Only that a genealogy book (and I know sometimes those are not accurate) said that Elias Sanders was thought to have been born in Maryland. Another branch of our tree said their side of the family was always told he was born in North Carolina. I use both as a reference just in case. I plan on checking the 1880 census to see what his immediate children said his state of birth would have been. His father was said to be British but I don't even count on that at this point. Gale From: Thomas F Brown <tombrown@jhu.edu> To: NATIVEAMERICAN-DELMARVA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Possible Maryland Indian Tribe Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 21:05:04 -0400 (EDT) Sanders/Saunders is a common Cherokee name, but then, it's a common name in a lot of communities. What is the connection with MD? >I have just received a copy of a newspaper article written in 1923, about >how my ancestor, Elias Sanders was from the Plumer Indian Tribe. >The article says that the indian tribe was extinct by 1923. > >There are letters written to and from a Congressman Brand (who I believe was >a Congressman for Hartwell, Georgia) and the Office of Indian Affairs about >my ancestor's descendants and their claim of the govt taking away some or >all of their land. I am waiting for the film of this as the copy that was >sent to me was not very clear. > >Of course I want to find out all that I can about this. There has been so >much speculation on my family having indian blood and since this is the >first so called "evidence", I would like to find out all that I can. >Problem. I don't know where to start. Someone suggested BIA, someone else >said I might could find the letter's to the Congressman on file somewhere. >I am open to any and all suggestions. I know (at least I've not found >anything) we are not on any rolls as my family was living as whites. From >tradition, Elias father was some type of European and his mother is said to >be 1/2 Cherokee, 1/2 Shawnee. We've all heard stories about how he might >have lived with his mother's family and lived in both lifestyles, in his younger days. All speculation at this point but I do feel that there has to be something there. ============================== The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com