Hi Dancing Eagle - My Great Grandmother always told my father her parents were Chickamauga Cherokee who settled in the White River/Pea Ridge area in the late 1820/early 1830s. I have no other genealogical proof other than her own word that this is true. You are the first person who I have ever heard use the words CHICKAMAUGA Cherokee outside of my immediate family. She did not sign up on any of the Cherokee Rolls, so her descendants are unable to officially belong to any tribe. She "passed for white" and this was a big deep dark family secret passed on down through my grandfather and father. They left the Pea Ridge area during the Civil War and then returned by 1870 when they settled in Barry County/Stone County. She married my Great Grandfather, a 48 year old widower with 4 kids, when she was 18. I would love to know anything about the White River Band that you can tell me. Even though she is not on any Roll, it is my heritage, and I would really appeciate your help. You c! an contact me off-list at [email protected] Thank you, Shannon Butler Ventuleth

Do a net search. Last year I did a ton of on-line reading regarding this band. Joy Shannon Ventuleth wrote: >Hi Dancing Eagle - My Great Grandmother always told my father her parents were Chickamauga Cherokee who settled in the White River/Pea Ridge area in the late 1820/early 1830s. I have no other genealogical proof other than her own word that this is true. You are the first person who I have ever heard use the words CHICKAMAUGA Cherokee outside of my immediate family. She did not sign up on any of the Cherokee Rolls, so her descendants are unable to officially belong to any tribe. She "passed for white" and this was a big deep dark family secret passed on down through my grandfather and father. They left the Pea Ridge area during the Civil War and then returned by 1870 when they settled in Barry County/Stone County. She married my Great Grandfather, a 48 year old widower with 4 kids, when she was 18. I would love to know anything about the White River Band that you can tell me. Even though she is not on any Roll, it is my heritage, and I would really appeciate your help. You ! c! >an contact me off-list at [email protected] > >Thank you, >Shannon Butler Ventuleth > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > > >

Hi, Thinking that others might be interested, the Chickamauga Cherokee Nation website is: www.geocities.com/sherian1951/index.html. Warmly, Dancing Eagle ----- Original Message ----- From: Joy <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] White River Band of Chickamauga Cherokee > Do a net search. Last year I did a ton of on-line reading regarding > this band. > Joy > > Shannon Ventuleth wrote: > > >Hi Dancing Eagle - My Great Grandmother always told my father her parents were Chickamauga Cherokee who settled in the White River/Pea Ridge area in the late 1820/early 1830s. I have no other genealogical proof other than her own word that this is true. You are the first person who I have ever heard use the words CHICKAMAUGA Cherokee outside of my immediate family. She did not sign up on any of the Cherokee Rolls, so her descendants are unable to officially belong to any tribe. She "passed for white" and this was a big deep dark family secret passed on down through my grandfather and father. They left the Pea Ridge area during the Civil War and then returned by 1870 when they settled in Barry County/Stone County. She married my Great Grandfather, a 48 year old widower with 4 kids, when she was 18. I would love to know anything about the White River Band that you can tell me. Even though she is not on any Roll, it is my heritage, and I would really appeciate your help. You ! > c! > >an contact me off-list at [email protected] > > > >Thank you, > >Shannon Butler Ventuleth > > > > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >