Ok, maybe I should let you guys know a little about me. Everyone's been so helpful & I Thank You all. My name is Nicole Rae Barrows (maiden name deChant). I was born 9-30-1973 in West Germany (my Dad was in the Army). I am 28, have 3 kids (2boys, 1 girl). Have been married since 1992. I live in Payne County, Oklahoma. (We moved here to be with my husband's family). I am trying to find my Native American lines, 1. to be able to tell my kids and hopefully someday theirs, who their families were and where they came from. 2. To help my Grandfather say he isn't "insane" for saying he is Native American. His family was not allowed to talk about it outside their homes and if they did, his grandmother would whip them. His family are "Naturals" at hunting, trapping, gardening, dealing with furs, music, painting, drawing, fishing, and swimming.(If that means anything). As he would tell me, "It's in your blood & you can't ignore it". I remember growing up, he would give us all "nicknames", me I had 3 Morning Fresh, Bright Eyes, & Morning Star, he told me it was because I was allows my best early in the morning and so eager to take on the day. I also know that every time a child reaches the age of about 4, he sits them down and teaches them the dangers of the outdoors, he still has the various sizes of rattles from rattle snakes and would shake them to show what they sound like. He also after every meal does a kind of chant while beating his hand on a table (for the sound of a drum). He is very protective of children and if there is no children around him he gets sad. We have to make certain foods for our kids or else he says he will disown us, like snow icecream, deer, rabbit, & always lots of vegetables & fruits. If he is not outdoors working, he throws a fit (he is soon to be 77 and very little gray hair). A couple of other things I have learned about his family is they live to be around 100 or more, and when it is their time they go to bed and say they need their "long rest" and never wake up. Grandfather's line consist of Tucker-Lynn-Ross-Holsapple-Goodpaster(Goodpasture)-Cannon-Butts-Hornbeck-Ric hardson-Wilkerson-Dalton-Canaday(various spelling of)-&Mitchell-Steele So far I have been able to find the following: 1. J.R. Tucker b. 1798/99 Newberry Co., SC m.10-20-1824 Williamson Co., TN Polly Butts 2. Green Berry H. (on marriage liscense it's A.) Tucker b. 9-16-1827 Spring Hill, Maury Co., TN d. 9-29-1915 Creal Springs, IL married 6-5-1855 Saline Co., IL Eliza Ann Cannon b. August 1834 KY d. 7-15-1904 Creal Springs, IL ( Eliza was the daughter of William Cannon b. 1797 KY d. 1884 IL & Elizabeth Wilkerson b. NC or SC d. 9-20-1881 Saline Co., IL) 3. William Bennett Tucker b. 6-7-1858 Harrisburg, Saline Co., IL d. 3-23-1915 Parma, MO married 12-04-1879 Pope Co., IL Mary Ann J. "Lou" Holsapple b. 1858 (Daughter of Peter Bainbridge Holsapple b. 10-11-1828 Washington, IN d. 7-09-1888 Broughton, IL & Mary Ann Goodpasture b. 7-15-1827 Bath Co., KY d. 1-15-1912 they married 1-13-1853 Washington, IN.) Peter was the son of Mary Dalton, but his father is yet to be proved was told Nicholas Holsapple, but Peter was born 2 years before Mary & Nicholas married. Mary Ann Goodpasture was daughter of Barefoot Goodpaster(Goodpasture) b. 1-1-1801 KY & Margaret Cannaday b. 8-17-1797they married 9-13-1819 Bath Co., KY. Barefoot was son of Cornelius Goodpaster b. 1770 Augusta Co., VA d. 1821 Bath Co., KY and Susanna Mitchell-Steele born of the Roanoke Island Indian Tribe in VA ,they married 1790 Bath Co., KY Susanna's father was named Barefoot. 4.Edward Ethyl (Ethel) Tucker b.11-30-1886 Broughton, IL d. 12-13-1945 Long Beach, CA married 7-1-1910 Parma, New Madrid Co., MO Anna (Ane) Lynn b. 6-25-1894 (Taft) Guidestar, Butler Co., MO d. 5-17-1966 Fresno, CA. Anna is the daughter of Enos Lynn b. 5-9-1858 Warwick Co., IN d. 9-28-1942 Burlington, Kit Carson Co., CO & Priscilla Elizabeth Ross b. 11-13-1858 Spurgeon, Pike Co., IN d. 2-6-1953 Wray, Yuma Co., CO they married 2-10-1881 Pike Co., IN. Priscilla is the daughter of John S. (census says J.) Ross b. 9-21-1830 IN d. 12-1-1896 Warrick Co., IN & Elizabeth Hornbeck b. 3-16-1838 Hardin Co., KY d. 3-3-1921 Warrick Co., IN they married 9-10-1854 IN. Elizabeth daughter of James Hornbeck b. 1811 KY & Jane Richardson b. abt. 1810 KY d. 8-9-1889 Warrick Co., IN they married 1835 Vigo Co., IN. Now Enos Lynn was son of John Lynn b. abt. 1823 Muhlenberg Co., KY & Mary Jenkins b. abt. 1828 Butler Co., KY d. 8-4-1900 Warrick Co., IN they Married 2-10-1844 Warrick Co., IN. John son of Gershom Lynn b. abt. 1795 Rowan Co., NC d. 12-31-1828 Warrick Co., IN & Mary Coates b. abt. 1801 NC they Married 10-15-1815 Muhlenberg Co., KY. Gershom son of William Fanning Lynn b. 7-16-1762 Rowan Co., NC d. 6-25-1839 McCracken Co., KY & Hannah Hunt b. 2-24-1759 Yadkin River, NC d. 6-22-1839 Warrick Co., IN they married (Says After) 11-02-1779 Rowan Co., NC. William son of Wlliam Lynn & Mary. 5. Albert Eugene Tucker b. 7-4-1925 Englewood, CO m. in Reno, Nevada Elga Imogene Hardy 6. Rebecca Leanne Tucker m. James Allen deChant (Meyers is his real last name) 7. Nicole Rae deChant (Me) m.in VA Christopher B. Barrows Some strange notes I found about Green Berry Tucker, he enlisted in Company L, 6th Reg't IL Calv...but he supplied his own horse & supplies for his horse saying "He doesn't trust the 'Whiteman's' belongings" Then upon his death, he had his horse burried next to him (his wife Eliza on his otherside). He contracted Measles during the Civil War which caused a Liver disease, & he caught another disease from camp that affected his eyes. I have family members that remember stories they said of Green Berry living or growing up in an "Indian Village" away from "Everyone Else" . He was said to be a Farmer & Carpenter 5' 6 1/2" Sandy Complexion, Grey Eyes, & Drk Brown Hair. Any way, that's part of my History. Sorry it took so long, but was trying not to leave anything important out. Nicki