Try getting in touch with Chief Gary Ridge of the Southern Cherokee Nation about land records. He is based in western NC. He has been very kind to us. In fact he sent us a Cherokee flag. I think we are distant cousins. His email address is: [email protected] I have a friend who is Cherokee and lives in Tulsa. Everytime he writes he calls me "Chef". he can't spell. My uncle was Benjamin F. Riddle; however, he was born around 1917, Take Care Charlie Riddle/Dulles Airport --- [email protected] wrote: > I know there was a lot of Benjamin Riddle's but what > I found on my Benjamin > Riddle > was in the Athens County Court House in McMinn, > Tenn. > I did find a Randolph Ridle, (note one D in last > name spelling which could > have > been an error.) living next to Benjamin in the 1790 > I believe census in NC. > Other than that I have never found concrete evidence > to document that he is > the > son of Randolph and Jemimah Hawkins RIddle. I can > document the family on down, > but I cannot document Benjamin and Francis Hawkins > Riddle marriage records. > I have been trying to locate where their land deeds > are on Indian lands in NC > and > Tn. I do know McMinn County did not become a county > until 1819 form the judge > in McMinn a few years ago. It was named McMinn > County for a Mr. McMinn and > that was made McMinn County then. > I am sure the lands are kept in the Indian Records > somewhere in N.C. or > Washington wherever they keep those older records. I > have written many places > and have made many telephone calls but to no avail. > Someday, maybe I will > find them. > If any of you can help I would greatly appreciate > it. > > Now I am told my Benjamin Riddle, married to Francis > Hawkins is a son of > Stephen Riddle. I would appreciate where the > documentation is so I can also > document it in my book as being correct means being > correct. I like to > document > each person in here and not just guess as to whom my > ancestors are. (Kings- > Queens-waifs-or just plain ordianary people like we > are.) Does this make > sense to > any of you? > Please let me hear from you. > wrakj > > > ==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, please send the command > "unsubscribe" in an email to: > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode) > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > ===== The "Voice of Thunder and the Sounds of Deliverance" www.worldforchristradio.com To Send WFCR a Message: Dial 1 800-699-2466 and then enter 703 561-8302 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/