Jackie- My husband's gg-grandmother was Jennie Coker, who married Frank Lout. we have been told that Jennie was Indian, but what tribe? Would you mind looking up Jennie Coker, born about 1849, possibly TN? Thanks! Meg Gentry Bookout Jackie wrote: > > I have checked all the Cherokee rolls and find no Atoha and no Atoka. That does not mean it is not indian.. just that it is not on the Cherokee Rolls. Could be another tribe. > > I do show several Moss listed however. Alexander Clingman Moss, Alice Aunie, Elizabeth, Hazlitine, Henry Jackson, Jane, Jefferson Henry, John, John Benjamin, Keziah, Malissa Vandora, Margaret, Margaret Jane, Margaret E., Mary, Miles Oscoe, Milton Montgomery, Rebecca, William, and William Harrison. All listed on the Hester Roll 1883. > > This roll was comiled by Joseph G. Hester as a roll of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 1883. It is an excellent source of information, including ancestors, Chapman Roll number, age English name and Indian name. > > If any of these are yours just let me know and I will send you the application number so you can send of for the info. > > I show listings for Moss also on the Sweetland Roll 1869, Chapman Roll, Siler Roll, and Immigration Roll. All of these rolls are of the Eastern Band... > > The western Band shows one Moss and quite a few Thurman on the DawesGuion Miller Roll 1898-1914. > > I see no Emma or Edward Maynard... Margaret shown above... > > Cherokee Nation, Tribal Registrar, PO Box 948 Tahlequah, OK 74465 > http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Genealogy.asp > > Good luck, > Jackie > > > I am taking a stab in the dark here. I have been trying to help a friend of > > mine find the Cherokee connection in his family. The family always said his > > grandmother was either full or part Cherokee. So far, I have not made a > > connection. The grandmother in question was Emma Moss, married to Edward > > Maynard Thurman. Emma's parents were James and Margaret Moss. Margaret had > > been married first to a man by the name of Troy - have not found a record of > > either of Margaret's marriages, hence I have no maiden name. James Moss > > originated in Illinois, and I have his parents - don't believe he was > > Cherokee. > > > > Today, I received the funeral record from the eldest daughter of Edward and > > Emma Moss Thurman. Her name was Blanch Atoka .......the middle name looks > > like Atoka - could also be Atoha - it is so unusual, and sounds to me like it > > could be an Indian name. I'm wondering if I might have stumbled on to that > > Cherokee connection....I'm wondering if this could have been Blanch's > > grandmother's maiden name..........Margaret Moss' maiden name. I'm wondering > > if anyone out there has ever come across a surname like Atoka, or Atoha. If > > so, I'd really appreciate hearing from you. > > Thanks. > > Myrna > > MyrnaS@aol.com > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > > "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come."--Victor Hugo > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > "A Society that wants to build the future must know its past, its real past, as it was."--Anatoly Rybakov > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Hi, Atoka is very possibly Choctaw. There is an Atoka Co. in OK in Choctaw Country and also in MS, I think. You may want to check Choctaw Rolls. Laura Callier Meg Bookout wrote: > Jackie- > My husband's gg-grandmother was Jennie Coker, who married Frank Lout. > we have been told that Jennie was Indian, but what tribe? Would you mind > looking up Jennie Coker, born about 1849, possibly TN? > Thanks! > Meg Gentry Bookout > > Jackie wrote: > > > > I have checked all the Cherokee rolls and find no Atoha and no Atoka. That does not mean it is not indian.. just that it is not on the Cherokee Rolls. Could be another tribe. > > > > I do show several Moss listed however. Alexander Clingman Moss, Alice Aunie, Elizabeth, Hazlitine, Henry Jackson, Jane, Jefferson Henry, John, John Benjamin, Keziah, Malissa Vandora, Margaret, Margaret Jane, Margaret E., Mary, Miles Oscoe, Milton Montgomery, Rebecca, William, and William Harrison. All listed on the Hester Roll 1883. > > > > This roll was comiled by Joseph G. Hester as a roll of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 1883. It is an excellent source of information, including ancestors, Chapman Roll number, age English name and Indian name. > > > > If any of these are yours just let me know and I will send you the application number so you can send of for the info. > > > > I show listings for Moss also on the Sweetland Roll 1869, Chapman Roll, Siler Roll, and Immigration Roll. All of these rolls are of the Eastern Band... > > > > The western Band shows one Moss and quite a few Thurman on the DawesGuion Miller Roll 1898-1914. > > > > I see no Emma or Edward Maynard... Margaret shown above... > > > > Cherokee Nation, Tribal Registrar, PO Box 948 Tahlequah, OK 74465 > > http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Genealogy.asp > > > > Good luck, > > Jackie > > > > > I am taking a stab in the dark here. I have been trying to help a friend of > > > mine find the Cherokee connection in his family. The family always said his > > > grandmother was either full or part Cherokee. So far, I have not made a > > > connection. The grandmother in question was Emma Moss, married to Edward > > > Maynard Thurman. Emma's parents