This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Turknett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UYB.2ACE/1459 Message Board Post: My great grandfather, Thomas Porter Turknett was born in Fox, Carter County, Oklahoma in 1893. I don't know his exact birthdate. His brother William Henry Turknett was also born there on Jul. 7, 1892. I understand that their mother was Mattie LuLu Johnston Turknett and their father was John Porter Turknett. I am interested in investigating a family story of a half-Cherokee girl who may have been Mattie who married into the family. The girl's parents met on the Trail of Tears, her mother being a Cherokee who was forced to walk and her father being a soldier who was one of many escorting the Indians to Oklahoma. If you have any suggestions how I can go about finding out more about Mattie and her parents, please let me know. Mattie and John were very possibly married in Oklahoma, also. Thank You, Patricia S. Turknett Zachary 6103 Ridge Arbor San Antonio, Texas 78250 azachary@satx.rr.com