I sent this to the e-mail address in the message, but also tried to send it to the list and it returned. I'm trying one more time. In a message dated 7/6/10 8:22:18 PM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com writes: > So my question is if they were in the Chickasaw Nation, how could they > have been Cherokee? especially since I currently live in the Cherokee nation > and it so much farther north, it does not seem likely. I think We should > all be looking at Chickasaw records. > > My grandfather is Ed Loveless, g grandson of Barton of GA.  He (my grandfather) married Vestes Meltabarger.  Her father was 1/4 Cherokee and 3/4 German from TN.  When they (her father and family) left TN, they spent a little bit of time in TX, then moved upward into Oklahoma.  Before they finally settled in Cleveland County, right in the middle of the state, they lived in the Chickasaw nation south of us.  The Chickasaws allowed people, other than their tribe, to live in their nation.  They needed workers and that was part of the reason.  They leased land and hired workers from outside their tribe, so that could be how your Cherokee folks lived among the Chickasaws. Lou Ann