BSWINNETT Yes, I too have found that my husband and I have a common ancestor. It sure is an eerie feeling! Especially since his ancestors were from Oklahoma and mine from Tenn. Well, maybe you have the real story .....I had no idea my Tenn. ancestors had any Native American roots until I started doing "Family History" nearly 10 years ago. It is not because my family did not have any of the Native American traits that I never thought of any connection, it is because "they" (the Tenn. line) said they were German! Oh well, and the Baxters were related to both my husband and I! Lincoln Co. / Coffee Co.Tenn. seems to this day still "pass over" the fact that there were many Cherokees and maybe Choctaws living in the area at Lincoln Co./Coffee Co.'s beginnings.....Has anyone done a study of Lincoln County/Coffee County and the early Indian settlers and the names?? Carmen McDaniel Forbes Names of ancestors from the area: Hammers/McDaniel/McDonnell/Baggerly/Belt/Smith/Davidson/ McKee/Austin/Austell/Curbo/Kerbo etc./etc. At 07:36 PM 1/11/03 -0500, you wrote: >My ancestors are from Warren,Dekalb,Smith and surrounding counties.My maiden >name is Nixon I married a Winnett and in my research I have come across a >couple of Nixons in the early 1800's who were married to Winnetts. >They were reletives , but I think this is strange or odd.I hope the >connection is far enough in the past that it doesn't matter now.I guess what >I am saying is what goes around comes around again in some way. >Has anyone else had anything like this in your research? >Sue > > >==== TNCOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Post or search Coffee Co. area Genealogical Queries at... >http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/coffqry.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237