I just rec'd a copy of this book yesterday, its a reprint and lists names of hundreds of whites living in Cherokee lands in North Georgia from 1827-1838 when permits were required to live in Cherokee territory. The permits and records collected by the Indian agents and officials at that time were very detailed and actually covered the entire northern part of the state of Georgia from Cobb and Paulding Counties north. It is suprizing the amount of information garnered by the author of this work. Anyway more to the point... it also lists those whites "married" to Indians. Gold had been discovered in the lands occupied by the Cherokees and many whites were granted temporary claims to work the land by the Georgia government. If anyone on this list wants me to look up a name... I'll be glad to do so. Even if you don't think they were in Georgia, remember some came to escape the removal, some passed for white, some came long enough to work the mine claims and then left to head west. Those THOMAS names listed are: Evan Evin J.H. Jemima Jesse Jessee John Joseph Lemuel Leonard P. Sam'l Samuel William Leslie Thomas All emails from this address are certified Virus Free by Norton's Virus Scanner... CHEROKEE INDIAN PRAYER O Great Spirit, Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. http://www.geocities.com/wakaakta/Wakaditka_Homeplace.html