looking for any info on names of Native americans in putnam county. Or if anyone has proof of any native american geneology in their family from putnam county. I have been trying to prove my native american heritage for years. Lee, Parker from Kent, Farmersmills area in Putnam county.

William Henry Dobbs b bet.1827 & 1837 in N.Y. mrd. 12 Dec 1853 in Phillipstown, Sarah Jane NEWMAN b abt 1832 N.Y.   Sarah Jane is full blooded Indian per family tradition.  There is some dissagreement as to which tribe.  My husband thinks his GGrndmother was "Onderdonc"[sp?].  I have been unable to confirm of any of this.  But, I've only been looking for 10 yrs.  :o) A N.Y. cousin says that Sarah Janes's Father was Chief of the tribe and that her[the cuz's]Father told of riding in a wagon with Sarah Jane and her Father and the "Chief" was in full head dress.   Another cousin remembers, as a child, sitting around the dining room table and his grandmother talking about her Indian ancestry.  My husband says she was very proud of it.   William & Sarah Jane had 5 children     Henrietta b abt 1857 in N.Y.     Georgiana Eugenia b 1859 Coldspring NY        d 1941  Woodhaven NY (my hsbnd GMo)     Edward b abt 1867     Lillian b 1869 Coldspring NY     Walter b 1874  N Y   William Henry Dobbs honorably served in the C.W., 1862-1865 1860 census in ColdSpring, [Phillipstown] NY by 1880 census they were in New York City   On his Death cert it shows his Father as Abraham Dobbs and Mothers' name is Elizabeth [no maiden name provided].    Sarah Jane NEWMAN is a big mystery.  She outlived William but her death date and place are unknown.  Did she return to the reservation and her own family????   --- On Fri, 10/2/09, debtharas@aol.com <debtharas@aol.com> wroe: From: debtharas@aol.com <debtharas@aol.com> Subject: [NYPUTNAM] roll call To: NYPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 5:53 AM looking for any info on names of Native americans in putnam county. Or if anyone has proof of any native american geneology in their family from putnam county. I have been trying to prove my native american heritage for years. Lee, Parker from Kent, Farmersmills area in Putnam county. *************************************** Have you checked out the Putnam County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyputnam/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYPUTNAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message