Here is an excerpt from a book called, "The Buffalo Ridge Cherokee, A Remnant of a Great Nation Divided" by Horace R. Rice; p. 28-29: "The Cherokee in southwest Virginia are generally white today through intermarriage with European traders and settlers. Donald Wilson Read and Vivian Wilson Santini have researched the Cherokee in southwest Virginia and Donald Wilson Read wrote their findings in "Brief History of and for Northern Tsalagi Tribe of Southwest Virginia (1989). He noted that 'Through intermarriage with the whites and the passage of time, these Cherokee descendants have lost the historical link with their forebearers and are striving today to mend that link and regain some of that personal and inividual dignity.' Their research also indicated that the Cherokee not only hunted in southwest Virginia but also lived in the area. "Martin 'Walkingbear' Wilson, Chief of the Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee in Missouri, indicated that some of his ancestors once lived in Virginia. His narrative is as follows: "'The Treaty of Hopewell ceded or gave the Cherokee land to the British. The British passed a few trinkets to the Indians and took land. The very act, the Treaty of Hopewell, caused the Chickamauga Cherokee to split from the main body of the Cherokee. They went to Missouri and Arkansas with Chief Bowles. After the Treaty of Hopwell, they split off into many sections. Some are in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, New Mexio, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Virginia, and other states. "'A goodly part of the Amonsoquath Tribe left (Virginia and North Carolina) and went to Missouri in 1793. Some stayed in the southwestern Virginia area. They are in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, and other cities in southwest Virginia. A large part of Cherokee who could pass themselves off as white did so. It was called survival. Our people are still in southwest Virginia today, on ancient grounds and will stay. They decided to learn the white man's ways and raise their children in traditional ways. They would live and multiply, and go as white, if necessary. If you can go for white and profit from it, then you will. Chief Wilson goes on the say that some Cherokee fought for the Union in the Civil War and some fought for the Confederacy. There were even two battles where they fought against each other--the Battle of Wilson Creek in Greene Co, Missouri, and the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Mr. Rice goes on: "Chief Wilson indicated that his early ancestors, the Bollings and others, once lived in Virginia. He noted that a large nuimber of his relatives in Missouri are descended from and related to ancestors 'on the Cherokee rolls' (Wilson, 'The Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee'). Some of the history of the Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee, Ozark, Missouri, is recorded in 'The Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee', 1994. "Martin Wilson indicated that his relatives in Missouri can trace their ancestors back to Pocahontas and John Rolfe (married in 1614). 'The Amonsoquath Tribe--Heritage of a Proud Race, 1593-1993' and 'A Memoir of a Portion of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia, 1868' have been used as the Amonsoquath Tribe's referral sources...." and--"...The Isbells in Appomattox, Oklahoma, and North Carolina have Cherokee family traditions. The Isbell surname is a traditional Cherokee family name (Starr)." It goes on to say that these were members of the Buffalo Ridge Band of Cherokee and were related to some members of the Tsalagi Cherokee Tribe of Southwest Virginia. Marie--He also gives a list of names that these Cherokee folks intermarried with. One was "Sneed (Snead)" . I thought you might be interested to know that. I know this is long, but I thought it was interesting, especially if we do find that our Adam's father, whether Henry or whatever, was from Virginia. Crystal