This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Joyce_Reece Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.burke/2054.1.1.3.2.1.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i LOST TRACK OF Charles D. MARTIN, son of James and Tabitha MARTIN because I cannot document a link to a James or a Tabitha in NC. IF I had a link between Charles D as the son of James MARTIN therefore as a grandson of Isaac MARTIN I would have a place to begin looking. I THINK Isaac MARTIN is a son of Isaac MARTIN m Margaret "Peggy" but have no proof, not even a clue. I did track Isaac>Isaac who was a brother to Joesph Lynch MARTIN but have no proof that this is he line of Charles D. In order to move forward I need to identify the parents of Charles D. and have not been able to do that. What I do know is that if there was an Isaac MARTIN living in Colonial NC in what became Burke, NC he had to have a Cherokee connection of some kind. The Cherokee were very particular about who was on their land and kept track of it. To live there there had to be a blood headright, marriage to a Cherokee, or an agreement with the Cherokee Nation such as the many Traders who customarily mar! ried a Cherokee woman even if they had a white wife waiting at home. This was not hard to do as the Cherokee had a different outlook on marriage than Europeans. To the Cherokee it was more like "if its good for both of us." A Cherokee women owned everything, the men of her family were obligated to take care of her and her children if something happened in a relationship, this let Traders "marry" a Cherokee woman without worrying about their offspring, therefore, children felt closer to uncles than fathers and often carried their mother's maiden name rather than the father's. This is just one complication as I have proof that there was a Q haloptype in at leas one of the Burke line of MARTINS. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.