In a message dated 1/13/03 6:41:04 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > The "benefit" from being a Tribal member is what you learn & seek from your > heart.......not what you can gain for your wallet. > Alli :) > Well said Alli :o)! my great great great grandmother was a Cherokee from Tennessee. She married a John C. Faught in Claiborne County, Mississippi in 1828. She eventually with her husband and children lived in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas. Her memories are instilled in my DNA and for one am very proud to have them. Barb Ahrendt

Oh wow, the name VAUGHT is my connection from East Tennessee but the name with the Cherokee wife is, John TWEEDLE who's daughter married a VAUGHT in Arkansas, Montgomery County, Mt. Ida - Caddo Gap. The Katie (Mississippi) and John TWEEDLE were married abt. 1830 somewhere between AL, MS or even TN, AR ... see my DeadEnd? Shelia >Well said Alli :o)! my great great great grandmother >was a Cherokee from Tennessee. She married a John C. Faught in Claiborne >County, Mississippi in 1828. She eventually with her husband and children >lived in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas. Her memories are instilled in >my DNA and for one am very proud to have them. >Barb Ahrendt