dead from heart failure. --Siloam Herald. (University of Arkansas Periodical Collection, taken from microfilm of issue 2-28-1896.) /_*The death notice above is my Joel. -----------------------*_/ 1880 Benton County, Arkansas, Federal Census Father Mother Hico TWSP Cont. -------------------------- Born BORN BORN # 278 Lewis, Joel (Ind) M 50 Hbd. Mar. Lab. LA. N.C. GA. Margaret F 35 Wf. Mar. Kh. TX. IN. IN. Mary E. (Ind) F 13 dau. TX. LA. TX. Ann (Ind) F 6 dau. AR. LA. TX. Susan (Ind) F 3 dau. AR. LA. TX. George (Ind) F 2 son C.N. OK. LA. TX. Rosetta (Ind) F 1/12 dau AR. LA. TX. ------------------------------------- Llew Llaw wrote: > >> Hopefully, there is someone out there >> that can help me past my brick wall. >> >> My Line goes something like this starting with my >> grandmother: >> Lola Alice Lewis (1901 - 1926 - Louisiana for both) - >> Married Clifford Morgan Bonnette >> James "Jim" Albert Lewis (1878 -1973 - Louisiana for both) >> - Married Minnie Minerva >> William Wiley Lewis (1871(GA) - 1964(La) - married to >> Martha Ann McIlwain >> Charles Lewis (GA - UNKN) - married Nancy Riley (NC - LA) >> > > > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1700555&id=I76584306 > > or > > http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11700508/person/-416330057?ssrc= > > You'd need to give a little more information though. I know my advice does not help. > > But here's a few clues as to how to find out, > > 1. If you have an ancestry account, search family trees first, and ask for their sources. > > Murl's was easy to find, same info for his ancestor as his ancestor's neighbors, they were brother's in cocke county TN, and the info matched up right back to Andrew Lewis. Most pages have their book sources, which you can search for copies thru interlibrary loan, google books (books.google.com), and ancestry.com > > BYU has a number of books online as .pdf's, that's how I found the strattons and william maguire's family. Despite their lies, kathleen noah and colgan never listed those as references, I had to find them thru rootsweb and guessing, and seeing what sources sprang up. > > 2. Anyone who lies to you, disregard and never give them a second chance. > > 3. realize the most outspoken researchers can be cranks, and people with a second agenda. > > This helped with the noah-colgan people, I found out from talking to established authorities my ancestors were neither black nor indian, but rather scoth irish refugees, and Welsh people, all who were initially considered about the level of blacks and irish and indians, that is to say, no account scum. They were not scummy, anymore than the other types of people were, but that did help me understand a lot about people, and that research for genealogy relied a lot on guesswork and relying on books already done, and that family legends are actually like established legends, they both have truth and are used often to disguise it from outsiders. > > Good luck-is that Charles your charles? > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >