Hi Grace. I don't know if this will help, but in the El Paso, Texas Public library, in the heritage section, they have a whole row of books on the American Indians, I did not research them, but they said it had listings for all thr American Tribes. They looked to be kind of an encyclopedia set. Maybe another public library close to you would have something like this. I live in San Antonio, Texas, and they have a large genealogy section, it takes up the whole sixth floor, and is divided in sections, for each heritage.  Mary ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, November 25, 2009 4:01:59 PM Subject: [PARKER] Woodson-Lockaby Am. Indian Decendents? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: glboerner Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.parker/15201/mb.ashx Message Board Post: An oral history has been told by our Jordan aunts that Cora Lockaby and brother Jake were 1/4 American Indian. That means that one of her parents was 1/2 Am Indian. Here is a quote by my Aunt Nina [Cora's daughter] from an interview in 1988. She passed on in 2001: "Mother [that would be Cora Lockaby b. Feb 1877 in Bonham, Fannin, Texas] was part American Indian (1/4); Grandfather [Cora's father] was chief of Mexican tribe of Comanche; wintered in Mexico and summered in Oklahoma." My mother had very Am. Indian facial characteristics, and so did her uncle Jake Lockaby. I did a lot of research on grandma Cora's mom, Mary Jane Woodson [b. 1856]. I found her parents They were John D. Woodson and Martha Elston; I found this record: "After the death of Martha J. Woodson, John D. moved with his children to Bonham, Texas. Source: "The Elston Family in America" p. 285 An 1880 Census shows H. T. Lockaby as 27 years old, married to Mary Lockaby (23), and with 3 children, Tilden (3), Cora (2), and Nancy 2 months. This is my g-grandmother Mary Jane [Woodson] Lockaby, and my grandmother Cora Lockaby Jordan. I remember when a man came to our house to talk to my mother about her Indian heritage. I was about 11 at the time I sat outside the living room and listened to the conversation. I'm just wondering if anyone has any information about the Quahadas Comanche tribe in that time period 1870-1885, and about Quannah Parker in particular. Could he possibly be the person my Aunt Nina was referring to? Can anyone help me with this???? Thank you, Grace Boerner, retired teacher 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. This list is adoptable. If you would like to volunteer to adminster this list, click here: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message