were James and Margaret Moss. Margaret had > > > been married first to a man by the name of Troy - have not found a record of > > > either of Margaret's marriages, hence I have no maiden name. James Moss > > > originated in Illinois, and I have his parents - don't believe he was > > > Cherokee. > > > > > > Today, I received the funeral record from the eldest daughter of Edward and > > > Emma Moss Thurman. Her name was Blanch Atoka .......the middle name looks > > > like Atoka - could also be Atoha - it is so unusual, and sounds to me like it > > > could be an Indian name. I'm wondering if I might have stumbled on to that > > > Cherokee connection....I'm wondering if this could have been Blanch's > > > grandmother's maiden name..........Margaret Moss' maiden name. I'm wondering > > > if anyone out there has ever come across a surname like Atoka, or Atoha. If > > > so, I'd really appreciate hearing from you. > > > Thanks. > > > Myrna > > > MyrnaS@aol.com > > > > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > > > "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come."--Victor Hugo > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > > "A Society that wants to build the future must know its past, its real past, as it was."--Anatoly Rybakov > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > "All change represents loss of some kind; that's why some of us resist it so strongly."--Jacob M. Braude > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

There are quite a few COKER surnames on the Dawes\Guillion Miller Roll for the western band. No Jeannie.. these may be some of her people... No Lount.... tanimara@townsqr.com ICQ# 16519574 Yahoo Messenger ID Tanimara_2000 Surnames: THOMAS, TOWLES, POPE, BRIDGES, ROBB, HARRINGTON, MOORE, RILEY, PETTY, HARMAN, MADDOX, HILL, BURTCHETT "A people without a history is like wind on the buffalo grass" Crazy Horse - Oglala Sioux "Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi!" ("May the Great Spirit's blessings always be wih you") Cherokee Addresses: Post message: harringtongen@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: harringtongen-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: harringtongen-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: harringtongen-owner@yahoogroups.com URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen website for dogs and native heritage http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/twyford/461/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Meg Bookout <bookout@qnet.com> To: <MO-AR-WRV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [MO-AR-WRV] Atoka > Jackie- > My husband's gg-grandmother was Jennie Coker, who married Frank Lout. > we have been told that Jennie was Indian, but what tribe? Would you mind > looking up Jennie Coker, born about 1849, possibly TN? > Thanks! > Meg Gentry Bookout > > Jackie wrote: > > > > I have checked all the Cherokee rolls and find no Atoha and no Atoka. That does not mean it is not indian.. just that it is not on the Cherokee Rolls. Could be another tribe. > > > > I do show several Moss listed however. Alexander Clingman Moss, Alice Aunie, Elizabeth, Hazlitine, Henry Jackson, Jane, Jefferson Henry, John, John Benjamin, Keziah, Malissa Vandora, Margaret, Margaret Jane, Margaret E., Mary, Miles Oscoe, Milton Montgomery, Rebecca, William, and William Harrison. All listed on the Hester Roll 1883. > > > > This roll was comiled by Joseph G. Hester as a roll of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 1883. It is an excellent source of information, including ancestors, Chapman Roll number, age English name and Indian name. > > > > If any of these are yours just let me know and I will send you the application number so you can send of for the info. > > > > I show listings for Moss also on the Sweetland Roll 1869, Chapman Roll, Siler Roll, and Immigration Roll. All of these rolls are of the Eastern Band... > > > > The western Band shows one Moss and quite a few Thurman on the DawesGuion Miller Roll 1898-1914. > > > > I see no Emma or Edward Maynard... Margaret shown above... > > > > Cherokee Nation, Tribal Registrar, PO Box 948 Tahlequah, OK 74465 > > http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Genealogy.asp > > > > Good luck, > > Jackie > > > > > I am taking a stab in the dark here. I have been trying to help a friend of > > > mine find the Cherokee connection in his family. The family always said his > > > grandmother was either full or part Cherokee. So far, I have not made a > > > connection. The grandmother in question was Emma Moss, married to Edward > > > Maynard Thurman. Emma's parents were James and Margaret Moss. Margaret had > > > been married first to a man by the name of Troy - have not found a record of > > > either of Margaret's marriages, hence I have no maiden name. James Moss > > > originated in Illinois, and I have his parents - don't believe he was > > > Cherokee. > > > > > > Today, I received the funeral record from the eldest daughter of Edward and > > > Emma Moss Thurman. Her name was Blanch Atoka .......the middle name looks > > > like Atoka - could also be Atoha - it is so unusual, and sounds to me like it > > > could be an Indian name. I'm wondering if I might have stumbled on to that > > > Cherokee connection....I'm wondering if this could have been Blanch's > > > grandmother's maiden name..........Margaret Moss' maiden name. I'm wondering > > > if anyone out there has ever come across a surname like Atoka, or Atoha. If > > > so, I'd really appreciate hearing from you. > > > Thanks. > > > Myrna > > > MyrnaS@aol.com > > > > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > > > "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come."--Victor Hugo > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > > "A Society that wants to build the future must know its past, its real past, as it was."--Anatoly Rybakov > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > "All change represents loss of some kind; that's why some of us resist it so strongly."--Jacob M. Braude > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

