Correcting an error, not that it's likely to matter: Surry Co., NC, NOT VA. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne" <annerhai@ttmol.com> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [RIGGS-L] Mahala Amangahala Rigsby Riggs > Hello to all. I have been searching for the ancestry of Mahala RIGGS, b. > about 1806, married Elkanah Lewis (the 3rd, I think) in Surry Co. VA. Mahala > was a daughter of Lott RIGGS. Her mother was a ROSS. The evidence is that > she was a daughter or granddaughter of John ROSS, Cherokee Indian chief. > > Recently I found Mahala's full name given as MAHALA AMANGAHALA RIGSBY RIGGS. > I have noted that Amangahala has a bit of an N/A sound. I don't know how the > Rigsby fits in here, although it sounds very much like a surname related to > RIGGS. > > John Ross actually had very little Cherokee blood, or that is my impression. > About one-eighth, I think. Maybe somebody knows more about this. > > An mtDNA test of Mahala Riggs's line shows that her ancestral mother was in > Europe 10,000 years ago. Just one line, of course. > > I think I have a list of Mahala's siblings now. Maybe. If anybody is > interested in this line, please let me know. > > Anne > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the following URL: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/ > > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > **************************RIGGS WEB PAGE************************* > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/riggs.html > > >