Sharee, What are your Estes folks. I can probably help you with that. I'm mixed blood too and I'm an Estes. Roberta Estes -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sharee Shermer Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNHAWKIN] Cherokee Lineage Discussion I'm unproveable (so far) to have Cherokee blood too. I have cousins who have proven their lines, but because I have not had any living relatives for many years and also because I am in TX, while my families are from Hawkins, Hamblen, Jefferson Counties, Jamestown area, and NC, I am not able to go there myself and check records. No Bibles or documents and as mentioned here, family prejudice. I know that Garrett Lane is on the Dawes List and that he married Nancy Ward the famous Cherokee and they had two daughters, who bear the name of Lane. I also know that I am directly related to Garrett Lane (1834-1900) and that the earlier one is related also, but I haven't tied him in. As you know, the Cherokee enrollment rules are so stringent it is very difficult to be accepted. I have Creech, Lane, Ingram, Marshall, Cude, Scruggs, Estes, Kesterson, Courtney, Pangle, Acuff and other lines from the first families. But at 75, I'm too old to keep hunting, I guess. Jeff Creech and his father Ira, are on the Dawes/Guion Miller and Ira is mentioned in Dr.Starr's book. Today, in parts of NC, Creech is known as a "Cherokee" name and also up around Ft.Worth, it has that reputation. Sorry, I didn't start out to tell my tale of woe. I wanted to say that in the messages, I've not noted any one's mentioning that frequently when the Indian man married a White woman, that he took HER surname. Everyone writes about the White men's marrying the Native American women, but it was both ways. I also wanted to mention that the Cherokee Museum in Cherokee, NC is a rich source of books. My cousin sent me the book about Thomas' Legion, think it is Storm in the Mountains. It is filled with the rosters of the Cherokee and mountain men and is a fascinating book about a little known subject. Sharee Creech Shermer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message