http://www.lineages.com/usa/ok/CherokeeCounty.html Here is a helpful link for you if you need assistance with your genealogy research on native americans... this one is for Cherokee.. I will wade through my links and send you all some. Jackie tanimara@townsqr.com ICQ# 16519574 Yahoo Messenger ID Tanimara_2000 Surnames: THOMAS, TOWLES, POPE, BRIDGES, ROBB, HARRINGTON, MOORE, RILEY, PETTY, HARMAN, MADDOX, HILL, BURTCHETT "A people without a history is like wind on the buffalo grass" Crazy Horse - Oglala Sioux "Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi!" ("May the Great Spirit's blessings always be wih you") Cherokee Addresses: Post message: harringtongen@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: harringtongen-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: harringtongen-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: harringtongen-owner@yahoogroups.com URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen website for dogs and native heritage http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/twyford/461/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Meg Bookout <bookout@qnet.com> To: <MO-AR-WRV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [MO-AR-WRV] Atoka > Jackie- > My husband's gg-grandmother was Jennie Coker, who married Frank Lout. > we have been told that Jennie was Indian, but what tribe? Would you mind > looking up Jennie Coker, born about 1849, possibly TN? > Thanks! > Meg Gentry Bookout > > Jackie wrote: > > > > I have checked all the Cherokee rolls and find no Atoha and no Atoka. That does not mean it is not indian.. just that it is not on the Cherokee Rolls. Could be another tribe. > > > > I do show several Moss listed however. Alexander Clingman Moss, Alice Aunie, Elizabeth, Hazlitine, Henry Jackson, Jane, Jefferson Henry, John, John Benjamin, Keziah, Malissa Vandora, Margaret, Margaret Jane, Margaret E., Mary, Miles Oscoe, Milton Montgomery, Rebecca, William, and William Harrison. All listed on the Hester Roll 1883. > > > > This roll was comiled by Joseph G. Hester as a roll of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 1883. It is an excellent source of information, including ancestors, Chapman Roll number, age English name and Indian name. > > > > If any of these are yours just let me know and I will send you the application number so you can send of for the info. > > > > I show listings for Moss also on the Sweetland Roll 1869, Chapman Roll, Siler Roll, and Immigration Roll. All of these rolls are of the Eastern Band... > > > > The western Band shows one Moss and quite a few Thurman on the DawesGuion Miller Roll 1898-1914. > > > > I see no Emma or Edward Maynard... Margaret shown above... > > > > Cherokee Nation, Tribal Registrar, PO Box 948 Tahlequah, OK 74465 > > http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Genealogy.asp > > > > Good luck, > > Jackie > > > > > I am taking a stab in the dark here. I have been trying to help a friend of > > > mine find the Cherokee connection in his family. The family always said his > > > grandmother was either full or part Cherokee. So far, I have not made a > > > connection. The grandmother in question was Emma Moss, married to Edward > > > Maynard Thurman. Emma's parents were James and Margaret Moss. Margaret had > > > been married first to a man by the name of Troy - have not found a record of > > > either of Margaret's marriages, hence I have no maiden name. James Moss > > > originated in Illinois, and I have his parents - don't believe he was > > > Cherokee. > > > > > > Today, I received the funeral record from the eldest daughter of Edward and > > > Emma Moss Thurman. Her name was Blanch Atoka .......the middle name looks > > > like Atoka - could also be Atoha - it is so unusual, and sounds to me like it > > > could be an Indian name. I'm wondering if I might have stumbled on to that > > > Cherokee connection....I'm wondering if this could have been Blanch's > > > grandmother's maiden name..........Margaret Moss' maiden name. I'm wondering > > > if anyone out there has ever come across a surname like Atoka, or Atoha. If > > > so, I'd really appreciate hearing from you. > > > Thanks. > > > Myrna > > > MyrnaS@aol.com > > > > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > > > "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come."--Victor Hugo > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > > "A Society that wants to build the future must know its past, its real past, as it was."--Anatoly Rybakov > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > "All change represents loss of some kind; that's why some of us resist it so strongly."--Jacob M. Braude > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >