This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JN2.2ACIB/1552.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I have for several years been trying to document proof of her Cherokee/Creek heritage. I have several of the Cherokee by Blood books and I am still buying. In volume 3 it talks about a Mr. Lutts trying to claim Cherokee rights on Ursula Weatherford's father Wilkinson Weatherford saying, he was a chief of the Cherokee Nation . This application was denied saying that the Weatherford's were Creek not Cherokee. The only documented Creek Weatherford was Red Eagle his mother was Creek from the Wind Clan.Red Eagle was born in Alabama. He was never in Virginia or the Carolinas. So many family members think the goverment knew Red Eagle was Creek the whole family was. I have not found where anyone claimed rights on Ursula. She is our 6th great grandmother. Ursula was Zillian's great grandmother. Agnes Weatherford, Ursula's sister tried to claim rights ,but was denied saying she was white. So I just don't really know. We claim Cherokee, We were told once by the government we were Cre! ek and then told Agnes she was white. Do you have any information to add on Zillian? I have spoke with Phillip Weaver about a year ago via e-mail. Maybe we three will keep digging and find out more. sue