This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson/Swearengin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZMB.2ACI/1652 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the Cherokee heritage of Sarah Caroline Jackson Swearengin.She was the spouse of Elijah Hugh Van Swearengin,b.5June1805-N.C. and died 25May1854 in Douglas County, Mo. Sarah Caroline was born14July1810 and died15Aug1879-Douglas County, Mo. Her parents were John and Nancy Jackson, but I have no birth/death dates or places for them. I have been told that the Douglas county History says she was 1/2 Cherokee???Any help would be appreciated.