Yes, Vonda; Charity was a sister to Adeline, my great-great grandmother!! I knew we were related "a little bit" to the Bilyeu's, but wasn't sure how! Thanks! I'll check those links! Linda (Also, are you planning to check out Patterson Cemetery in Bradleyville? I have some locations of some of my Morgan-Hammond family that don't have markers...) >---------- >From: Vonda Sheets[SMTP:vonda@copper-turtle.com] >Reply To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 9:08 AM >To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [MOSTONE-L] Re: GARRISON > >>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 > >