Hi - I am new to this list. I am helping my brother in law with his family history. His great great great grandfather was Josiah Ward who was born about 1825. He resided in Guliford County, North Carolina -- which I understand was part of Rowan county at one time (or vice versa). He was the son of William Crumpton (who was half Cherokee Indian) and Hannah Ward. Josiah took his mother's maiden name as was the Indian tradition. He probably initially was in Guliford County, NC with his parents. He and his wife returned to the Indian reservation in Tennessee and later went to Russell County, Kentucky. Josiah's father was William CRUMPTON who was born about 1800. He was the son of Indian Gentry and Lucy Crumpton. He took his mother's maiden name as was the Indian tradition. He left the Indian Reservation for North Carolina coastal region central Guliford County. His mother was Hannah WARD. Indian GENTRY supposedly was a full blooded Cherokee Indian from the Blue Ridge Mountains, West Tennessee, known as the Cherokee Nation. Indian Gentry married Lucy CRUMPTON. If anyone has any information on any of these individuals, I would love to hear from you. Thanks in advance Linda in TX