Vonda: Were you able to prove your Cherokee ancestry? Are you registered with the Cherokee Tribe in Oklahoma or the Northern Cherokees in Missouri? I'm wondering if you had any tips on how to get information for verification of Indian ancestry. My great-grandfather, Thomas Lonnie Hammond, was supposed to be 1/2 (from Taney County in the late 1800's), but I can't find any records ascertaining that. Just wondering if you had any ideas (don't mean to be nosy!) Thanks, Linda Hammond Perriguey >---------- >From: Vonda Sheets[SMTP:vonda@copper-turtle.com] >Reply To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 9:00 PM >To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [MOSTONE-L] Re: GARRISON > >>Francis Marion Garrison and Mary Elizabeth Moore< > >I have Mary Elizabeth Moore b 6 Oct 1857 d 9 Feb 1945 bd McCullough, d/o >William Moore and Mary Ann Clinkenbeard. >William b abt 1835 Taney Co. MO (pre-Stone) was the son of Levi Moore and >Mary Ann Ford. >Mary Ann b abt 1836 Miller Co. MO d/o Henry C. Clinkenbeard and Elizabeth >Louisa Bilyeu. > >William's sister Martha Elizabeth b Jun 1831 Overton Co. TN. Her 2nd >husband was Mary Ann's brother, John b 24 Dec 1840 Miller Co. MO. > >Henry C. Clinkenbeard was Cherokee. Strong evidence suggests that Elizabeth >Louisa Bilyeu, Levi Moore, and Mary Ann Ford were, also. The Moores moved >to Taney (Stone) about 1833; Levi d abt 1842, Rebecca is in the 1850 Taney >Co. Census. Henry owned land in Carroll Co. AR in 1836, and the family moved >back and forth from there to Miller Co. MO through the early 1830s, >according to the birthplaces of their children. >John and Martha Elizabeth Moore Bilyeu Clinkenbeard were my ggg >grandparents. >Vonda > > >

>My great-grandfather, Thomas Lonnie Hammond, was supposed to be 1/2 (from Taney County in the late 1800's), but I can't find any records ascertaining that.< Linda, Didn't we discuss the Hammonds some time ago? Is Thomas a nephew to Charity Hammond who md Isaac William Bilyeu (aka "Ikey Bill"?) I believe the Bilyeu desc. of Isaac Bilyeu b 1780 and Mary Ann Workman b 1784 are Cherokee but I have no real proof. Just lots of rumors. I have hints on finding or trying to prove Cherokee heritage at my website, the White River Valley of MO & AR (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/ ) in which we currently are trying to cover 10 counties, 5 on each side of the state line. There is a mailing list, but I've not gotten the website revamped to hook up to it (mailto:MO-AR-WRV-L-request@rootsweb.com ) I bit off a big project when my feeble brain thought this a good idea! LOL The Cherokee page is for some reason not showing up on the main index page. (My husband was doing something to it the other night....uh oh.) It is still online, but apparently not on the main page. Here's the link: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/cherokee_melungeon.html I'm sorry. We are very new at this, and I guess I'm going to have to demote Greg from Webmaster status. arrrrrrrgh. Vonda