Cindy; Check any good genealogy library for several series of books on applications for government benefits for those with Indian ancestry. My how-to book on genealogy has many pages of books on Indian (aka Native American) genealogy, some of which are lists of the persons. Let us know if you need more help locating these. Where are you located? Paul Pennington Augusta, Georgia Group 28 Co-Leader ----- Original Message ----- From: "CINDY NORD" <cindynord@sbcglobal.net> To: <pennington@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [PENNINGTON] Pennington HELP/ADVISE >I am signed up for the Pennington surname site with rootsweb, and I got an >email on a Pennington line, and below is what caught my eye: > > "This particular Pennington line is real "mystery" and more leg work in > the > counties and libraries will have to be done before more is known. I've > exausted all of the internet resources and I think Julie has too!" > > Well our Pennington line has been a real mystery too, along with long > hard searches. I want to explain our line a bit here, and I'm hoping > someone out there knows something or may lead me to the right serachable > places in what to do. > > Joe Joseph Pennington married Sarah Harrington about 1888 or 9 (we > think), and we believe it was in Indian Territory. Sarah was born in > Missouri 1869 or 70, They had 2 girls, Olie Pennington born 1890 in Indian > Territory Ok. and Francis Pennington in 1892 in Indian Territory Ok. Joe > died before 1898 in Indian Territory Ok. Sarah remarried to a Charley A. > Williams in 1898. Sarah died around 1911 in Township Krebs Ward 4, > Pittsburg, Ok. Now with the two girls, and the second husband I'm able to > find all census's on them and their families. But this Joe Pennington has > been a mystery. We were told he was from Oklahoma. He was born around > 1865 (we think), he had a mother named Sarah, and this is all we know. As > the families grew older, they stayed in Ok. area living in towns called, > Peaceable, Krebs, High Hill, Alderson, Choctaw Nation, and McAlister. I > know when Sarahs family came from Missouri, they were in Arkansas for a > bit and then came into Indian Territory, we > were told this family was on the trail of tears. Joe was also Cherokee > and Choctaw mix and Sarah was Cherokee. Sarah being Cherokee, was living > in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory in the 1900's, and being listed as > White. Where later her daughter Francis lists she is Indian in the 1930 > cesus, and her mother Sarah was Cherokee. Would I comb thru old > newspapers, churches, or what? Pittsburg County Society has nothing! I > plan to visit these places soon, and if you have any advise to what I can > do PLEASE tell me... > Thank you for your time, > Cindynord@sbcglobal.net > > > > > > BRIGHT BLESSINGS, > CINDY > > > > > > > ANGELS COME TO US IN MANY FORMS... > BE OPEN TO RECEIVE THEM! > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PENNINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >