Hi, guess you knew that Sam Houston was soberred up by his Tennessee childhood froend John Jolly in Arkansas and his friends. John Jolly and the Copelands, Careys, Stones, and German Hipp families from South Carolina and Tennessee could all pass for Anglo, but some had Indian blood from 1800 and before in The Carolinas and Georgia and east Tennessee and North Georgia. This group sided with their blood kin against the British. Nancy Ward, for example, became the beloved Woman- leader of Woman's Council which trained the next chief at Chota or Old Echota. , the Blue Peace city of Refuge of 3000 who allowed polygamy and welcomed all refugees of all races and tribes. If you behaved, you became a blood brother. This group sent their kin and friends in North Georgia 300 dogs once to save them from starving during a drought. When she sent cows, her son in law Gen. Joseph Martin took them back. he was an ancestor of Mary Jane Buffington- he from Toccoa Ga. area- he sold the Traveller's Rest Inn to Gen. James Rutherford Wyly. His first wife was a Graves, who was sister to Col. Ben Cleveland og Ga. & King's Mountain. Wylys sold out to The Jarrett- Lucas families. It is now a Georgia State Park where Clemson and other college hold blacksmith demonstrations. The Blackburn Mill was built by Blackburns on War Eagle River south of Eureka Springs before the Trail of Tears ended and still runs. Those on the trail were shocked to find the Ozarks west of the Miss. settled by Anglo appearing peoplewith their names on the Gov. Indian rolls. A Dallas City library worker told us the Arkansas Indian Background before there was an Oklahoma border. He held a Geneaology workshop here in Bellmead recently. Andrew Jackson had 3 major reasons not ususlly in books, to force the final removal. 1. The Blue Peace cities of Refuge of Echota and Etowa, Tennessee. It was an escape from Anglo law. Jackson orderred Col. Sevier and his Gillespie- Jack- Mcallie-& others to burn Etowa and scatter the ashes. Their guide and interpreter James Carey may been part of Daniel Boones Longhunters, including Stones, . Can some Longhunter researcher contact me on this. My Careys and Stones were there and in Arkansas with the Batemans when it was questionable if they were in organized U.S. territory at times. Many were in the territory of the Louisiana Purchase north of Arkansas before the purchase was done. Our books usually called them Mountain men. The Trappers at Annual Rundeveaus (SP) were not all French. If Jackson's plan worked, why are there so many Red Headed freckled faced Cherokees on the Eastern reservationand their outdoor pageant between Gatlainburg and Hiawasse Ga. at Cherokee, N.C.?? The Buffingtons of Bruceville- Eddy McLennan County. had records of Cherokee and Anglo ancestors, including Mary Jane, when I substituted after retirement. Will send names from Buffingtons to Martins and Capt. John Stuart, 1700s.Linda Darnell, movie star, was part Cherokee from this line. Take ccare Charles Wyly On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 13:59:13 -0500 "Charles A. Wyly" <wyly1@juno.com> writes: >Hi, >Don't know the connection, but the Mary laneys caught my attention. In >1952 , when I returned from the Army, I used toattend parties in Chalk >Mountain. Since I was known to everyone I and Bill Riggs were >appointed chaperones for a hayride trip, Mary and Claudia Laneys were >teenagers and were all State basketball players at Stephenville High >School, which won State that year. Mary and Claudia were grandchildren >of Ben and Ruth Laney, mom's friends. One of their sons, Jiggs Laney >and wife, an Edwards, lived in Skipper's Gap on U.S.67, not far west >of the Maratheal's Gap (Greasy) School. They adopted 2 children. > >If they were still trying to follow the Scottish- Anglo European of >picking names, then the Mary above may be a granddaughter or great >granddaughter of the Mary you listed. >Let me know if you do not have the naming pattern based on older kin. > > >Also, The National Indian records are kept in a Federal library in >Fort Worth, Texas. >I ran the Cherokee Rolls in the Waco city library and found some of my >kin in Arkansas in 1900 with 1/64/or less blood. One Wyly married Mary >Jane Buffington , aGeorgia born princess descended from several >generations of mixed blood. One was on Tahlequah Tribal Council and >ran Cherokee orphanage in 1900. His grandson is on the net with Wyly- >Connor Real Estate in Tahlequah. Anyone in Arkansas , Missouri, and >East Oklahoma before 1900 either had Cherokee blood or kin who had >married Cherokee and they knew who would sell them land. Many in Erath >County had various Indian blood but were not about to talk to >strangers about it as long as John R. Baylor and his semi official- >semi vigilante Central Texas Rangers were "purging" the Palo Pinto- >Erath Caddo and other peaceful Indian Farmers. He closed their farms, >sent them to Fort Phantom Hill, then informed the U.S.Army commander >there that his Rangers outnumberred his troops and if he did not ship >all Indians to Oklahoma they would kill him , his troops, and the >Indians. Mr. Baylor was next the first Governor of the State of >Arizona. Rev. R.E.B. Baylor who started Baylor University in 1845 was >25 years or more ahead of John R. Baylor, whom Col. Buck Barry, Texas >Ranger, had commissioned part time to lead posses seeking killers. The >Caddo were friendly and kept Comanches out of Erath County for many >years before the civil War. > >Take care >Charles Wyly > >On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:54:27 -0500 "Stevens, Gary" ><Gary.Stevens@csoconline.com> writes: >>Hello everyone, >> >>My grandmother (Bess Laney Cunningham Mingus or Bessie May Laney) >>always >>told me that her mom (Texanna) was part American Indian... I am >>having >>trouble finding information about her family... >> >>Also, my grand father was C.D. Cunningham... I have no clue about >his >>folks... >> >>Here is what I have on my great-grandparents. >> >>Husband's Name: Thomas Redwine LANEY >> >>Born: 6 Jul 1861 Place: Monroe, Union, NC >>Died: 9 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: 11 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >>Father: John S. Jr. LANEY >>Mother: Mary Ann SECREST >> >>Wife's Name: Texanna ARMSTRONG >> >>Born: 22 Feb 1867 Place: Union, Sc Or Belton, TX >>Died: 19 Feb 1944 Place: Stephenville, Erath, TX >>Buried: 21 Feb 1944 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >>Father: William Armstrong >>Mother: Mary E. >> >> >>Children >>1. Mary Dianne LANEY >> >>Born: 18 Jun 1886 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 5 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: 7 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >>2. John William LANEY >> >> >>Born: 10 Nov 1888 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 16 Feb 1955 Place: Houston, Harris, TX >>Buried: 19 Feb 1953 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >>3. Alvin LANEY >> >> >>Born: 7 Dec 1890 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 15 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: 16 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >>4. Bessie May LANEY >> >> >>Born: 9 Apr 1894 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >> >> >>5. Jessie Lee LANEY >> > >> >>Born: 21 Feb 1895 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: Apr 1949 Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX >>Buried: 1949 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >> 6. Iris Elona LANEY >> > >> >>Born: 7 Dec 1897 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 7 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >>Buried: 8 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >> >>7. Alex F. LANEY >> >>Born: 8 Oct 1899 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >>8. Myrtle Ellen LANEY >> > >> >>Born: 17 Nov Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >>9. Edith LANEY >> >>Born Jun 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >> 11. Dovie Jewel LANEY >> >>Born: 7 Dec 1904 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 16 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, TX >>Buried: 18 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, Tx, Rose Hill Cem >> >> >> >