Hi everyone, I'm personally so happy to see your posts. I've gone about as far as I thought I could go with my mother's Cherokee lineage. Every time I saw a Wilson surname show up on the Garrett site, I'd get excited but it never really provided any connections. May be some connections here -- wouldn't that be grand! Here's how my Mother's Cherokee lineage works out including surnames, dates and areas where we believed they lived. Lois Hetrick Stewart Descendants of William K Bales Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM K[elly] BALES (Spanish descent) was born Abt. 1801 in VA, and died Aft. 1880 in VA. He married MARIA [Goodman] *** full blooded Cherokee*** Abt. 1820 in VA. She was born Abt. 1801 in VA, and died Bet. 1860 ‑ 1870 in VA. Children of WILLIAM BALES and MARIA [GOODMAN] are: ENOCK G BALES, b. 1828, VA; d. January 01, 1890, Honaker, Russell Co., VA.***1/2 Cherokee*** SARAH ELIZABETH BALES, b. 1829; d. Bef. 1887, Bland Co., VA. Generation No. 2 3. ENOCK G BALES (WILLIAM K) was born 1828 in VA, and died January 01, 1890 in Honaker, Russell Co., VA. He married ELIZABETH A [WILSON] ***1/4 Cherokee*** 1851 in Bristol, Sullivan Co., TN. She was born 1831, and died Aft. 1891. [My mother always referred to her g-grandmother Elizabeth as “Elizabeth Victoria” . . . so I’m not sure about the “A” initial. She said Elizabeth had the names of two queens.] Children of ENOCK BALES and ELIZABETH [WILSON] are: i. JAMES WILLIAM5 BALES, b. 1848, VA; d. June 02, 1891, Russell Co., VA; m. REBECCA STINSON***English/N. Irish***, May 04, 1869, Russell Co., VA; b. 1847. Children: MARY ALLIS BALES (1871‑1907) Tazwell/Russel County m. JOHN GOGGIN HARWARD (1862‑1917) Bath County, VA ‑‑ my Mother LENA HARWOOD PHILPOTT HETRICK's parents. ii. SARAH J BALES, b. 1850. iii. THOMAS BALES, b. 1852, VA; m. ELIZA GRIFFIN, December 28, 1877, Russell Co., VA; b. 1859, VA. iv. CHARLES D BALES, b. 1854, VA; m. LOUISA J MILLER, July 15, 1874, Russell Co., VA; b. 1850, VA. v. MARIAH BALES, b. 1856. vi. MARY BALES, b. 1859; m. DAVID R KENDRICK, November 29, 1881, Russell Co., VA; b. 1859, Pike Co., KY. Below is a Bales researcher the found my post abut the Bales and emailed me with further information about the Bales family: Lois I know you aren't focused on the Bales right now, but would like to pick your brain to see if there is anything you might remember. I am descended through Margaret Elizabeth (Bales) Kitts, who was the sister of your Enoch Bales. While your Wilson ancestors were with Enoch on the 1870 census in Russell County, our William K Bales was with Sara Elizabeth on the 1870 census in Bland County. Then it all came together when on the 1880 Russell County census William K Bales was in the home of Enoch and Elizabeth Bales. That is where I lost track of William K Bales. Since Enoch died in 1890, there is a good chance he and William died about the same time & may be buried in the same cemetery. Do you have any idea where Enoch is buried? We have found very little on Maria (Goodman). From the 1850 & 1860 censuses and from one of their children's marriage records we know that William K Bales' wife's name was Maria. A couple of researchers (yourself included) have noted that her last name was Goodman and they were married Sep 26, 1821 in Albemarle Co ( Do you have anything to back this up, or do you have a clue where we might start to look? Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks again, Verla ([email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ) WILSON line: WILSON, James (Northern Irish - b. Limerick, Ireland), m. ??? Son - Col. John mrd (#2) Martha (Agnes) Crouchman Son - James mrd (#2) Elizabeth Poague Son - James M. (b. 1807-1810?) mrd (abt 1830?) Catherine McCulley (b. 1808-1810? *** 1/2 Cherokee *** Dau - Elizabeth Victoria Wilson mrd (abt 1848) Enoch G. Bales (b. 1829-31?) ***1/4 Cherokee*** -- She was a Cherokee Herb Woman (tribal doctor). James (63) and Catherine (62) were living with Enoch & Elizabeth in the 1870 Russell County, VA census. BALES, William Kelly (b. abt 1800) mrd (abt 1820?) Mariah (Moriah) Goodman (she was full blood Cherokee) Son - Enoch G. (b. 1829-31?, 1/2 Cherokee) mrd (abt 1848) Elizabeth Wilson (1/4 Cherokee) Son - William James (b. 1849?, ?% Cherokee), living with Wm & Ann Jobe in Frederick County, MD in the 1850 census. Married (1869) Rebecca Stinson (b. 1847, English/Irish, Giles County, VA) Dau - Mary Allis "Alice" (1871-1907, ? % Cherokee?) from Tazwell/Russell County, VA mrd (1893, Mercer County, WV) John G. Harwood (1862-1917) from Bath Co., VA Dau - Lena - (1905-1976, ? % Cherokee?) mrd 1st Tony Philpott (English); mrd 2nd Ernest Elwood Hetrick (1902-1976, German Dutch) -- my parents.