Hi Double Cousin Faye! I will be grateful for any information you can share. I was in Arkansas a couple of weeks ago and found a copy of David Bunton's book on the Shepherd family. I was so excited because my mother had always told us that we had a Cherokee ?ggrandmother, but I had not been able to find one and had decided it was just one of those family myths. Do you know the origin of Peters? Is it German? I don't know as much about this side of the family as I might because my grandmother's mother, Catherine Winn, died when grandmother was about three years old. I have always thought if she had lived we would have known a lot more about that side of the family. Looking forward to hearing from you. Shirley - Whidbey Island, WA