from "Cherokee by Blood" - Misc. Test. P. 1011. No 9777 - Mattie A. D. J. Merck: I claim relationship to the Cherokee through my mother...maiden name Sydney Posey and her father, Potter Posey who was a half blood Cherokee...who died in 1851. Misc. Test. P 1012 No. 9777 Hattie L. Williams: Potter Posey "never was enrolled...Potter Posey and his son Eyoung worked for my father ...in Dawson co. GA.: Misc. Test. P. 143. No 17737 - Billie Gossett: I was b. in James Co TN I claim my indian blood thru my father...Hezekiah Posey, who was b. in GA. Signed 6-18-1908